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Suggeted Curriculum for
B.S. Degree in Wildlife Ecology

Total Credit Hours: 125
Courses are arranged in the recommended sequence.

Fall First Year - First Semester
4 cr
MAT 122 or 126 Pre-Calculus or Calculus
3 cr
ENG 101 English Composition
1 cr
WLE 100 Intro. to Wildlife Seminar
4 cr
BIO 100 Basic Biology
12

Spring First Year - Second Semester
4 cr
BIO 200 Biology of Organisms
1 cr
WLE 150 Wildlife Field Trip
1 cr
COS 103 Introduction to Spreadsheets
3 cr
CMJ 103 Public Communications
6 cr
  Electives*
15

Fall Sophomore Year - Third Semester
3 cr
WLE 200 Ecology
2 cr
WLE 201 Ecology Laboratory
3 cr
MAT 232 Statistical Inference
4 cr
CHY 121/123 or
BMB 207/209
Introduction to Chemistry or
Fundamental of Chemistry
4 cr
BIO 353 or
BIO 326
Invertebrate Biology or
Introduction to Entomology
16

Spring Sophomore Year - Fourth Semester
3 cr
INT 110 Economic Problems
4 cr
WLE 220 Statistical Ecology
4 cr
CHY 122/124 or
BMB 208/210
Moleclar Basis of Chemical Change or
Elementary Physiological Chemistry
4 cr
  Electives*
15

May Term
3 cr
WLE 250 Wildlife Field Survey
3

Fall Junior Year - Fifth Semester
4 cr
BIO 329/331 Vertebrate Biology with Lab
3 cr
WLE 410 Wildlife Populations
3 cr
First Communications Elective
4 cr
Electives*
1 cr
  Second Field Course**
15

Spring Junior Year - Sixth Semester
3 cr
WLE 450 Wildlife Habitat Relationships
2 cr
WLE 455 Wildlife Habitat Evaluation
4 cr
BIO 464 Taxonomy of Vascular Plants
3 cr
FTY 349 Forest Management***
3 cr
  Second Communications Elective
15

Fall Senior Year - Seventh Semester
3 cr
  Aquatic Ecology Elective
3 cr
REP 371 Resource Economics
9 cr
  Electives*
15

Spring Senior Year - Sixth Semester
3 cr
PSE 140 Soil Science
3 cr
WLE 470 Wildlife Policy
10 cr
  Electives*
16
*
Electives must be chosen to meet remaining General Education Requirements (Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity, Artistic Expression, and Ethics) and to fill a 15-credit requirement for a concentration, if desired.
**
A second field course is required (WLE 260, WLE 270, WLE 280, INT 475, or other approved by chair).
***
Students in Forestry and Resource Management Concentrations have substitutes for FTY 349.