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Water, Minor

The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Water, Minor Requirements

The minor requires 18 units total, of which 12 units must be exclusive (not double counted for a major or another minor)

Select at least two courses from (6 units)

CE 128 - Civil Engineering Hydraulics Units: 3
CWI 101 - Colloquium on Water Units: 3
EES 168 - California’s Earth System Units: 3
MCJ 180 - Water and Strategic Media Units: 3
PH 124 - Water Quality and Health Units: 3
PLANT 71 - Agricultural Water Units: 3
PLSI 175 - Water Politics and Policy Units: 3

Remaining units can include units from above and these additional courses

ANTH 128 - Environmental Anthropology Units: 3
BA 18 - Business and the Legal Environment Units: 4 (with Department’s permission)
CE 170 - Introduction to Water Resources Engineering Units: 3
COMM 130 - Environmental Communication Units: 3
EES 1 - Natural Disasters and Earth Resources Units: 4
EES 4 - Environmental Science Units: 4
EES 117 - Hydrogeology Units: 3
EES 217T - Topics in Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology Units: 2-3 (with instructor’s permission)
PLANT 174 - Soil and Water Management Units: 3
PLANT 175 - Irrigation Systems Units: 3
SOC 158 - Environmental Sociology Units: 3

Total (18 units)

The minor requires a 2.0 GPA and 6 upper-division units in residence.