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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management B.S.
Sub-plan: Policy, Planning, Law and Society
Sample Plan: Policy, Planning, Law and Society
Total Credits: 120.0
The sample plan below shows you one of several possible ways to complete this degree. Your academic plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements, if you have multiple course options to choose from in your major, or if courses don't fit your schedule in a given term. Use Graduation Planner to make your customized plan, and work with your academic adviser to ensure that you are on track to graduate on time.
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
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
CHEM 1015 - Introductory Chemistry: Lecture : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1017 - Introductory Chemistry: Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 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
Interdisciplinary Learning
Elective :2.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities, Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 17.0 cr
ESPM 3261 - Economics and Natural Resources Management : 4.0 cr : SOCS, ENV
ESPM 3271 - Environmental Policy, Law, and Human Behavior : 3.0 cr : CIV, SOCS
FNRM 3131 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources : 4.0 cr : TS
ESPM 3251 - Natural Resources in Sustainable International Development : 3.0 cr : GP
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
ESPM 2021 - Environmental Sciences: Integrated Problem Solving : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3241W - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy : 3.0 cr : SOCS, CIV, WI
ESPM 3012 - Statistical Methods for Environmental Scientists and Managers : 4.0 cr : MATH
ESPM 3656 - Composting and Organics Utilization : 3.0 cr
Year 2 - Summer Semester: 4.0 cr
FNRM 2101 - Identifying Forest Plants : 1.0 cr : Preferred Course
FNRM 2102 - Northern Forests Field Ecology : 2.0 cr : Preferred Course
FNRM 2104 - Measuring Forest Resources : 1.0 cr : Preferred Course
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
ESPM 3000 - Seminar on Current Issues for ESPM : 1.0 cr
ESPM 3245 - Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy : 3.0 cr : ENV
ESPM 3603 - Environmental Life Cycle Analysis : 3.0 cr
SOIL 2125 - Basic Soil Science : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
ESPM 3202W - Environmental Conflict Management, Leadership, and Planning : 3.0 cr : WI
ESPM 4256 - Natural Resource Law and the Management of Public Lands and Waters : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3211 - Survey, Measurement, and Modeling for Environmental Analysis : 3.0 cr
FR 3xxx : 3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
ESPM 4041W - Problem Solving for Environmental Change : 4.0 cr : WI
ESPM 4242 - Methods for Environmental and Natural Resource Policy Analysis : 3.0 cr
FR 3xxx : 3.0 cr
Experiential Learning
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
FR 3xxx : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3xxx : 3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr