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General Degree Requirements - Environmental Resource Science

Semester Degree Requirements
Entrance Requirements for the Major

Semester Core Curriculum (Selected with the advice of an academic advisor)

Area A B C D E - 42 hours
Area F - 18 hours
Major Requirements - 60 hours
College-wide requirements must be satisfied in order to graduate with this major

Area A - Essential Skills (9 hours)
Area A is satisfied by students completing nine hours from the following list. Students must take ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 and will select a three-hour math course in consultation with an academic advisor.

ENGL 1101

MATH 1113

ENGL 1102

Area B - Institutional Options (4-5 hours)
Area B is satisfied by electives selected by the student with approval of an academic advisor.

Area C - Humanities/Fine Arts (6 hours)
PREFERRED COURSE: SPCM 1100 - (take under general electives if not taken in Area C).
Area C is satisfied by completing two of the following courses. Students may select one course from the Fine Arts list and one from the Humanities list, or students may select two courses from different departments in the Humanities list.

Fine Arts

Humanities

Foreign language courses

CMLT 2400

GRMN 2300

RELI 1003

Area D - Science, Mathematics, and Technology (10-11 hours)
PREFERRED COURSES: BIOL 1107-1107L and (CHEM 1211- 1211L )
Area D for Science Majors -- ten or eleven hours

Select two courses from the four-hour science course list.
Select one course from the mathematics, science, or technology course list.

Area D -- Four-hour science course with laboratory

Area D -- Three or four-hour mathematics, science, or technology courses

Area E - Social Sciences (12 hours)
Students will select four courses from at least two departments from the list below: (Students who have not met the Georgia and U.S. Constitution requirement by examination should enroll in POLS 1101.)

(A passing grade on an examination on the history of the United States and Georgia is required to satisfy the United States and Georgia History Requirement for all persons receiving a baccalaureate degree from the University, unless exempted by one of the following courses: HIST 2111, HIST 2112. Examinations are given to freshmen during orientation and twice each semester by the History Department. Reexamination is permitted. Examination dates are announced in the Schedule of Classes.)

Area F – Courses related to major (18 hr)

BIOL 1108-1108L 4
CHEM 1212-1212L 4

Choose ten hours from the following list:

CHEM 2100-2100L Elementary Organic Chemistry 4
CHEM 2211-2211L Modern Organic Chemistry I 4
CHEM 2212-2212L Modern Organic Chemistry II 4

ECON 2106 Principles of Microeconomics 3

MATH 2200-2200L Analytic Geometry and Calculus 4
MATH 2210-2210L Integral Calculus 4

PHYS 1111-1111L Introductory Physics I 4
PHYS 1112-1112L Introductory Physics II 4

STAT 2000 Elementary Statistics 4
STAT 2210 Introduction to Statistics and Computing 4

Major Requirements

A baccalaureate degree program must require at least 21 semester hours of upper division courses in the major field and at least 39 semester hours of upper division work overall.

Required Courses (21 hours)

AESC (ECOL) (CRSS) – 3xxx-3xxxL – Ecological Principles (4h)
AESC 3510 - Digital Imaging & Computer Application in Agriculture (3h)
AESC 4xxx—Ethics and Communication in Environmental Sciences (1h)
AESC 4960 – Undergraduate Research in Agricultural & Environmental Sciences (3h)
CRSS 3060-3060L – Soils and Hydrology (4h)
CRSS 3xxx – Introduction to Water Quality (3h)

HORT (CRSS) 4440/6440-4440L/6440L – Environmental Physiology in Horticulture (3h)

Major Electives (19 - 22 hours)

AAEC 2060 - Economic Perspectives on the Environment and Nat. Resources (3hr)
AAEC 4650 – Environmental Economics (3h)
AAEC 4800/6800 – Water Resource Economics (3h)
AESC 3920 – Agricultural & Environmental Sciences Internship (3h)
AESC 3xxx – Introduction to Biometeorology (3h)
AESC 4950 – Special Problem in Agricultural & Environmental Sciences (1-3h)

BCMB (BIOL) (CHEM) 3100 – Introductory Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (4h)

CRSS 4170-6170 (and L) – Hydrology, Geology and Soils in Georgia (3h)
CRSS 4660-4660L – Chemical Analysis of Environmental Samples (3h)

ENTO 4000-4000L – General Entomology (4h)
ENTO 3740-3740L – Insect Pest Management (4h)
ENTO 4250-4250L – Pesticide Management and Utilization (3h)
ENTO 4500-4500L – Biological Control of Pest (3h)

ENGR 3050 – Soil and Water Resources Conservation (3h)

FDST 4310/6310 – Environmental Microbiology (3h)

HORT 4990/6990 - Environmental Issues in Horticulture (1h)

MIBO 3500 – Introductory Microbiology (3h)

PATH 3530-3530L – Introductory Plant Pathology (3h)

PGEN 3580 – Principles of Genetics (3h)

General Electives (17-20)

Upper division (0-3)
Any level (0-17)

Total hours required 120