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301.405.5252 T E L 301.405.8195 F A X MARYLAND O F F I C E O F T H E S E N I O R V I C E P R E S I D E N T A N D P R O V O S T

December 23, 2015

MEMORANDUM

TO: Craig Beyrouty Dean, College Agriculture and Natural Resources

FROM: ElizabethBeise Associate Provost for Academic Planning and Programs

SUBJECT: Proposal to Modify the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Policy-Wildlife, Ecology, and Management Concentration (PCC log no. 15039)

At its meeting on December 4, 2015, the Senate Committee on Programs, Curricula and Courses approved the proposal to modify the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Policy - Wildlife, Ecology, and Management Concentration. A copy of the proposal is attached.

The change is effective Spring 2016. Please ensure that this change is fully described in the Undergraduate Catalog and in all relevant descriptive materials, including the undergraduate program's four-year plan (contact Lisa Kiely at lkiely(g),umd.edu for more information).

MDC/ Enclosure

cc: Andrew Harris, Chair, Senate PCC Committee Barbara Gill , Office of Enrollment Management Reka Montfort, University Senate Erin Taylor, Division of Information Technology Pam Phillips, Institutional Research, Planning & Assessment Anne Turkos, University Archives Linda Yokoi, Office of the Registrar Cynthia Stevens, Office of Undergraduate Studies Evelyn Cooper, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Joseph Sullivan, Department of Environmental Science and Policy

T H E UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, C O L L E G E PARK PROGRAM/CURRICULUM/UNIT PROPOSAL

• Please email the rest of the proposal as an MS Word attachment to pcc-submissionsifTjumd.edu.

PCC LOO NO.

15039 • Please submit the signed form to the Office of the Associate Provost

for Academic Planning and Programs. 1119 Main Administration Building. Campus.

College/School: Please also add College/School Unit Code-First 8 digits: 01202500

Unit Codes can be found at: https://hvpprod. umd. edu/Hlml Reports/units, htm

Department/Program: Please also add Department/Program Unit Code-Last 7 digits: 1250104

Type of Action (choose one): X Curriculum change - Wildlife Ecology & Mgmt • Curriculum change for an L E P Program

• Renaming ofprogram or formal Area of Concentration

• Addition/deletion of formal Area of Concentration

• Suspend/delete program

• New academic degree/award program

G New Professional Studies award iteration

• New Minor

• Request to create an online version of an existing

program

Italics indicate that the proposed program action must be presented to the full University Senate for consideration.

Summary of Proposed Action:

Action: Replace BSCI207 (Organismal Biology) with ENST214 (Intro to Fish and Wildlife Science). Rationale: B S C I 207 has not fit

into the program as we had anticipated. ENST214 will provide an important introduction to the concentration at the lower level.

Currently, Wildlife Ecology and Management students cannot take any wildlife-related courses until junior year, which limits their

subsequent academic and professional development. Please see supporting message from Chair of E N S T (attached).

Action: Revise the course selections in Restricted Electives. Rationale: These selections better reflect the kinds of courses students

must take if they wish to earn Certification as a Wildlife Biologist.

Departmental/Unit Contact Person for Proposal:

A P P R O V A L S I G N A T U R E S - Please print name,

1. Department Committee Chair

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3. College/Schoj^hpCC Chair

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5. Dean of the GrI

6. Chair, Senate P C C

7. University Senate Chair (if required)

8. Senior Vice President and Provost

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Intro to Environmental Policy

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MATH 220 or

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BIOM 301

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BSCI106

Principles of Biology II

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Fa,Sp,Su Placement in MATH 110 or higher.

CHEM 131/132 Principles of Chemistry

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BSCI105

Principles of Biology

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BSCI222

Principles of Genetics

4

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BSCI207

Organismal Biology

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CHEM 104

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BSCI361

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GEOG 342

Principles of Ecology

Intro to Biogeography

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BSCI 106 and MATH 220

GEOG 201, GEOG 211 recommended

NRMT 460

Principles of Wildlife Management

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ENSP 386

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Internship

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ENSP 400

Capstone in Env Science and Policy

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BSCI337

Biology of Insects

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BSCI106

BSCI338S

Conservation and Extinction Lab 1

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BSCI363

Biology of Conserv and Extinction

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BSCI106

BSCI370

Evolution

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BSCI106

BSCI390

Vertebrate Zoology

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BSCI 106 and BSCI 224 or perm.

BSCI391

Vertebrate Zoology Laboratory 1

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BSCI394

Vertebrate Form and Function

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BSCI460

Plant Ecology

3

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BSCI106

BSCI462

Population Ecology

3

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BSCI 106 and MATH 220

BSCI473

Marine Ecology

3

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BSCI224

BSCI494

Animal-Plant Interactions

3

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BSCI 106 and (BSCI 224 or 227 or perni.)

BSCI 338M

Mammalogy

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BSCI106

GEOL 331

Principles of Paleontology

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GEOL 102 or perm.

NRMT 450

Wetland Ecology

3

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BIOM 301 or perm.

NRSC 471

Forest Ecology

3

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BSCI 106 or NRSC 201

PLSC 253

Woody Plant Material 1

3

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PLSC 100 or BSCI 226

PLSC 254

Woody Plant Material II

3

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PLSC 100 or BSCI 226

PLSC 400

Environmental Plant Physiology 3

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ANSC 252

Intro to the Diseases of Wildlife

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ANSC 453

Animal Welfare

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BSCI 106 or ANSC 101

GEOG 361

Intro to Human Dimens of Global Chg

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GEOG 373

Geographic Information Systems 3

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GEOG 431

Cultural Ecology

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GEOG 440

The Coastal Ocean: Proc and Ecology

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GEOL 437

Global Climate Change: Past and

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MATH 115 or 140; GEOL 100 or 120; and

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Soil Survey and Land Use

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** Check the current Schedule of Classes to verify semester.

ENSP - Wildlife Ecology and Management PROPOSED - A s o f 1 1 . 1 6 . 1 5

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ENSPlOl (NS) ENSP102(HS) ENSP400(SP)

Intro to Env Science Intro to Env Policy Capstone

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Intro to Env Science Intro to Env Policy Capstone

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Intro to Env Science Intro to Env Policy Capstone

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MATH220 (MA) MATH 140 (MA)

Elementary Calculus Calculus 1 (rec.)

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B1OM301 (AR) GEOG306(AR) **

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Intro to Biometrics Intro to Quant Methods

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B i o l o g y

BSCI106(NL) Principles of Biology II Fa,Sp,Su Grade

C h e m i s t r y

CHEM131/132(NL) General Chemistry 1 Fa.Sp,Su Grade

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ENST200 (NL) Fund of Soil Science Fa Grade

A n d 1 c o u r s e f r o m 2 c a t e g o r i e s b e l o w :

E c o n o m i c s (on.) AREC24()(HS) AREC241 (HS. IS) ECON200 (HS)

Intro to Econ and Env Env. Econ. and Policy Princ of Micro-Econ

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ENSP330 ENSP340 ENSP342 GVPT273 (SP)

Environmental Law Sci. Ethics. Law: Water Oceans: Integ. Policy Intro to Env Politics

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GEOGIOO(HS) GEOG130(HSorSP) GEOGI40(IS) GEOG202 (CC)

Intro to Geography Developing Countries Natural Disasters World in Cultural Persp

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ENSP G r a d u a t i o n R e q u i r e m e n t s

Students must earn C- or higher in all courses used for ENSP Core and Concentration requirements.

Students' major CPA must be 2.0 or higher

G e n e r a l E d u c a t i o n

F u n d a m e n t a l S t u d i e s (15 c r e d i t s ) Requirements Course Cr/AP/iB/D

Academic Writing (AW) 3

Professional Writing (PW) 3 Oral Communication (OC) 3 Math (MA) Calculus 3-4 Analytical Reasoning (AR) GEOG306 3

D i s t r i b u t i v e S t u d i e s (25 c r e d i t s )

Requirements Course Cr/AP/IB/O

Natural Sciences vv/Lab (NL) ENSP Lab Sci 4 Natural Science (NS) ENSP 101 3 History and/or Social Sci (HSl) ENSP 102 3 History and/or Social Sci (HS2) 4 Humanities (HUl) 3 Humanities (HU2) 3 Scholarship in Practice (SP. major) ENSP 400 3 Scholarship in Practice (SP. non-major) 3

l-Series (6 c r e d i t s ) *

* May double-count with Distributive Studies Requirements Course Unique cr

1-Series (IS) 3 1- Series (IS) 3

D i v e r s i t y (4-6 c r e d i t s ) *

* May double-count with Distributive Studies Requirements Course Cr/AP/Unique

Understanding Plural Societies (UP) 3-6

Understanding Plural Societies (UP) or Cultural Competency (CC) 0-3

E x p e r i e n t i a l L e a r n i n g (0-3 c r e d i t s ) *

* May overlap with major requirements Requirements Course Cr

An internship is required in this concentration.

ENSP 386 3

G r a d u a t i o n R e q u i r e m e n t s

Up to 6 AP courses may be used for Gen Ed There are at least 40 non-overlapping Gen Ed credits No more than 60 credits earned from Community College Last 30 credits must be eamed at Maryland 120+ cumulative credits and 2.0+ cum GPA

ENSP - Wildlife Ecology and Management (cont'd)

R E Q U I R E M E N T S ( 2 5 - 2 6 c r e d i t s ) :

C o u r s e D e s c r i p t i o n Cr O f f e r e d P r e r e q u i s i t e s G r a d e

BSCI105 Principles of Biology 4 F.Sp.Su Math 220 placement BSCI222 Principles of Genetics 4 F.Sp.Su BSCI 105. 1 year college chemistry' Move to Restricted Organismal Biology 3 F.Sp Move to Restricted Eiectives, below.

Eiectives - BSCI 207

CHEM 231/232 Organic Chemistry I (with lab) 3/1 Sp CHEM 131/132 PHYS 121 Fundamentals of Physics 1 4 F.Sp.Su Math 220 recommended BSCI 361 or Principles of Ecology 4 F. Sp BSCI 106 and MATH 220 GEOG 342 Intro to Biogeography 3 Sp GEOG 201/ 211 recommended Add-ENST214 Intro to Fish and Wildlife Sciences 3 Fa ENST 460 Principles of Wildlife Management 3 Fa

I N T E R N S H I P / R E S E A R C H (3-6 c r e d i t s ) :

C o u r s e D e s c r i p t i o n Cr O f f e r e d P r e r e q u i s i t e s G r a d e

ENSP 386 or Internship or 3 F.Sp.Su Approved proposal ENSP 499 Honors Thesis Research F.Sp.Su Permission of advisor

R E S T R I C T E D E L E C T I V E S ( 2 1 - 2 2 c r e d i t s , i n c l u d i n g a t l e a s t 3 c o u r s e s a n d 9 c r e d i t s e a c h f r o m A r e a 1 a n d A r e a 2 ) .

Count your credits carefully to be sure they add up. See note on Area 2. (below).

» > A r e a 1 - E c o l o g i c a l a n d T a x o n o m i c D i m e n s i o n s

Course Description Cr Ofrered Prerequisites Grade

Add-BSCI 207 Organismal Biology 3 F.Sp BSCI 105. BSCI 106. and CHEM I3I/I32

BSCI334 Mammalogy 3 Sp BSCI 106. Strongly rec. for students interested in

grad school or certification as a Wildlife Biologist

BSCI335 Mammalogy Lab 1 Sp BSCI337 Biology of Insects 4 Sp BSCI106 BSCI363 Biology of Conserv and Extinction 3 Sp BSCI106 BSCI3380 Conservation Lab 1 Sp Co-req. BSCI 363 Add-BSC 1360 Principles of Animal Behavior 3 F,Sp BSCI105, 106, and 222.

BSCI370 Evolution 3 F BSCI106 Drop-BSCI 390 Vertebrate Zoology 3 Su !\o longer offered

Drop-BSCI 391 Vertebrate Zoology Laboratory 1 Su Mo longer offered

Add-BSCI392 Biology of Extinct Animals 3 F BSCII06

BSCI394 Vertebrate Form and Function 3 Su Add-BSC 1442 Or PLSC400

Plant Physiology or Environmental Plant Physiology

4 4

F

Sp

BSCII05 and CHEM23I/232 BSCII05 and 106; CHEMI3I rec.

BSCI460 Plant Ecology 3 F BSCI106 BSCI462 Population Ecology 3 S BSCI 106 and MATH 220 BSCI 473 Marine Ecology 3 Sp BSCI207 Add-BSCI48I Insect diversity and classification 4 F BSCI337

BSCI 494 Animal-Plant Interactions 3 Sp BSCI 106 and BSCI 207 ENST 450 Wetland Ecology 3 F BIOM301. Offered in "even" years: 2016. 2018.

etc. GEOL 331 Principles of Paleontology 4 F GEOL 102 or perm. PLSC 253 Woody Plant Material 1 3 F PLSClOO or perm. Strongly rec. for students

inleresled in certification as a Wildlife Biologist

PLSC 254 Woody Plant Material II 3 Sp PLSC 100 or BSCI 226

PLSC 471 Forest Ecology 3 Sp BSCI 106 or PLSC 201

» > A r e a 2 - I M a n a g e m e n t . GEOG 373 (3 cr) and ENST 462 (2 cr) are strongly recommended; however, if you take ENST 462. you will need four courses (total) to complete the 9-credit minimum in this area.

Course Description Cr Offered Prerequisites Grade

ANSC 252 Intro to the Diseases of Wildlife 3 F BSCI 105 or perm.

ANSC 453 Animal Welfare 3 Sp BSCI 106 or ANSC 101

Add-ENSP 305 Applied Quant. Analysis 3 Sp ENSPIOI and 102; MATH220 or higher;

and Statistics.

Add-E!\ST333 Ecosystem Health and Protection 3 F ENST233 and dept. perm.

Drop-GEOG 331 Intro to Human Dim of Global Chg 3 F

GEOG 373 Geographic Int'ormation Systems 3 F,W.Sp.Su Drop - GEOG 431 Culture and Natural Resource

Mgmt

3 F

Drop - GEOG 441 The Coastal Ocean 3 Sp GEOG 201/211 or GEOG 140

Drop - GEOL 437 Global Climate Change: Past and

Pres

3 Sp MATH 115: GEOL 100; and CHEM 131/132

ENST 314 Fisheries Mgmt and Sustainability 3 Sp* *Offered in Spring of even years (2014, 2016. etc.) Pre-req: one year of biological sciences and ENST214.

Add-EmT404 Natural Resources & Env Ethics 3 Sp *Offered in Spring of odd years (2017. 2019. etc.) Pre-req: ENST214

Add-ENST406 Applied Forestry Practices 3 Sp ENST200 and (BSCI361 or PLSC471)

Drop-ENST4L-; Soil Survey and Land Use 4 F No longer offered

ENST 461 Urban Wildlife Management 3 F ENST 462 Field Techniques in Wildlife Mgt 2 Sp ENST460. Note: this is a 2-credit course. ENST 479 Tropical Ecol and Resource Mgt 3 Sp BSCI 106. Course has required travel-study.

Add-ENST489D Ecology and Mgmt of Wildlife Habitats

3 Sp GEOG373

Add-ENST46S Ecology and Mgmt of Wildlife

Habitats (Lab)

1 Sp Co-req: ENST489D

Drop-PLSC 474 Silviculture 4 F No longer offered

Dear Wendy,

We support the proposed inclusion of these BSCI courses. BSCI 207 is actually moving from the required

to the option, as I recall.

Bob

= I = I = I = I = I = I = I = IH = I = I = IHHHHH = IH Robert L. Infantino, Ph.D.

Associate Dean

College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

2300 Symons Hall

7998 Regents Drive

University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-5511

Phone: (301) 405-6892 FAX: (301) 314-9949

email: rinfanti(5)umd.edu

http://biologY.umd.edu/robert-infantino.html

From: Wendy L. Whittemore Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 2:28 PM

To: Robert L. Infantino Jr <rinfanti@umd.edu>; Joseph H. Sullivan <isull(5)umd.edu> Cc: Wendy L. Whittemore <wwhitte^umd.edu> Subject: ENSP-Wildlife - course requests

Hi Bob and Joe,

We/ENSP are in the midst of updating a number of our areas of concentrations; Wildlife Ecology and

Management is one of them. In doing so. we would include some BSCI courses on our lists of Restricted

Eiectives (see attached). We spoke about this at last December's (2014) PSC Meeting, and there were no

objections; however, campus VPAC will want something in writing.

Specifically, could you give permission for us/ENSP to include the following as Restricted Eiectives? If

not, we need to know that, too!

• BSCI207 - Organismal Biology

• BSCI360 - Principles of Animal Behavior

• BSCI392 - Biology of Extince Animals

• BSCI442 - Plant Physiology or PLSC400 - Environmental Plant Physiology

• BSC1481 - Insect Diversity and Classification

Re: expected demand on these courses ~ There are approximately 60 students enrolled in the Wildlife

Curriculum (about 20 in each of sophomore, junior, and senior years) and not all of them will choose

these courses, or choose them at the same time. There are several other Restricted Eiectives for them to

take, in addition to these listed above. Altogether, perhaps 5 students per semester might enroll in these

courses.

Many thanks for your consideration,

Wendy

Wendy L. Whit temore, Ph.D.

From: ruce R. James Sent: ednesday. February 26, 2014 5:02 PM To: eginal M. Harrell; Jennifer L Murrow Cc: endy L. Whittemore

Subject: W: Request for support -- ENST 214 & ENSP Wildlife

Reggie and Jennifer,

Here is Bill's response regarding ENST 214 and ENSP Wildlife.

Thanks, Bruce

From: William W Bowerman Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 4:56 PM To: Bruce R. James Subject: Re: Request for support -- ENST 214 & ENSP Wildlife

I have talked to both Jennifer and Reggie and I concur with this request. Bill William W. Bowerman, Ph.D. Professor and Chair

University of Maryland Department of Environmental Science & Technology 1426 An. Sci./ Ag. Eng. Bldg. College Park. Maryland 20742-5825 USA

301.405.1306 (O) 301.314.9023 (Fax)

http://www.enst.umd.edu

From: "Bruce R. James" <brjames@umd.edu> Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 4:54 PM To: "William W. Bowerman" <wbowerma@umd.edu> Cc: "Bruce R. James" <brjames@umd.edu> Subject: RE: Request for support ~ ENST 214 & ENSP Wildlife

Hi Bill,

Did you have a chance to review this request from Reggie and Jennifer regarding 214?

Thanks, Bruce

From: Bruce R. James Sent: Monday. January 27, 2014 10:02 AM To: William W Bowerman Cc: Bruce R. James Subject: Request for support ~ ENST 214 & ENSP Wildlife

FW Request for support ~ ENST 214 ENSP Wildlife.txt[2/2/2015 3:56:52 PM]

Dear Dill,

Reggie Harrell has requested that his course, ENST 214 (Introduction to Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences), be used as a required introductory course for the Wildlife Ecology and Management specialty of ENSP. Jennifer Murrow fully supports this request, and she and Reggie have agreed that his course can be coordinated with ENST 460 (Principles of Wildlife Management) in terms of content (they use the same textbook). Both are fall semester offerings, but this should not present a problem, since they are lower and upper division courses that the students would take in different years. They have 36-40 seat offerings, and the demand for 214 may increase slightly, since many students take it now as an elective.

If you support this request, would you please send written confirmation? ENSP will have to modify the curriculum of Wildlife Ecology and Management and run it up through the CMS for formal approval in ENSP, AGNR, and Campus.

Thanks, Bruce

FW Request for support ~ ENST 214 ENSP Wildlife.txt[2/2/20l5 3:56:52 PM]

Andy, Wendy,

I'm OK with ENST 404 - offered even years in spring only

From: Wendy L. Whittemore Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 2:06 PM To: Andrew H. Baldwin <baldwin@umd.edu> Cc: Reginal M. Harrell <rharrell(5)umd.edu>; Kimberly Monahan <kmonahan(S)umd.edu>; Robert L.

Tjaden Jr <rtiaden@umd.edu>; Daniel J. Fisher <dfisher2@umd.edu>; Jennifer L Murrow

<wildlife(S)umd.edu>; Wendy L. Whittemore <wwhitte@umd.edu>

Subject: ENSP-Wildlife curric - course permissions

Hi Andy,

We/ENSP are in the midst of updating a number of our areas of concentrations; Wildlife Ecology and

Management is one of them. In doing so, we would include some ENST courses to our lists of Restricted

Eiectives (see attached). I think Jennifer Murrow has spoken informally to most of the instructors

involved (see cc: line) but campus VPAC will want something in writing.

Specifically, we would like to include the following courses as Restricted Eiectives:

• ENST333 - Ecosystem Health and Protection

• ENST404 — Natural Resources and Environmental Ethics

• ENST406 - Applied Forestry Practices

• ENST410 - Ecosystem Services

• ENST489D - Ecology and Management of Wildlife Habitats

• ENST465 - Ecology and Management of Wildlife Habitats (Lab)

• NOTE: We have already gained permission in writing to use ENST214 as a requirement.

Re: expected demand on these courses ~ There are approximately 60 students enrolled in the Wildlife

Curriculum (about 20 in each of sophomore, junior, and senior years) and not all of them will choose

these courses, or choose them at the same time. There are several other Restricted Eiectives for them to

take, in addition to these listed above. Altogether, perhaps 5 students per semester might enroll in these

courses.

If you could give your blessing to these course requests, that would be great. If not, we need to know

that, too!

Many thanks.

Wendy

Wendy L. Whit temore, Ph.D.

Associate Director Environmental Science and Policy Program 0216 SYMONS HALL University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

fpi^T tie

Hi Wendy,

After hearing fronr Drs. Fisher, Harrell, and Tjaden, it is OK for ENSP to use all of these courses

except ENST 410, which is at that maximum capacity that we can offer it with meaningful field

trips (already at 6 vans for each trip). You said you already heard from Dr. Murrow that it was

OK to use her courses.

I'm sorry we can't approve all of them at this time.

With best wishes,

Andy

From: Robert L. Tjaden Jr Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 7:39 AM To: Andrew H. Baldwin; Reginal M. Harrell; Daniel J. Fisher; Jennifer L Murrow Cc: Kimberly Monahan; William W Bowerman Subject: RE: ENSP-Wildlife curric - course permissions

I'm currently at a max in my ENST 410 ecosystem service class. Here's the situation, my classroom is

already at its capacity. I could take more students and move to a larger classroom on campus, but the

real problem is my field trips. I have already modified my field trips to deal with the increased student

enrollment and if I have more it will be extremely difficult to have a meaningful field trip experience. I

use 6 vans from motor pool and it becomes a management issue for me with this many students. I'd

prefer not to increase students in this class.

Reference to ENST 406 Applied Forestry Practices I can take more students. This course is also cross

listed with PSLA 475. I teach this every other year. I first offered this course last spring 15 and will offer

it again spring 2017.

Hope this helps.

Bob

From: Andrew H. Baldwin Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 5:40 PM To: Reginal M. Harrell; Robert L. Tjaden Jr; Daniel J. Fisher; Jennifer L Murrow Cc: Kimberly Monahan; William W Bowerman Subject: RE: ENSP-Wildlife curric - course permissions

Hi Reggie, Bob, Dan, and Jennifer,

Please let me know if a potential increase of about 5 students will impact your courses, and also

let me know if the courses listed below are actually being taught or not. The only ones I could

find in Testudo for this academic year were ENST 333 and 410.

Thanks,

Andy

From: Wendy L. Whittemore Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 2:06 PM To: Andrew H. Baldwin Cc: Reginal M. Harrell; Kimberly Monahan; Robert L. Tjaden Jr; Daniel J. Fisher; Jennifer L Murrow;