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Environmental Studies Emphasis, AA A0411

Program: A0411

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Suggested Sequence of CourseworkIndicates Courses Offered Online

Fall Semester (Year 1)

Course Prefix	Title	Units
ENGL 1A	Freshman Composition	4.0
AA/S MATH	Meet AA/AS Math Comptcy Req	3.0
AA/S ARTS	Area C-1 Arts Course	3.0
BIOL 6	Humans and the Environment	3.0
BIOL 6L	(or) Humans and the Environment Lab
GEOL 9	(or) Environmental Geology
BUSC 1A	(or) Princip of Econ-Macroeconomics
POLI 10	(or) Environmental Politics
Total:		13.0

Winter Semester (Year 1)

Course Prefix	Title	Units
SPCH 1A	Public Speaking	4.0
Total:		4.0

Spring Semester (Year 1)

Course Prefix	Title	Units
AA/S HUM	Area C-2 Humanities Course	3.0
BIOL 6	Humans and the Environment	6.0
BIOL 6L	(or) Humans and the Environment Lab
GEOL 9	(or) Environmental Geology
BUSC 1A	(or) Princip of Econ-Macroeconomics
POLI 10	(or) Environmental Politics
BIOL 1	General Biology	3.0
BIOL 3	(or) Ecology and Field Biology
BIOL 4	(or) Biology for Majors
BIOL 20	(or) Marine Biology
BIOL 21	(or) Marine Biology Laboratory
BIOL 25	(or) Conservation Biology
BTNY 3	(or) Plant Structure and Diversity
CHEM 10	(or) Chemistry-Allied Health Majors
CHEM 40	(or) Introduction General Chemistry
CHEM 50	(or) General Chemistry I
GEOG 1	(or) Physical Geography
GEOG 1L	(or) Physical Geography Laboratory
GEOG 10	(or) Introduction to GIS
GEOL 1	(or) Physical Geology
GEOL 8	(or) Earth Science
GEOL 8L	(or) Earth Science Laboratory
MATH 110	(or) Elementary Statistics
MATH 140	(or) Calculus for Business
MATH 160	(or) Precalculus Mathematics
MATH 180	(or) Calculus I
METO 3	(or) Weather & Atmospheric Environ
METO 3L	(or) Weather & Atmospheric Lab
OCEA 10	(or) Introduction to Oceanography
OCEA 10L	(or) Intro to Oceanography Lab	1.0
OCEA 20	(or) The Coastal Ocean	4.0
PHYS 1	(or) Physics
PHYS 2AG	(or) General Physics
PHYS 4A	(or) Engineering Physics
PHSC 9	(or) Physical Science
PSYC 10	(or) Stats for Behavioral Sciences
Total:		12.0

3-5 UNITS Scientific Inquiry & Quantitative Reason

Summer Semester (Year 1)

Course Prefix	Title	Units
AA/S KINES	Phys Ed (KIN) Activity Course	0.5
AA/S LIFE	Area E Lifelong Undrstg Course	3.0
Total:		3.5

Fall Semester (Year 2)

Course Prefix	Title	Units
AA/S USHIS	Area D-1 Hist/Pol Sc Course	3.0
AA/S ELECT	Degree Appl Course (Elective)	3.0
ANTH 5	Cultural Anthropology	6.0
BUSC 1B	(or) Princip of Econ-Microeconomics
GEOG 2	(or) Human Geography
GEOG 5	(or) World Regional Geography
GEOG 30	(or) Geography of California
POLI 1	(or) American Government & Politics
PHIL 12	(or) Introduction to Ethics
SOC 2	(or) Contemporary Social Problems
Total:		12.0

2 courses: Social Sciences

Winter Semester (Year 2)

Course Prefix	Title	Units
AA/S ELECT	Degree Appl Course (Elective)	3.0
AA/S ELECT	Degree Appl Course (Elective)	3.0
Total:		6.0

Spring Semester (Year 2)

Course Prefix	Title	Units
AA/S ELECT	Degree Appl Course (Elective)	3.0
AA/S ELECT	Degree Appl Course (Elective)	3.0
AA/S ELECT	Degree Appl Course (Elective)	3.0
AA/S ELECT	Degree Appl Course (Elective)	3.0
Total:		12.0

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Program Notes

Degree requirements include reading competency. This requirement is met by attaining eligibility for READ 100 or by completing READ 90. Complete the online Assessment Questionnaire (AQ) at https://www.mtsac.edu/assessment/aq/

Required Courses: Choose a combination of any 3 courses:
BIOL 6 Humans and the Environment
BIOL 6L Humans and the Environment Laboratory
GEOL 9 Environmental Geology
BUSC 1A Principles of Economics – Macroeconomics
POLI 10 Environmental Politics

Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning-Choose a minimum of three units from the following:
BIOL 1 General Biology
BIOL 3 Ecology and Field Biology
BIOL 4 Biology for Majors
BIOL 20 Marine Biology
BTNY 3 Plant Structures, Functions, and Diversity
CHEM 10 Chemistry for Allied Health Majors
CHEM 40 Introduction to General Chemistry
CHEM 50 General Chemistry I
GEOG 1 Physical Geography
GEOG 1L Physical Geography Laboratory
GEOG 10 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
GEOL 1 Physical Geology
GEOL 8 Earth Science
GEOL 8L Earth Science Laboratory
MATH 110 Elementary Statistics or
PSYC 10 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
MATH 140 Calculus for Business
MATH 160 Pre-calculus Mathematics
MATH 180 Calculus and Analytic Geometry
METO 3 Weather and the Atmospheric Environment
METO 3L Weather and Atmospheric Environment Laboratory
OCEA 10 Introduction to Oceanography
OCEA 10L Introduction to Oceanography Laboratory
OCEA 20 The Coastal Ocean
PHYS 1 Physics
PHYS 2AG General Physics
PHYS 4A Engineering Physics

Social Science Choose two of the following options:
ANTH 5 Cultural Anthropology
BUSC 1B Principles of Economics – Microeconomics
GEOG 2 Human Geography
GEOG 5 World Regional Geography
GEOG 30 Geography of California
PHIL 12 Introduction to Ethics