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Minor in Conservation and Resource Studies

University of California, Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources 84 courses

About This Program

Bachelor of Science (BS) The Conservation and Resource Studies (CRS) major is a self-designed interdisciplinary program for students interested in environmental issues and areas of interaction among natural resources, population, energy, technology, societal institutions, and cultural values. Students draw on the course offerings of the entire campus and appropriate community resources in the development of individual programs of study. The major’s orientation is toward flexibility and an individualized educational approach to understanding the structure and dynamic functions of complex environmental systems within our society and biosphere. It encourages interaction among students, faculty, and community. The major’s offerings are designed to help each student formulate an area of interest, but are not in any way meant to limit the range of options available. Sample topics include environmental justice and education, sustainable development of world populations, energy and environmental policy, conservation and culture, global environmental politics, and ecological restoration and policy. Graduates are well-prepared for careers in fields such as environmental consulting, education, health, law, community, urban or regional planning, and other related areas of environmentalism in public agencies, nonprofit conservation organizations, and private companies. Graduates are well qualified for a variety of graduate programs, including law school. Admission to the Major Advice...

Degree Requirements

Upper Division: Requirements

Complete at least 4 of the following.

Code Course Title Credits
ESPM 101A The Politics and Practice of Sustainability Transitions 4
ESPM 102C Resource Management 3
ESPM 102D Climate and Energy Policy 4
ESPM 105A Sierra Nevada Ecology 4
ESPM 105B Forest Measurements 1
ESPM 105C Silviculture and Utilization 3
ESPM 105D Forest Management and Assessment 3
ESPM 106 American Wildlife: Management and Policy in the 21st Century 3
ESPM 108A Trees: Taxonomy, Growth, and Structures 3
ESPM 108B Environmental Change Genetics 3
ESPM 109A Island and Coral Reef Resilience and Ecosystem Services 3
ESPM 109B Polynesian Culture and Society 3
ESPM 109C Issues in Biodiversity 3
ESPM 109D Environmental Planning, Management, and Policy 3
ESPM 109E Data Science, Communication and Professionalism 3
ESPM 111 Ecosystem Ecology 4
ESPM 112 Microbial Ecology 3
ESPM 113 Insect Ecology 3
ESPM 114 Wildlife Ecology 3
ESPM 115B Coral Reef Ecology 3
ESPM 115C Fish Ecology 3
ESPM 116B Grassland and Woodland Ecology 4
ESPM 116C Tropical Forest Ecology 3
ESPM 117 Urban Garden Ecosystems 4
ESPM 118 Agricultural Ecology 4
ESPM 120 Science of Soils 3
ESPM 121 Development and Classification of Soils 3
ESPM 130 Food Justice 4
ESPM 130A Forest Hydrology 4
ESPM 131 Soil Microbiology and Biogeochemistry 3
ESPM 132 Spider Biology 4
ESPM 134 Fire, Insects, and Diseases in Forest Ecosystems 3
ESPM 136 Forest Health 3
ESPM 137 Landscape Ecology 3
ESPM 139A Genetics of Amphibian Declines CURE 3
ESPM 140 General Entomology 4
ESPM 141A Climate Change Solutions 4
ESPM 142 Insect Behavior 3
ESPM 144 Insect Physiology 3
ESPM 149 Bodies, Difference, and the Environment 4
ESPM 150 Special Topics in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 2-4
ESPM 151 Society, Environment, and Culture 4
ESPM 152 Global Change Biology 3
ESPM 153A Waste and Society 3
ESPM 154 Environmental Analysis 4
ESPM 155AC Sociology and Political Ecology of Agro-Food Systems 4
ESPM 157 Data Science in Global Change Ecology 4
ESPM 158 Biodiversity Conservation in Working Landscapes 4
ESPM 160AC American Environmental and Cultural History 4
ESPM 161 Environmental Philosophy and Ethics 4
ESPM 161A Thinking With Animals 4
ESPM 162 Bioethics and Society 4
ESPM 162A Health, Medicine, Society and Environment 4
ESPM 163AC Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Equity, and the Environment 4
ESPM 164 GIS and Environmental Science 3
ESPM 165 International Rural Development Policy 4
ESPM 168 Political Ecology 4
ESPM 169 International Environmental Politics 4
ESPM 172 Remote Sensing of the Environment 3
ESPM 173 Introduction to Ecological Data Analysis 3
ESPM 174 Design and Analysis of Ecological Research 4
ESPM 174A Applied Time Series Analysis for Ecology and Environmental Sciences 3
ESPM 177A Sustainable Water and Food Security 4
ESPM 178B Environmental Science Education Practicum 4
ESPM 181A Fire Ecology 3
ESPM 182 Forest Operations Management 3
ESPM 183 Forest Ecosystem Management and Planning 4
ESPM 184 Agroforestry Systems 3
ESPM 185 Applied Forest Ecology 4
ESPM 186 Grassland and Woodland Management and Conservation 4
ESPM 187 Restoration Ecology 4
ESPM 189A Urban Ecology and Evolution 4
ESPM 190 Seminar in Environmental Issues 3

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