Program: Environmental Studies, Oceans, Life and People Concentration (BS) - University of Southern California - Modern Campus Catalog™

Jun 29, 2025

USC Catalogue 2017-2018

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Required Core Courses (48 Units)

BISC 103Lgx General Biology for the Environment and Life Units: 4
CHEM 103Lgx General Chemistry for the Environment and Life Units: 4
ENST 100g Introduction to Environmental Studies Units: 4
ENST 320a Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air Sustainability Units: 4
ENST 320b Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air Sustainability Units: 4
ENST 387 Economics for Natural Resources and the Environment Units: 4
ENST 495 Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies Units: 4
GEOL 160Lg Introduction to Geosystems Units: 4
IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4
or
MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 *
POSC 270 Introduction to Environmental Law and Politics Units: 4
PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4

Concentration in Oceans, Life and People (72 units)

In addition to the 48-unit core:

Two of the Following Courses (8 units minimum)

BISC 352 Conservation Biology Units: 4 ***
BISC 427 The Global Environment Units: 4
ENST 310 Sustainable Fisheries Management Units: 4 ***
ENST 344 Environmental Ethics Units: 4 ***
ENST 370 Marine and Coastal Environmental Policy Units: 4
ENST 480 Integrated Ecosystem Management in Micronesia Units: 4 **
ENST 492 Directed Environmental Policy and Science Internship Units: 2, 4 ***
SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4 ***

Four of the Following Elective Courses (16 units minimum)

BISC 315L Introduction to Ecology Units: 4
BISC 320L Molecular Biology Units: 4
BISC 352 Conservation Biology Units: 4 ***
BISC 447L Island Biogeography and Field Ecology Units: 4
BISC 469L Marine Biology Units: 4
ENST 310 Sustainable Fisheries Management Units: 4 ***
ENST 344 Environmental Ethics Units: 4 ***
ENST 480 Integrated Ecosystem Management in Micronesia Units: 4 **
ENST 492 Directed Environmental Policy and Science Internship Units: 2, 4 ***
GEOL 320L Surficial Processes and Stratigraphic Systems Units: 4
GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4
GEOL 450L Geosystems Units: 4
GEOL 470L Environmental Hydrogeology Units: 4
SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4 ***

Note

*MATH 125g has a prerequisite of either the math placement exam or MATH 108g .

**ENST 298aL , ENST 298bL are corequisite for ENST 480 . ENST 480 cannot be double-counted for BS ENVS degree credit.

***BISC 352 , SSCI 301L , ENST 310 , ENST 344 and ENST 492 cannot be double-counted for BS ENVS degree credit.