The below course checklist for the Environmental Science and Resource Management (ESRM) can aid students in completion of their degree.
General Areas of Knowledge (AoK) Requirements
| Course |
Credits |
Notes |
Quarter Offered |
| ENGL Comp* |
5 |
Any composition course |
All |
| Any VLPA |
5 (or 10) |
Any UW VLPA Course (if COM, not VLPA) |
All |
| Any I&S |
10 |
Outside of ESRM and Major |
Varies |
| Any NW |
10 |
Outside of ESRM and Major |
Varies |
| Any DIV |
3 |
Any UW DIV Course |
All |
| Elective Credits |
25+ to reach 180
for a B.S. degree |
—- |
—- |
ESRM Major Requirements (122 credits)
| Course |
Credits |
Notes |
Quarter Offered |
| COM (Any 200-level COM class) |
5 |
Any 200-level COM class |
All |
| Economics |
5 |
ESRM/ENVIR/ECON 235* or ECON 200 or ECON 201 |
Varies |
| Q SCI 381* |
5 |
Intro to Probability/Statistics (Prereq MATH 120 or Q SCI 190) |
All |
| Q SCI 291# |
5 |
Analysis for Biologists I (Prereq MATH 120 or Q SCI 190) |
Autumn, Winter, Summer |
| Q SCI 292# |
5 |
Analysis for Biologists II (Prereq Q SCI 291) |
Winter, Spring, Summer |
| ESRM 250* |
5 |
Introduction to Geographic Info Systems |
All |
| BIOL 180 |
5 |
General Biology I |
All |
| BIOL 200 |
5 |
General Biology II (Prereq 1.7 in BIOL 180, CHEM 152 or 220) |
All |
| BIOL 220 |
5 |
General Biology III (prereq 2.0 in BIOL 200) |
All |
| CHEM 120^ |
5 |
Principles of Chemistry I |
Autumn and Spring |
| CHEM 220^ |
5 |
Principles of Chemistry II |
Winter |
| Earth Science |
5 |
Choose one: ESRM 210*, ESS 201 or 210, ESS/OCEAN 230,
ATM S 211 |
Varies |
ESRM Core and Capstone (17 credits)
| Course |
Credits |
Notes |
Quarter Offered |
| ESRM 200* |
5 |
Society and Sustainable Environments |
Winter and Spring |
| ESRM 201* |
5 |
Sustainable Pacific NW Ecosystems |
Autumn, Spring and Summer |
| ESRM 300* |
2 |
Principles of Sustainability |
Winter |
| ESRM 304* |
5 |
Environment/Resource Assessment |
Autumn, Spring and Summer |
ESRM Electives or Transcripted Option (45 credits or 35 credits plus senior capstone)
Transcripted option requirements on reverse. Forty-five credits can include SEFS and BSE prefixes, as well as 10 credits from QSCI.
| Course – 400+ Level Courses (min. 25 credits)* |
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**Senior Capstone
| Course |
Credits |
Notes |
Quarter Offered |
| Senior Capstone |
10 |
ESRM 494 & ESRM 495/496 Senior Project/Thesis |
All |
| Senior Capstone |
10 |
OR ESRM 462-464 Restoration Capstone |
Autumn, Winter, Spring |
Key
* 2.0 required in all ESRM Courses
* Or STAT 311
# Or MATH 124 and 125
^ Or CHEM 142 and 152
** Required for any student completing the School’s honors program