Environmental Science and Management, Geospatial Science Concentration, B.S. MAP

Semester 1 (14-15 Units)

• GE Area A: Oral Communication COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication Units: 3  
• Major / GE Area B: Mathematics MATH 101 - College Algebra Units: 3  OR (MATH 101I - College Algebra with Integrated Support Units: 3  AND MATH 1 - Support for College Algebra Units: 1 ) ^[1]
• Major / GE Area E: Lifelong Learning SCI 100 - Becoming a STEM Professional in the 21st Century Units: 3  
• Major / GE Area B: Life Science / B3: Lab Activity BOT 105 - General Botany Units: 4  
• Elective Units: 1

^[1] Credit earned for math support course (MATH 1) does not count toward unit requirements for graduation, GE or major.

Semester 2 (16-17 Units)

• GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 102 - Composition & Rhetoric A Units: 3  OR ENGL 104 - Accelerated Composition & Rhetoric Units: 3  
• Optional: ENGL 110 - Developing Academic Literacy Lab Units: 1  
• Major / GE Area D: Social Science ESM 105 - Natural Resource Conservation Units: 3  
• Major (Core) STAT 109 - Introductory Biostatistics Units: 4  
• Major / GE Area D: Social Science GSP 101 - Geospatial Concepts Units: 2  AND GSP 101L - Geospatial Concepts Lab Units: 1  
• American Institutions / DCG Domestic / GE Area F NAS 200 - Indigenous Peoples in U.S. History Units: 3  

Semester 3 (15-16 Units)

• GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 103 - Composition & Rhetoric B Units: 3  ^[2] 
• Optional: ENGL 110 - Developing Academic Literacy Lab Units: 1  
• Major & GE Area B: Physical Science GEOG 106 - Physical Geography Units: 3  
• Lower Division GE Area A: Critical Thinking Courses
    Units: 3 
• Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities
    (Take a course that double-counts for DCG) Units: 3
• Elective Units: 3

^[2] If ENGL 104 was taken the previous semester, take an elective, other GE or major course in place of ENGL 103.

Semester 4 (15 Units)

• Major (Core) ESM 230 - Environmental Methods Units: 3  
• Major (Concentration) GSP 216 - Introduction to Remote Sensing Units: 3  
• Major (Concentration) GSP 270 - Geographic Information Science (GIS) Units: 3  
• Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
    Units: 3
• American Institutions 
  U.S. and California Government
     Units: 3

Semester 5 (16 Units)

• Major / UD GE Area D ESM 305 - Environmental Conflict Resolution Units: 3   
• Major (Core) ESM 325 - Environmental Law & Regulation Units: 3  
• Major (Concentration) GSP 316 - Cartography Units: 4  
• Major (Concentration) GSP 318 - Geospatial Programming I Units: 3  
• Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
    OR 
  Humanities
    Units: 3 

Semester 6 (16 Units)

• Major / UD GE Area B ESM 303 - Applied Natural History & Ecology Units: 4  
• Major / UD GE Area C ESM 309B - Environmental Communication Units: 3  
• Major (Concentration) GSP 326 - Intermediate Remote Sensing Units: 3  
• Major (Concentration) GSP 370 - Intermediate Geographic Information Science (GIS) Units: 3  
• Elective Units: 3

Semester 7 (15 Units)

• Major (Concentration) GSP 418 - Geospatial Programming II Units: 3  OR GSP 436 - Advanced Remote Sensing Units: 3  OR GSP 470 - Advanced Geospatial Analysis & Modeling Units: 3   
• Major (Core) ESM 410 - Geospatial Capstone Units: 4  
• Major (Concentration) Restricted Elective ^[3] Units: 3
• Elective Units: 3
• Elective Units: 2

^[3] Select restricted elective in consultation with an advisor.

Semester 8 (14 Units)

• Major (Core)  ESM 425 - Environmental Impact Assessment Units: 3  
• Major (Concentration) GSP 330 - Mobile Mapping Units: 3  
• Major (Core) ESM 435 - Grant Proposal Writing Units: 2  
• Elective Units: 3
• Elective Units: 3