Catalog Navigator : 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)

IV. Multicultural and International Studies (6 credits)

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

VI. Oral and Written Communication (6 credits)

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)