CONSERVATION BIOLOGY CONCENTRATION
Name______________________________________Sem. of Entry_______________________
Advisor____________________________________ Catalog____________________________
General Degree Requirements
_____128 Credit Hours
Required for graduation at WWC
_____68 Credit Hours
Required for ENS Majors
Triad Education Requirements (Academic)
_____ First Year Seminar (4cr)
_____ College Composition I (4cr)
_____ College Composition II/ Natural Science Seminar (4-5.5cr)
Liberal Arts Area Course Requirements (4 cr per area)
_____ Language and Global Issues, (LAN, PCS, ICS, PAX selected HIS)
_____ Literature (ENG)
_____ History and Political Science (HIS, PSC)
_____ Natural Science (BIO, CHM, PHY)
_____ Mathematics (MAT course above MAT 110)
_____ Social Science (ANT, ECO, PSY, SOC, WMS)
_____ Philosophy and Religion (PHI, REL)
_____ Artistic Expression (ART, MUS, THR, WRI)
I. Required Courses for ENS majors:
_____BIO 116
General Biology
_____CHM 116
General Chemistry I
_____MAT 141 OR 253
Statistics OR Statistics for Natural Science
OR MAT 241
Calculus
For a B.S. degree both are required.
_____ENS 116
Introduction to Environmental Studies
_____BIO 202
Ecology (has a prerequisite)
_____ENS 245 OR
Environmental Politics & Political Theory
PSC 245 OR
Environmental Politics: Global Perspective
ANT 338 OR
Archeology and the Environment
ENS 205 OR
Environmental History of the U.S.
ECO 380
Environmental and Ecological Economics
_____PHI 252 OR
Environmental Ethics
REL 212
OR Religion, Nature and the Environment
Credits
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
II. Required Courses for Conservation Biology Concentration
_____CHM 117
_____ENS310
_____BIO 322
_____SCI 390
_____SCI 486-489
_____SCI 493
General Chemistry II
Conservation and Wildlife Biology
Genetics
Research Design
Natural Science Seminar Research
Natural Science Research Communication
Credits
5
4
4
2
min. 2
1
One from each of the following three divisions:
1. One course at the molecular, cellular, or anatomical level (200 or above):
_____BIO 219
Plant Morphology and Anatomy
_____BIO 345
Developmental Biology
_____BIO 351
Mammalian Physiology
_____BIO 335
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
_____BIO 441
Genetics and Plant Development
_____BIO 496
Plant Physiology
_____BIO 208
Cell Biology
_____BIO 347
Microbiology
_____BIO 407
Biochemistry (requires Organic I)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2. One course at the whole animal level (200 or above):
_____BIO 235
Vertebrate Zoology
_____BIO 241
Invertebrate Zoology
_____BIO 377
Evolutionary Biology
_____BIO 348
Animal Behavior
_____BIO 318
General Ornithology
4
4
4
4
4
3. One course at the plant level (200 or above):
_____BIO 377
Evolutionary Biology (if not taken above)
_____BIO 341
Plant Taxonomy
_____ENS 233
Forest Biology
_____BIO 219
Plant Morphology (if not taken above)
_____BIO 496
Plant Physiology (if not taken above)
4
4
4
4
4
III. Electives Within the ENS major (minimum 9 credits)
Courses not taken to fulfill requirements in section I, or II may be taken as electives. The following
courses may be used for electives:
 Any ENS or BIO course
 Any other course with the word “environment” in the title.
 With approval of the ENS advisor, courses from other departments that clearly complement
the student’s chosen concentration and career goals and are justified in the required
proposal
N.B., because Latin America is one of the richest centers of biodiversity in the world, at least one
semester of Spanish or working knowledge of the Spanish language is recommended for all students.
In addition, students who are planning on graduate school are highly encouraged to take one
semester or more of physics, calculus, and organic chemistry.
Recommended Schedule for Conservation Biology
1. Students should take 12-18 credits (average should be 16) per semester to obtain 128 required for
graduation.
2. Note that many upper level courses in BIO and ENS are offered only in the fall or spring or only
every other year.
3. The major should be declared by the end of the second year and a departmental proposal is required.
4. Courses below that are listed in the center column may be taken in the fall or spring.
Fall
First Year
General Chemistry I
First Year Seminar
Spring
General Chemistry II
General Biology
Introduction to Environmental Studies
College Composition I
Second Year
Environmental Politics and Pol. Theory2
---------- OR-----------Environmental Politics: Global Perspective1
Ecology
Statistics or Calculus
Conservation and Wildlife Biology
Third Year
Genetics
Conservation and Wildlife Biology
--if not already taken
Research Design
--must be taken in third year
Fourth Year
Natural Science Seminar
1
2
3
offered every spring
offered every fall
offered every other fall
Additional courses
Offered every fall
Forest Biology
Community Land Use Planning
Geographic Information Systems
Offered every spring
Environmental Policy - has a prerequisite
Geographic Information Systems
Offered every other fall (O = offered in odd numbered years, E = even) Offered every other spring
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (O),
Plant Taxonomy (E),
Developmental Biology (E),
Mammalian Physiology (E)
Evolutionary Bio. (E),
Plant Morphology and Anatomy (E)
Invertebrate Zool. (O),
Animal Behavior (O)
Vertebrate Zool. (E),
General Ornithology (O)
Aquatic Ecology (E)
Field Ornithology (E)