2024-2025 Course Catalog
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Minimum hours for degree is 120. A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required for all work applied to the major
Code | Title | Credits |
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Degree Core Requirements | ||
BIOL 1115 | Principles of Biology Laboratory | 1 |
BIOL 1116 | Principles of Biology Laboratory | 1 |
BIOL 2704 | Evolutionary Biology | 3 |
FIW 2114 | Principles of Fish and Wildlife Conservation | 3 |
FIW 4314 | Conservation of Biological Diversity | 4 |
or FIW 4714 | Fisheries Management | |
FIW 4414 | Population Dynamics and Estimation | 3 |
FIW 4464 | Human Dimensions of Fisheries and Wildlife | 3 |
NR 1234 | First Year Experience In Natural Resources and Environment | 3 |
or NR 2234 | 1st Semester Experience-Transfer Students in Natural Resources and Environment | |
Subtotal | 21 | |
Major Requirements | ||
BIOL 2804 | Ecology | 3 |
FIW 3514 | Fisheries Techniques | 3 |
FIW 4424 | Ichthyology | 4 |
FIW 4614 | Fish Ecology | 3 |
Geographic Information Systems Restricted Elective | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Information Technologies for Natural Resource Management | ||
Forest Photogrammetry and Spatial Data Processing | ||
Principles of Geographic Information Systems | ||
Introduction to Remote Sensing | ||
GEOS 3034 | Oceanography | 3 |
Subtotal | 19 | |
Additional Degree Requirements | ||
CHEM 1035 | General Chemistry | 3 |
CHEM 1036 | General Chemistry | 3 |
CHEM 1045 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
CHEM 1046 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
Experiential Learning Requirement | ||
Select one of the following: (requires department approval) | 1 | |
Independent Study | ||
Undergraduate Research | ||
Internship Through Directed Field Study | ||
Independent Study | ||
Undergraduate Research | ||
XXXX 3954 | Study Abroad | |
Legal Foundation Restricted Elective | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Environmental Law | ||
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Policy | ||
Natural Resource Policy | ||
Introduction to Environmental Policy and Planning | ||
Law of Critical Environmental Areas | ||
Writing Restricted Elective | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Communicating Ag and Life Sciences in Writing | ||
Technical Writing | ||
Business Writing | ||
Subtotal | 15 | |
Option Required Courses | ||
FIW/FREC 4324 | Genetics of Natural and Mangaged Populations | 3 |
STAT 3616 | Biological Statistics | 3 |
Physical Science Restricted Elective | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Soils in the Landscape | ||
Earth Science: Our Past, Present, and Future | ||
Earth Resources, Society, and Environment | ||
General Physics | ||
General Physics | ||
Aquatic Ecology Restricted Elective | ||
Select two of the following: | 8 | |
Freshwater Ecology | ||
Invertebrate Zoology | ||
Aquatic Entomology | ||
Subtotal | 17 | |
Free Electives | ||
Select 3-4 credits | 3-4 | |
Subtotal | 3-4 | |
Pathways to General Education | ||
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse | ||
ENGL 1105 | First-Year Writing (1F) | 3 |
ENGL 1106 | First-Year Writing (1F) | 3 |
ALCE 3634 | Communicating Ag and Life Sciences in Speaking (1A) | 3 |
or COMM 2004 | Public Speaking | |
Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities | ||
Select three credits in Pathway 2 | 3 | |
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Leadership for Global Sustainability | ||
Morality and Justice | ||
Global Ethics | ||
Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences | ||
Select three credits in Pathway 3 | 3 | |
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Economics of the Food and Fiber System | ||
or AAEC 1006 | Economics of the Food and Fiber System | |
Principles of Economics | ||
or ECON 2006 | Principles of Economics | |
Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences | ||
BIOL 1105 | Principles of Biology | 3 |
BIOL 1106 | Principles of Biology | 3 |
Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking | ||
Select one of the following: | 6 | |
Elementary Calculus (5F) | ||
or MATH 1225 | Calculus of a Single Variable | |
Elementary Calculus (5F) | ||
or MATH 1226 | Calculus of a Single Variable | |
STAT 3615 | Biological Statistics (5A) | 3 |
Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts | ||
Select three credits in Pathway 6a | 3 | |
Select three credits in Pathway 6d | 3 | |
Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States | ||
Select three credits in Pathway 7 | 3 | |
Subtotal | 45 | |
Total Credits | 120-121 |
Complete an 1105-1106 foreign language (e.g., FR, GR, SPAN) grouping or the equivalent unless two (2) high school units of the same foreign language or six (6) transfer credit hours of foreign language have been earned. These credits do not count toward graduation.
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