REQUIRED COURSES (42 Total Credits)

A ECL 371 Ecological Methods

A ECL 451 Wildlife Ecology & Management

BIOL 313 or Principles of Genetics

GEN 320 or Genetics, Agriculture & Biotechnology

NREM 315 Wildlife Genetics

BIOL 366 Plant Systematics

MATH 160 or 165 Calculus Elective

OPTION ELECTIVES (25 credits minimum)

Zoology (choose at least one)

A ECL 415 Ecology of Freshwater Invertebrates, Plants & Algae

A ECL 454 Principles of Wildlife Diseases

A ECL 516 Avian Ecology

A ECL 551 Behavioral Ecology

ANTHR 438 Primate Evolutionary Ecology & Behavior

BIOL 315 Biological Evolution

BIOL 336 Ecological & Evolutionary Animal Physiology

BIOL 354 +Lab Animal Behavior

BIOL 471 Introductory Conservation Biology

EEOB 507 Advanced Animal Behavior

ENT 370 Insect Biology

Wildlife Biology (choose at least two)

A ECL 457 +Lab Herpetology

A ECL 458 +Lab Ornithology

A ECL 459 +Lab Mammalogy

Policy, Admin., & Law (choose at least two)

A ECL 455 International Wildlife Issues

ENV S 293 Environmental Planning

ENV S 383 Environmental Politics & Policies

NREM 270 Foundations of Natural Resource Policy & History

NREM 385/585 Natural Resource Policy

NREM 452 Ecosystem Management

NREM 460 Controversies in Natural Resource Management

Botany (5 credits minimum)

A ECL 415 Ecology of Freshwater Invertebrates, Plants & Algae

AGRON 317 Principles of Weed Science

BIOL 355 Plants & People

BIOL 454 Plant Anatomy

BIOL 456 Principles of Mycology

BIOL 474 Plant Ecology

EEOB 564 Wetland Ecology

FOR 356 Dendrology

NREM 357 Midwestern Prairie Plants

NREM 358 Forest Herbaceous Layer: Ecology & Identification

Additional Electives to reach minimum credits

A ECL/ENT 425 Aquatic Insects

AGRON 182 Fundamentals of Soil Science

AGRON 282 Soil Conservation & Land Use

AGRON 334 Forage Crop Management

BIOL/ENSCI 381 Environmental Systems

BIOL 472 Community Ecology

ECON 380 Environmental & Resource Economics

ENSCI 408 GIS & Natural Resource Management

FOR 302 Silviculture

FOR 454 Forest Practicum

NREM 301 Natural Resource Ecology & Soils

NREM 345 Natural Resource Photogrammetry & GIS

NREM 390 Fire Ecology & Management

NREM/ENV S 407 Watershed Management

NREM 446 Integrating GPS & GIS for Nat. Res. Mgmt

NREM 465 Landscape Change & Conservation

NREM 471 Agroforestry Systems

TSM 324 Soil & Water Conservation Management

FIRST YEAR

Semester 1 Semester 2

BIOL 211 3 BIOL 212 3

BIOL 211L 1 BIOL 212L 1

NREM 110 1 NREM 120 3

CHEM 163 4 ENGL 150 3

CHEM 163L 1 MATH 145 3

MATH 140 3 Statistics 4

F. Elective 3 16-17 credits

16 credits

SECOND YEAR

Semester 1 Semester 2

A ECL 365 4 CHEM 231 3

A ECL 312 4 CHEM 231L 1

NREM 211 1 SP CM 212 3

Calculus 4 F. Elective 3

ENGL 250 3 O. Elective 3

LIB 160 1 O. Elective 3

17 credits 16 credits

THIRD YEAR

Semester 1 Semester 2

PHYS 115 4 BIOL 366 4

PHYS 115L 1 A ECL 371 3

Adv. Com. 3 O. Elective 3

NREM 315 3 O. Elective 3

F. Elective 3 F. Elective 3

F. Elective 3 16 credits

17 credits

FOURTH YEAR

Semester 1 Semester 2

A ECL 451 3 Adv. Com. 3

O. Elective 3 O. Elective 3

O. Elective 3 O. Elective 3

F. Elective 3 O. Elective 3

F. Elective 3 F. Elective 3

15 credits 15 credits

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