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Agriculture and Food Systems 020
Animal Science 067
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Biochemistry 115
Bioenvironmental Engineering 117
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Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources 216
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Entomology (minor only)
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Environmental Planning and Design 573
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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2013–2015 School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Programs of Study Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources 216 Graduation Requirements for the Major  

Graduation Requirements for the Major


All SEBS students must complete the SEBS core requirements appropriate for students majoring in ecology, evolution, and natural resources (Areas I through VII below), plus the additional major requirements (Area VIII A and VIII B below).

I.  School Mission:  Interdisciplinary Critical Analysis (3 credits)

 

One 3-credit Junior/Senior Colloquium (See the Degree Requirements chapter for a description of this requirement.)

 

II. Introductory Life and Physical Sciences

 

A. Life Sciences (8 credits)

01:119:101-102  General Biology (4,4)

 

B. Physical Sciences (17 credits)

01:160:161-162  General Chemistry (4,4)

01:160:171  Introduction to Experimentation (1)

01:750:193-194  Physics for the Sciences (4,4) or 01:750:203-204  General Physics (3,3) and 01:750:205-206  General Physics Laboratory (1,1)

 

III. Humanities and the Arts (6 credits)

 

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.

 

IV. Multicultural and International Studies (6 credits)

 

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.

 

V. Human Behavior, Economic Systems, and Political Processes (9 credits)

 

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.

 

VI. Oral and Written Communication (6 credits)

 

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.

 

VII. Experience-Based Education (no more than 3 credits)

 

All students are required to obtain practical experience in an area of ecology, evolution, and natural resources. Students can complete this requirement in either of two ways. They can demonstrate appropriate employment or volunteer service with a public agency, private industry, or nonprofit organization. Or they can, with their adviser's permission, fulfill the requirement by research or field experience in suitable courses. A partial list of such courses is:

 

11:015:497,498  George H. Cook Scholars Program (BA,BA)

11:300:487  Student Teaching (9)

11:372:493,494  Special Problems in Environmental Resources (BA,BA)

11:704:375  Practicum in Wildlife Management (BA)

11:704:376  Practicum in Fishery Management (BA)

11:704:377  Practicum in Forest Management (BA)

11:704:483,484  Research Problems in Applied Ecology (BA,BA)

11:902:___  Student to Professional Internship Network (SPIN) (3 or 6)


To receive credit for satisfying this requirement, students must, before starting their work experience, discuss their proposed course/outside work with their adviser.

 

VIII. Competence in Ecology and Natural Resources (59-61 credits)

 

A. Required Courses (19-20 credits)

Quantitative Methods (7 credits)

01:640:135  CALC1 or equivalent

01:960:401  Basic Statistics for Research (3) or 01:960:211 Statistics I (3)


Major Requirements (18 credits)

11:372:369  Analytical Methods for Environmental Geomatics (3)

11:704:104  Topics in Ecology and Evolution (3)

11:704:217  Principles of Natural Resource Management (3)

11:704:251  Fundamentals of Evolution (3)

11:704:351  Principles of Ecology (3)

11:704:499  Senior Capstone (3)

11:704:486  Principles of Evolution (3)

Techniques (7-8 credits)

Option 1 (two courses)

11:704:274  Field Techniques in Ecology and Natural Resources (3) or

11:704:431  Fundamental Ecology & Environmental Model (4) or

11:704:461  Field Ecology (2) or

11:704:464  Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (4)

Option 2 (three courses)

11:372:232  Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics (3) and

11:372:233  Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics Lab (1) and

11:704:274  Field Techniques in Ecology and Natural Resources (4) or

11:704:431  Fundamental Ecology and Environmental Model (4) or

11:704:461  Field Ecology (2) or

11:704:464  Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (4)

Option 3 (three courses)

01:447:380  Genetics (4) and

01:704:274  Field Techniques in Ecology and Natural Resources (4) or

11:704:431  Fundamental Ecology and Environmental Model (4) or

11:704:461  Field Ecology (2) or

11:704:464  Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (4)

Option 4 (four courses)

01:447:380  Genetics (4) and

01:447:382  Genetics Lab (1) or

11:372:232  Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics (3) and

11:372:233  Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics Lab (1) and

Critical Reasoning (3 credits)

01:640:300  Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning (3)

01:730:101  Logic, Reasoning, and Persuasion (3)

01:730:225  Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (3)

11:374:325  Environmental Communication (3)

11:704:416  Environmental Education (3)

Biodiversity (8 credits)

11:370:381  Insect Biology (3)

11:370:402  Aquatic Entomology (3)

11:370:409  Insect Classification (3)

11:628:321  Ichthyology (3)

11:680:491  Microbial Ecology and Diversity (3)

11:704:272  Dendrology (3)

11:704:323  Ornithology (3)

11:704:324  Invertebrate Zoology (3)

11:704:325  Vertebrate Zoology (3)

11:704:411  Taxonomy of the Vascular Plants (3)

11:770:402  Mycology: Fungi in the Environment (3)

Functional Systems (3-4 credits)

11:704:302  Parasite Ecology (3)

11:704:332  Plant Ecology (4)

11:704:335  Limnology (4)

11:704:360  Animal Physiological Ecology (3)

11:704:421  Wetland Ecology (3)

11:704:450  Landscape Ecology (3)

11:704:451  Global Change Ecology (3)

11:704:464  Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (4)

11:628:320  Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems (4)


B. Approved 704 Electives (18-20 credits)


01:146:302  Computer in Biology (3)

01:160:209  Elementary Organic Chemistry (3)

01:160:211  Elementary Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1)

01:160:307-308  Organic Chemistry (4,4)

01:160:311  Organic Chemistry Lab (2)

01:335:302  Scientific and Technical Writing (3)

01:119:380  Genetics (4)

01:447:382  Genetics Laboratory (1)


01:460:101  Introductory Geology (4)


01:640:136  Calculus II (4)


01:730:101  Logic, Reasoning, and Persuasion (3)


01:730:201  Introduction to Logic (3)


11:115:301   Introductory Biochemistry (3)


11:115:313   Introductory Biochemistry Lab (1)


11:300:416   Environmental Education (3)


11:370:381   Insect Biology (4)


11:370:402   Aquatic Entomology (3)


11:370:409   Insect Classification (4)


11:372:231   Fundamentals of Environmental Planning (3)


11:372:232   Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics (3)


11:372:362   Intermediate Environmental Geomatics (3)


11:372:369   Analytical Methods in Environmental Geomatics (3)


11:372:371   Air Photo Interpretation (3)


11:372:374   Global Positioning Systems (1.5)


11:372:462   Advanced Environmental Geomatics (3)


11:372:474   Advanced Remote Sensing (3)


11:372:381   Introduction to Systems Thinking and the Systems Approach (3)


11:374:314   Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management (3)


11:374:315   International Environmental Policy (3)


11:374:325   Environmental Communications (3)


11:628:120   Introduction to Oceanography (3) (cross-listed as 01:460:120)


11:628:320   Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems (4)


11:628:476   History of the Earth System (3)


11:776:205   Introduction to Ethnobotany (3)

 

 
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