Wildlife Conservation

Department: Environmental Science and Studies

Required Courses

Course Number Title Credits Prerequisites Dist. Skills
ESS 100 Environmental Systems I
3
 
N
 
ESS 110 Environmental Systems II
3
 
N
CW
ESS 401 Senior Capstone (Wildlife)
3
Senior in ESS
N or S
 
BI 105 Biological Diversity and Ecology
3
 
N
 
BI 121 Biology Lab I
1
corequisite BI 105
N
QS
BI 300 General Ecology
3
BI 105 & BI 121 or permission
N
 
BI 301 General Ecology Laboratory
1
corequisite BI 300
N
 
BI 360 Vertebrate Zoology
3
BI 105 & Ecology/Biology related POE;, corequisite BI 361

N
 
BI 361 Vertebrate Zoology Lab
2
corequisite BI 360
N
 
ESS 325 Conservation Biology
3
ESS 100 & BI 105
N or S
 
ESS 224 Wildlife Management
3
ESS 100, BI 105 & BI 121
N
 
ESS 330 Geographical Information Systems
4
ESS 100    
MA 130 Calculus I
4
 
QM
 
4 credits of Plant Biology:
BI 327 Botany
4
BI 105
N
 
BI 325 Plant Ecology and Systematics
2
BI 105, corequisite BI 326
N
 
BI 326 Plant Ecology & Systematics Lab
2
corequisite BI 325
N
 
  Another plant course can be used if approved by a wildlife advisor.        
Two semesters of Chemistry:
CH 105 Organic Chemistry Concepts I
3
 
N
 
CH 116 Organic Chemistry Lab 1
1
corequisite CH 106
N
 
CH 106 Organic Chemistry Concepts II
3
CH 105, minimum grade C
N
 
CH 118 Chemistry Lab II
1
CH 116; corequisite CH 106
N
 
or
CH 114 Intro Physical Inorganic Chem I
4
 
N
QS
CH 115 Intro Physical Inorganic Chem II
4
CH 114
N
QS
One semester of Physics with lab:
PC 200 General Physics I
3
corequisite PC 206
N
QM
PC 206 Physics Lab I
1
corequisite PC 200. PC 202 or PC 204
N
 
or
PC 202 Introductory Physics I
3
corequisite PC 206 & MA 130
N
QM
PC 206 Physics Lab I
1
corequisite PC 200. PC 202 or PC 204
N
 
3 credits of Resource Policy/Management:
ESS 324 Natural Resource Management
3
ESS 100,BI 105 & BI 121
N
 
or
ESS 337 Environmental Policy & Law
3
PS 101 & ESS 100
S
 
One of the following courses in applied statistics is required:
ESS 230 Environmetrics
3
 
N
QS
BI 305 Biostatistics
4
BI 106 or EES 100
N
QS
MA 220 Probability and Statistics
4
MA 130
N
QS

Total credit hours = 59

updated 9.12

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