Northwest Missouri State University

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Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Comprehensive Major, 67-68 hours: B.A.—No Minor Required

CIP: 030601

Requirements

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Must include the following:
BIOL 04106Principles of Biology *

3
BIOL 04107Principles of Biology Laboratory *

1
 
MATH 17117Precalculus *

5
OR
MATH 17118Precalculus Algebra *

3
OR
MATH 17120Calculus I

4
 
PHYS 25110General Physics I *

3
PHYS 25111General Physics I Laboratory *

1
OR
PHYS 25112General Physics II

3
PHYS 25113General Physics II Laboratory

1

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

B.A. Modern Language Requirement (9 hours)

Modern Language

9

All 9 hours must be in the same language.

Required Courses (46-47 hours)

BIOL 04112General Botany

3
BIOL 04113General Botany Laboratory

1
BIOL 04114General Zoology

3
BIOL 04115General Zoology Laboratory

1
 
BIOL 04140General Microbiology

4
OR
BIOL 04310Cell Biology

4
 
BIOL 04238Physiology Allied Health

4
OR
BIOL 04330Animal Anatomy and Physiology

4
OR
BIOL 04430Plant Physiology

4
OR
BIOL 04438Human Physiology

4
 
BIOL 04261Local Flora

2
 
BIOL 04312Invertebrate Zoology

4
OR
BIOL 04366Entomology

3
 
BIOL 04348Biological Evolution and Diversity

2
BIOL 04350Genetics

4
BIOL 04362Mammalogy

4
BIOL 04364Ornithology

4
BIOL 04376Basic Ecology

4
BIOL 04460Herpetology

4
BIOL 04474Wildlife Management and Conservation

2
BIOL 04491Biological Science Seminar

1

Collateral Courses (18 hours)

AGRI 03382Woody Landscape Plants

3
CHEM 24114General Chemistry I *

3
CHEM 24115General Chemistry I Laboratory *

1
CHEM 24116General Chemistry II

4
CHEM 24117General Chemistry II Laboratory

1
GEOG 32365Geographic Information Systems

3
MATH 17114General Statistics *

3

Liberal Arts Elective (3 hours)

Cannot be used to fulfill any Northwest Core requirement. Choose three additional hours from English, Modern Languages, History, Political Science, or Social Science, with consent of advisor.

Free electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours

Although not required, students are strongly encouraged to take AGRI 03234 Fundamentals of Soil Science to supplement this program.