Environmental Sciences 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 | |
| BIOB 160 - Principles of Living Systems | 4 | |
| CHMY 143 - College Chemistry II & CHMY 144 - College Chemistry II Lab | 4 | |
| M 161Q - Survey of Calculus | 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 | |
| Take one of the following: | 3 | |
STAT 216Q - Introduction to Statistics | ||
BIOB 318 - Biometry | ||
| Univ. Core | 6 | |
| ENSC 210 - Role of Plants in the Environment | 3 | |
| ENSC 260 - Evolution for Env Scientists | 3 | |
| WRIT 201 - College Writing II (or HONR 202IH) | 3 | |
| PHSX 205 - College Physics I | 4 | |
| Univ. Core | 3 | |
| Year Total: | 15 | 16 |
| Junior Year | Credits | |
| Fall | Spring | |
| ENSC 353 - Environmental Biogeochemistry | 3 | |
| Take one of the following: | 3 | |
NRSM 240 - Natural Resource Ecology | ||
BIOE 370 - General Ecology | ||
| Directed Electives | 6 | |
| Univ. Core | 3 | |
| ENSC 311 - Fundamentals of Environmental Data Analysis | 3 | |
| Directed Electives | 12 | |
| Year Total: | 15 | 15 |
| Senior Year | Credits | |
| Fall | Spring | |
| ENSC 444 - Watershed Hydrology | 3 | |
| Directed Electives | 12 | |
| ENSC 499R - LRES Capstone | 3 | |
| Take one of the following: | 3 | |
NRSM 430 - Natural Resource Law | ||
PSCI 362 - Natural Resource Policy | ||
| 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 directed 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.
| Take 42 credits of directed electives from the following: | ||
| AGSC 401 | Integrated Pest Management | 3 |
| AGSC 428 | Cropping Systems and Sustainable Agriculture | 3 |
| BIOE 375 | Ecological Responses to Climate Change | 3 |
| BIOE 408 | Rocky Mountain Vegetation | 3 |
| BIOE 416 | Alpine Ecology | 3 |
| BIOE 421 | Yellowstone Wildlife Ecology | 3 |
| BIOE 422 | Insect Ecology | 3 |
| BIOE 424 | Ecology of Fungi | 4 |
| BIOE 427RN | Research in Freshwater Ecology | 3 |
| BIOE 428 | Freshwater Ecology | 3 |
| BIOE 439 | Stream Ecology | 3 |
| BIOE 445 | Macrosystems Ecology: Linking Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems Across Scales | 3 |
| BIOE 455 | Plant Ecology | 3 |
| BIOM 415 | Microbial Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution | 3 |
| BIOM 421 | Concepts of Plant Pathology | 3 |
| BIOM 423 | Mycology | 3 |
| BIOM 452 | Soil & Envirnmntl Microbiology | 3 |
| BIOM 465 | Plant-Pathogen Interactions | 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 454 | Landscape Pedology | 3 |
| ENSC 458 | Teaching Applications in LRES | 1-3 |
| ENSC 460 | Soil Remediation | 3 |
| ENSC 461 | Restoration Ecology | 3 |
| ENSC 466 | Chemical Ecology | 3 |
| ENSC 468 | Ecosystem Biogeochem and Global Change | 3 |
| ERTH 303 | Weather and Climate | 3 |
| ERTH 307 | Principles of Geomorphology | 4 |
| ERTH 432R | Surface Water Resources | 3 |
| GPHY 357 | GPS Fund/App in Mapping | 3 |
| GPHY 358 | GPS Mapping Srvc Learning | 1 |
| GPHY 384 | Adv GIS and Spatial Analysis | 3 |
| GPHY 402 | Water and Society | 3 |
| GPHY 411 | Biogeography | 3 |
| GPHY 429R | Applied Remote Sensing | 3 |
| GPHY 484R | Applied GIS & Spatial Analysis | 3 |
| NRSM 421 | Holistic Thought/Mgmt | 4 |
| NRSM 330 | Fire Ecology and Mgmt | 3 |
| NRSM 353 | Grazing Ecology and Management | 3 |
| NRSM 455 | Riparian Ecology & Management | 3 |
| WILD 301 | Princ of Fish & Wildlife Mgmt | 3 |
| WILD 426 | Wildlife Habitat Management | 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.