2023-2024 Course Catalog
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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 |
Select one of the following: | 4 | |
Conservation of Biological Diversity (Wildlife Majors) | ||
Fisheries Management (Fisheries Majors) | ||
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 | 2-3 |
or NR 2234 | 1st Semester Experience-Transfer Students in Natural Resources and Environment | |
Subtotal | 20-21 | |
Major Requirements | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Plant Taxonomy | ||
Herbaceous Landscape Plants | ||
Woody Landscape Plants | ||
FIW 2314 | Wildlife Biology | 3 |
FIW 2324 | Wildlife Field Biology | 3 |
FIW 4214 | Wildlife Field Techniques | 3 |
FIW 4434 | Wildlife Habitat Ecology and Management | 3 |
FREC 2324 | Dendrology Laboratory | 1 |
Vertebrate Biology Restricted Elective | ||
Select one of the following: (must include labs) | 4 | |
Ornithology | ||
Mammalogy | ||
Herpetology | ||
Subtotal | 20 | |
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 | |
Additional Wildlife Conservation Requirements | ||
FIW 4474 | Wildlife Habitat Evaluation | 1 |
Additional Vertebrate Biology Restricted Elective | ||
Select one of the following: (must include labs) | 4 | |
Ornithology | ||
Mammalogy | ||
Herpetology | ||
Aquatic Entomology | ||
Ichthyology | ||
Genetics | ||
BIOL 2004 | Genetics | 3 |
or FIW/FREC 4324 | Genetics of Natural and Mangaged Populations | |
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 | ||
Ecology Restricted Elective | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Ecology | ||
Forest Ecology and Silvics | ||
Environmental Silviculture | ||
Physical Science Restricted Elective | ||
Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
Survey of Organic Chemistry | ||
Organic Chemistry | ||
Soils and Soils Laboratory | ||
Soils in the Landscape | ||
Earth Science: Our Past, Present, and Future | ||
Oceanography | ||
General Physics | ||
General Physics | ||
Subtotal | 17-18 | |
Free Electives | ||
Select 1-3 credits | 1-3 | |
Subtotal | 1-3 | |
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 | 118-122 |
Minimum hours for degree is 120. A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required for all work applied to the major.
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