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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management B.S.
Sub-plan: Environmental Science
Sample Plan: Environmental Science
Total Credits: 121.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
ESPM 1001 - Freshmen Orientation to Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management : 1.0 cr
MATH 1271 - Calculus I : 4.0 cr : MATH
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Freshman Seminar 3.0 cr
CHEM 1061 - Chemical Principles I : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1065 - Chemical Principles I Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
BIOL 1009 - General Biology : 4.0 cr : BIOL
COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking : 3.0 cr : CIV
ESPM 1011 - Issues in the Environment : 3.0 cr : ENV
CHEM 1062 - Chemical Principles II : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1066 - Chemical Principles II Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
PMB 2022 - General Botany : 3.0 cr
ESPM 1425 - Introduction to Weather and Climate : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV
ESPM 3271 - Environmental Policy, Law, and Human Behavior : 3.0 cr : CIV, SOCS
SOIL 2125 - Basic Soil Science : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
ESPM 2021 - Environmental Sciences: Integrated Problem Solving : 3.0 cr
PHYS 1101W - Introductory College Physics I : 4.0 cr : PHYS, WI
ESCI 1001 - Earth and Its Environments : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 17.0 cr
ESPM 3000 - Seminar on Current Issues for ESPM : 1.0 cr
ESPM 3108 - Ecology of Managed Systems : 3.0 cr : ENV
ESPM 3261 - Economics and Natural Resources Management : 4.0 cr : SOCS, ENV
FNRM 3114 - Hydrology and Watershed Management : 3.0 cr
FNRM 3131 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources : 4.0 cr : TS
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
ESPM 3131 - Environmental Physics : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3221 - Soil Conservation and Land-Use Management : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3012 - Statistical Methods for Environmental Scientists and Managers : 4.0 cr : MATH
FNRM 3411 - Managing Forest Ecosystems: Silviculture : 3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US, Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
ESPM 4041W - Problem Solving for Environmental Change : 4.0 cr : WI
ESPM 4096 - Professional Experience Program: Internship : 1.0 cr
SOIL 3416 - Plant Nutrients in the Environment : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3612W - Soil and Environmental Biology : 4.0 cr : WI
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
ESPM 3031 - Applied Global Positioning Systems for Geographic Information Systems : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
ESCI 3002 - Climate Change and Human History : 3.0 cr : ENV