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.