Academics
Degree Requirements
All students entering our program enter as transfer students. Generally, students will take two years of required general education (GE) coursework at an accredited community college, or university, and the last two years of the Environmental Sciences curriculum at Loma Linda University (LLU). However, students desiring early entrance may do so upon previously completing at least 48 quarter units of GE coursework and the approval of the EBS department. Students accepted early will concurrently take coursework at a nearby community college in order to complete some of their outstanding GE requirements. Some GE courses may be taken at LLU.
Note: No more than 105 quarter/70 semester units may be transferred from a junior or community college. Grades of C- and below are not accepted ftor credit.
Co-Requisite requirements
The courses outlined below satisfy the ENVS undergraduate GE requirements as well as the LLU GE requirements (cannot be taken at LLU unless specified by *). For a complete description of LLU’s general education requirements and criteria please refer to the Division of General Studies section in a current LLU catalog.
44-48 units required general education courses (some may be taken at LLU)
| Freshman English (full sequence that meets baccalaureate requirements) | 9-13 | |
| Religion (minimum 4 units for each 48 units enrolled in a SDA college) | 0-8 | |
| Peronal Health or Nutrition | 2 | |
| Physical Education (two physical activities) | 1 | |
| Social Sciences (e.g. anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology, sociology, etc.) | 12 | |
| Humanities (a course from three of the following areas: civilization/history, fine arts, literature, modern language, performing/visual arts [4 units max], or philosophy) | 12-20 |
31 units required cognate courses (not offered at LLU unless specified)
| College Algebra | 4 | |
| Statistics | 3 | |
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At least two of the full course sequences are required depending on the concentration area (see following concentration section). All three courses are required by pre-medicine and some other preprofessional and graduate programs (see previous section Preparation for Advanced Programs for more on requirements). |
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| General Biology | 12 | |
| General Chemistry | 12 | |
| General Physics | 12 | |
Resident requirements
Students will take the courses below at Loma Linda University in their junior and senior years, after completion of (or concurrently with) the ENVS transfer co-requisites. Courses do not have to be repeated if already taken.
32 units required core courses
| BIOL 449 | Biodiversity and Conservation | 3 |
| ENVH 414 | Introduction to Environmental Health | 3 |
| ENVH 422 | Principles of Geographic Information Systems | 4 |
| ENVH 424 | Desktop GIS Software Applications | 4 |
| ENVH 434 | Advanced GIS Software Applications | 3 |
| ENVS 401 | Earth System Science and Global Change | 4 |
| ENVS 455 | Environmental Law and Regulation | 4 |
| ENVS 485 | Seminar in Environmental Sciences (1.0) | 3 |
| GEOL 475 | Philosophy of Science and Origins | 4 |
Concentrations (one required)
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14 units Required environmental sciences electives (Selected from the ES concentration areas)
| Elective (0) | Choose from any of the environmental sciences concentration areas. A minimum of one course from each non-concentration area is required. | 14 |
6 units Required religion Courses
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GENERAL ELECTIVES
Any undergraduate courses taught at Loma Linda University or other regionally accredited colleges need to meet the 192-unit total requirement.