UC Santa CruzUniversity Relations
Home

Advising Clusters

Business and Economics
Education
Environmental Sciences
Specific Information
Earth Sciences

Other UCSC Links:
UCSC Home
Undergraduate Admissions

Sitemap | Feedback


Environmental Sciences

Students interested in ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES have a great range of options to choose from at UCSC. Click on a link below to see detailed information about each of the related majors.

CHEMISTRY WITH A CONCENTRATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
specific information (Physical Sciences and Math Cluster)
Additional information about the major

ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
specific information (Life and Health Sciences Cluster)
Additional information about the major

EARTH SCIENCES WITH A CONCENTRATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY OR OCEAN SCIENCES
specific information
Additional information about the major 

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
(including combined majors with Biology, Earth Sciences, or Economics). Includes initial placement examination information for all environmental studies majors.
specific information

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
The major focuses on the sustainability of human and ecological systems. Areas of emphasis include sustainable agriculture, conservation of biodiversity and natural ecosystems, and the design of policies and institutions to reconcile environmental and social priorities.
specific information

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES/BIOLOGY COMBINED
The combined major in environmental studies and biology will provide students with the basic tools of biological science and sufficient understanding of resource conservation and concerns about environmental sustainability to apply those tools to environmental problems.
specific information

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES/EARTH SCIENCES COMBINED
The combined major in Environmental Studies and Earth Sciences is intended to provide students with the basic tools of earth sciences and environmental studies needed to address environmental problems. Suggested plans of study include water policy/hydrology, restoration ecology, agroecology/soil physical processes and environmental policy/climate change.
specific information

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES/ECONOMICS COMBINED
The combined major in Environmental Studies and Economics is intended to provide students with the basic tools of economic analysis and an understanding of the principles of resource production, conservation and use in both ecological and economic terms.
specific information

MARINE BIOLOGY
specific information (Life and Health Sciences Cluster)
Additional information about the major

PLANT SCIENCES
specific information (Life and Health Sciences Cluster)
Additional information about the major

Contact information:
Environmental Studies

Program Advisor, envstudies@ucsc.edu, (831) 459-2634
Environmental Studies, 405 Interdisciplinary Sciences Building
http://envs.ucsc.edu

Related Majors Contact Information:

Chemistry with a concentration in Environmental Chemistry
Program Advisor, lira@chemistry.ucsc.edu, (831) 459-4125
Chemistry and Biochemistry, 230 Physical Sciences Building
http://chemistry.ucsc.edu/

Earth Sciences with a concentration in Environmental Geology
Program Advisor, csmith@es.ucsc.edu, (831) 459-2504
Earth and Planetary Sciences, A-251 Earth and Marine Sciences
http://www.es.ucsc.edu/

Marine Biology
Biology Advising, bioadvise@biology.ucsc.edu, (831) 459-4143
387 Thimann Labs
http://www.biology.ucsc.edu

Plant Sciences
Biology Advising, bioadvise@biology.ucsc.edu, (831) 459-4143
387 Thimann Labs
http://www.biology.ucsc.edu

Last updated on 3/2009.