Sample Schedule

The sample schedules below show a typical path through the first two-years for a preconcentrator interested in ESE.  These sample schedules are provided as a guiding example, and students may decide on an alternate path. We strongly recommend that students interested in any of the engineering areas begin taking mathematics in their first semester and plan to complete their math, chemistry, and physics requirements within the first two years.  Leading up to a declaration of the Environmental Science & Engineering Track during the sophomore year, students will work with concentration advisers to construct an individual degree program that matches their specific interests within ESE while simultaneously fulfilling all of the concentration requirements.

If starting in Math Ma: 

If starting in Math 1a: 

If starting in Applied Math 21a:

Once ESE students have established a foundation in the prerequisite math and science courses, they can take many exciting upper-level electives. While these courses are typically taken in the junior and senior years, some students with advanced preparation in math and science begin taking the 100-level courses during their sophomore year.  Upper-level ESE courses focus on on the fundamental processes governing environmental systems and human impacts on those systems, such as the chemical and physical processes at the intersection of global energy demand and climate feedbacks (ES 135); the principles governing the movement of water in the earth’s subsurface (ES 162), oceans (ES 131), and atmosphere (ES 132); the chemical behavior of pollutants in the aqueous (ES 164) and atmospheric (ES 133) compartments of the environment; the transport and control of pollution in natural waters (ES 163); and the technologies used to purify water for human use and environmental protection (ES 165).