Mo'orea Spring Island Sustainability: Course Credit Guide

The following is provided as a guide for courses within the Mo’orea Spring Program. 

⦁ As a program participant, you are required to take all five courses during the Spring semester in Mo’orea. 

 

⦁ All five program courses fall within the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM). 

 

⦁ Be sure to consult with your academic advisor prior to enrollment if you have questions regarding the process for applying course credit to your major and/or breadth requirements. 

 

⦁ Berkeley Study Abroad program staff will enroll program participants in the five courses in October.

 

Breadth Requirement Fulfillment

 

ESPM 109A: Island and Coral Reef Resilience and Ecosystem Services (3 units)

Fulfills Biological Science breadth

ESPM 109B: Polynesian Culture and Society (3 units)

Fulfills Social & Behavioral Sciences breadth

ESPM 109C: Issues in Biodiversity (3 units)

Fulfills Biological Science breadth

ESPM 109D: Environmental Planning, Management, and Policy (3 units)

Fulfills Social & Behavioral Sciences breadth

ESPM 109E: Data Science, Communication, and Professionalism (3 units)

 No breadth requirements are fulfilled through this course

 

* Through completion of program with a passing grade in every course, students fulfill the International Studies Breadth Requirement

Rausser College of Natural Resources - Major Credit

 

Environmental Sciences Major:

ES Electives: ESPM 109A, 109B, 109C, 109D, 109E 

ESPM 109B would satisfy Human-Environment Interactions requirement

Conservation and Resource Studies Major:

Program can count toward two of the CRS major Area of Interest courses 

Genetics and Plant Biology Major:

ESPM 109C Issues in Biodiversity = 1 concentration elective in major

Microbial Biology Major: 

ESPM 109C Issues in Biodiversity = 1 concentration elective in major

Molecular Environmental Biology Major: 

Program will count for 1 Area B, up to 4 units toward any concentration, and 1 upper division lab 

Society and Environment Major:

Completion of program would satisfy two Society & Environment area of concentration requirements. Check with your Academic Advisor to determine which course(s) can be applied to AOC requirements.

College of Letters & Science - Major Credit

 

Earth and Planetary Science - Marine Science Major/Minor:

ESPM 109 series will count as an elective for major and minor 

 Geography Major:

 Students are encouraged to check with their Major Advisor to seek major credit. 

 Integrative Biology Major:

 Students are encouraged to check with their Major Advisor to seek major credit.