Environmental Studies

Learn about environmental processes and functions; explore human-environment interactions across diverse cultural and social contexts.

Core Course:

• GEOG 600: Environmental Problems and Solutions

• GEOG 316: Biogeography
• GEOG 317: Geography of Soils
• GEOG 342: Surface Water Hydrology
• GEOG 422: Environmental Perception
• GEOG 427: Agriculture and Food Supply
• GEOG 642: Watershed Assessment and Restoration
• GEOG 644: Water Quality
• GEOG 647: Geography of Water Resources
• GEOG 651: Bay Area Environmental Issues
• GEOG 652: Environmental Impact Analysis
• GEOG 666: Geography of Garbage: Recycling and Waste Reduction
• GEOG 667: Race, Poverty, and the Environment
• GEOG 668: Politics, Law, and the Urban Environment

Students studying the environment will also benefit greatly from the specific skills learned in: 

• GEOG 602: Field Methods in Physical Geography
• GEOG 606: Cartography
• GEOG 610: Remote Sensing I
• GEOG 611: Remote Sensing II
• GEOG 620: Geographic Information Systems
• GEOG 621: Geographic Information Systems for Environmental Analysis
• GEOG 657: Natural Resource Management: Biotic Resources

Geographic Internship, Geog 688, is strongly recommended.

Courses in other departments on individual advisement

Physical Sciences

• BIOL 313: Principles of Ecology
• BIOL 318: Our Endangered Planet
• BIOL 530: Conservation Biology
• GEOL 305: Energy and Its Environmental Issues