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The goals of the Environmental Science program are to: 1) meet the needs of students who are majoring in one of the diverse fields encompassed by environmental science, and 2) provide options for students fulfilling general education science requirements.

Awareness of the issues of environmental quality, environmental racism, and environmental justice are increasingly important in business, industry, and government.  The growing human population and increasing consumption of resources are creating unprecedented pressures on our planetary life support systems.  Within the human population, socioeconomically and politically disenfranchised communities oftentimes suffer the consequences of polluted environments when compared with more advantaged communities.  This is one of the many aspects of structural racism. This degree helps students to understand how environmental racism, environmental justice, and multiculturalism are vital components of the environmental landscape.

Environmental Science Majors need to complete an interdisciplinary set of core requirements that provide a basic understanding of the physical, biological, and social sciences and the relevance of these sciences to environmental processes and issues.  In addition, the coursework will prepare students for related baccalaureate majors, including biology, chemistry, engineering, geography, geographic information systems (GIS), geology, mathematics, oceanography, and physics.  For non-majors, the program’s goal is to educate students to make better-informed choices about key environmental, health, and justice issues.

Students planning to transfer to a four-year institution and major in Environmental Science should consult with a counselor regarding the transfer process and institution-specific lower-division requirements.  In upper division and graduate studies, students majoring in environmental science usually specialize in areas such as environmental toxicology, public health, environmental law, education, environmental economics, soil and water science, restoration ecology, environmental landscaping, environmental management, urban planning, and related careers.

To graduate with a specialization in Environmental Science, students must complete the following required courses plus the general breadth requirements for the Associate Degree (total = 60 units).

Course List
Code Title Units
Required Courses:
ENVSCI 100Introduction to Environmental Science3
BIOL 205Cell and Molecular Biology4
BIOL 206Organismal Biology4
CHEM 150General Chemistry I5
CHEM 151General Chemistry II5
ECON 201Principles of Microeconomics3
or ECON 201H Principles of Microeconomics - Honors
or POLIT 100 American Politics
or POLIT 100H American Politics - Honors
GEOG 110Physical Geography3
MATH 250Single Variable Calculus I4
MATH 251Single Variable Calculus II4
One of the following:1-3
GEOG 111Physical Geography Laboratory1
or GEOG 111H Physical Geography Laboratory - Honors
GEOL 101Introduction to Physical Geology3
GEOL 111Introduction to Physical Geology Laboratory1
One of the following Physics course sequences:8-12
PHYSIC 151
& PHYSIC 152
General Physics for the Life Sciences I
and General Physics for the Life Sciences II
8
PHYSIC 202
& PHYSIC 203
& PHYSIC 204
Physics I
and Physics II
and Physics III
12
Two courses from the following:6-10
BIOL 104Human Ecology3
BIOL 207Evolutionary Ecology4
CHEM 205Quantitative Chemical Analysis5
CHEM 212Organic Chemistry I5
CHEM 213Organic Chemistry II5
GEOG 130Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)3
or GIS 130 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
MATH 108Introduction to Probability and Statistics4
or MATH 108H Introduction to Probability and Statistics - Honors
MATH 266Ordinary Differential Equations4
Total Units50-63

To earn an SBVC Associate Degree students must complete one of the following  general education patterns:

SBVC GE requirements

CSU GE requirements

IGETC requirements

Program Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this program, students will be able to: 

  1. Analyze the interaction between natural and social systems and subsequent impacts on sustainable development, environmental policies, environmental justice, and racial justice.
  2. Synthesize the fundamentals of sociology, biology, chemistry, Earth sciences, mathematics, physics, and other social and natural sciences within a framework of human-environment interactions with an emphasis on racial equity and social justice.
  3. Critically interpret and assess environmental news and trends, including green technologies and career opportunities, national and international environmental policies, resource exploitation and conservation, global climate change, sustainable development, and human health within the context of racial equity and social justice.
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