Environmental Education connects students to nature through a variety of experiences and helps to link social, political, and economic factors to help citizens make well-informed decisions about the environment and climate change. Courses in this concentration are interdisciplinary and structured to support the development of environmental literacy, address interrelated issues, and the impacts to society and the world at large.
Cultural Geography | ||
Select from the following: | 4 | |
Plants, People and Civilization | ||
Ethnicity and the Land | ||
Human Geography | ||
Geography of Latin America | ||
Geography of the Caribbean | ||
Ecological and Environment Foundations | ||
Select from the following: | 4 | |
Plant Diversity and Ecology | ||
Wildlife Conservation Biology | ||
Plant Ecology | ||
Physical Geography | ||
Natural Resource Ecology and Habitat Management | ||
Global Climate Change | ||
Physical Oceanography | ||
Education and Communication | ||
Select from the following: | 2-4 | |
Environmental Communication | ||
Education Apprenticeship 1 | ||
Communicating Ocean Sciences to Informal Audiences | ||
Environmental Leadership and Community Engagement | ||
Social, Political, Economic and Ethical Issues | ||
Select from the following: | 4 | |
Climate and Humanity | ||
The Global Environment | ||
Comparative World Environmental History & Sustainability Since 1492 | ||
Human Dimensions in Natural Resources Management | ||
Environmental Ethics | ||
Energy, Society and the Environment | ||
Capstone | ||
Select from the following: | 4 | |
Advanced Science/Engineering Integration for the K-8 Classroom 2 | ||
Selected Environmental Issues of California's Central Coast | ||
Total units | 18-20 |
1 | No more than 4 units from LS 380. |
2 | Students need to take LS 411 or LS 412 to meet other major requirements. |