Wildlife Option
Coursework Requirements - 2005-2007 Catalog
39 Total Credits
Required Courses
A ECL 371
A ECL 451
BIOL 313/GEN 320
BIOL 366
MATH 160, 165, or 181
17 credits
Ecological Methods and Analyses
Wildlife Management
Principles of Genetics
Plant Systematics
Calculus Elective
Restricted Electives
Zoology
A ECL 515
A ECL 531
A ECL 551
BIOL 315
BIOL 354/354L
EEOB 507
ENT 370
Wildlife Biology
A ECL 362
A ECL 363
A ECL 364
Policy, Administration and Law
C R P 491
ENV S 293
ENV S 482
NREM 385/585
NREM 450X
NREM 532
Botany
AGRON 317
BIOL 355
BIOL 356
BIOL 454
BIOL 456
BIOL 474
EEOB 564
Additional Restricted Electives:
A ECL/ENT 425
A ECL 455
BIOL 381
BIOL 472
NREM 301
AGRON 154
AGRON 260
AGRON 334
AST 324
AST 425
ECON 380
ENSCI 408
FOR 302
FOR 454
FOR 460
NREM 345
NREM 390
NREM 407/ENV S 407
NREM 446
NREM 460
NREM 465
A minimum of 22 credits
Select 6 credits from list below:
Ecology of Freshwater Invertebrates
Conservation Biology
Wildlife Behavioral Ecology
Biological Evolution
Animal Behavior/Lab in Animal Behavior
Advanced Animal Behavior
Insect Biology
Select 2 credits from list below:
Natural History of Reptiles & Amphibians
Natural History of Birds
Natural History of Mammals
Select 6 credits from list below:
Environmental Law & Planning
Environmental Planning
Environmental Politics & Policies
Natural Resource Policy
History of Wildlife Conservation
Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management
Select 5 credits from list below:
Principles of Weed Science
Plants and People
Dendrology
Plant Anatomy
Principles of Mycology
Plant Ecology
Wetland Ecology
If needed, select additional credits from list below:
Aquatic Insects
International Wildlife Issues
Environmental Systems
Community Ecology
Forest Ecology & Soils
Fundamentals of Soil Science
Soils and Environmental Quality
Forage Crop Management
Soil & Water Conservation Management
Impacts of Agriculture on Water Quality
Environmental and Resource Economics
GIS & Natural Resources Management
Silviculture
Forest Practicum
Agroforestry Systems
Nat. Res. Photogrammetry & GIS
Fire Ecology & Management
Watershed Management
Integrating GPS & GIS for Nat. Res. Management
Controversies in Renewable Resource Management
Landscape Change & Conservation
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
4 cr
4 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3-4 cr
3 cr
3 cr
1 cr
1 cr
1 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
4 cr
4 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
4 cr
3 cr
4 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
2 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
2-3 cr
3 cr
4 cr
3 cr
3 cr
3 cr
Suggested Sequence of Courses
Wildlife Option*
Freshman Year
Biol 211
Biol 211L
NREM 110
Engl 104
Math 140
Chem 163
Chem 163L
Principles of Biology
Prin. of Biology Lab.
Orientation in NREM
Composition I
College Algebra**
General Chemistry
General Chemistry Lab.
3
1
R
3
3
4
1
15
Biol 212
Biol 212L
NREM 120
Engl 105
Math 142
Chem 164
Lib 160
Principles of Biology
Prin. of Biology Lab.
Intro. Renew. Resources
Composition II
Trig. & Analytic Geom.**
General Chemistry
Library Instruction
3
1
3
3
3
3
.5
16.5
Sophomore Year
A Ecl 365
Vertebrate Biology
NREM 211 Careers in Nat. Res
A Ecl 312
Ecology
Math
Calculus Elective
Ethics/Humanities/Social Science Elective
4
1
4
4
3
16
Chem 231
Elem. Organic Chem.
Chem 231L Lab. Organic Chem.
Stat 101/104 Statistics
Sp Cm 212 Fund. of Public Speaking
Communications Elective
Ethics/Humanities/Social Science Elective
3
1
3-4
3
3
3
16-17
Junior Year***
Phys 106
Physics Common Exper.
Biol 313/Gen 320
Restricted Electives
Ethics/Humanities/Social Science Elective
4
3
6-8
3
16-18
A Ecl 371
Ecological Methods
Communications Elective
Restricted Elective
Ethics/Humanities/Social Science Elective
Biol 366
Plant Systematics
3
3
3-4
3
4
16-17
Senior Year***
A Ecl 451
Wildlife Management
Restricted Elective
Wildlife Biology Elective
Ethics/Humanities/Social Science Elective
Free Elective(s)
3
3-4
1
3
4-7
14-18
Restricted Electives
Free Elective
Wildlife Biology Elective
9-11
3-4
1
13-16
*
To complete degree program in 4 years students must maintain an average of 16 credits per semester.
**
Math 149 (Precalculus Mathematics) may be substituted for Math 140 and142, providing ISU Math placement
guidelines are met.
***
In scheduling coursework, students should pay particular attention to courses with limited offerings (e.g., offered only
on alternate years) and to course sequences (i.e., where a course serves as a prerequisite for another course). It is
critical that students take A ECL 371 spring semester of the junior year and A ECL 451 fall semester of the senior
year.
Revised 05/05