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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Environment and Natural Resources B.S.
Sub-plan: Resource Conservation
Sample Plan: Resource Conservation
Total Credits: 119.0
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: 13.0 cr
ESPM 1001 - Freshmen Orientation to Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management : 1.0 cr
CHEM 1021 - Chemical Principles I : 4.0 cr : PHYS
MATH 1142 - Short Calculus : 4.0 cr : MATH
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
BIOL 1001 - Introductory Biology: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives : 4.0 cr : BIOL
WRIT 1223 - Oral Presentations in Professional Settings : 3.0 cr
ESCI 1001 - Earth and Its Environments : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV
CHEM 1022 - Chemical Principles II : 4.0 cr : PHYS
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
STAT 3011 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis : 4.0 cr : MATH
BIOL 2012 - General Zoology : 4.0 cr
FW 2001W - Introduction to Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology : 3.0 cr : ENV, WI
LE (LE Requirement) :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
PMB 2022 - General Botany : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3607 - Natural Resources Consumption and Sustainability : 3.0 cr : GP
ESPM 3011W - Ethics in Natural Resources : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
LE (LE Requirement) :4.0 cr
ESPM 1201 - Conservation and Management of Natural Resources : 3.0 cr : ENVT
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
SOIL 1125 - The Soil Resource : 4.0 cr : ENV
ESPM 3261 - Economics and Natural Resources Management : 4.0 cr : SOCS, ENV
BIOL 3407 - Ecology : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3000 - Seminar on Current Issues for ESPM : 1.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
ESPM 3211 - Survey, Measurement, and Modeling for Environmental Analysis : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3241W - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy : 3.0 cr : SOCS, CIV, WI
ESPM 3021 - Ecological Vegetation Management: a Consulting Approach : 3.0 cr : ENVT
AGRO 3203W - Environment, Global Food Production, and the Citizen : 3.0 cr : GP, WI
Year 3 - Summer Semester: 1.0 cr
ENR 3051 - Experience and Training in a Field Setting : 1.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
ESPM 3245 - Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy : 3.0 cr : ENV
ESPM 4195W - Problem Solving and Planning in Natural Resources : 4.0 cr : WI
EEB 4014 - Ecology of Vegetation : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
ESPM 4061W - Water Quality and Natural Resources : 3.0 cr : ENV, WI
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr