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environmental science courses

Cal State, L.A. offers a wide array of courses in environmental science. Although Cal State, L.A. offers some lower division courses (300 level and below) in environmental science, the majority of the courses are upper division electives (400 level) or graduate courses (500 level).


upper division electives

Graduate students may take upper division electives. See the department's graduate program requirements for further information. For a course description, refer to the current Cal State, L.A. Catalog.

 

course
units
 course description
BIOL 408
4.0
 experimental design and advanced biometry
BIOL 415
4.0
 population genetics
BIOL 418
4.0
 evolution
BIOL 420
4.0
 global change
BIOL 425
4.0
 plant anatomy
BIOL 430
4.0
 plant physiology I
BIOL 431
4.0
 plant physiology II
BIOL 432
4.0
 fundamentals of toxicology
BIOL 433
4.0
 animal physiology I
BIOL 434
4.0
 animal physiology II
BIOL 442
4.0
 marine botany
BIOL 457
4.0
 marine invertebrate zoology
BIOL 462
4.0
 plant ecology
BIOL 465
4.0
 issues in environmental biology
BIOL 470
4.0
 conservation biology
BIOL 472
4.0
 marine ecology
BIOL 476
4.0
 physiological animal ecology
 
civil engineering

course
units
 course description
CE 384
4.0
 introduction to environmental engineering
CE 484
4.0
 sewerage and sewage treatment
CE 486
4.0
 groundwater contamination and remediation
 
 
chemistry

course
units
 course description
CHEM 355N
4.0
 scientific perspectives on global change
CHEM 401
4.0
 physical chemistry I
CHEM 402
4.0
 physical chemistry II
CHEM 403
4.0
 physical chemistry III
CHEM 411
4.0
 fundamentals of physical chemistry
CHEM 431A,B,C
3.0
 biochemistry
CHEM 432A,B
2.0
 biochemistry lab
CHEM 435
4.0
 intro to biochemistry
CHEM 462
6.0
 instrumental analysis
 
geography

course
units
 course description
GEOG 310
4.0
 urban climatology
GEOG 322
4.0
 global change and the human condition
GEOG 341
4.0
 world resources and environmental issues
GEOG 402
4.0
 geomorphology
GEOG 410
4.0
 applied climatology
GEOG 415
4.0
 perspectives on the environment
GEOG 466
4.0
 remote sensing
GEOG 468
4.0
 computer cartography
GEOG 469
4.0
 spatial analysis and GIS modeling
GEOG 482
4.0
 multivariate statistics in geography
 
geology

course
units
 course description
GEOL 411
4.0
 geotectonic development of California
GEOL 422
4.0
 environmental & forensic geochemistry
GEOL 424
4.0
 low temperature geochemistry
GEOL 426
4.0
 astrogeology
GEOL 433
4.0
 quaternary geology
GEOL 434
4.0
 volcanology
GEOL 435
4.0
 coastal processes & environment
GEOL 473
4.0
 clay mineralogy
GEOL 480
4.0
 principles of geophysics
GEOL 481
4.0
 engineering geology
GEOL 482
2.0
 engineering geology lab
GEOL 483
4.0
 photogeology
GEOL 484
4.0
 hydrogeology
GEOL 485
4.0
 groundwater management & models
GEOL 486
4.0
 environmental & engineering geophysics
GEOL 487
4.0
 watershed analysis
 
mathematics

course
units
 course description
MATH 457
4.0
 linear algebra

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graduate courses:


For a course description, refer to the current Cal State, L.A. Catalog.

course
units
 course description
BIOL 515
3.0
 genetics seminar
BIOL 517
3.0
 gene manipulation
BIOL 538
3.0
 seminar: environmental physiology
BIOL 540
3.0
 seminar: biological systematics
BIOL 560
4.0
 topics in animal ecology
BIOL 562
3.0
 advanced topics in plant ecology
BIOL 563
4.0
 seminar: ecology
BIOL 597
1.0-6.0
 graduate research
BIOL 599
1.0-9.0
 thesis
 
civil engineering
course
units
 course description
CE 579
4.0
 environmental mass transport
CE 580
4.0
environmental transport
CE 597
1.0-5.0
 graduate research
CE 599
1.0-4.0
thesis
 
chemistry

course
units
 course description
CHEM 503
3.0
 advanced biochemistry
CHEM 597
1.0-4.0
 graduate research
CHEM 599
1.0-4.0
 thesis
 
geography

course
units
 course description
GEOG 575
4.0
 seminar: human geography
GEOG 598
1.0-4.0
 graduate directed study
GEOG 599
1.0-6.0
 thesis
 
geology

course
units
 course description
GEOL 525
4.5
 sedimentary processes, environments & structures
GEOL 530
4.5
 seminar: structural geology & tectonics
GEOL 531
4.5
 tectonic problems
GEOL 560
4.5
 hydrogeology
GEOL 561
4.5
 vadose zone hydrogeology
GEOL 562
4.5
 contaminant hydrogeology
GEOL 563
4.5
 water quality seminar
GEOL 581
4.5
 seminar: engineering geology
GEOL 584
4.5
 paleoseismology
GEOL 585
4.5
 landslides, avalanches & debris flows
GEOL 597
1.5-4.5
 graduate research
GEOL 598
1.5-4.5
 graduate directed study
GEOL 599
1.5-4.5
 thesis
 
mathematics

course
units
 course description
MATH 501
4.0
 non-linear differential equations
MATH 521
4.0
 mathematical models & optimizations
MATH 570A,B,C
4.0
 advanced numerical analysis
MATH 598
1.0-4.0
 graduate directed study
MATH 599
1.0-4.0
 thesis
 
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