Overview

The Environmental Studies degree from University of California, Santa Barbara follows a curriculum design similar to the B.A. degree. Students in the B.S. degree are also introduced to the major through a series of interdisciplinary lower division courses (ENV S 1, 2, and 3), which emphasize integrated thinking across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

However, their lower division prerequisites include a full year of introductory biology, chemistry, physics, and calculus, in addition to introductory social science and humanities courses.

Key Features

At the upper division level, the B.S. degree also emphasizes integration and interdisciplinarity. Under the new upper division requirements, B.S. majors in Environmental Studies select three courses, one from each of three clusters (Ecology and Society; Energy/Water/Climate; The Built Environment).

Although these clusters and the associated courses vary in focus, each tackles a key environmental topic by drawing on research from the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, each emphasizes solutions, and each requires critical thinking.

Students in the B.S. degree track complete their training by acquiring in-depth expertise through upper division Environmental Studies electives and an outside concentration. Both elective and outside concentration courses are restricted to physical and natural science disciplines.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Ecology and Management of California Wildlands

Soil Science

Environmental Toxicology

Renewable Energy Systems

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Environmental Applications

Seminar in Community and Personal Resilience

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Santa Barbara, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

3.4

3.0 GPA For California residents

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General requirements

In general, international applicants will have graduated from a secondary school and earned a certificate of completion that enables attendance at a university in that country.

If your native language is not English - and your high school, college, or university education was in a country where the language of instruction was not English - you must meet UCSB's English Language Proficiency requirement.

Visit the Freshman Eligibility and Selection page for domestic applicants to review UCSB's ACT and SAT exam policy, information on how our three colleges evaluate applicants, and information on which majors require supplemental applications.

Your international school must have an appropriate level of recognition in the educational system it follows. If your international school follows a U.S. curriculum, the school must have U.S. accreditation and you must graduate with a U.S. high school diploma or an equivalent credential.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

14934 USD / year

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Out-of-State

14934 USD / year

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In-State

14934 USD / year

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Living costs

Santa Barbara

United States

1640 - 2480 USD / month

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