Wildlife Conservation

Department: Environmental Science and Studies

(This POE applies to students entering fall 2015)

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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
NS
  
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 Biology/Ecology 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
NS
  
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
2
 BI 105, corequisite BI 326
N
  
BI 326 Plant Ecology Lab
2
 corequisite BI 325
N
  
  Another plant course can be used if approved by a wildlife advisor.        
Two semesters of Chemistry:
CH 142 Integrated Chemistry: Principles I
3
 corequisite CH 143
N
  
CH 143 Integrated Chemistry:Principles Laboratory 1
1
 corequisite CH 142
N
QS
CH 144 Integrated Chemistry: Principles II
3
 CH 142 or permission, corequisite CH 145
N
  
CH 145 IntegratedChemistry: Principles Laboratory II
1
 CH 143, corequisite CH 144
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 ESS 100
N
QS
MA 220 Probability and Statistics
4
 MA 130
N
QS

Total credit hours = 59