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2010-2011 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Field Biology Option, BA or BS

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The field biology option is designed for biology majors interested in employment opportunities with local, state and federal natural resource agencies by providing relevant preparation in field and technical courses. This option also serves biology students interested in pursuing graduate work in natural resources.

Biology

1.

Complete:

BI 438 - Conservation Biology 3 credits

2.

Complete one course from:

BI 317 - Vertebrate Natural History 4 credits
BI 318 - Invertebrate Natural History 4 credits
BI 433 - Plant Systematics 4 credits
BI 444 - Vascular Plant Identification and Field Botany

3.

Complete one course from:

BI 386 - Forest Ecology and Management 3 credits
BI 388 - Conservation of Natural Resources 4 credits

4.

Complete at least five of the following upper division electives:

BI 317 - Vertebrate Natural History 4 credits (if not used to fulfill requirement #2 above)
BI 318 - Invertebrate Natural History 4 credits (if not used to fulfill requirement #2 above)
BI 415 - Mammalogy 4 credits
BI 430 - Biological Illustration 3 credits
BI 432 - Origins and Diversity of Land Plants 4 credits
BI 433 - Plant Systematics 4 credits (if not used to fulfill requirement #2 above)
BI 434 - Plant Form and Function 4 credits
BI 436 - Origins and Diversity of Protists and Fungi 4 credits
BI 442 - Bryology 4 credits
BI 444 - Vascular Plant Identification and Field Botany (if not used to fulfill requirement #2 above)
BI 450 - Fish and Fisheries 4 credits
BI 454 - Plant Ecology 4 credits
BI 466 - Entomology 4 credits
BI 470 - Herpetology 4 credits
BI 471 - Ornithology 4 credits
BI 475 - Aquatic Ecology 4 credits
BI 480 - Animal Behavior 4 credits
CH 331 - Principles of Organic Chemistry 4 credits
and
CH 337 - Introduction to Organic Chemistry Laboratory 2 credits
OR
CH 334 - Organic Chemistry 3 credits
and
CH 337 - Introduction to Organic Chemistry Laboratory

Chemistry

Complete the general chemistry sequence with labs:

CH 201 - General Chemistry 3 credits
and
CH 204 - General Chemistry Laboratory 2 credits
CH 202 - General Chemistry 3 credits
and
CH 205 - General Chemistry Laboratory 2 credits
CH 203 - General Chemistry 3 credits
and
CH 206 - General Chemistry Laboratory 2 credits

Mathematics

Complete:

MTH 243 - Elementary Statistics 4 credits
MTH 244 - Applied Inferential Statistics 4 credits
MTH 112 - Precalculus II: Elementary Functions 4 credits
or
SOU MTH 112 placement level 0-4 credits

Physical Science

Complete physical science sequence with labs (general physics or geology):

PH 201 - General Physics I 3 credits
and
PH 224 - General Physics Laboratory I 2 credits
PH 202 - General Physics II 3 credits
and
PH 225 - General Physics Laboratory II 2 credits
PH 203 - General Physics III 3 credits
and
PH 226 - General Physics Laboratory III 2 credits
OR
G 101 - Physical Geology I 4 credits
G 102 - Physical Geology II 4 credits
G 103 - Historical Geology 4 credits

Geography

1.

Complete:

ES 349 - Maps, Cartography, and Geospatial Technology 4 credits

2.

Complete one course from:

ES 451 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 4 credits
ES 453 - Introduction to Remote Sensing 4 credits
ES 457 - Introduction to Global Positioning Systems 4 credits

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