Earth Semester Course	Title	Credits	Comparable Rice Course(s)	Title
BSPH 3120	Earth Systems Science	4	GEOL 390	Field Geology
BSPH 3150	Conservation Biology	4	BIOS 325	Ecology
BSPH 3200	Law, Politics and Economics of Global Change	3	POLI 331	Environmental Politics and Policy
BSPH 3997	Research (Independent Research in Environmental Science and Policy)	2	BIOS 310 OR	Independent Study and Research
			ENVI 490 OR	Special Study and Research
			GEOL 481	Senior Research in Geology
BSPH 3910	Planetary Management Seminar and Laboratory	3	SPAC 203 OR	Atmosphere, Weather, and Climate
			BIOS 322	Global Ecosystem Dynamics

Students must arrange in advance for transferable credits from Earth Semester. The above table represents possible substitutions.

As of 10/26/98