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All courses are for unit credit and apply to a De Anza associate degree unless otherwise noted.
ESCI 56 Wildlife Science Technician: 3 Units Plant Survey Techniques
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Three hours lecture (36 hours total per quarter).
Examines the plant survey techniques and plant community ecology principles utilized in wildlife science corridor and landscape design, preservation or restoration. Applies these plant survey techniques to assist in the preservation, protection and restoration of native species and ecosystems.
ESCI 57 Wildlife Science Technician: 2 Units Wildlife Monitoring
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211 (or LART 211), or ESL 272 and 273.
Six hours laboratory (72 hours total per quarter).
Wildlife monitoring field studies lab course exploring wildlife movement and wildlife corridors locally. Applies the principles of wildlife science technology to assist in the preservation, protection and restoration of native species and ecosystems.
Environmental Science
E ESCI 1 Environmental Science 4 Units (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introductory course designed to expose students to environmental science. Human interactions with the environment and their consequences for living and nonliving systems will be examined. Topics will include evolution, ecology, biodiversity, human population dynamics, natural resource use, pollution, environmental degradation, climate change, marine and freshwater resources, and environmental policy. (One-day field trip outside of scheduled class time may be required for this course.)
 ESCI 1L Environmental Science Laboratory
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Prerequisite: ESCI 1 (may be taken concurrently).
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Three hours laboratory (36 hours total per quarter).
1 Unit
An introduction to environmental science as a branch of the sciences including the scientific method and its relation to the scientific field in a laboratory and field setting. Applications of scientific, environmental, ecological and sustainability principles as they relate to human societies will be explored.
ESCI 19 Environmental Biology 5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture, three hours laboratory (84 hours total per quarter).
An introduction to environmental biology as a branch of the environmental sciences and its relation to the scientific field. Review of the principles of environmental biology, ecology and conservation as they relate to natural resource use, the biodiversity crisis, pollution, human population, climate change and the impacts on all cultural, ethnic and gender groups. (Field trip outside of scheduled class time may be required for this course.)
ESCI 21 Practices of Environmental Stewardship 5 Units
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture, three hours laboratory (84 hours total per quarter).
A focus on the California Floristic Province, emphasizing the ways California’s biodiversity is sampled and studied. Includes hands-on fieldwork surveying vegetation and animal populations, discussion of societal impacts of biodiversity loss and conservation, and the importance of biodiversity conservation today. (Off-campus field trips may be required.)
ESCI 30 Introduction to Conservation Biology 5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture, three hours laboratory (84 hours total per quarter).
An introduction to biodiversity and conservation biology as a branch of the environmental sciences. This course will focus on species richness, genetic diversity and ecosystem diversity through the exploration of contemporary biodiversity and conservation issues. Adaptive, community-based conservation techniques applied to develop practical problem-solving approaches to the biodiversity crisis including habitat fragmentation and biological monitoring. In addition cultural, economic and philosophical aspects of biodiversity conservation will be explored. (Off-campus field trips will be required.)
ESCI 50 Introduction to Wildlife Science 4 Units Technology
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Explores wildlife science practice and technology in the 21st century including the scientific principles of corridor ecology, landscape ecology and connectivity and ecosystem (adaptive) management. Applies the principles (theory) of wildlife science technology to assist in the preservation, protection and restoration of native species and ecosystems.
ESCI 54 Wildlife Science Technician: 3 Units Data Analysis
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Three hours lecture (36 hours total per quarter).
Explores the data analysis techniques (including least cost path analysis), protocol and equipment utilized in wildlife corridor technology. Applies the data analysis techniques utilized in the wildlife corridor discipline to assist in the preservation, protection and restoration of native species and ecosystems.
ESCI 55 Wildlife Science Technician: 3 Units Corridor Design
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Three hours lecture (36 hours total per quarter).
Examines the process of wildlife science corridor (connectivity) design in the 21st century, incorporating the principles and challenges of corridor ecology, ecosystem (adaptive) management and the urban-wildlife interface. Applies the principles of wildlife corridor design to assist in the preservation, protection and restoration of native landscape, species and ecosystems.
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211 (or LART 211), or ESL 272 and 273.
Six hours laboratory (72 hours total per quarter).
Wildlife monitoring and landscape linkages field studies lab course exploring wildlife movement, habitat utilization, data collection and analysis and in the Central Coast Region of California as part of the first large scale statewide landscape connectivity study conducted by the Wildlife Science Technician (WST) Program, Environmental Studies Department, De Anza College, entitled: Safe Passage for Coyote Valley; A Wildlife Linkage for the Highway 101 Corridor, A User’s Guide to Protecting Highway Crossings for Wildlife While Connecting California’s Students with Science and Nature. Applies the wildlife tracking principles and techniques as well as relevant state and federal legislation and policy to an actual statewide corridor case study to assist in the preservation, protection and restoration of native species, ecosystems and landscape connectivity statewide.
ESCI 60 Restoration Ecology 5 Units
(Formerly ESCI 20.)
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture, three hours laboratory (84 hours total per quarter).
An introduction to ecological restoration. Includes review of ecological theories as necessary for restoration based projects. The Cheeseman Environmental Studies serves as a laboratory for students project based, experiential learning.
ESCI 58
Wildlife Science Technician: Wildlife Monitoring and Landscape Linkages for California
2 Units
ESCI 77
ESCI 77X
ESCI 77Y
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and division dean.
Three hours laboratory for each unit of credit (36 hours total for each unit of credit per quarter).
Individual research in environmental science. Specific projects determined in consultation with the instructor. Outside reading and written report required.
Environmental Studies
E S 1 Introduction to Environmental Studies 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introductory study of environmental issues, their underlying causes and potential solutions from an interdisciplinary perspective, considering science, history, culture, philosophy and ethics, law and regulation, politics, economics, and management practices. Topics include current environmental issues related to nature/wildlife preservation, natural resource use and conservation, pollution control and prevention, and energy use and climate change. Students learn how their personal and career choices and actions can protect nature, preserve natural resources, prevent pollution, reduce energy demands and decrease climate change impacts for the benefit of current and future generations.
(One field trip may be required outside of class time.)
E S 2 Introduction to Sustainability 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introduction to sustainability through environmental, social, and economic evaluation. Students will learn the influence of societal resource use, distribution, and waste on earth. Climate change, power dynamics, and leadership are observed as influences on sustainability.
E S 3 Imagery of the Environment 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introduction to the academic discipline of Environmental Studies through historical and contemporary analysis of nature-based imagery. What those representations indicate about past and present environmental changes will be
Special Projects in Environmental Science
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