2022-2023 Course Catalog
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Minimum credits required for graduation is 120.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Degree Core Requirements | ||
| ALS/WATR 4614 | Watershed Assessment, Management, and Policy 1 | 2 |
| ENSC 3604 | Fundamentals of Environmental Science 1 | 3 |
| FREC/WATR 3104 | Principles of Watershed Hydrology 1 | 3 |
| FREC/WATR 3754 | Watersheds and Water Quality Monitoring 1 | 3 |
| FREC/WATR 4464 | Water Resources Policy and Economics 1 | 3 |
| GEOG/WATR 2004 | Water, Environment, and Society | 3 |
| PHYS 2205 | General Physics 1 | 3 |
| Subtotal | 20 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Water Law and Planning | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Environmental Law | ||
| Introduction to Environmental Policy and Planning | ||
| Law of Critical Environmental Areas | ||
| Land Use and Environment: Planning and Policy 1 | ||
| Geospatial Technology and Informatics | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Geographic Information Systems for Engineers 1 | ||
| Information Technologies for Natural Resource Management 1 | ||
| Hydroinformatics 1 | ||
| Forest Photogrammetry and Spatial Data Processing 1 | ||
| Principles of Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Introduction to Remote Sensing | ||
| Subtotal | 6 | |
| Labs | ||
| BIOL 1116 | Principles of Biology Laboratory 1 | 1 |
| CHEM 1045 | General Chemistry Laboratory (Pathway 4) 1 | 1 |
| PHYS 2215 | General Physics Laboratory (Pathway 4) 1 | 1 |
| Subtotal | 3 | |
| Water Science Specialization | ||
| Select twelve credits - nine credits in one of the three specializations below and the remaining three credits in any of the three specializations listed below | 12 | |
I. Aquatic Ecosystems | ||
II. Hydrology | ||
III. Water Quality | ||
| Subtotal | 12 | |
| Water Policy Specialization | ||
| Select twelve credits - nine credits in one of the two specializations below and the remaining three credits in either of the two specializations listed below | 12 | |
I. Water Planning, Policy, and Economics | ||
II. Water, Climate, Energy, and Global Issues | ||
| Restricted Electives | ||
| Select 15 credits from courses listed under Water Science Specializations or Water Policy Specializations or from those listed as Restricted Electives | 15 | |
| Subtotal | 27 | |
| Free Electives | ||
| Select seven credits of Free Electives | 7 | |
| Subtotal | 7 | |
| Pathways to General Education | ||
| Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse | ||
| Select six credits in Pathway 1f | 6 | |
| ENGL 3534 | Literature and the Environment (1A) 1 | 3 |
| or ENGL 3764 | Technical Writing | |
| Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities | ||
| Select six credits in Pathway 2 2 | 6 | |
| Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences | ||
| AAEC 1005 | Economics of the Food and Fiber System | 3 |
| or ECON 2005 | Principles of Economics | |
| AAEC 1006 | Economics of the Food and Fiber System | 3 |
| or ECON 2006 | Principles of Economics | |
| Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences | ||
| BIOL 1106 | Principles of Biology 1 | 3 |
| CHEM 1035 | General Chemistry 1 | 3 |
| Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking | ||
| MATH 1025 | Elementary Calculus | 3 |
| or MATH 1225 | Calculus of a Single Variable | |
| MATH 1026 | Elementary Calculus | 3 |
| or MATH 1226 | Calculus of a Single Variable | |
| Select three credits in Pathway 5a 3 | 3 | |
| Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts | ||
| Select six credits in Pathway 6a and Pathway 6d 4 | 6 | |
| Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States | ||
| Select three credits in Pathway 7 5 | 3 | |
| Subtotal | 45 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |
Courses may have prerequisites, corequisites, or other restrictions. Consult Course Catalog for details.
Suggested: FREC 2554 Leadership for Global Sustainability or HIST 3144 American Environmental History
Suggested: FREC 4354 Forest Soil and Watershed Management
6 credits: 3 design & 3 arts, or 6 integrated; Suggested FREC 4554 Creating the Ecological City
May be double-counted with another core outcome or major requirement
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 4004 | Freshwater Ecology 1 | 4 |
| BIOL/CSES/ENSC 4164 | Environmental Microbiology 1 | 3 |
| BIOL/ENT 4354 | Aquatic Entomology 1 | 4 |
| BIOL 4454 | Invertebrate Zoology 1 | 4 |
| ENT/BIOL/FIW 4484 | Freshwater Biomonitoring 1 | 4 |
| FIW 4534 | Ecology and Management of Wetland Systems 1 | 3 |
| FIW 4614 | Fish Ecology 1 | 3 |
| FIW 4624 | Marine Ecology 1 | 3 |
| FIW 4714 | Fisheries Management 1 | 4 |
| FREC 4374 | Forested Wetlands 1 | 3 |
Courses may have prerequisites, corequisites, or other restrictions. Consult Course Catalog for details.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BSE 4224 | Field Methods in Hydrology 1 | 3 |
| CSES/GEOG/GEOS 3304 | Geomorphology 1 | 3 |
| CSES/ENSC 3614 | Soil Physical and Hydrological Properties 1 | 3 |
| FREC 4354 | Forest Soil and Watershed Management 1 | 3 |
| GEOS 3014 | Environmental Geosciences 1 | 3 |
| GEOS 4804 | Groundwater Hydrology 1 | 3 |
Courses may have prerequisites, corequisites, or other restrictions. Consult Course Catalog for details.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BSE 4394 | Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries 1 | 3 |
| CEE 3104 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering 1 | 3 |
| CSES 4644 | Land-based Systems for Waste Treatment | 3 |
| CSES/BIOL/ENSC 4164 | 1 | 3 |
| CSES/ENSC 3634 | 1 | 3 |
| CSES/ENSC/CHEM 4734 | 1 | 3 |
| ENSC/CSES 4314 | Water Quality 1 | 3 |
| FREC 4354 | Forest Soil and Watershed Management 1 | 3 |
| FREC 4374 | Forested Wetlands 1 | 3 |
| FREC 4784 | Wetland Hydrology and Biogeochemistry | 3 |
| GEOS 4634 | Environmental Geochemistry 1 | 3 |
Courses may have prerequisites, corequisites, or other restrictions. Consult Course Catalog for details.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AAEC 3004 | Agricultural Production and Consumption Economics 1 | 3 |
| AAEC 3014 | Analytical Methods in Applied Economics 1 | 3 |
| AAEC 3314 | Environmental Law | 3 |
| AAEC 3324 | Environment and Sustainable Development Economics 1 | 3 |
| AAEC 3604 | Agricultural Law | 3 |
| AAEC 4314 | Environmental Economic Analysis and Management 1 | 3 |
| AAEC 4344 | Sustainable Development Economics 1 | 3 |
| CEE 4134 | Environmental Sustainability - A Systems Approach 1 | 3 |
| CEE 4344 | Water Resources Planning 1 | 3 |
| FREC/NR 4014 | Natural Resources Economics 1 | 3 |
| FREC 4434 | Natural Resource Policy 1 | 3 |
| GEOG 4204 | Geography of Resources 1 | 3 |
| SPIA 2554 | Collaborative Policy-Making and Planning | 3 |
| UAP 3224 | Policy Implementation 1 | 3 |
| UAP 3354 | Introduction to Environmental Policy and Planning | 3 |
| UAP 4344 | Law of Critical Environmental Areas 1 | 3 |
| UAP 4374 | Land Use and Environment: Planning and Policy 1 | 3 |
Courses may have prerequisites, corequisites, or other restrictions. Consult Course Catalog for details.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 4114 | Global Change Ecology 1 | 3 |
| BSE 4394 | Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries 1 | 3 |
| CEE 4134 | Environmental Sustainability - A Systems Approach 1 | 3 |
| CEE 4264 | Sustainable Land Development 1 | 3 |
| FREC 2004 | Forest Ecosystems | 3 |
| FREC 2124 | Forests, Society & Climate | 3 |
| FREC/SBIO 2784 | Global Forest Sustainability | 3 |
| FREC/IS/PSCI 4174 | Climate Change and the International Policy Framework 1 | 3 |
| GEOG 1514 | Introduction to Meteorology | 3 |
| GEOG 3104 | Environmental Problems, Population, and Development | 3 |
| GEOG 4134 | Interdisciplinary Issues and Ethics in Water Resources | 3 |
| IS 4014 | International Development | 3 |
| ME/ESM 4194 | Sustainable Energy Solutions for a Global Society 1 | 3 |
| NR 4444 | Practicing Sustainability 1 | 3 |
| PSCI/UAP 3344 | Global Environmental Issues: Interdisciplinary Perspectives 1 | 3 |
| UAP/GEOG/WGS 4214 | Gender, Environment, and International Development 1 | 3 |
| UAP/GEOG/SOC 4764 | International Development Policy and Planning 1 | 3 |
Courses may have prerequisites, corequisites, or other restrictions. Consult Course Catalog for details.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ALS 2204 | Introduction to Civic Agriculture | 3 |
| ALS 3404 | Ecological Agriculture: Theory and Practice 1 | 3 |
| ALS 4714 | Global Seminar 1 | 1 |
| BIOL 1105 | Principles of Biology 1 | 3 |
| BIOL 1115 | Principles of Biology Laboratory 1 | 1 |
| BIOL 2504 | General Zoology 1 | 3 |
| BIOL 2604 | General Microbiology 1 | 3 |
| BIOL 2704 | Evolutionary Biology 1 | 3 |
| BIOL 2804 | Ecology 1 | 3 |
| BIOL 3204 | Plant Taxonomy 1 | 3 |
| BSE 2304 | Landscape Measurements and Modeling 1 | 3 |
| BSE 3324 | Small Watershed Hydrology | 3 |
| BSE 3334 | Nonpoint Source Pollution Assessment and Control 1 | 3 |
| BSE 4304 | Introduction to Watershed Modeling 1 | 3 |
| CEE 2814 | Civil and Environmental Engineering Measurements 1 | 4 |
| CEE 3274 | Introduction to Land Development Design 1 | 3 |
| CEE 3304 | Fluid Mechanics for Civil and Environmental Engineering 1 | 4 |
| CEE 3314 | Water Resources Engineering 1 | 4 |
| CEE 3514 | Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering 1 | 4 |
| CEE 4114 | Fundamentals of Public Health Engineering 1 | 3 |
| CEE 4174 | Solid and Hazardous Waste Management 1 | 3 |
| CEE 4264 | Sustainable Land Development 1 | 3 |
| CEE 4304 | Hydrology 1 | 3 |
| CEE 4314 | Groundwater Resources 1 | 3 |
| CEE 4324 | Open Channel Flow 1 | 3 |
| CEE 4104 | Water and Wastewater Treatment Design 1 | 3 |
| CHEM 1036 | General Chemistry 1 | 3 |
| CHEM 1046 | General Chemistry Laboratory 1 | 1 |
| CHEM 2514 | Survey of Organic Chemistry 1 | 3 |
| CHEM 2535 | Organic Chemistry 1 | 3 |
| CSES/ENSC 3114 | Soils | 3 |
| CSES/ENSC 3124 | Soils Laboratory 1 | 1 |
| CSES/ENSC 3134 | 1 | 3 |
| CSES/ENSC 4774 | 1 | 3 |
| ECON 4014 | Environmental Economics 1 | 3 |
| ENSC/CSES 4324 | Water Quality Laboratory 1 | 1 |
| ENSC 4414 | Monitoring and Analysis of the Environment 1 | 2 |
| ENSC/CSES 4854 | 1 | 3 |
| ESM 3024 | Introduction to Fluid Mechanics 1 | 3 |
| FIW 2114 | Principles of Fish and Wildlife Conservation 1 | 3 |
| FIW 3514 | Fisheries Techniques 1 | 3 |
| FIW 4424 | Ichthyology | 4 |
| Any 2000-4000 level FREC course | ||
| GEOG 1104 | Introduction to Physical Geography | 3 |
| GEOG/NR 1115 | Seeking Sustainability | 3 |
| GEOG/NR 1116 | Seeking Sustainability | 3 |
| Any 2000-4000 level GEOG course | ||
| GEOS 1004 | Earth Science: Our Past, Present, and Future | 3 |
| GEOS 1014 | Evolution of the Earth-Life System | 3 |
| GEOS 1024 | Earth Resources, Society, and Environment | 3 |
| GEOS 1034 | Earths Natural Hazards | 3 |
| GEOS 2104 | Elements of Geology | 3 |
| GEOS 3034 | Oceanography 1 | 3 |
| HIST 3144 | American Environmental History | 3 |
| LAR 3154 | Watershed Sensitive Site Design and Construction 1 | 4 |
| MATH 2114 | Introduction to Linear Algebra 1 | 3 |
| MATH 2214 | Introduction to Differential Equations 1 | 3 |
| NR 4105 | Leadership in Natural Resources 1 | 3 |
| NR 4106 | Leadership in Natural Resources 1 | 3 |
| PHYS 2206 | General Physics 1 | 3 |
| PHYS 2216 | General Physics Laboratory 1 | 1 |
| PHYS 2305 | Foundations of Physics 1 | 4 |
| PSCI/UAP 3444 | Administrative Law and Policy 1 | 3 |
| PSCI/UAP 3714 | The U. S. Policy Process 1 | 3 |
| PSCI/UAP 3744 | Public Policy Analysis 1 | 3 |
| STAT 3005 | Statistical Methods 1 | 3 |
| STAT 3006 | Statistical Methods 1 | 3 |
| STAT 3615 | Biological Statistics | 3 |
| STAT 3616 | Biological Statistics 1 | 3 |
| UAP 3014 | Urban Policy and Planning 1 | 3 |
| UAP 3024 | Urban and Regional Analysis 1 | 3 |
| UAP 4754 | Legal Foundations of Planning 1 | 3 |
Courses may have prerequisites, corequisites, or other restrictions. Consult Course Catalog for details.
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