Bachelors of Science
Environmental Science
Watershed Science Option

First Year Fall Semester

ENG 101 – Composition I (3)
MATH 181 – Calculus I (4)
CHEM 121 – General Chemistry I (4)
NRES 100^b – Principles of Env. & Nat. Res. Sciences (3)
NRES 211 – Conservation, Biodiversity and Humans (Diversity) (3)

Semester total: 17 hrs

First Year Spring Semester

ENG 102 – Composition II (3)
MATH 182^b– Calculus II (4)
CHEM 122 – General Chemistry II (4)
GEOL 101 – General Geology (3)
BIOL 190^b– Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology (3)

Semester total: 17 hrs      Year 1 Credits = 34

Second Year Fall Semester

APEC 100 – Society and Economics Value of Nature (3) OR
APEC 202 – Natural Resources, the Environment and the Economy (3)
CH 201 – Foundations of Western Culture (3)
MATH 283^c– Calculus III (4)
BIOL 191^b– Introduction to Organismal Biology (3)
NRES 322^b– Soils (3)

Semester total: 16 hrs

Second Year Spring Semester

CH 202 – The Modern World (3)
APST 270^b– Introduction to Statistical Methods (4) OR
STAT 152^b– Introduction to Statistics (3) OR
MATH/STAT 352^b– Probability and Statistics (3)
NRES 210^b– Environmental Pollution (3)
PHYS 180^c– Physics for Scientists and Engineers I (3)
Core Curriculum Fine Arts (see catalog for choices) – (3)

Semester total: 15-16 hrs      Year 2 Credits = 31-32

Third Year Fall Semester

CH 203 – American Experience and Constitutional Change (3)
BIOL 314^b– Ecology and Population Biology (3)
NRES 482^c– Small Watershed Hydrology (4)
NRES 310^b– Wildlife Ecology & Management (4)
Courses from selection list for option d (3)

Semester total: 17 hrs

Third Year Spring Semester

NRES 440 b – Wetland Ecology & Management (3)
NRES 412 b – Environmental Law (3)
Courses from selection list for option d (6)
General Electives (3)

Semester total: 15 hrs      Year 3 Credits = 32

Fourth Year Fall Semester

NRES 400 – International Issues for Water Development a (3)
GE 484^b– Groundwater Hydrology (3)
Courses from selection list for option d (3)
NRES 414^b– Hydrologic Fluid Dynamics (3)
General Electives (3-4)

Semester total: 15-16 hrs

Fourth Year Spring Semester

Capstone^a (3) – see choices for NRES major
Courses from selection list for option^d (3)
General Electives (9)

Semester total: 15 hrs     Year 4 Credits = 30-31

Total Credits = 128

(a) Core Curriculum Capstone Course
(b) NRES major requirements
(c) Watershed option requirements
(d) Watershed option electives

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