The Earth Science major is designed for those who wish to become high school Earth Science teachers, park rangers, environmentalists, or other physical science naturalists. Completion of the BA degree in Earth Science satisfies the state requirement for the Single Subject Credential in Science: Geosciences.

CSU Los Angeles
Natural Science
ENGL 104 - University Requirement
ASTRO 110 and 120 and 102
CHEM 101 and 102
GEOL  101 and 111, 105
BIOL 101 and  102
OCEAN 115 and 116
MATH 103 and 104
PHYS 105 and 106
PHYS 102, 103
Biology option:
CHEM 103
Chemistry option:
CHEM 103
MATH 104
Geoscience option:
No additional courses
Physics option:
MATH 104  and 105

CSU Long Beach
Impacted major
Lower Division core requirements

GEOL 101, 111, 105
CHEM 101
MATH 103, 104,  105
PHYS 101, 102
Additional classes for the following options:
Geohydrology/Environment geology
BIO 112
CHEM 102
Engineering Geology or Marine
Geology/Oceanography

BIO 122 (Marine Geology only)
CHEM 102
Exploration Geophysics
BIO 122
MATH 107

UC Riverside
Environmental Science
BIOL 127
GEOG 106
CHEM 101 and 102
MATH 110 or 100 and 102
POL S 101 
Select one of the following options
Natural Science option
BIOL 101 and 102
MATH 103 and 104
CHEM 105 and 106 (subject credit only)
GEOL 101 and 111 or GEOG 101 and 111
CHEM 103
PHYS 101 and 102 and 103
Social Science option
BIOL 122
ECON 101
MATH 112
GEOL 101 and 111 or GEOG 101 and 111
Environmental Toxicology option
BIOL 101 and 102
CHEM 103
MATH 103 and 104
CHEM 105 and 106 (subject credit only)
PHYS 101 and 102 and 103

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
BIOL 135
CHEM 101 and 102
GEOG 101
GEOL 101 and 111
MATH 136
Select one concentration
Climate Change
Environment Interpretation and Assessment
Individual Study

MATH 100 and 102 or 110
Geosciences Teaching
BIOL 130
MATH 100 and 102 or 110
Land and Water Resources
Geology

MATH 103, 104
PHYS 101 and 103

University of Southern California
Requires a third semester of a foreign language
BA - Earth Science
MATH 103 or 112
CHEM 101
Select on course from the following:
BIOL 101 and 102
CHEM 102
PHYS 105

UC Berkeley
Earth and Planetary Science
CHEM 101
GEOL 101 and 111
MATH 103, 104
PHYS 101, 102 and 103
ADDITIONAL MATH and PHYSICS Required for tracks
in Atmospheric Science and Geophysics and
Planetary Science

MATH 105, 107 and 108
ADDITIONAL BIOLOGY Required for tracks in
Environmental Earth Science and Marine Science only

BIO 101 and 102

UC Irvine
Earth and Environmental Sciences
CHEM 101 and 102
MATH 103 and 104 and 105, 107
PHYS 101 and 103
ADDITIONAL ELECTIVE COURSES CHOSEN from:
BIOL 101, 102
CS/IS 135 or 137 or 139
CHEM 105 and 106
MATH 107, 108

Earth and Environmental Studies
BIOL 101, 102
CHEM 101 and 102, 105
PSYCH 104
Select 3 courses from the following:
MATH 103, 104, 105, 107, 136
Select 3 courses from the following:
ECON 101, 102
SOC 101, 102

UC San Diego
Earth Science
BIOL 101 and 102 and 103
CHEM 101 and 102
MATH 103 and 104, 105, 108
PHYS 101, 102, 103

UC Santa Cruz
Earth Sciences
GEOL 101 and 111 or 102 and 112
CHEM 101 and 102
MATH 103 and 104, 105
PHYS 101 and 102 and 103

Earth Sciences, Environmental Geology

GEOL 101 and 111 or 102 and 112
ECON 101 or 102 and POL S 101 or 103
BIOL 101 and 102 or 127
CHEM 101 and 102
MATH 103 and 104
PHYS 101 and 103

Earth Sciences, Ocean Sciences

GEOL 101 and 111 or 102 and 112
BIOL 101 and 102
CHEM 101 and 102, 105 and 106
MATH 103 and 104, 105
PHYS 101 and 103

Earth Sciences, Planetary Science

GEOL 101 and 111 or 102 and 112
CHEM 101 and 102
MATH 103 and 104, 105
PHYS 101 and 102 and 103

Earth Sciences, Science Education
GEOL 101 and 111 or 102 and 112
BIOL 101 and 102 or 127
CHEM 101 and 102
MATH 103 and 104, 136 or 107 or 105
PHYS 101 and 103 Earth Sciences/Anthropology
ANTHRO 101, 102, 103
GEOL 101 and 111 or 102 and 112
BIOL 101 and 102
CHEM 101 and 102
MATH 103 and 104
PHYS 101 and 103 

San Jose State University
CHEM 101 and 102
PHYS (105 and 106) or (101 and 102) or 103
BIOL 101 and 102 or 115
ENGL 102 or 104
MATH 110

San Francisco State University
Earth Science
ENGL 102 or 104
MATH 103
PHYS 105 or 101
GEOL 105


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