Environmental Science and Management, Environmental Planning and Policy, B.S. MAP

Major Academic Plans

Major Academic Plans (or MAPS) show courses you might take each semester to meet your degree requirements. Students at Cal Poly Humboldt follow many different paths to graduation. Your educational and career goals, as well as personal interests all contribute to determining the courses you take. We encourage you to discuss course options with an advisor.

Build your personalized plan in DARS plans using the MAP as a resource. Meet with your advisor each semester to assist in planning and to review your progress.

Set yourself up for academic success in historically difficult classes. Add a 1-unit Supplemental Instruction (SI) session to one or more of your classes. SI sessions are linked with specific classes.

Explore the Supplemental Instruction

options to see if there’s a match with a class you are taking.

Year 1

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 B2: 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 and Rhetoric A Units: 3 OR ENGL 104 - Accelerated Composition and 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: 3
American Institutions / DCG Domestic / GE Area F NAS 200 - Indigenous Peoples in U.S. History Units: 3

Year 2

Semester 3 (15 Units)

Lower Division GE Area A: Critical Thinking
Units: 3
Major & GE Area B: Physical Science CHEM 107 - Fundamentals of Chemistry Units: 4
American Institutions
U.S. and California Government
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities
Units: 3
Elective Units: 2

Semester 4 (15 Units)

Major (Concentration) ESM 210 - Public Land Use Policies and Management Units: 3
Major (Core) ESM 230 - Environmental Methods Units: 3
Major (Concentration) GSP 270 - Geographic Information Science (GIS) Units: 3
Major (Concentration) Restricted Elective (Consult Advisor) Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
Units: 3

Year 3

Semester 5 (16 Units)

Major / UD GE Area B ESM 303 - Applied Natural History and Ecology Units: 4
Major (Core) ESM 325 - Environmental Law and Regulation Units: 3
Major (Concentration) ESM 360 - Introduction to Environmental Planning Methods Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
OR
Humanities
Units: 3 (Take a course that double-counts for DCG)

Semester 6 (15 Units)

Major (Concentration) ESM 365 - Local Government Planning Units: 3
Major / UD GE Area D ESM 305 - Environmental Conflict Resolution Units: 3
Major / UD GE Area C ESM 309B - Environmental Communication Units: 3
Major (Concentration) Restricted Elective (Consult Advisor) Units: 3
Elective Units: 3

Year 4

Semester 7 (15 Units)

Major (Concentration) ESM 425 - Environmental Impact Assessment Units: 3
Major (Concentration) ESM 462 - Coastal and Marine Planning Units: 3
Major (Concentration) ESM 460 - Environmental Planning for Public Lands and Rural Communities Units: 3
Major (Concentration) ECON 423 - Environmental and Natural Resources Economics Units: 3
Major (Concentration) Restricted Elective (Consult Advisor) Units: 3

Semester 8 (14 Units)

Major (Concentration) ESM 475 - Environmental Planning and Policy Capstone Units: 4
Major (Core) ESM 435 - Grant Proposal Writing Units: 2
Major (Concentration) ESM 482 - Internship Units: 2-3 OR ESM 499 - Directed Study Units: 1-3 (Units: 2)
Major (Concentration) Restricted Elective (Consult Advisor) Units: 3
Elective Units: 3