Natural Resources Management Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree- Wildlife Management and Conservation Option Suggested Schedule Freshman Year
Semester 1 Semester 2 Course Title Credit Hours Course Title Credit Hours English English Composition I Composition II ENGL 1013 3 ENGL 1023 3 (ACTS Equivalent (ACTS Equivalent ENGL 1013) ENGL 1023) General Chemistry College Algebra I (ACTS MATH 1043 (ACTS Equivalent 3 CHEM 1103 3 Equivalent CHEM MATH 1103) 1414) General Education General Chemistry ART or MUS Fine Arts 3 CHEM 1121 1 I Laboratory Requirement General BIOL 2143/2171 Botany/Lab (ACTS Human or BIOL Equivalent Biology 4 NRM 2023 Dimensions in 3 2153/2161 1034) or General Natural Resources Zoology/Lab Introduction to General Education NRM 1001 Natural Resource 1 Social Science 3 Management Requirement Trigonometry MATH 1033 (ACTS Equivalent 3 MATH 1203) 14 16
Sophomore Year
Semester 3 Semester 4 Course Title Credit Hours Course Title Credit Hours Survey of World Literature I (ACTS General Education Equivalent ENGL ENGL 2283 or COMM Communications 3 2113) or Survey of 3 ENGL 2293 Requirement World Literature II (ACTS Equivalent ENGL 2123) General Education Principles of History/Political Microeconomics HIST or PSCI 3 ECON 2213 3 Science (ACTS Equivalent Requirement ECON 2203) Natural Resources NRM 2033 Soil Science 3 NRM 2063 3 Communication Natural Resource Soil Science NRM 2031 1 NRM 2073 Sampling and 3 Laboratory Monitoring Introduction to GIS 2014 GIS/GPS/Remote 4 NRM 2093 Fire Management 3 Sensing NRM 2052 Dendrology 2 16 15
Sophomore/Junior Intersession-Summer
Semester 5 Course Title Credit Hours Applications in Natural Resource NRM 2082 2 Sampling and Monitoring NRM 3032 Contemporary Natural Resource Issues 2 4
Junior Year
Semester 6 Semester 7 Course Title Credit Hours Course Title Credit Hours Biometrics in BIOL 3484 General Ecology 4 NRM 3063 3 Natural Resources Natural Resource NRM 4013 3 NRM 3074 Silviculture 4 Economics Wildlife Regional Flora NRM 2032 Conservation & 2 BIOL 3434 4 (when offered) Management General BIOL 2143/2171 Botany/Lab (ACTS Wildlife Habitat or BIOL Equivalent Biology 4 NRM 4023 3 Management 2153/2161 1034) or General Zoology/Lab Methods in Wildlife NRM 3101 1 Elective 3 Conservation and Mgmt. 14 13-17
Senior Year
Semester 8 Semester 9 Course Title Credit Hours Course Title Credit Hours Natural Resource Natural Resources NRM 4043 3 NRM 4063 3 Policy Practicum BIOL 3414/3451 Mammalogy/Lab BIOL 3524 or Ornithology or 4 4 or BIOL 3384 or Herpetology BIOL 3394 Ichthyology
Applied Quantitative Regional Flora NRM 4093 3 BIOL 3434 4 Wildlife (when offered) Population Ecology Select –ology Wetland Ecology NRM 4103 3 course with lab not 4 and Management previously taken
13 11-15 TOTAL HOURS 120