Natural Resource Ecology & Management: Rangeland Ecology & Management, BSAG
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2024-2025. 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 | ||
| Select four hours from the following: | 4 | |
| Introductory Biology (N) and Introductory Biology Laboratory (LN) 1 | ||
| Introductory Biology (LN) 1 | ||
| 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 | ||
| CHEM 1215 | Chemical Principles I (LN) 2 | 4 |
| or CHEM 1314 | Chemistry I (LN) | |
| Natural Sciences | ||
| 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) 4 | ||
| Introduction to Speech Communication (S) 4 | ||
| Elements of Persuasion (S) 4 | ||
| UNIV 1111 | First Year Seminar (or other approved first year seminar course) | 1 |
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Fundamentals of Soil Science (N) | ||
| Aquatic Entomology | ||
| NREM 3013 | Applied Ecology and Conservation | 3 |
| Departmental Requirements | ||
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Animal Biology | ||
| Dendrology | ||
| NREM 1012 | Introduction to Natural Resource Ecology and Management | 2 |
| NREM 2083 | Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resources | 3 |
| NREM 3012 | Applied Ecology Laboratory | 2 |
| NREM 3503 | Principles of Wildlife Ecology and Management | 3 |
| NREM 4001 | Issues In Global Change | 1 |
| NREM 4043 | Natural Resource Administration and Policy | 3 |
| PBIO 1404 | Plant Biology (LN) | 4 |
| Hours Subtotal | 40 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| ANSI 3543 | Principles of Animal Nutrition | 3 |
| CHEM 1225 | Chemical Principles II (LN) 2 | 5 |
| or CHEM 1515 | Chemistry II (LN) | |
| NREM 3063 | Natural Resource Biometrics | 3 |
| NREM 3613 | Principles of Rangeland Management | 3 |
| NREM 4023 | Restoration Ecology | 3 |
| NREM 4033 | Ecology Of Invasive Species | 3 |
| NREM 4443 | Watershed Hydrology and Water Quality | 3 |
| NREM 4603 | Rangeland and Pasture Utilization | 3 |
| NREM 4613 | Rangeland Resources Planning | 3 |
| NREM 4783 | Prescribed Fire | 3 |
| PBIO 4005 | Field Botany | 5 |
| SOIL 3433 | Soil Genesis, Morphology, and Classification | 3 |
| Related Courses | ||
| Select 5 hours of the following or of other courses in consultation with a faculty advisor for additional breadth, or to create a specialty emphasis area: 5 | 5 | |
| Farm and Agribusiness Management | ||
| Natural Resource Economics | ||
| Introduction to the Animal Sciences Lab and Introduction to the Animal Sciences | ||
or ANSI 1124 | Introduction to the Animal Sciences | |
| Animal Genetics | ||
| Animal Breeding | ||
| Applied Animal Nutrition | ||
| Beef Cow-Calf Management | ||
| General Ecology | ||
| Principles of Conservation Biology | ||
| Conservation Genetics | ||
| Evolution | ||
| Mammalogy | ||
| Organismal Ecotoxicology | ||
| Biology of Fishes | ||
| Introduction to Entomology (LN) | ||
| Ecological Methodology | ||
| Elements of Environmental Science (N) | ||
| Introduction to National Environmental Policy Act | ||
| Climatology (N) | ||
| Meteorology (N) | ||
| Conservation of Natural Resources (S) | ||
| Spatial Analysis (A) | ||
| Biogeography, Biodiversity, and Humankind | ||
| Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Geospatial Applications for Unmanned Aerial Systems | ||
| Remote Sensing | ||
| Geographic Information Systems: Resource Management Applications | ||
| Environmental Geology (N) | ||
| Dendrology | ||
| Field Applications of Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resources | ||
| Forest Resource Field Studies | ||
| Natural Resource Field Studies | ||
| Forest Biology | ||
| Forest Health and Disturbance Ecology | ||
| Silviculture | ||
| Wildlife Law Enforcement | ||
| Natural Resource Recreation | ||
| Natural Resources, People and Sustainable Development (I) | ||
| Wetland Ecology and Management | ||
| Pond Management | ||
| Aquaculture | ||
| Ornithology | ||
| Wildlife Management Applications and Planning | ||
| Wildlife Management Techniques | ||
| Wildlife Management for Game Species | ||
| Wildlife Management for Biodiversity | ||
| Advanced Prescribed Fire | ||
| Undergraduate Internship | ||
| Undergraduate Research | ||
| Special Topics in Natural Resource Ecology and Management | ||
| Plant Diversity | ||
| Plant Taxonomy | ||
| Plant Physiology | ||
| Principles of Plant Pathology | ||
| Introduction to Plant and Soil Systems (N) | ||
| Natural Resources and Environmental Policy | ||
| Soil and Water Conservation | ||
| Soil Microbiology | ||
| Soil, Water, and Weather | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 45 | |
| 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 General Education 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.
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 2030.