{"id":82,"date":"2016-02-29T13:44:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T21:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/geography\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:56:12","slug":"environmental-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/geography\/environmental-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Studies Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:221px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"164\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-907\" alt=\"Banner showing a quote from Jane Goodall stating, &quot;What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2026\/04\/ENVSBANNER-e1776204192339.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2026\/04\/ENVSBANNER-e1776204192339.jpg 646w, https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2026\/04\/ENVSBANNER-e1776204192339-300x76.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-right\">What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. ~ Jane Goodall<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"style6\">Are you passionate about the environment?&nbsp; <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"style6\">Palomar College offers a <a href=\"https:\/\/palomar.programmapper.ws\/academics\/interest-clusters\/8e846293-ec42-412b-b81a-da2186e93ef7\/programs\/eb4611b8-8bf2-2c41-7aad-1714df05fc18\">Certificate of Achievement in Environmental Studies<\/a> that prepares you to transfer into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csusm.edu\/envs\/ba_in_environmental_studies.html\">Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies<\/a> program at Cal State San Marcos (CSUSM). <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Required Courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>BIOL 118: &nbsp; &nbsp; General Ecology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GEOG 100:&nbsp; &nbsp;Earth&#8217;s Dynamic Environment: &nbsp;Intro to Physical Geography<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GEOG 105: &nbsp; People and the Environment: Intro to Human Geography (counts for ENVS 100 at CSUSM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"style6\">GEOG 120: &nbsp; Digital Earth: Intro to GIS<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PHSC 101: &nbsp; &nbsp;Principles of Physical Science<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"style6\">These five courses complete the certificate. However, to complete all of your lower-division major coursework prior to transfer, we recommend that you also take ENVS 210 at CSUSM while you are still a student at Palomar College, for only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/transfercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2015\/02\/Palomar-Cross-Enrollment-Form-1.pdf\">$10 per unit<\/a><\/span>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/counseling\/\">counselor<\/a> can help you schedule these courses into your GE program so that you will be ready for transfer into the bachelor&#8217;s program at CSUSM. If you would like more information on the program, please contact Wing Cheung or Cathy Jain. &nbsp;We would be happy to hear from you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you passionate about the environment?&nbsp; Palomar College offers a Certificate of Achievement in Environmental Studies that prepares you to transfer into the Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies program at Cal State San Marcos (CSUSM). Required Courses These five courses complete the certificate. However, to complete all of your lower-division major coursework prior to transfer,&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/geography\/environmental-studies\/\">Continue Reading<span> Environmental Studies Certificate<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-82","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Environmental Studies Certificate - Geography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/geography\/environmental-studies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Environmental Studies Certificate - Geography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Are you passionate about the environment?&nbsp; Palomar College offers a Certificate of Achievement in Environmental Studies that prepares you to transfer into the Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies program at Cal State San Marcos (CSUSM). 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