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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management B.S.
Sub-plan: Environmental Education & Communication
Sample Plan: Environmental Education and Communication
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
ESPM 1001 - Freshmen Orientation to Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management : 1.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Freshman Seminar 3.0 cr
CHEM 1015 - Introductory Chemistry: Lecture : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1017 - Introductory Chemistry: Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking : 3.0 cr : CIV
BIOL 1001 - Introductory Biology: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives : 4.0 cr : BIOL
ESPM 1011 - Issues in the Environment : 3.0 cr : ENV
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
ESPM 2401 - Environmental Education/Interpretation : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3261 - Economics and Natural Resources Management : 4.0 cr : SOCS, ENV
ESPM 3012 Statistical Methods : 3.0 cr
BIOL 2012 - General Zoology : 4.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
ESPM 2021 - Environmental Sciences: Integrated Problem Solving : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3607 - Natural Resources Consumption and Sustainability : 3.0 cr : GP
ESPM 3241W - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy : 3.0 cr : SOCS, CIV, WI
ENGL 3501 - Public Discourse: Coming to Terms with the Environment : 3.0 cr : LITR, ENV
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
ESPM 3000 - Seminar on Current Issues for ESPM : 1.0 cr
FNRM 5259 - Visitor Behavior Analysis : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3011W - Ethics in Natural Resources : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
FNRM 3104 - Forest Ecology : 4.0 cr
ESPM 4096 - Professional Experience Program: Internship : 1.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
PMB 2022 - General Botany : 3.0 cr
FW 4101 - Herpetology : 4.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
ESPM 4041W - Problem Solving for Environmental Change : 4.0 cr : WI
CI 5537 - Principles of Environmental Education : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3245 - Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy : 3.0 cr : ENV
FNRM 3114 - Hydrology and Watershed Management : 3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
FW 4102 - Principles of Conservation Biology : 3.0 cr : ENV
ENT 4361 - Aquatic Insects : 3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr