Natural Resource Ecology & Management: Fisheries & Aquatic Ecology, 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: 125
| 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) | ||
| MATH 1513 | College Algebra (A) 1 | 3 |
| 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 |
| 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 Requirements | ||
| Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | ||
| AG 1011 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| NREM 1012 | Introduction to Natural Resource Ecology and Management | 2 |
| Natural Sciences | ||
| BIOL 1604 | Animal Biology | 4 |
| CHEM 1215 | Chemical Principles I (LN) | 4 |
| or CHEM 1314 | Chemistry I (LN) | |
| CHEM 1225 | Chemical Principles II (LN) | 5 |
| or CHEM 1515 | Chemistry II (LN) | |
| GEOL 1114 | Physical Geology (LN) 2 | 4 |
| or PHYS 1014 | Descriptive Physics (N) | |
| PBIO 1404 | Plant Biology (LN) | 4 |
| Written and Oral Communications | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Written Communications in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | ||
| Written Communication | ||
| Technical Writing 3 | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Oral Communications in Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources (S) | ||
| Introduction to Speech Communication (S) | ||
| Elements of Persuasion (S) 4 | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 30 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Animal Genetics | ||
| General Genetics | ||
| Plant Genetics and Biotechnology | ||
| NREM 3012 | Applied Ecology Laboratory | 2 |
| NREM 3013 | Applied Ecology and Conservation | 3 |
| NREM 3523 | Fish and Wildlife Population Biology | 3 |
| NREM 4001 | Issues In Global Change | 1 |
| NREM 4414 | Fisheries Management | 4 |
| NREM 4424 | Fisheries Techniques | 4 |
| NREM 4443 | Watershed Hydrology and Water Quality | 3 |
| NREM 4452 | Pond Management | 2 |
| NREM 4453 | Aquaculture | 3 |
| STAT 3013 | Intermediate Statistical Analysis | 3 |
| or STAT 4013 | Statistical Methods I (A) | |
| BIOL 3104 | Invertebrate Zoology | 4 |
| or ENTO 4484 | Aquatic Entomology | |
| BIOL 4413 | Biology of Fishes | 3 |
| BIOL 4434 | Limnology | 4 |
| Related Courses | ||
| Select courses from among the following or other courses in consultation with a faculty advisor for additional breadth, or to create a specialty emphasis area. 5 | ||
| Select one of the following: | 6 | |
| Natural Resource Economics | ||
| Environmental Impact Analysis | ||
| Environmental Science Applications and Problem Solving | ||
| Conservation of Natural Resources (S) | ||
| American Environmental History (H) | ||
| Natural Resource Administration and Policy | ||
| Natural Resource Recreation | ||
| Environmental Law And Policy | ||
| Natural Resources and Environmental Policy | ||
| Environmental Sociology (S) | ||
| Select 7 hours of the following: | 7 | |
| Principles of Animal Nutrition | ||
| General Genetics | ||
| Vertebrate Zoology | ||
| Animal Behavior | ||
| Principles of Conservation Biology | ||
| Conservation Genetics | ||
| Evolution | ||
| Mammalogy | ||
| Environmental Physiology | ||
| Organismal Ecotoxicology | ||
| Principles of Toxicology | ||
| Geographic Information Systems: Resource Management Applications | ||
| Ecology of Natural Resources | ||
| Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resources | ||
| Field Applications of Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resources | ||
| Forest Resource Field Studies | ||
| Natural Resource Field Studies | ||
| Silviculture | ||
| Wildlife Law Enforcement | ||
| Principles of Wildlife Ecology and Management | ||
| Principles of Rangeland Management | ||
| Restoration Ecology | ||
| Ecology Of Invasive Species | ||
| Natural Resource Administration and Policy | ||
| Natural Resource Recreation | ||
| Natural Resources, People and Sustainable Development (I) | ||
| Wetland Ecology and Management | ||
NREM 4524 | Wildlife Management Techniques | |
| Wildlife Management for Game Species | ||
| Wildlife Management for Biodiversity | ||
| Undergraduate Internship | ||
| Undergraduate Research | ||
| Special Topics in Natural Resource Ecology and Management | ||
| Field Botany | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 55 | |
| Electives | ||
| Select 0 hours or hours to complete required total for degree | 0 | |
| Total Hours | 125 | |
| 1 | College & Departmental requirements that may be used to meet GE requirements. |
| 2 | If used as (N) course above, then hours are reduced by course hours. |
| 3 | If ENGL 3323 Technical Writing is used to satisfy ENGL 1213 Composition II above; hours in this block are reduced by 3. |
| 4 | If used as (S) course above, then hours are reduced by three. |
| 5 | May not use a course used above in Core Courses. Also may not use the same class for credit in both groups below. |
Other Requirements
- Students must earn minimum grades of “C” or “P” in each course listed in Major Requirements.
- A minimum of 40 semester credit hours and 100 grade points must be earned in courses numbered 3000 or above.
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.