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ES 196A, 196B, and 196L

Upper division elective course lists

The upper division ES courses blend core requirements with a great deal of flexibility, allowing students to tailor their coursework to their own research interests. Just as in the lower division, upper division coursework is interdisciplinary. Students cap off their coursework and explore a research interest of their choice in ES 196A, 196B, and 196L, a yearlong senior research project.

Scheduling
Students must take their upper division statistics course prior to enrolling in ES 100. ES 100, which is only taught in spring semesters, must be completed before students enroll in ES 196A. In turn, ES 196A is a prerequisite to ES 196B. This creates a chain of four classes beginning in fall of the junior year. Students who plan to study abroad or otherwise not continuously enroll at Berkeley for their junior and senior years should talk to the ES adviser about planning options.

All ES students must complete the following Upper Division Requirements.

Requirement Area	Course/Courses	Notes
Statistics	Choose one of the following: Statistics 131A (4 Units) Statistical Inferences for Social and Life Scientists Public Health 142A (4 units) Intro. to Probability & Statistics in Bio. & Pub Health Earth and Planetary Science C120/Energy and Resources C130 (4 units) Analysis of Environmental Data	This requirement must be taken prior to ES 100 and no later than fall of the student's junior year
Environmental Modeling	Choose one of the following: Energy and Resources 102 (4 units) Quantitative Aspects of Global Environmental Problems (spring only) ESPM C104/Env. Econ and Policy C115 (4 units) Modeling and Management of Biological Resources	These are spring only courses.
Environmental Sciences	Environmental Sciences 100 (4 units) Introduction to Methods and Problems in Environmental Sciences	This is a spring only course. ES 100 must be completed prior to ES 196A and no later than spring of the student's junior year. Prerequisite: Upper Division Statistics Requirement.
Human Environment Interactions	Choose one of the following: EPS 106AC/L&S 170AC (4 units) Crossroads of Earth Resources and Society Env. Econ and Policy C101/Econ C125 (4 units) Environmental Economics ES 125 (3 units) Environments of the SF Bay Area ESPM 100 (4 units) Environmental Problem Solving ESPM 102D (4 units) Resource and Environmental Policy ESPM 153 (4 units) American Land--Interpretations, Use and Control ESPM 155 (3 units) Sociology of Natural Resources ESPM 160AC/History 120AC (4 units) American Environmental and Cultural History ESPM 163AC/Sociology 128AC (3 units) Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Equity, and the Environment. ESPM 165 (4 units) U.S. Agricultural Development in the 20TH Century ESPM 168 (4 units) Political Ecology Geography 130 (4 units) Natural Resources and Population
Elective in the Area of Emphasis	One 3 or 4 unit upper division course in the student's area of emphasis to be selected from the upper division electives list. Look for courses marked with B for biological sciences, S for social sciences, or P for physical sciences, depending on your area of emphasis.	Some of the elective courses have prerequisites. It is your responsibility to check if you have fulfilled them, before enrolling in the course.
Senior Research Seminar	ES 196A and 196B, Senior Research Seminar in Environmental Sciences (3 units fall, 3 units spring) ES196L, Senior Research Laboratory in Environmental Sciences (1 unit fall, 1 unit spring) The Senior Research Seminar totals 8 units.	Prerequisites: Upper Division Statistics requirement and ES 100. The Senior Research Seminar is taken during the student's final year. Students must take 196L concurrently with 196A & 196B.
Additional Electives	All students are required to have 30 upper division units in the major. If the above courses do not total 30 units, students must fulfill the 30 unit requirement with any additional courses from of the upper division electives list (not restricted to your area of emphasis).