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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology B.S.
Sub-plan: Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Sample Plan: Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
CHEM 1061 - Chemical Principles I : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1065 - Chemical Principles I Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
FW 1001 - Orientation in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology : 1.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
MATH 1271 - Calculus I : 4.0 cr : MATH
AECM 2421W - Professional and Oral Communication for Agriculture, Food & the Environment : 3.0 cr : WI
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
CHEM 1062 - Chemical Principles II : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1066 - Chemical Principles II Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
BIOL 1009 - General Biology : 4.0 cr : BIOL
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
BIOC 2011 - Biochemistry for the Agricultural and Health Sciences : 3.0 cr
FW 2001W - Introduction to Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology : 3.0 cr : ENV, WI
FW 2001W also fulfills Interdisciplinary Learning Requirement
PHYS 1101W - Introductory College Physics I : 4.0 cr : PHYS, WI
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
ESPM 3245 - Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy : 3.0 cr : ENV
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
BIOL 2012 - General Zoology : 4.0 cr
FW 3925 - Human Dimensions of Fisheries and Wildlife Management : 3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
FW 2003 - Introduction to Marine Biology : 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
FW 4001 - Biometry : 4.0 cr
ESPM 3011W - Ethics in Natural Resources : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
FW 4136 - Ichthyology : 4.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
EEB 3603 - Science, Protection, and Management of Aquatic Environments : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3131 - Environmental Physics : 3.0 cr
EEB 3408W - Ecology : 4.0 cr : WI
FW 4107 - Principles of Fisheries Science and Management : 3.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Summer Semester: 6.0 cr
FW 3104 - Skills for Field Techniques in Habitat Assessment, Research, and Conservation : 2.0 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: 13.0 cr
FW 5459 - Stream and River Ecology : 3.0 cr
FW 4401 - Fish Physiology and Behavior : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
ESPM 4096 - Professional Experience Program: Internship : 1.0 cr
ESPM 4096 also fulfills Experiential Learning Requirement
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
FW 4301 - Conservation Genetics : 3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr