Apr 25, 2024

2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED]

Environmental Science, B.S. (Land Resources Concentration) Sequence

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Suggested Four Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 120

First Year (35 credits)

Fall Semester (13 credits)

BIO-242 Botany (5 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-111 Freshman English–Honors I (3 cr.)
ENSC-101 Environmental Science Profession (1 cr.)
MATH-121 Introductory College Mathematics II (4 cr.)

Spring Semester (16 credits)

BIO-252 Zoology (5 cr.)
CHEM-135 College Chemistry I (5 cr.)
COMST-100 Fundamentals of Speech (3 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-112 Freshman English–Honors II (3 cr.) or
ENGL-113 Honors Seminar I (3 cr.)

Summer Semester (6 credits)

BIO-253 Wildlife Techniques (2 cr.)
BIO-260 Ichthyology - Wisconsin Fishes (4 cr.)

Second Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (16 credits)

BIO-111 Science, the Environment and Sustainability (4 cr.)
CHEM-136 College Chemistry II (5 cr.)
GEOG-251 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (4 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Social and Behavioral Sciences)

Spring Semester (14 credits)

BIO-350 Ecology (3 cr.)
BIO-351 Ecology Laboratory (2 cr.)
BIO-386 Introduction to Biostatistical Analysis (3 cr.)
GEOG-351 Intermediate Geographic Information Systems (4 cr.)
PHYS-258 Introduction to Geology (2 cr.)

Third Year (33 credits)

Fall Semester (16 credits)

BIO-352 Restoration Ecology (4 cr.)
BIO-355 Entomology (4 cr.)
GEOG-451 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (4 cr.)
PHYS-358 Soil Science and Conservation (4 cr.)

Spring Semester (16 credits)

GEOG-452 Geographic Information Systems Research Analysis (2-4 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Arts and Humanities)
Course Selective-2 : (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Course Selective-3 : (Concentration Course)
Course Selective-4 : (Concentration Course)

Summer Semester (1 credit)

ENSC-398 Field Experience in Environmental Science (1-6 cr.) or
ENSC-449 Cooperative Education Experience (1-8 cr.)

Fourth Year (27 credits)

Fall Semester (14 credits)

BIO-324 Vascular Plant Taxonomy (4 cr.)
ENGL-410 Scientific Communication (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Arts and Humanities)
Course Selective-2 : (Concentration Course)

Spring Semester (13 credits)

BIO-451 Research Methods in Environmental Science (3 cr.) or
ENSC-425 Environmental Science and Sustainability Capstone (3 cr.)
PHYS-458 Applied Watershed Hydrology (4 cr.) or
BIO-450 Aquatic Ecology and Management (4 cr.) or
BIO-452 Wetland Ecology (4 cr.)
RC-440 Environmental Leadership & Sustainable Management (3 cr.) or
CHEM-452 Environmental Regulations Management (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : (Social Responsibility and Ethical Reasoning)

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