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Environmental Science Management Track - Bachelor of Science 2022-23 Degree Map

Requirements (REQ) of a Bachelors Degree

Degree Maps show one way how you can earn a degree in four years. Talk with your advisor regularly to develop a personalized plan that works best for you, especially if you have any earned transferrable academic credit.

To graduate in four years, you need an average of 45 credits per year to reach 180 total credits, including 62 upper division (300/400 level courses) credits. You may need to take electives (courses that are not used to meet specific requirements) to reach those totals. Most courses at PSU are 4 credits each. If you transfer credit to PSU, the number of credits you need per year will vary accordingly. 

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This guide outlines the requirements in the 2022-23 catalog. Catalog year defines the specific set of requirements you need to complete a degree. Requirements occasionally change, so it may benefit you to follow a different catalog. Typically, your catalog year is the year you began at PSU, but if you are a transfer student you may be able to use an earlier catalog. Talk with your advisor about which catalog requirements make sense for you.

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First Year

Fall Courses Fall Credits Winter Courses Winter Credits Spring Courses Spring Credits
Freshman Inquiry or Honors 5 Freshman Inquiry or Honors 5 Freshman Inquiry or Honors 5
ESM 220 4 ESM 221 4 ESM 222 4
ESM 150 1 GEOG 210 4 BS Social Science/Arts & Letters 3-4
General Elective 4 MTH 112 4    
Total Fall Credits 14 Total Winter Credits 17 Total Spring Credits 12-13

Second Year

Fall Courses Fall Credits Winter Courses  Winter Credits Spring Courses Spring Credits
Sophomore Inquiry or Honors 4 Race and Ethnic Studies Requirement 3-4 Sophomore Inquiry or Honors 4
Chemistry Core Option 1 or 2 4 Chemistry Core Option 1 or 2 4 ESM 335 4
Biology Core Option 1 or 2 4 Biology Core Option 1 or 2 4 WR 327 4
ESM 340 4 General Elective 4    
Total Fall Credits 16 Total Winter Credits 15-16 Total Spring Credits 12

Third Year

Fall Courses Fall Credits Winter Courses Winter Credits Spring Courses Spring Credits
Upper Division Cluster or Honors 4 Upper Division Cluster or Honors 4 Upper Division Cluster or Honors 4
ESM 330 4 ESM 333 4 GIS Core Option 1 or 2 4
ESM 435 4 ESM 334 2 General Elective 4
ESM 487(Major/RESR) 4 EC 332U 4 General Elective 4
    ESM 407 Seminar 1    
Total Fall Credits 16 Total Winter Credits 15 Total Spring Credits 16

Fourth Year

Fall Courses Fall Credits Winter Courses Winter Credits Spring Courses Spring Credits
ESM 4XX Elective 4 ESM 4XX Elective 4 Senior Capstone or Honors Thesis 6
ESM 4XX Elective 4 ESM Topical Area Elective 4 ESM 4XX Elective 4
ESM Topical Area Elective 4 General Elective 4 ESM Topical Area Elective 4
General Elective 4 General Elective 3    
Total Fall Credits 16 Total Winter Credits 15 Total Spring Credits 14

 

Additional Map Notes:

  • ESM 220 and MTH 112: MTH 111 (or ALEKS score >60) is a pre- or co-requisite for ESM 220 and MTH 112.
  • General Elective: CH 121 Preparatory Chemistry recommended if no HS Chemistry.
  • Chemistry Core Option 1 or 2: Take option 1 - ESM 230 & 231 (8 credits) or option 2 - CH 221/227 & 222/228 (10 credits).
  • Biology Core Option 1 or 2: Take option 1 - 8 credits from SCI 341U, SCI 342U, and ESM 343 or option 2 - BI 211/214, 212/215, and 213/216 (15 credits, additional term needed).
  • Race and Ethnic Studies Requirement: Two courses required, each minimum 3 credits: one course must focus on the U.S. experience; the second course must center the experiences of groups under European and U.S. colonialism and imperialism beyond the United States. One must be within the School of Gender, Race and Nations or be cross-listed with one of the SGRN units: Black Studies (BSt), Chicano/Latino Studies (ChLa), Indigenous Nations Studies (NAS), or Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WS). If you choose a RESR course that can be applied towards another requirement, take an elective here instead. As ESM 487 meets the US experience requirement, this course must be from the other group and from a SGRN unit. 
  • Sophomore Inquiry or Honors: For University Studies, two Sophomore Inquiry courses are required, but for Honors, three Sophomore courses are required.
  • GIS Core Option 1 or 2: Take option 1 - G 424 or G 425 (4 credits each) or option 2 - GEOG 380U & GEOG 448 (8 credits total).
  • ESM Topical Area Elective: List of approved courses available on the department website at www.pdx.edu/environmental-science.
  • You may need to add additional general elective credits to your plan to reach 180 total credits.

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