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2012-2013
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DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
MAJOR: NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT


CURRICULUM CREDITS

See University and College requirements

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
BISC 207/BISC 208 Introductory Biology I and II 8
CHEM 101/CHEM 102
or
CHEM 103/CHEM 104 General Chemistry I and II 8
ECON 151 Introduction to Microeconomics 3
ECON 152 Introduction to Macroeconomics 3
ENWC 201 Wildlife Conservation and Ecology 3
MATH 221/MATH 222 Calculus I and II 6
FREC 100 Sustainable Development 3
FREC 135 Introduction to Data Analysis 3
FREC 150 Economics of Agriculture and Natural Resources 3
FREC 324 or FREC 424 Intro to Resource Economics or Resource Economics 3
FREC 343 or FREC 444 Environmental Economics or
Economics of Environmental Management
3
FREC 450 Topics in Environmental Law 3
FREC 480 Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resource Management 4
PLSC 204 Introduction to Soil Science 3
PLSC 205 Introduction to Soil Science Laboratory 1

GROUP I: Communications:
Written Communication (ENGL 301-Expository Writing, ENGL 312-Written Communications in Business,ENGL 410-Technical Writing,ENGL 415-Writing in the Professions, UNIV 401/UNIV 402 - Senior Thesis, or any course satisfying the College of Arts and Sciences second writing course requirement.) 3
Oral Communication (COMM 212 or FREC 345) 3


GROUP II: Statistics:
6 credits from 6
FREC 408/FREC 409 Research Methods I and II
or
MATH 201/MATH 202 Introduction to Statistics I and II

GROUP III: Ecosystems:
6 credits from the following: 6
BISC 302 General Ecology
ENWC 325 Wildlife Management
ENWC 411 Insect Pest Management
ENWC 416 Wildlife Habitat Management
ENWC 419 Biological Control
ENWC 435 Population Ecology
ENWC 456 Conservation Biology
PLSC 305 Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition

GROUP IV: Plants and Animals:
6 credits from the following: 6
BISC 300 Introduction to Microbiology
ENWC 205 Elements of Entomology
ENWC 215 Entomology Laboratory
ENWC 406 Insect Identification - Taxonomy
ENWC 418 Ornithology
ENWC 425 Mammalogy
ENWC 426 Aquatic Insects
PLSC 212 Woody Landscape Plants
PLSC 214 Indigenous Woody Plants of the Eastern U.S.
PLSC 303 Introductory Plant Pathology
PLSC 404 Plant Taxonomy

GROUP V: Land and Water Management:
6 credits from the following: 6
BREG 103 Land and Water Management
BREG 113 Introduction to Land Surveying
BREG 328 Wastewater Treatment Systems
GEOL 107 General Geology
GEOG 101 Physical Geography: Climatic Processes
GEOG 106 Physical Geography: Land Surface Processes
GEOG 210 Economic Geography
GEOG 220 Meteorology
GEOG 320 Water and Society

GROUP VI: Natural Resource/Environmental Policy:

9 credits from the following (including a minimum of three credits from FREC): 9
ECON 311 Economics of Developing Countries
ECON 332 Economics of Government Spending and Taxation
ECON 360 Government and Business
ENWC 413 Wildlife Policy and Administration
FREC 406 Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy
FREC 429 Community Economic Development
POSC 220 Introduction to Public Policy

GROUP VII: Ethics:
3 credits from the following: 3
PHIL 200 Business Ethics
PHIL 202 Contemporary Moral Problems
PHIL 203 Ethics
PHIL 340 Cross Cultural Environmental Ethics
PHIL 448 Environmental Ethics

ELECTIVES
After required courses are completed, sufficient credits must be taken to meet the minimum credits required for the degree. Only four credits of BHAN 120 activity or four credits of performing Music credit may be counted toward the degree.

CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF 124


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