Curriculum in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences: Wildlife Concentration

Curriculum: Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences

Concentration: Wildlife

Degree earned: Bachelor of Science in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences: Wildlife

Effective: 08/2009
Updated:

FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall Semester	Credit	Spring Semester	Credit
NR 100 Intro to Natural Resources ENG 101 Academic Writing & Research* MA 131 Elements of Calculus¹ BIO 181 Intro Bio: Ecology, Evol & Biodiversity PE 1** Fitness & Wellness*	2 4 3 4 1 14	CH 101 Chemistry – A Molecular Science* CH 102 General Chemistry Lab* BIO 183 Intro Bio: Cellular & Molecular Biol* COM 110 Public Speaking or COM 112 Interpersonal Communication GEP Humanities Requirement* GEP Physical Ed/Healthy Living Requirement*	3 1 4 3 3 1 15

SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall Semester	Credit	Spring Semester	Credit
PB 200 Plant Life FW 221 Conservation of Nat Resources* Communications Elective² PY 131 Conceptual Physics*³ FOR 172 Forest Systems Map & Mensuration	4 3 3 4 2 16	ARE 201 Intro to Ag & Resource Economics or EC 205 Principles of Microeconomics* BIO 260 Evolution, Behavior, and Ecology or PB 360/365 Intro to Ecology/Ecology Lab* GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives Requirement* GEP Additional Breadth Requirement* Quantitative Elective⁴	3 4 3 3 3 16

JUNIOR YEAR
Fall Semester	Credit	Spring Semester	Credit
FOR 339 Dendrology FW 353 Wildlife Management GN 311 Principles of Genetics ST 311 Intro to Statistics*	4 3 4 3 14	GEP Humanities Requirement* CH 220 Introductory Organic Chemistry⁵ Plant Biology Elective⁶ FW 411 Human Dimensions of Wildlife ENG 333 Comm for Science and Research	3 4 3 3 3 16

SUMMER
Summer	Credit
FW 311 Wildlife Inventory and Mgt FW 312 Fisheries Techniques and Mgt FW 313 Mountain Wildlife Ecol and Mgt FW 314 Coastal Fish Ecol and Mgt	3 1 1 1 6

SENIOR YEAR
Fall Semester	Credit	Spring Semester	Credit
Technical Elective⁷ Wildlife Elective⁸ GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives Requirement* NR 460 Renewable Nat Res Mgt and Policy* FW 404 Forest Wildlife Management	3 3 2-3 3 3 14-15	FW 453 Principles of Wildlife Science NR 400 Natural Resource Mgt FW (BIO) 420 Intro to Fisheries Science Physical Science Elective⁹	4 4 3 3 14

Minimum Credit Hours Required for Graduation*:			125

Footnotes:

Major/Program Footnotes: 1 Students with appropriate math skills are encouraged to take the math sequence MA 141 & 241 2 Select from ENG 214, ENG 215, ENG 216, COM 201, COM 211, COM 226, COM 301, COM 302 3 Students wishing to take a 2-course physics sequence should take PY 211 & PY 212 4 Select from MA 231, MA 241, CSC 200 5 Students wishing to take a 2-course organic chemistry sequence should take CH 221/222 & CH 223/224 6 Select from PB 220, PB 250, PB 403, PB 405 7 Select from ENT 201, ENT 402, ENT 425, FOR 252, FOR 304, SSC 200, ET 252, NR 300, PRT 462, PB 405 8 Select from BIO 410, ZO 501, ZO 542, ZO 544 9 Select from CH 201/202, CH 223, CH 323, MEA 100/100L, MEA 130/135, MEA 200, MEA 210, MEA 220, MEA 250/251, PY 212 * General Education Program (GEP) requirements and GEP Footnotes: To complete the requirements for graduation and the General Education Program, the following category credit hours and co-requisites must be satisfied. University approved GEP course lists for each of the following categories can be found at http://www.ncsu.edu/uap/academic-standards/gep/courselists/index.html . * Courses/groupings in the above display with an asterisk may fulfill all or part of a GEP requirement. See categories below. A. Mathematical Sciences (6 credit hours – one course with MA or ST prefix) Choose from the University approved GEP Mathematical Sciences course list or the following course(s) if completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill part or all of this requirement: MA 131, ST 311 B. Natural Sciences (7 credit hours – include one laboratory course or course with a lab) Choose from the University approved GEP Natural Sciences course list or the following course(s) if completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill part or all of this requirement: CH 101 and CH 102, PY 131, BIO 181, BIO 183, FW 221, PB 360 and PB 365 or BIO 260 D. Humanities (6 credit hours selected from two different disciplines/course prefixes) Choose from the University approved GEP Humanities course list or the following course(s) if completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill part or all of this requirement: None E. Social Sciences (6 credit hours selected from two different disciplines/course prefixes) Choose from the University approved GEP Social Sciences course list or the following course(s) if completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill part or all of this requirement: ARE 201 or EC 205, NR 460 F. Physical Education/Healthy Living (2 credit hours – at least one 100-level Fitness and Wellness Course) Choose from the University approved GEP Physical Education/Healthy Living course list. G. Additional Breadth - (3 credit hours to be selected from the following checked University approved GEP course lists) X Humanities/Social Sciences/Visual and Performing Arts or Mathematical Sciences/Natural Sciences/Engineering H. Interdisciplinary Perspectives (5-6 credit hours) Choose from the University approved GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives course list or the following course(s) if completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill part or all of this requirement: None I. Introduction to Writing (4 credit hours satisfied by completing ENG 101 with a C- or better ) The following Co-Requisites must be satisfied to complete the General Education Program requirements: J. U.S. Diversity (USD) Choose from the University approved GEP U.S. Diversity course list or choose a course identified on the approved GEP course lists as meeting the U.S. Diversity (USD) co-requisite . The following course(s) completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill this requirement: None K. Global Knowledge (GK) Choose from the University approved GEP Global Knowledge course list or choose a course identified on the approved GEP course lists as meeting the Global Knowledge (GK) co-requisite . The following course(s) completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill this requirement: None K. Foreign Language proficiency - Proficiency at the FL_102 level is required for graduation.