Environmental Biology Option
| Freshman Year | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Spring | |
| ENSC 110 - Land Resources and Environmental Sciences | 3 | |
| BIOB 170IN - Principles of Biological Diversity | 4 | |
| CHMY 141 - College Chemistry I & CHMY 142 - College Chemistry I Lab | 4 | |
| WRIT 101W - College Writing I | 3 | |
| M 161Q - Survey of Calculus | 4 | |
| BIOB 160 - Principles of Living Systems | 4 | |
| CHMY 143 - College Chemistry II & CHMY 144 - College Chemistry II Lab | 4 | |
| US Core | 3 | |
| Year Total: | 14 | 15 |
| Sophomore Year | Credits | |
| Fall | Spring | |
| ENSC 245IN - Soils | 3 | |
| GPHY 284 - Intro to GIS Science & Cartog | 3 | |
| PHSX 205 - College Physics I | 4 | |
| Take one of the following: | 3 | |
BIOB 318 - Biometry | ||
STAT 216Q - Introduction to Statistics | ||
STAT 332 - Statistics for Scientists and Engineers | ||
| Univ. Core | 3 | |
| CHMY 211 - Elements of Organic Chemistry & CHMY 212 - Elements of Organic Chemistry Lab | 5 | |
| BIOM 360 - General Microbiology | 5 | |
| ENSC 210 - Role of Plants in the Environment | 3 | |
| ENSC 260 - Evolution for Env Scientists | 3 | |
| Year Total: | 16 | 16 |
| Junior Year | Credits | |
| Fall | Spring | |
| ENSC 353 - Environmental Biogeochemistry | 3 | |
| Take one of the following: | 3 | |
BIOE 370 - General Ecology | ||
NRSM 240 - Natural Resource Ecology | ||
| BCH 380 - Biochemistry & BCH 381 - Biochemistry Lab | 5 | |
| Univ. Core | 3 | |
| BIOM 452 - Soil & Envirnmntl Microbiology | 3 | |
| WRIT 201 - College Writing II or HONR 202IH - Texts and Critics: Knowledge & Imagination II | 3 | |
| Take one of the following: | 3 | |
BIOM 415 - Microbial Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution (even years) | ||
BIOE 455 - Plant Ecology | ||
BIOE 422 - Insect Ecology (odd years) | ||
| ENSC 311 - Fundamentals of Environmental Data Analysis | 3 | |
| Univ. Core | 3 | |
| Year Total: | 14 | 15 |
| Senior Year | Credits | |
| Fall | Spring | |
| ENSC 444 - Watershed Hydrology | 3 | |
| Take one of the following: | 3 | |
NRSM 430 - Natural Resource Law | ||
PSCI 362 - Natural Resource Policy | ||
| Directed Electives | 6 | |
| Univ. Core | 3 | |
| ENSC 468 - Ecosystem Biogeochem and Global Change | 3 | |
| ENSC 499R - LRES Capstone | 3 | |
| Directed Electives | 9 | |
| Year Total: | 15 | 15 |
| Total Program Credits: | 120 | |
| Directed Electives | ||
| Each student shall work closely with their faculty advisor to plan an integrated set of elective courses appropriate to their academic, professional and personal goals. Courses not on this list may be used IF considered appropriate to the student's goals AND approved by the faculty advisor as a curricular exception. Students choosing to take lower level courses (1xx/2xx) for directed electives should be sure they are meeting the university minimum requirement of 42 credits of upper level classes (3xx/4xx) for graduation. | ||
| Choose 15 credits from the following: | ||
| AGSC 401 | Integrated Pest Management | 3 |
| BIOB 375 | General Genetics | 3 |
| BIOB 420 | Evolution | 3 |
| BIOE 375 | Ecological Responses to Climate Change | 3 |
| BIOE 405 | Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology | 3 |
| BIOE 408 | Rocky Mountain Vegetation | 3 |
| BIOE 428 | Freshwater Ecology | 3 |
| BIOM 410 | Microbial Genetics | 3 |
| BIOM 423 | Mycology (even years) | 3 |
| BIOM 430 | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 4 |
| BIOM 450 | Microbial Physiology | 3 |
| BIOM 455R | Research Mthds in Microbiology | 4 |
| BIOO 310 | Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy | 4 |
| BIOO 412 | Animal Physiology | 3 |
| BIOO 415 | Ichthyology | 0,3 |
| BIOO 433 | Plant Physiology | 3 |
| BIOO 470 | Ornithology | 0,3 |
| BIOO 475 | Mammalogy | 0,3 |
| ECNS 332 | Econ of Natural Resources | 3 |
| ENSC 407 | Environmental Risk Assessment | 3 |
| ENSC 410R | Biodiversity Survey and Monitoring Methods | 3 |
| ENSC 443 | Weed Ecology and Management | 3 |
| ENSC 445 | Watershed Analysis | 3 |
| ENSC 448 | Stream Restoration Ecology | 3 |
| ENSC 461 | Restoration Ecology | 3 |
| ENSC 466 | Chemical Ecology | 3 |
| GPHY 429R | Applied Remote Sensing | 3 |
| NRSM 421 | Holistic Thought/Mgmt | 4 |
| M 172 | Calculus II | 4 |
| NRSM 453 | Habitat Inventory and Analysis | 0,3 |
| WILD 301 | Princ of Fish & Wildlife Mgmt | 3 |
| STAT 217 | Intermediate Statistical Concepts | 3 |
| or STAT 337 | Intermediate Statistics with Introduction to Statistical Computing | |
| STAT 411 | Methods for Data Analysis I | 3 |
| WILD 438 | Wildlife Habitat Ecology | 3 |
Because some of our courses are offered during alternate years, the proposed scheduling of courses in junior and senior years may need to be modified. Work with an advisor to determine an individual schedule.