B.S. in Environmental Science

Program

The Environmental Science B.S. curriculum was revised to provide updated guidelines. If you need guidance on which program to follow or would like an assessment, please schedule an appointment with Royce Dieckmann.

Environment Course Schedule 2025-26

Num.CourseMajorMinor
M30Environmental Literature and Culture (Heise)N/ALD Elective
140Foundations of Environmental Policy and Regulation (Boyd)RequiredElective (enrollment after orientation)
155Energy and Society in a Time of Climate Change (Pincetl)Social/Hum ElectiveElective
175Programming with Big Environmental Datasets (Barreca) also in springRequiredElective
163Business and Natural Environment (Delmas)Social/Hum Elective Elective
180APracticum in Environmental Science (Garrison)Required (seniors) N/A
185A Sustainability Talks Sustainability Talks N/A

NumCourseMajorMinor
10Introduction to Environmental Science (Garrison/Tripati)RequiredLD Elective
M102Soils and Environment (Okin)Life/Physical ElectiveN/A
M111Earth and Its Environment (Li)N/AElective

M131
Human Impact on Biophysical Environment (Li)N/AElective
M153Introduction to Sustainable Architecture and Community Planning (Wells)Social/Humanities Elective Elective
M167Environmental Justice through Multiple Lenses (Koslov)Social/Humanities ElectiveElective
168Environmental Justice: Theory & Action (Montgomery)Social/Humanities ElectiveElective
180BPracticum in Environmental Science (Garrison) Required (seniors)N/A
185B/CSustainability Action Research/Leaders N/AElective
188ASustainable Energy in Nature and Society (Rajagopal/Tommaso)Life/Physical Sci electiveElective

Num.CourseMajorMinor
134Environmental Economics
Social/Hum Elective
Elective
M169NEW! Race Nature and the City (Montgomery)Social/Hum ElectiveElective
175 Programming with Big Environmental Datasets (TBD) RequiredElective
180CPracticum in Environmental ScienceRequired (seniors) N/A
185B/CSustainability Action ResearchN/AElective
188ASustainability (Pincetl)Social/Hum ElectiveElective
188AUrban Ecology (Kleinhesselink)Life/Physical ElectiveElective

Num.CourseMajorMinor
M125Environmentalism Past Present Future (Manville)Social/Hum ElectiveElective
M133Environmental Sociology (TBA)Social/Hum ElectiveElective
140Foundations of Environmental Policy & Regulation (Garrison)RequiredElective
M153Intro to Sustainable Architecture & Community Planning (Wells)Social/Hum ElectiveElective
163Business & Natural Environment (Timmer)Social/Hum ElectiveElective

When you make an appointment on Calendly, don’t forget to include your phone number.  You will receive a call at the appointment time. To cancel an appointment, send an email to rdieckmann@ioes.ucla.edu. The best way to contact counseling with quick or general questions is via email.


Our student handbook is a comprehensive, downloadable book to help you go from matriculation to graduation. It includes information about prep courses, major courses, the Senior Practicum, and all our minor/concentrations. In addition, we’ve included some advice about how to get into research, find internships, volunteer and study abroad opportunities; and getting involved on- and off-campus in environmental challenges.


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Note: If you’re already a Piazza user from one of your courses, you need only join the “class” to start getting messages. Piazza, allows you to tailor how often you receive email messages (we recommend the daily digest delivery), and keeps a complete, searchable archive of all messages that you can access on any device via the Piazza website.


Join the Environmental Science Facebook group exclusively for current students, alumni, and faculty!

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