To earn an Science and Global Change (SGC) Scholars Citation, you must:

Comply with University's Code of Academic Integrity (no XFs on a candidate's transcript)
Participate in the College Park Scholars Academic Showcase
Integrate your Scholars learning by completing the learning outcomes assessments (including Program Evaluation)
Earn a minimum grade point average of 3.0 in Scholars SGC citation courses
- Students who complete all course and program requirements but who do not meet the minimum GPA are eligible to receive a certification of program completion. This does not appear on your academic transcript but it is an accomplishment you can reflect on your résumé
Complete all requirements within your first four semesters at UMd
Complete a minimum of 13 credits as outlined below

Science and Global Change - Course Requirements

Requirement Checklist

	Course	Credits
_____	CPSG 100 (first-year colloquium I) in Semester I	1
_____	CPSG 101 (first-year colloquium II) in Semester II	1
_____	CPSG 200 (sophomore colloquium) in Semester III	1
_____	The Practicum¹ (CPSG 230, 240, 250, CPSP 359G, or other course approved by Faculty Director) in Semester IV	1-3
_____	Citizenship & Diverse Pespectives (CDP) Course² (by the end of Semester IV)	3²
_____	Supporting Course A (see list following) (by the end of Semester IV)	3-4
_____	Supporting Course B (see list following) (by the end of Semester IV)	3-4
_____	Supporting Course C (see list following) (by the end of Semester IV)	3-4
	Total:	13-21

¹ The Practicum can be earned in various courses:

CPSG 230 Practicum: Internship 1-2 cr
CPSG 240 Practicum: Service-Learning 1-2 cr
CPSG 250 Practicum: Research 1-2 cr
CPSP 359G Advanced Practicum 3 cr (DSSP)
Other courses as they become available, at the discretion of the Faculty Director
- If another course is approved, earning the Citation may involve a few additional items which are part of the CPSG courses

² The CDP requirement can be earned by one of the Supporting Courses if that course has DVCC or DVUP credit

Citation Requirements in Matrix Format:

[Please Note: The Matrix Format gives a model for when to take which courses, but this is only one possible model. The courses in bold italics (CPSG classes) MUST be taken in the semester indicated; the CDP and supporting courses must simply be completed by the end of Semester IV.]

Semester I
Course	Credits
*CPSG 100 Colloquium*	1
Supporting Course 1	3-4

Semester II
Course	Credits
*CPSG 101 Colloquium*	1
CDP Course (if not fulfilled by a Supporting Course)	3
Supporting Course 2 (if not completed earlier)	3-4

Semester III
Course	Credits
*CPSG 200 Colloquium*	1
Supporting Course 3 (if not completed earlier)	3-4

Semester IV
Course	Credits
*Practicum*	1-3
Supporting Course 3() ( if not completed in Semester 3)	3-4

A printout of this information and a schedule of which courses should be taken when during your program is available in pdf format.)

Citizenship and Diverse Perspectives (CDP) Course List

The CDP Course requirement can be earned by taking one of the following:

Any 3-credit class with DVCC or DVUP credit
Any combination of 1- or 2-credit courses with DVCC or DVUP credit which total up to at least 3 credits
FMSC 190S Man UP! Where are the Fathers? (3; DSHS, SCIS)
GVPT 170 American Government (3; DSHS)
GVPT 202 Law or Politics? The U.S. Supreme Court and Individual Rights (3; DSHS, SCIS)

Supporting Courses

PLEASE NOTE: Not all classes are offered every semester. Additionally, some may have prerequisites. Please check the listings in the Schedule of Classes. Credit and GenEd categories for each class are listed. If your choice also has DVCC or DVUP credit, the Supporting Course will also fulfill your CDP required class.

Each student must complete one course from each of the following three lists. (Note: each category also includes the categories before them.) These courses need not be taken in sequence: for example, you can complete your course from the "C" list before the "A" and "B" lists.

Prior Learning Credit: note that if you have an AP, IB, or similar transfer credit for a course which the University considers as equivalent to a course in the list below, SGC will honor this as having completed that Supporting Course.

Supporting Course A: Earth, Atmospheric, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (any one course from the following list):

GEOL 100 Physical Geology (3; DSNS) or GEOL 100/110 Physical Geology with Lab (4; DSNL)
GEOL 102 Historical Geology (4)
GEOL 104 Dinosaurs: A Natural History (3; DSNS)
GEOL 120 Environmental Geology (3; DSNS) or GEOL 120/110 Environmental Geology with Lab (4; DSNL)
AOSC/GEOL 123 Causes and Consequences of Global Change (3; DSNS, SCIS)
GEOL 200 Earth's Fury: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunami (3; DSNS, SCIS)
GEOL 204 Dinosaurs, Early Humans, Ancestors, and Evolution: the Fossil Record of Vanished Worlds of the Prehistoric Past (3; DSNS, SCIS)
GEOL 212 Planetary Geology (3; DSNS)
AOSC 200 Weather and Climate (3; DSNS, SCIS) or AOSC 200/201 Weather and Climate with Lab (4; DSNL, SCIS)
AGNR/PUAF 301 Sustainability (3) [May also can be used as Supporting Course C; however, it can only count for either A or C, not both]
ARCH 272 Sustainability at College Park (3; DSNS or DSSP, SCIS) [May also can be used as Supporting Course C; however, it can only count for either A or C, not both]
AREC 200 The Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem: Intersection of Science, Economics and Policy (3; DSNS or DSSP, SCIS) [May also can be used as Supporting Course C; however, it can only count for either A or C, not both]
ENSP 101 Introduction to Environmental Science (3; DSNS)
ENSP 102 Introduction to Environmental Policy (3; DSHS)
ENST 140 Sustainability and History: The Maryland Experience (3; DSHS, SCIS)
ENST 200 Fundamentals of Soil Science (4; DSNL)
ENST 214 Introduction to Fish and Wildlife Sciences (3)
GEOG 201/211 Geography of Environmental Systems/Lab (4; DSNL)
ASTR 220 Collisions in Space -The Threat of Asteroid Impacts (3; DSNS, SCIS)
ASTR 230 The Science and Fiction of Planetary Systems (3; DSNS, SCIS)
PLEASE NOTE: Although AP Environmental Studies does not have an exact equivalent at UMd, we will accept AP ES with a 4 or 5 as fulfilling your Supporting Course A requirement

Supporting Course B: GenEd Natural Sciences (a second course from List A or one course from the following list):

Any 3-4 credit class with DSNS or DSNL GenEd credit.

Supporting Course C: Broader Context:

AGNR/PUAF 301 Sustainability (3) [May also can be used as Supporting Course A; however, it can only count for either A or C, not both]
ANSC 277 Eating with Eyes Wide Open (3: DSNS, SCIS)
ANTH 210 Introduction to Medical Anthropology and Global Health (3; DSHS, DVUP)
ANTH 222 Introduction to Ecological and Evolutionary Anthropology (4; DSNL, DVUP)
ANTH 240 Introduction to Archaeology (3; DSHS, DVUP)
ANTH 241 Contraversies in Archaeology
ANTH 265 Anthropology of Global Health (3; DSHS, DVUP, SCIS)
ANTH 266 Changing Climate, Changing Cultures (3; DSHS, DVCC, SCIS)
ARCH 272 Sustainability at College Park (3; DSNS or DSSP, SCIS) [May also can be used as Supporting Course A; however, it can only count for either A or C, not both]
AREC 200 The Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem: Intersection of Science, Economics and Policy (3; DSNS or DSSP, SCIS) [May also can be used as Supporting Course A; however, it can only count for either A or C, not both]
AREC 240 Introduction to Economics and the Environment (3; DSHS)
AREC 241 Environment, Economics and Policy (4; DSHS, SCIS)
AREC 365 World Hunger, Populations, and Food Supplies (3; DVUP)
ARTH 265 How (and Why) to Look at Art in the Era of Climate Change (3; DSHU, SCIS)
BSCI 151 Beyond Race: Human Biological Diversity (3; DSNS or DSSP) (if not used for your Supporting Course B)
Any one (1) CMSC course numbered 106 or higher OR INST 126 Introduction to Programming for Information Professionals (3), INST 326 Object-Oriented Programming for Information Science (3), or INST 327 Database Design and Modeling (3; DSSP)
CPSP 220W Where the Waters Blend: Contemporary Indigenous Perspectives on History, Traditions, and Modern Issues (3; DSHS, DVCC)
ECON 181 Putting a Price on the Environment: An Economist's Perspective on Sustainability (3; DSHS, SCIS)
ECON 185 Energy: Crisis or Breakthrough? (3: DSHS, SCIS)
ENEE 131 Technology Choices (3; DSSP, SCIS)
ENEE 200 or ENES 200 Technology and Consequences: Engineering, Ethics and Humanity (3; DSHU, SCIS)
ENGL 255 Literature of Science and Technology (3; DSHU)
ENMA 150 The Materials of Civilization (3; DSNS, SCIS)
ENMA 289A Bigger, Faster, Better: The Quest for Absolute Technology (3; DSNS, SCIS)
ENSP/PLSC 250 Lawns in the Landscape: Environmental Hero or Villain (3; DSNS, SCIS)
ENST 233 Introduction to Environmental Health (3; DSNS)
ENST 282 Ecological Innovation and Entrepreneurship (3)
FMSC 110 Families and Global Health (3; DSHS, DVCC)
GEOG 110 The World Today: Global Perspectives (3; DSHS, DVUP)
GEOG 140 Natural Disasters: Earthquakes, Floods, and Fires (3; DSNS, SCIS)
GEOG 156/INST 156 How NASA Sees the Earth (3; DSSP)
GEOG 330 As the World Turns: Society and Sustainability in a Time of Great Change (3; DSHS, DVUP, SCIS)
GEOL 288 Field Studies I (1-2)
GEOL 388 Field Studies II (3)
GVPT273 Introduction to Environmental Politics (3; DSSP)
GVPT 306 Global Environmental Politics (3)
HISP 200 The Everyday and the American Environment (3; DSHU, DVUP, SCIS)
HIST 141 Carbon: Element at the Center of History (3; DSHS, SCIS)
HIST 204 Introduction to the History of Science (3; DSHS)
HIST 205 Environmental History (3; DSHS or DSHU)
HIST 206 Introduction to the History of Technology (3; DSHS)
HIST 388L Special Topics in History: A Hundred Silent Springs: Environmental Justice History in the Americas, 1862-1962
PHIL209B Investigating Darwin's Dangerous Idea (3; DSHS or DSHU or DSSP, SCIS)
PHIL250 Philosophy of Science I (3; DSHU)
PLSC 101 Introductory Crop Science (4; DSNL)
PLSC 115 How Safe is Your Salad? The Microbiological Safety of Fresh Produce (3; DSNS, SCIS)
PLSC 125 Feeding Nine Billion by 2050: Food Security and Crop Protection (3; DSNS, SCIS)
PLSC 289I Greening Cities: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Who Cares? (3; DSSP, SCIS)
SOCY 223 Down the Rabbit Hole: Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal Beliefs, and How to Know What's Real (3; DSHS, SCIS)
TLPL 285 Decolonizing Climate Change Education: Fostering Inclusivity, Equity, and Holistic Understandings (3; DSSP, SCIS)
URSP 250 The Sustainable City: Opportunities and Challenges (3; DSSP, SCIS)

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