The M.S. in Environmental Science requires completion of 30 units, at least 21 of which must be at the graduate level. An internship and a thesis research project are required.

A. Required Courses (24 units)
ANT 555 People, Culture, and Environment (3 units)
BIO 502 Biostatistics or PSY 530 Advanced Analysis of Variance and Multivariate Techniques (3 units)
BIO 510 The Urban Environment (3 units)
GEO 433 Environmental Analysis and Planning (3 units)
ENV 590 Graduate Seminar in Environmental Science (must be taken twice) (3 units [1-2 units each])
ENV 596 Internship in Environmental Science (3 units)
ENV 598 Directed Research (3 units)
ENV 599 Thesis (3 units)

B. Electives (6 units). In consultation with an academic advisor, each student will select 2 elective courses from the following list. Other courses may be substituted with the approval of the Program Coordinator.
BIO 416 Landscape Ecology
CHE 474 Geochemistry
EAR 410 Environmental Geology
EAR 460 Global Change
EAR 476 Groundwater
GEO 405 Advanced Cartography
GEO 408 Remote Sensing and Image Processing
GEO 412 Rivers and Streams
GEO 415 Geographic Information Systems
GEO 416 Earth’s Climates
GEO 420 Natural Resources
SOC 408 Survey Research

C. Thesis.
A written thesis, based on an original research