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Dec 17, 2024
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2024-2025 Catalog of Courses
Environmental Biology: Wildlife, Plant, and Ecological Science Major
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Go to information for the Environmental Biology: Wildlife, Plant, and Ecological Science major
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REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE WITH A MAJOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY: WILDLIFE, PLANT, AND ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Liberal Arts Core - Credits: 32-34
All Fort Lewis College degrees require the completion of the Liberal Arts Core (LAC). Liberal Arts Core requirements may be satisfied by major requirements. (aka. “double dipping”)
See Liberal Arts Core for course choices
| First-Year Launch Course |
1 course |
FLC 100 (Credits:1) |
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| Communication |
2 courses |
COMP 150 AND one CO2 course (Credits: 6) |
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One CO2 course AND One CO3 course (Credits: 6) |
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| Mathematics |
1 course |
One MA1 course (Credits: 3-4) |
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| Arts & Humanities |
2 courses |
Two AH courses (Credits: 6) |
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| History |
1 course |
One HI course (Credits: 3) |
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| Social & Behavioral Sciences |
1 course |
One SS course (Credits: 3) |
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| Additional AH/HI/SS |
1 course |
One additional AH or HI or SS course (Credits: 3) |
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| Natural & Physical Sciences |
2 courses |
Two SC courses - one MUST include a lab (Credits: 7-8) |
Major Requirements - Credits: 54-60
Note: The total major credit requirement listed above does not include credits from liberal arts core courses that may be used to satisfy major requirements.
Interdisciplinary and Preparatory Courses
Complete the following courses:
Botany Concentration Credits:
Botany Concentration Foundational Courses:
As BIO 382 is offered in the summer another field experience may be used to satisfy this requirement and may be approved by faculty member in the concentration.
Botany Concentration Choices:
Select any four (4) of the following courses:
Ecology and Field Biology Concentration:
Ecology and Field Biology Concentration Foundational Courses:
Required courses for Ecology and Field Biology concentration:
Ecology and Field Biology Additional Physical Science Courses:
Select one (1) course from the following:
Ecology and Field Biology Concentration Choices:
Select any four (4) of the following courses (at least three courses must contain a laboratory):
Wildlife Biology Concentration:
Note that some courses appear in multiple categories below within concentration requirements, but each course can only be applied to a single category.
Wildlife Management and Biology:
Botany:
Select one (1) of the following courses:
Auxiliary Physical Science:
Select one (1) course from the following:
Policy, Administration, and Law:
Select one (1) of the following courses:
Free Electives - Credits: Variable
Chosen in conjunction with your academic advisor to assure that the total graduation credit requirement for this program is met.
Note: Students completing the Liberal Arts Core in fewer than 33 credits or who have met a prerequisite or required course through transfer, examinations, or assessment of prior learning will have additional free choices.
Upper Division Requirement - Credits: 36
Among the total required courses, at least 36 credits must be upper division (300- and 400-level) courses. This major may require additional courses to meet the upper division requirement.
Course Information
Prior to course registration, students should review all courses for prerequisites, minimum prerequisite grade requirements and minimum class standing.
TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120
All curricular requirements for the Liberal Arts Core and at least one major must be met. Many students choose to use free electives to complete the requirements for a certificate, minor or teacher licensure.
A minimum of 15 credits of coursework must be completed in the combined areas of AH/HI/SS.
Students must achieve a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.00 and a minimum grade point average of 2.00 for those courses accepted to meet the requirements for the major, a certificate or minor.
A minimum of 30 credits must be completed at Fort Lewis College. College-sponsored off-campus academic experiences are considered “in residence.”
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