SEBS UNDERGRADUATE CORE CURRICULUM (39 credits)
Contemporary Challenges
(6 credits) Two courses, one in each of the Contemporary Challenges areas: Diversities and Social Inequalities [CC-D] and Our Common Future [CC-O]
Experiential Learning (3 credits) Students must participate in a certified experience that meets this goal [EL]
Natural Sciences (6 credits) Students must take two courses, one each in two of the following areas: physical, biological, or environmental sciences [NS]
Historical Analysis (3 credits) Students must take one course [HST]
Social Analysis (6 credits)
SEBS students must complete two courses, one in either social/cultural
analysis or economic analysis, and one in governmental and regulatory
analysis [SCL]
Arts and Humanities (3 credits) Students must complete one course [AH]
Writing and Communication (6 credits) Students must take 01:355:101 or its equivalent [WC] and one course that fulfills the learning goal, communicate effectively in modes appropriate to a discipline or area of inquiry [WCD]
Quantitative and Formal Reasoning (6 credits) Students must take two courses [QQ; QR]
Graduation Requirements for (216) Major in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
For an up-to-date description of ecology, evolution, and natural resources major requirements, courses, and course sequences please refer to the program webpage at
http://deenr.rutgers.edu/undergrad.
Undergraduate Program Director: Kimberly N. Russell, Blake Hall 100, 848-932-9383
(Kimberly.russell@rutgers.edu
)
A. Required Science Courses for All Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources Majors
01:119:115 General Biology I (4) [NS-core requirements]
01:119:116 General Biology II (4) [NS-core requirements]
01:119:117 Biological Research Laboratory (2) [NS-core requirements]
01:640:135 OR 01:640:151 Calculus I (4) or Calculus for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (4) [QQ-core requirements]
There are five options to fulfill chemistry and physics courses
01:160:161 General Chemistry (4) [NS-core requirements]
01:160:171 Introduction to Experimentation (1) [NS-core requirements]
01:750:203 or 01:750:193 or 01:750:201 General Physics (3) or Physics for the Sciences (lab included) (4) or Extended Physics I (lab included) (5) [NS-core requirements]
01:750:205 General Physics Laboratory (1) [NS-core requirements]
or
01:160:161 General Chemistry (4) [NS-core requirements]
01:160:162 General Chemistry (4) [NS-core requirements]
01:160:171 Introduction to Experimentation (1) [NS-core requirements]
or
01:750:203 General Physics (3) [NS-core requirements]
01:750:205 General Physics Laboratory (1) [NS-core requirements]
01:750:204 General Physics (3) [NS-core requirements]
01:750:206 General Physics Laboratory (1) [NS-core requirements]
or
01:750:193 Physics for the Sciences (lab included) (4) [NS-core requirements]
01:750:194 Physics for the Sciences (lab included) (4) [NS-core requirements]
or
01:750:201 Extended Physics I (lab included) (5) [NS-core requirements]
01:750:202 Extended Physics I (lab included) (5) [NS-core requirements]
B. Major Requirements*
11:216:104 Topics in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources (1)
11:216:217 Principles of Natural Resource Management (4)
11:216:351 Principles of Ecology (3)
11:216:352 Principles of Ecology Laboratory (1)
11:216:369 Analytical Methods in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources (3)
11:216:431 Fundamentals of Ecological and Environmental Modeling (4) [QQ-core requirements]
11:216:499 Senior Capstone (1)
11:216:251 and 11:216:252 Fundamentals of Evolution (3) and Fundamentals of Evolution Lab (1)
or
11:216:486 and 11:216:252 Principles of Evolution (3) and Fundamentals of Evolution Lab (1)
*All of the major requirement courses must have a grade of C or better.
C. Ecology (two courses are required)
11:216:199 Trees and the Environment (3)
11:216:272 Dendrology (4)
11:216:296 Honors Seminar (3)
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 (two courses are 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 (two courses are 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)
F. Additional courses (four courses are required from either 216 or approved non-216 course lists)
216 courses
11:216:101 Introduction to Ecology and Evolution (3) [NS-core requirements]
11:216:110 Evolution, Disease, and Medicine (3) [NS-core requirements]
11:216:115 Evolution, Sex, and Gender (3) [NS- and CCO-2-core requirements]
11:216:199 Trees and the Environment (3)
11:216:210 Nature Journaling: Discovering Biodiversity and Nature in Everyday Life (3)
11:216:240 Behavioral Biology (4)
11:216:269 Evolution of Animal Behavior (3)
11:216:272 Dendrology (4)
11:216:274 Field Techniques (4)
11:216:296 Honors Seminar (3)
11:216:302 Parasite Ecology (4)
11:216:304 Ecological Sustainability (3)
11:216:315 Conservation Techniques (3)
11:216:317 Conservation Ecology (3) [CC- and WCd-core requirements]
11:216:320 Controversies in Sustainability (3)
11:216:323 Ornithology (4)
11:216:324 Invertebrate Zoology (4)
11:216:325 Vertebrate Zoology (4)
11:216:332 Plant Ecology (4)
11:216:334 Aquatic Ecology (3)
11:216:335 Freshwater Ecology (4)
11:216:351 Principles of Ecology (3)
11:216:353 Experimental Evolution (4)
11:216:360 Animal Physiological Ecology (3)
11:216:365 Arboriculture (4)
11:216:371 Introduction to Remote Sensing Image Analysis (3)
11:216:401 Evolution of Eukaryotes (3)
11:216:403 Urban Forestry (3)
11:216:405 Evolution of Infectious Diseases (3)
11:216:411 Plant Diversity and Evolution (3)
11:216:421 Wetland Ecology (4)
11:216:422 Soil Organismal Diversity (3)
11:216:441 Animal Behavior (3)
11:216:450 Landscape Ecology (3)
11:216:451 Global Change Ecology (3)
11:216:454 Molecular Ecology (3)
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)
11:216:487 Urban Ecology (3)
11:216:488 Restoration Ecology (4)
Approved non-216 courses
01:160:209 Elementary Organic Chemistry (3)
01:160:307 Organic Chemistry (4)
01:160:308 Organic Chemistry (4)
01:447:380 Genetics (4)
01:460:101 Introductory Geology (4)
01:460:103 Paleontology (4)
01:640:136 Calculus II for the Quantitative Social and life Sciences (4)
01:640:138 Calculus II for the Biological Sciences (4)
11:067:300 Integrative Physiology (4)
11:067:328 Animal Genetics (4)
11:115:301 Introductory Biochemistry (3)
11:115:423 Fundamentals of Genomics (3)
11:370:202 The World of Insects (3)
11:370:308 Apiculture (3)
11:370:381 Insect Biology (4)
11:370:402 Aquatic Entomology (4)
11:370:403 Insect Structure and Function I (4)
11:370:404 Insect Structure and Function II (4)
11:370:409 Insect Classification (4)
11:370:430 Urban Entomology (3)
11:372:231 Fundamentals of Environmental Planning (3)
11:373:362 Natural Resource Economics (3)
11:373:363 Environmental Economics (3)
11:374:313 U.S. Environmental Policy (3)
11:374:314 Natural Resource Policy (3)
11:374:325 Environmental Communication (3)
11:375:360 Soils and Water (4)
11:375:407 Environmental Toxicology (3)
11:375:411 Environmental Microbiology (3)
11:375:421 Air Pollution (3)
11:375:444 Water Chemistry (3)
11:375:453 Soil Ecology (3)
11:573:362 Intermediate Environmental Geomatics (3)
11:573:462 Advanced Environmental Geomatics (3)
11:628:309 Fishery Science (3)
11:628:320 Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems (4)
11:628:321 Ichthyology (4)
11:670:201 Elements of Meteorology (3)
11:670:212 Elements of Climate (3)
11:680:390 General Microbiology (4)
11:680:491 Microbial Ecology and Diversity (3)
11:776:210 Principles of Botany (3)
11:776:242 Plant Science (3)
11:776:305 Plant Genetics (4)
11:776:382 Plant Physiology (4)
11:776:400 Fungi in the Environment (3)
