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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Biology, Society, and Environment B.A.
Sample Plan: BSE with Ecology and Environment Interest
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience I 1.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
BSE 2001 - An Introduction to Biology, Society, and Environment : 2.0 cr
CHEM 1061 - Chemical Principles I : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1065 - Chemical Principles I Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
BIOL 1009 - General Biology : 4.0 cr : BIOL
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience II 1.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
CHEM 1062 - Chemical Principles II : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1066 - Chemical Principles II Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
MATH 1142 - Short Calculus : 4.0 cr : MATH
EEB 3407 - Ecology : 3.0 cr
CHEM 2301 - Organic Chemistry I : 3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
BIOC 3021 - Biochemistry : 3.0 cr
SUST 3003 - Sustainable People, Sustainable Planet : 3.0 cr : ENV
Elective :3.0 cr
CLA 3002 - Career Kickstarter: Finding Internships and Other Career-Related Experiences 1.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
PHYS 1221 - Introductory Physics for Life Science Majors I : 4.0 cr : PHYS
EEB 3851W - Health and Biodiversity : 3.0 cr : ENV, WI
GEOG 1301W - Our Globalizing World : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP, WI
Elective :1.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
HMED 3040 - Human Health, Disease, and the Environment in History : 3.0 cr : HIS
WRIT 3315 - Writing on Issues of Land and the Environment : 3.0 cr : AH, DSJ
FNRM 3203 - Forest Fire and Disturbance Ecology : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
EEB 4329 - Primate Ecology and Social Behavior : 3.0 cr
ANTH 4069 - Historical Ecology & Anthropology of the Environment : 3.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
GEOG 1301W - Our Globalizing World : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP, WI
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 17.0 cr
BSE 3991 - Biology, Society and Environment Capstone : 1.0 cr
CSCL 3322 - Visions of Nature: The Natural World and Political Thought : 3.0 cr : ENV
EEB 3412W - Introduction to Animal Behavior, Writing Intensive : 4.0 cr : WI
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr