Environmental Science: Natural Resources, BSAG
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2020-2021. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.
Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.00
Total Hours: 124
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| English Composition | ||
| See Academic Regulation 3.5 | ||
| ENGL 1113 | Composition I | 3 |
| or ENGL 1313 | Critical Analysis and Writing I | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Composition II | ||
| Critical Analysis and Writing II | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| American History & Government | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Survey of American History | ||
| American History to 1865 (H) | ||
| American History Since 1865 (DH) | ||
| POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
| Analytical & Quantitative Thought (A) | ||
| STAT 2013 | Elementary Statistics (A) 1 | 3 |
| Humanities (H) | ||
| Courses designated (H) | 6 | |
| Natural Sciences (N) | ||
| Must include one Laboratory Science (L) course | ||
| BIOL 1114 | Introductory Biology (LN) 1 | 4 |
| Course designated (N) | 3 | |
| Social & Behavioral Sciences (S) | ||
| AGEC 1113 | Introduction to Agricultural Economics (S) 1 | 3 |
| AGCM 3203 | Oral Communications in Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources (S) 1 | 3 |
| or SPCH 2713 | Introduction to Speech Communication (S) | |
| Additional General Education | ||
| Courses designated (A), (H), (N), or (S) | 6 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 40 | |
| Diversity (D) & International Dimension (I) | ||
| May be completed in any part of the degree plan | ||
| Select at least one Diversity (D) course | ||
| Select at least one International Dimension (I) course | ||
| College/Departmental Requirements | ||
| Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | ||
| AG 1011 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| ENVR 1113 | Elements of Environmental Science | 3 |
| SOIL 2124 | Fundamentals of Soil Science (N) | 4 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Survey of Organic Chemistry | ||
| Chemistry and Applications of Biomolecules | ||
CHEM 3015 | ||
| Additional Requirements | ||
| If CHEM 1414 is taken, then must have both CHEM 3015 and BIOC 2344 | ||
| PBIO 1404 | Plant Biology (LN) | 4 |
| or BIOL 1604 | Animal Biology | |
| CHEM 1314 | Chemistry I (LN) | 4 |
| or CHEM 1215 | Chemical Principles I (LN) | |
| CHEM 1515 | Chemistry II (LN) | 5 |
| or CHEM 1225 | Chemical Principles II (LN) | |
| PHYS 1114 | College Physics I (LN) | 4 |
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| College Physics II (LN) | ||
| Calculus I (A) | ||
| Physical Geology (LN) | ||
| Select one of the following: | 5 | |
| Precalculus (A) | ||
| College Algebra (A) and Preparation for Calculus (A) | ||
| Written and Oral Communications | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Written Communication | ||
| Written Communications in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | ||
| Technical Writing 2 | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 40 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| AGEC 3503 | Natural Resource Economics | 3 |
| BIOL 3034 | General Ecology | 4 |
| ENVR 3113 | Sampling and Analyses for Solving Environmental Problems | 3 |
| ENVR 4811 | Professional and Capstone Planning | 1 |
| ENVR 4813 | Environmental Science Applications and Problem Solving | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Natural Resource Administration and Policy | ||
| Environmental Impact Analysis | ||
| Environmental Law And Policy | ||
| NREM 4443 | Watershed Hydrology and Water Quality | 3 |
| ENVR 4893 | Environmental Soil Chemistry | 3 |
| or BIOL 4303 | Organismal Ecotoxicology | |
| Additional Core Courses | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Environmental Soil Science | ||
| Animal Waste Management | ||
| Soil, Water, and Weather | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Principles of Rangeland Management | ||
| Restoration Ecology | ||
| Ecology Of Invasive Species | ||
| Related Courses | ||
| Select 15 hours of the following: | 15 | |
| Agricultural Law | ||
| Environmental Economics and Resource Development | ||
| Cultural Anthropology (IS) | ||
| Oral Communication | ||
| Environmental Engineering Laboratory | ||
| Introduction to Microeconomics (S) | ||
| Economics of the Environment | ||
| Insects and Society (N) | ||
| Insects in Global Public Health (N) | ||
| Introduction to Entomology (LN) | ||
| Ecological Methodology | ||
| Aquatic Entomology | ||
| Environmental Soil Science | ||
| Environmental Soil Chemistry | ||
| Animal Waste Management | ||
| Digital Tools for Environmental Exploration (LN) | ||
| Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Environmental Geology (N) | ||
| Hydrogeology | ||
| Planning and Design for Sustainable Landscapes | ||
| Land Use and City Planning | ||
| Introduction to Microbiology | ||
| Introduction to Microbiology Laboratory | ||
| Microbes: Friends or Foes (N) | ||
| Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resources | ||
| Wetland Ecology and Management | ||
| Environment and Society (N) | ||
| Plants and People (N) | ||
| Field Botany | ||
| College Physics II (LN) | ||
or PHYS 2114 | University Physics II (LN) | |
| Public Policy | ||
| Introductory Sociology (S) | ||
| Environmental Sociology (S) | ||
| Soil Genesis, Morphology, and Classification | ||
| Soil Nutrient Management | ||
| Soil and Water Conservation | ||
| Soil Microbiology | ||
| Soil, Water, and Weather | ||
| Limnology | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 44 | |
| Electives | ||
| Select 0 hours or hours to complete required total for degree | 0 | |
| Total Hours | 124 | |
| 1 | College & Departmental requirements that may be used to meet GE requirements. |
| 2 | If ENGL 3323 Technical Writing is used to satisfy ENGL 1213 Composition II above then hours in this block are 0. |
Other Requirements
- A minimum of 40 semester credit hours and 100 grade points must be earned in courses numbered 3000 or above.
- A 2.00 GPA or higher in upper-division hours.
Additional State/OSU Requirements
- At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 or 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
- Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
- Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
- Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2026.