Environmental Sciences, B.S.: this term's offerings for each requirement
Why the catalog year matters
Your catalog year is the year you started at SDSU, and it decides which rules apply to your degree, not the current semester's course list. A class that is offered this term may not count toward your requirements, and one that counts for a newer catalog year may not be on an older list at all. Always check the requirements for your own catalog year, not the newest one.
Additional Upper Division Major Elective Options
- BIOL 315 - Ecology and Human Impacts on the Environment
- BIOL 350 - General Microbiology
- CS 558 - Computer Simulation
- ENV S 496 - Selected Topics in Environmental Science
- ENV S 596 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Science
- GEOG 303 - Severe Weather
- GEOG 375 - Environmental Hydrology
- GEOG 503 - Climate Modeling 1: land-use and climate changes
- GEOG 507 - Geography of Natural Vegetation
- GEOG 512 - World on Fire
- GEOG 574 - Water Resources
- GEOG 576 - Advanced Watershed Analysis
- GEOG 578 - Practical Hydrologic Modeling
- GEOG 582 - Introduction to GIS Programming
- GEOG 592 - Intermediate Remote Sensing of Environment
- GEOL 303 - Natural Disasters
- GEOL 305 - Water and the Environment
- GEOL 323 - Mineralogy
- GEOL 407 - Geophysics
- GEOL 496 - Selected Topics in Geology
- GEOL 550 - Engineering Geology
- GEOL 596 - Advanced Topics in Geology
- MATH 336 - Introduction to Mathematical Modeling
- SCI 350 - International Experience
Approved Upper Division Major Electives
21 unitsNo course list published for this category.
Calculus and Physics
Capstone Experience
Climate and Energy
- ECON 455 - Environmental Economics
- ECON 456 - Economics of Natural Resources
- ENV S 301 - Energy and the Environment
- ENV S 302 - Climate Change Solutions
- GEOG 409 - Global Climate Change
- ENV S 544 - Terrestrial Ecosystems and Climate Change
- GEOG 511 - Hydrology and Global Environmental Change
- ENV S 485 - Water, Climate and Power in the US Southwest
- P H 452 - Health Impacts of Climate Change
Coastal Environments and Resources
- BIOL 354 - Ecology and the Environment
- BIOL 512 - Evolution and Ecology of Marine Mammals
- BIOL 514 - Biology of the Algae
- BIOL 515 - Marine Invertebrate Biology
- BIOL 517 - Marine Ecology
- BIOL 518 - Biology of Fishes
- BIOL 542 - Ecological Signaling in the Environment
- GEOL 336 - Sedimentology and Lithostratigraphy
- OCEAN 320 - Oceans of Change
- SUSTN 332 - Environmental Ethics
Environmental Restoration, Conservation, and Management
- BIOL 354 - Ecology and the Environment
- BIOL 540 - Conservation Ecology
- BIOL 578 - Environmental Systems Modeling: Principles and Application
- CHEM 571 - Topics in Environmental Chemistry
- ENV E 320 - Designing Solutions for Environmental Problems
- ENV E 355 - Environmental Engineering
- ENV S 544 - Terrestrial Ecosystems and Climate Change
- GEOG 370 - Conservation Science and Policy
- GEOG 570 - Environmental Conservation Practice
- SUSTN 332 - Environmental Ethics
Environmental Sciences, B.S. - Roadmap
No course list published for this category.
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
No course list published for this category.
Health and the Environment
Impacted Program
No course list published for this category.
Land, Water, and Food Security
- ENV E 320 - Designing Solutions for Environmental Problems
- ENV E 355 - Environmental Engineering
- ENV S 485 - Water, Climate and Power in the US Southwest
- GEOG 341 - Feeding the World
- GEOG 348 - Environment and Development
- GEOG 360 - Human Dimensions of Climate Change
- GEOG 401 - Geomorphology
- GEOL 514 - Process Geomorphology
- GEOG 572 - Land Use Analysis
- GEOG 591 - Remote Sensing of Environment
- GEOG 591L - Remote Sensing of Environment Laboratory
- GEOL 551 - Hydrogeology
- SUSTN 332 - Environmental Ethics
Major
- GEOL 300 - Data Analysis in the Earth and Environmental Sciences I
- ENV S 301 - Energy and the Environment
- ENV S 390 - Academic and Professional Development in the Earth and Environmental Sciences I
- ENV S 490 - Academic and Professional Development in the Earth and Environmental Sciences II
- GEOG 591 - Remote Sensing of Environment
- GEOG 591L - Remote Sensing of Environment Laboratory
Preparation for the Major
31 units- ENV S 100 - Environmental Sciences
- SUSTN 100 - Environmental Sciences
- GEOL 101 - Dynamics of the Earth Laboratory
- GEOL 100 - Planet Earth
- GEOL 104 - Earth Science
- GEOG 101 - Earth's Physical Environment
- GEOG 101L - Earth's Physical Environment Laboratory
- OCEAN 100 - The Ocean Planet
- BIOL 215 - Biostatistics
- STAT 250 - Statistical Principles and Practices
- CHEM 200 - General Chemistry
- GEOL 205 - Earth System History
- GEOL 210 - GIS and Remote Sensing in the Earth and Environmental Sciences
- BIOL 203 - Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology
- BIOL 203L - Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory
This checklist reflects San Diego State's published catalog for 2026-27 and may not capture every substitution, waiver, or advisor-approved exception. Confirm anything that affects graduation with your own advisor or degree audit.