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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Fisheries and Wildlife B.S.
Sub-plan: Conservation Biology
Sample Plan: Conservation Biology
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
FW 1001 - Orientation in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology : 1.0 cr
MATH 1142 - Short Calculus : 4.0 cr : MATH
CHEM 1061 - Chemical Principles I : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1065 - Chemical Principles I Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking : 3.0 cr : CIV
BIOL 1009 - General Biology : 4.0 cr : BIOL
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
BIOL 2012 - General Zoology : 4.0 cr
ESPM 3261 - Economics and Natural Resources Management : 4.0 cr : SOCS, ENV : Preferred Course
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
BIOL 3408W - Ecology : 3.0 cr : WI
ESPM 3011W - Ethics in Natural Resources : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
LE (Literature) :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
FW 4001 - Biometry : 4.0 cr
GCD 3022 - Genetics : 3.0 cr
FNRM 3131 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources : 4.0 cr : TS
FNRM 1101 - Dendrology: Identifying Forest Trees and Shrubs : 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
ESPM 3241W - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy : 3.0 cr : SOCS, CIV, WI
ESPM 3575 - Wetlands : 3.0 cr
FW 4102 - Principles of Conservation Biology : 3.0 cr : ENV
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
FW 2003 - Introduction to Marine Biology : 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Summer Semester: 4.0 cr
FW 3106 - Vegetation Sampling for Habitat Assessments : 1.0 cr
FW 3108 - Field Methods in Research and Conservation of Vertebrate Populations : 3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
FNRM 3204 - Landscape Ecology and Management : 3.0 cr
FW 5603W - Habitats and Regulation of Wildlife : 3.0 cr : WI
FW 2001W - Introduction to Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology : 3.0 cr : ENV, WI
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
ESPM 3202W - Environmental Conflict Management, Leadership, and Planning : 3.0 cr : WI
FW 4101 - Herpetology : 4.0 cr
FW 5625 - Wildlife Handling and Immobilization for Research and Management : 2.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Summer Semester: 3.0 cr
CFAN 3514 - Machu Picchu: Biodiversity & Climate Change in Peru : 3.0 cr : ENV, GP