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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology B.S.
Sub-plan: Conservation Biology
Sample Plan: Fish, Wildlife, & Cons Bio BS Sample Plan
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 12.0 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 :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
BIOL 1009 - General Biology : 4.0 cr : BIOL
COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking : 3.0 cr : CIV
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 7.0 cr
BIOL 3012 - Animal Diversity and Evolution : 4.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 18.0 cr
ESPM 4096 also fulfills the Experiential Learning requirement
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
ESPM 5071 - Ecological Restoration : 4.0 cr
FW 2001W - Introduction to Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology : 3.0 cr : ENV, WI
LE (Literature) :4.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 35.0 cr
PMB 2022 - General Botany : 3.0 cr
PMB 4321 - Minnesota Flora : 3.0 cr
FW 2003 - Introduction to Marine Biology : 3.0 cr
FW 3925 - Human Dimensions of Fisheries and Wildlife Management : 3.0 cr
EEB 3408W - Ecology : 4.0 cr : WI
ESPM 4096 - Professional Experience Program: Internship : 1.0 cr
FW 4301 - Conservation Genetics : 3.0 cr
FW 4001 - Biometry : 4.0 cr
FW 3106 - Vegetation Sampling for Habitat Assessments : 1.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
FNRM 3131 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources : 4.0 cr : TS
FNRM 3204 - Landscape Ecology and Management : 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
LE (Race, Power, and Justice US) :3.0 cr
EEB 3408W also fulfills the Upper Division Writing Intensive
ESPM 3011W - Ethics in Natural Resources : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
FW 2001W also fulfills the Interdisciplinary Learning requirement
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Summer Semester: 6.0 cr
FW 3108 - Field Methods in Research and Conservation of Vertebrate Populations : 3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 5.0 cr
ESPM 3202W - Environmental Conflict Management, Leadership, and Planning : 3.0 cr : WI
LE (LE Requirement) :2.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 7.0 cr
FW 4102 - Principles of Conservation Biology : 3.0 cr : ENV
FW 5051 - Analysis of Populations : 4.0 cr