• Basic Sciences Courses:
  Library,
  Biology,
  Chemistry,
  Geography,
  Geology.
  
• Unique Environmental Courses:
  see Environmental Class Offerings
  
• Unique Majors and Certificate Programs including:
  - Environmental Program Core Certificate (short);
  - Ecological Restoration Certificate (short);
  - Environmental Management and Restoration Technology Major;
  - Human Ecology Major;
  - Environmental Design and Energy Technology Major;
  - Additional Proposed New and Revised Majors and Certificates
  
• Great Field Study Courses:
  In such places as East Bay Hills, Creeks and Lakes, the Mojave Desert, Alaska, the Canadian Rockies, the Australian Outback, and the Kalahari Desert (to name just a few--locations differ each semester).

Superb Transfer:
Connections with 4-year colleges, and record of transfer students (this program is highly regarded by 4-year schools).

Innovative Outreach:
to local High Schools
- Lake Merritt Study Program
- "Tree-to-Sea" course

Visionary Projects:

• The Environmental Center (Self-Reliant House), built by students at Merritt College, is a designated Earth Island Center, as well as the home of the David R. Brower/Ronald V. Dellums Institute for Sustainable Policy Studies.
• The East Bay Watershed Center is implementing watershed-related courses and workshops through a partnership with the Merritt College Environmental Program.
• Campus Eco-Restoration and Re-Vegetation (in conjunction with the Horticulture Dept.) Replanting the campus with live oaks and other natives
• Eco-Village development on Parking Lot B (conceptual stage)

• Feasibility Guide for an Intertidal Creek Restoration, ed. R.M. Freeman, J. Levine, D. Luce, W.L. Dotson, L.B. Douglas, D. Harvey. 2004. This feasibility manual provides an overview of inventories, assessments, regulations, costs, plans, and funding sources necessary to design and implement a restoration project in the intertidal reach of a creek, using the case study of Rheem Creek and the North Richmond shoreline. Funded by SF Foundation and CALFED Bay-Delta Authority. Contact the East Bay Watershed Center for availability information.


• East Bay Watershed Website Directory, ed. C. Gaye, D. Luce. 2003. The annotated list of Internet links is a guide to watershed restoration resources, inventories, and databases that should be helpful to anyone working on watershed restoration efforts in the East Bay portion of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Region of the CALFED Project. Funded by CALFED Bay-Delta Authority. To download, visit www.urbancreeks.org/ebwcdir. Also available online at www.mountaincurrent.net/~ebwc/.


• Initial Study for an Intertidal Creek Restoration, ed. R.M. Freeman. 2002. This study supports creek restoration projects at the watersheds' downstream ends and includes a list of stakeholders involved in intertidal restoration projects and their requirements. Prepared by the East Bay Watershed Center Partnership at Merritt College, with the Environmental Science Institute and Friends of Temescal Creek. Funded by SF Foundation. Visit www.lib.berkeley.edu/WRCA/bayfund/index.html.


• Introduction to Green Building, R.M. Freeman, L. Geathers, R. Felix-Ashman, L. B. Douglas, and E. Menkir. 2001. An overview of green building processes, including environmental impacts, site planning, ecologically-sustainable materials, and resources in Construction Specification Institute format. Prepared by R.M. Freeman and Associates. Available through Merritt College course ETECH 017 or from the Environmental Center.


• Environmental Careers: A Pilot Employment Market Survey, R.M. Freeman. 1994. This survey was initiated to assist strategic program planning for the Merritt College Environmental Science Program. The purpose of the survey was to determine course content and environmental career employment prospects for high school graduates and community college students in a curriculum which integrates academic course material with real world applications. Available through the Environmental Center.


• Energy Conservation Study of Supermarket Facilities, R.M. Freeman, Berkeley Creators Association, Vista College. 1985. Two studies of new energy reduction methods of supermarket facilities were conducted, as a means of producing preliminary comparative data. The research site was a typical 20,000 sq. foot uninsulated concrete building. Funded by PG & E and Vista College. Available through the Environmental Center.


• Other documents in progress include:
  - East Bay Watershed Survey Data 2000-2003: This collection contains 7 surveys of activities, status, and needs, with a brief meta-analysis review.
  - East Bay Watershed Center Watershed Directory: This directory covers the service area of the East Bay Watershed Center, from Rheem Creek in Richmond to San Leandro Creek watershed. Information about community organizations active in creek stewardship, major property owners, local government contacts, current and completed restoration projects and plans, and scientific assessment activities will be provided on each watershed. Location maps of each watershed are included in the directory.
  - East Bay Watershed Center Review of Resources: The Review of Resources will provide general resource information on governmental and regulating agencies, funding, technical support, and policy useful to individuals and groups working to protect watersheds in the East Bay Watershed Center service area.