Bachelor of Science in Ecology

Required Courses

BIOS 101	General Zoology				3 cr 
BIOS 102	General Zoology Laboratory		1 cr
BIOS 103	General Botany				3 cr 
BIOS 104	General Botany Laboratory		1 cr
BIOS 192	Ecology Seminar				1 cr 
BIOS 203	General Ecology				4 cr 
BIOS g303	Principles of Animal 
		Physiology				4 cr 
	OR 
BIOS g304	Elements of Plant Physiology		4 cr
BIOS 315	Introduction to Biometry		3 cr 
BIOS g317	Organic Evolution			3 cr 
BIOS g318	Ecological Topics			1-3 cr 
BIOS 320	Physiological Ecology			3 cr 
BIOS g337	Conservation of Natural 
		Resources				3 cr 
BIOS g358	General Genetics			3 cr 
BIOS g489	Field Ecology				3 cr 
Select two of the following ecology courses:
BIOS g408	Plant Ecology				3 cr 
BIOS g416	Community Ecology			3 cr 
BIOS g452	Population Ecology			3 cr 
BIOS g459	Fish Ecology				3 cr 
BIOS g462	Freshwater Ecology			3 cr 
BIOS g476	Ecology of Water Pollution		3 cr
Select one of the following natural history and systematics courses (2-4 credits):
BIOS g309	Range Agrostology			2 cr 
BIOS g310	Invertebrate Zoology			4 cr 
BIOS g311	Dendrology				3 cr 
BIOS g312	Systematic Botany			4 cr 
BIOS g426	Herpetology				3 cr 
BIOS g427	Ichthyology				3 cr 
BIOS g431	General Entomology			3 cr 
BIOS g438	Ornithology				3 cr 
BIOS g441	Mammalogy				3 cr
Courses required outside the department:
CHEM 121	General Chemistry I			5 cr 
CHEM 122	General Chemistry II			4 cr 
CHEM g301	Organic Chemistry I			3 cr 
CHEM g302	Organic Chemistry II			3 cr 
CHEM g303	Organic Chemistry 
		Laboratory I				1 cr 
CHEM g304	Organic Chemistry 
		Laboratory II				1 cr 
GEOL 106	General Geology				3 cr 
GEOL 107	General Geology Laboratory		1 cr
MATH 117	Algebra and Trigonometry		5 cr 
MATH 120	Essentials of Calculus			4 cr 
PHYS 211	General Physics I			3 cr 
PHYS 212	General Physics II			3 cr 
SPCH 301	Business and Professional 
		Speaking				3 cr
		

Recommendations

It is recommended that additional credits be taken in BIOS 481-482, Independent Problems, or BIOS 493, Senior Thesis, in the area of ecology. ECON 201 and 202 are highly recommended (only 3 credits apply toward General Education Requirements, Goal 11). In addition, a student should take a minimum of 9 credits in a single area of concentration outside the Biological Sciences Department, e.g. business, computer science, political science.