Conservation Science Curriculum 


 
Courses
Total Credit Hours

Fundamentals Group (Required)


BIOL 111(Organismal Biology I) and Bio. 107 (Lab)
4

BIOL 112 (Organismal Biology II) and Bio. 107 (Lab)
4

BIOL 226 (Very strongly recommended but not yet required)
3

CHEM 111, 112 (General Chemistry I & II)
8

GEOL 101 (Introduction to Geology)
4

ECON 215 (Principles of Microeconomics)
3

POLS 322 (Public Policy - POLS 321 Public Administration also accepted - see your advisor)
3




ECON 325 (Statistics)

or MATH 140 (Statistics)

or MATH 340 (Mathematical Statistics)

or PSYC 232 (Behavioral Statistics)
3 or 4

Number of Hours Required:
29-30




Conservation Group (Required)


CVSC 231/431 (Conservation Science Discussion/Topics in Conservation Science)
1

CVSC 331 (Conservation Biology Course)
4

CVSC 437 (Conservation Science Research Seminar I)
3

CVSC 438 (Conservation. Science Research II )
2

CVSC 439 (Conservation. Science Research III)
2

Number of Hours Required:
12




MATC Group (Select 2 Courses)


PRW 130 (Soil and Water Conservation)
2

PRW 250 (Wildlife Habitat Management)
2

PRW 260 (Wildlife Population Management)
2

PRW 270 (Fisheries Management)
2

ENV 121 (Air Sampling and Management)
2

ENV 171 (Water Sampling and Analysis)
2

SUR 142 (Remote Sensing & Cartography)
2

ENV 253 (Ground Water Hydrology)
2




 
 
 
 
Group A: (Select at least 11 Hours; no more than 8 hours can be 

selected from the same discipline)



BIOL 306 (Genetics)
4

BIOL 304 (Evolution - not officially part of curriculum but definitely accepted - see your advisor) 4

BIOL 308 (General Ecology)
4

BIOL 312 (Microbiology)
4

BIOl 375 (Molecular Biology)
4

CHEM 213 (Organic Chemistry)
4

CHEM 214 (Organic Chemistry)
4

CHEM 235 (Environmental Chemistry)
4

CHEM 335 (Analytical Chemistry)
4

GEOL 311 (Paleontology)
3

EVSC 421 (Topics in Environmental Science)
1

PSYC 391 (Comparative Psychology)
3




 
 
 
 
 
 
Group B: (Select at least 12 Hours; no more than 6 hours can be 

selected from the same discipline)



PHIL 203 (Introduction to Ethics)
3

PHIL 331 (Environmental Ethics)
3

BUSI 321 (Organizational Management)
3

ECON 333 (Intermediate Microeconomic Theory)
3

POLS 231 (Introduction of Comparative Politics)
3

POLS 314 (Political Communication)
3

POLS 351 (International Relations)
3

SOCI 350 (Social Change in an International Perspective)
3

RELG 365 (Religion and Science)
3

RELG 393 (Global Issues and Values)
3



 


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