Natural Resources Management: Conservation Science Concentration, B.S.

Fall

• ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
• MATH 1330 - Introductory Mathematical Analysis I 3 Semester Credit Hours

• (MATH 1550  may be substituted.)

• BIOL 1401 - Biology of Plants 4 Semester Credit Hours

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• NRM 1300 - Environmental Science as a Social Pursuit 3 Semester Credit Hours

• OR

• NRM 2305 - Introduction to Freshwater Ecology and Fisheries 3 Semester Credit Hours

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• POLS 1301 - American Government 3 Semester Credit Hours

Spring

• ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
• MATH 1331 - Introductory Mathematical Analysis II 3 Semester Credit Hours

• (MATH 1451  may be substituted.)

• BIOL 1402 - Biology of Animals 4 Semester Credit Hours
• NRM 1401 - Introduction to Natural Resources Management 4 Semester Credit Hours
• HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours

Fall

• NRM 3407 - Wildlife Management Techniques 4 Semester Credit Hours (Also offered in the summer at Texas Tech Center at Junction.)
• NRM 3325 - Integrated Natural Resources Management Skills 3 Semester Credit Hours (fall, spring, summer I)
• NRM 3202 - Range, Forest, and Wetland Vegetation in North America 2 Semester Credit Hours
• NRM 3203 - Range, Forest, and Wetland Plant Identification 2 Semester Credit Hours

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• AAEC 2305 - Fundamentals of Agricultural and Applied Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours

• OR

• ECO 2301 - Principles of Economics I 3 Semester Credit Hours

Spring

• CHEM 1305 - Chemical Basics 3 Semester Credit Hours
• CHEM 1105 - Experimental Chemical Basics 1 Semester Credit Hours
• NRM 2307 - Diversity of Life 3 Semester Credit Hours
• NRM 3307 - Principles of Conservation Science 3 Semester Credit Hours
• NRM 3308 - Quantitative Methods in Natural Resources 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Directed Electives 3 Semester Credit Hours

Fall

• CHEM 1306 - Chemistry That Matters 3 Semester Credit Hours
• CHEM 1106 - Chemistry Experiments That Matter 1 Semester Credit Hours
• NRM 3302 - Range Plant Ecology 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Directed Physical Science Course  4 Semester Credit Hours
• COMS 2300 - Public Speaking 3 Semester Credit Hours

• (fulfills Oral Communication requirement)

Spring

• Directed Physical Science Course 4 Semester Credit Hours
• Creative Arts 3 Semester Credit Hours (select from the university core curriculum )
• Directed Elective 10 Semester Credit Hours
  (10 hours from 3000- or 4000-level NRM courses.)

Fall

• HIST 2301 - History of the United States since 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
• NRM 4314 - Watershed Planning 3 Semester Credit Hours
• NRM 4000 - Internship V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
• Directed Electives 6 Semester Credit Hours

Spring

• POLS 2306 - Texas Politics and Topics 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Lang., Phil., & Culture/Multicultural 3 Semester Credit Hours *
• Directed Electives 9 Semester Credit Hours

Directed Physical Science

Students must choose two 4-credit-hour courses from:

• CHEM 2303 - Introductory Organic Chemistry 3 Semester Credit Hours AND (fall only)
• CHEM 2103 - Experimental Introductory Organic Chemistry 1 Semester Credit Hours (fall only)

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• ATMO 1300 - Introduction to Atmospheric Science 3 Semester Credit Hours AND
• ATMO 1100 - Atmospheric Science Laboratory 1 Semester Credit Hours

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• GEOG 1401 - Physical Geography 4 Semester Credit Hours
• PSS 2432 - Principles and Practices in Soils 4 Semester Credit Hours

Directed Elective