Welcome

The Division of Science & Environmental Policy (SEP) is the administrative home for an array of academic degree programs, research laboratories, and community outreach programs.

All SEP programs provide outstanding opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students to learn how to use interdisciplinary science and technology to serve community needs.

SEP places a heavy emphasis on preparing students for rewarding careers and/or more advanced academic study in fields related to environmental resource assessment, management, and policy.

Faculty clusters provide particular strengths in marine and terrestrial biology/ecology, watershed science & hydrology, environmental science education, and advanced technologies for geospatial data collection, analysis, and visualization.

For more information on SEP's many programs, please follow the links at left or contact the SEP Office.

Field Notes ~ August 2008

Students Xeronimo Castaneda and Ben Nilsen are shown assisting with research at Point Lobos State Reserve conducted through the Marine Landscape Ecology Lab at CSUMB. Under the supervision of Dr. Corey Garza, students are assisting with the development of survey methods that can estimate scale dependency in the relationship between environmental factors such as topographic complexity, and patterns of species distribution and abundance in rocky intertidal communities. The data gathered by students in the lab will be used to develop GIS and statistical models that will help provide estimates as to how strongly physical and biological processes structure intertidal marine communities at local and regional scales.