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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Fisheries and Wildlife B.S.
Sub-plan: Fisheries
Sample Plan: Fisheries
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
MATH 1142 - Short Calculus : 4.0 cr : MATH
FW 1001 - Orientation in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology : 1.0 cr
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: 15.0 cr
COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking : 3.0 cr : CIV
BIOL 1009 - General Biology : 4.0 cr : BIOL
CHEM 1062 - Chemical Principles II : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1066 - Chemical Principles II Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
PHYS 1001W - Energy and the Environment : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV, WI
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
BIOC 2011 - Biochemistry for the Agricultural and Health Sciences : 3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
BIOL 3408W - Ecology : 3.0 cr : WI
ESPM 3011W - Ethics in Natural Resources : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
FW 2001W - Introduction to Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology : 3.0 cr : ENV, WI
FW 2001W also fulfills the Interdisciplinary Learning requirement
CFAN 3096 - Making the Most of your Professional Experience : 1.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
FW 4001 - Biometry : 4.0 cr
GCD 3022 - Genetics : 3.0 cr
FW 4136 - Ichthyology : 4.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
ESPM 3241W - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy : 3.0 cr : SOCS, CIV, WI
ESPM 3575 - Wetlands : 3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 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: 12.0 cr
EEB 5601 - Limnology : 3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
ENT 4361 - Aquatic Insects : 3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 17.0 cr
FW 5051 - Analysis of Populations : 4.0 cr
FW 5051 also fulfills the Experiential Learning requirement
FW 5604W - Fisheries Ecology and Management : 3.0 cr : WI
FW 4401 - Fish Physiology and Behavior : 3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr