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Environmental Sciences and Policy

UCSC offers a range of options for students to pursue environmental
topics. The Environmental Studies Department offers an interdisciplinary
B.A. program that emphasizes social sciences, conservation biology,
and agroecology (see Environmental Studies, below). The Environmental
Studies Department offers combined majors with the Departments of
Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences, and Economics. Effectively, the
environmental studies/biology and environmental studies/Earth sciences
combined majors extend the scientific training in disciplinary areas
but are not intended to develop a student's core competence to a level
equivalent to that attained with a major in the related science. The
Chemistry and Earth Sciences Departments offer concentrations in environmental
topics within their B.A. and B.S. degree programs. The environmental
sciences concentrations are designed for students in the natural sciences
who wish to pursue interdisciplinary study of the environment. These
develop a level of competency suitable for pursuing graduate work
in these disciplinary areas or in graduate environmental programs
(see descriptions in the appropriate sections: Chemistry;
and Earth Sciences.
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