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Agriculture and Food Systems 020
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Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources 216
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Minor in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources (20-23 credits)
Minor in Entomology (19-26 credits)
Minor in Environmental and Business Economics (21-23 credits)
Minor in Environmental Geomatics (19 credits)
Minor in Environmental Planning (18 credits)
Minor in Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior (21 credits)
Minor in Environmental Sciences (21 credits)
Minor in Fisheries Science (21-22 credits)
Minor in Food Science (18-21 credits)
Minor in Green Technology (20 credits)
Minor in Horticultural Therapy (18 credits)
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Minor in Leadership Skills (21-22 credits)
Minor in Marine Sciences (18 credits)
Minor in Medicinal and Economic Botany (18-19 credits)
Minor in Meteorology (18 credits)
Minor in Microbiology (19-21 credits)
Minor in Nonprofit Leadership (23 credits)
Minor in Nutrition (20-24 credits)
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Minor in Public Garden Management
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Minor in Science Outreach (18 credits)
Minor in Sustainable Global Food Systems (18 credits)
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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2024 School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Programs of Study Minors and Certificate Programs Minor in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources (20-23 credits)  

Minor in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources (20-23 credits)


Adviser: Kimberly N. Russell; Blake Hall 100, 848-932-9383, (Kimberly.russell@rutgers.edu)

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Prerequisites: 01:119:115,116 and 117 General Biology (4,4,2) or 01:119:101-102 General Biology (4,4)

Required Courses (Six Courses)

  11:216:104  Topics in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources (1)

  11:216:217  Principles of Natural Resource Management (3)

  11:216:251  Fundamentals of Evolution (3)

  11:216:252  Fundamentals of Evolution Lab (1)

  11:216:351  Principles of Ecology (3)

  11:216:352  Principles of Ecology Laboratory (1)

Distribution Electives (One from Each of Techniques, Biodiversity, and Functional Systems [9-12 credits])

To be determined in consultation with the student's adviser. Students can choose from a number of courses offered through the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, as well as several courses from other departments.

C. Ecology (one course is required)

11:216:199  Trees and the Environment (3)
11:216:272  Dendrology (4)
11:216:296  Honors Seminar
11:216:302  Parasite Ecology (4)
11:216:317  Conservation Ecology (3) [CC- and WCd-core requirements]
11:216:332  Plant Ecology (4)
11:216:334  Aquatic Ecology (3)
11:216:335  Freshwater Ecology (4)
11:216:360  Animal Physiological Ecology (3)
11:216:411 and 412  Plant Diversity and Evolution (4)
11:216:422  Soil Organismal Diversity (3)
11:216:450  Landscape Ecology (3)
11:216:451  Global Change Ecology (3)
11:216:487  Urban Ecology (3)

D. Evolution (one course is required)


11:216:240  Behavioral Biology (4)
11:216:269  Evolution of Animal Behavior (3)
11:216:296  Honors Seminar (3)
11:216:323  Ornithology (4)
11:216:324  Invertebrate Zoology (4)
11:216:325  Vertebrate Zoology (4)
11:216:351  Principles of Ecology (3)
11:216:405  Evolution of Infectious Diseases (3)
11:216:441  Animal Behavior (3)
11:216:454  Molecular Ecology (3)
11:216:411 and 11:216:412  Plant Diversity and Evolution (3) AND Plant Diversity and Evolution Lab (1)

E. Natural Resources/Techniques (one course is required)

11:216:210 Nature Journaling: Discovering Biodiversity and Nature in Everyday Life (3)
11:216:274  Field Techniques (4)
11:216:315  Conservation Techniques (3)
11:216:320  Controversies in Sustainability (3)
11:216:365  Arboriculture (4)
11:216:371  Introduction to Remote Sensing Image Analysis (3)
11:216:403  Urban Forestry (3)
11:216:421  Wetland Ecology (4)
11:216:464  Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (3)
11:216:469  Wildlife Diseases (3)
11:216:471  Silviculture (3)
11:216:474  Advanced Remote Sensing (3)
11:216:475  Winter Field Ecology (1)
11:216:488  Restoration Ecology (4)
11:573:362  Intermediate Environmental Geomatics (3)
11:573:462  Advanced Environmental Geomatics (3)

 
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