Natural Resource Conservation and Management, B.S.

Major Requirements

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The major requires 72 hours, including 51 hours in core courses and a 21-hour concentration:

• BIOL 140 - Principles of Biology I Credits: (4)
• BIOL 141 - Principles of Biology II Credits: (4)
• CHEM 132 - Survey of Chemistry I Credits: (4)

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• CHEM 140 - Advanced General Chemistry Credits: (4)
• GEOG 150 - Environmental Geography Credits: (3)
• GEOG 324 - Introduction to Remote Sensing Credits: (4)
• GEOG 402 - Conservation of Natural Resources Credits: (3)
• GEOL 305 - Soils and Hydrology Credits: (4)
• MATH 146 - Precalculus Credits: (4)
• NRM 210 - Methods in Natural Resources Management Credits: (4)
• NRM 344 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Credits: (4)
• NRM 440 - Integrated Resources Management Credits: (4)
• NRM 442 - Natural Resources Policy and Administration Credits: (3)

Concentration

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Concentration, 21 hours, selected from:

General Electives

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General electives (14 hours) are required to complete the program.

Additional Requirements

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At least 32 hours of the courses taken at WCU must be at the junior-senior level to meet one of the general university degree requirements.

Visit the department’s website at http://www.wcu.edu/as/GeosciencesNRM/NRM/index.html to view the 8 semester curriculum guide.