2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog

Aquatic Biology, B.S. major
Wetlands Ecology Emphasis

Required Credits: 77
Required GPA: 2.25

I REQUIRED BIOLOGY CORE COURSES

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• BIOL 1211 Introductory Biology I (4 credits)
• BIOL 1212 Introductory Biology II (4 credits)
• BIOL 2360 Genetics (4 credits)
• BIOL 2610 General Ecology (3 credits)
• BIOL 2620 Field and Laboratory Projects in Ecological Research (2 credits)

II REQUIRED AQUATIC BIOLOGY CORE COURSES

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• BIOL 4200 Freshwater Invertebrates (4 credits)
• BIOL 3361 Limnology I (4 credits)
• BIOL 3362 Limnology II (4 credits)
• BIOL 3554 Readings in Aquatic Biology (1 credit)
• BIOL 3830 Aquatic Plants (4 credits)

III CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE

Complete option A, B or C.

A. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• BIOL 4894 Advanced Laboratory Projects in Biology I (2 credits)
• BIOL 4895 Advanced Laboratory Projects in Biology II (2 credits)

B. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES

• BIOL 4896 Advanced Field Projects in Biology I (2 credits)
• BIOL 4897 Advanced Field Projects in Biology II (2 credits)

C. COMPLETE SOME OTHER CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE APPROVED BY
YOUR BIOLOGY ACADEMIC ADVISOR AND THE DEPARTMENT

WETLANDS ECOLOGY EMPHASIS

REQUIRED CORE COURSES:
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• BIOL 3840 Wetlands Ecology (3 credits)
  orENVR 3840 Wetlands Ecology (3 credits)
• BIOL 3844 Wetlands Ecology Lab (1 credit)
• BIOL 4030 Wetland Delineation and Classification (3 credits)

ELECTIVE CORE COURSES
SELECT A MINIMUM OF 8 CREDITS FROM THE FOLLOWING:

• BIOL 3630 Conservation Biology (3 credits)
  orGEOG 3630 Conservation Biology (3 credits)
• BIOL 3723 Ecosystem Ecology (3 credits)
• CHEM 3150 Standard Methods of Water Analysis (3 credits)
• ENVR 4210 Environmental Law and Policy (3 credits)
• GEOG 3231 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• GEOG 3232 Intermediate Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• GEOL 3211 Environmental Hydrology (3 credits)
• BIOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
  orGEOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
• BIOL 4031 Advanced Wetland Delineation (2 credits)

ADDITIONAL ELECTIVES
SELECT AN ADDITIONAL 4-5 CREDITS OF BIOLOGY ELECTIVES
AT THE 3000 LEVEL OR ABOVE.

V REQUIRED COURSES IN RELATED FIELDS

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• CHEM 2211 Principles of Chemistry I (4 credits)
• CHEM 2212 Principles of Chemistry II (4 credits)
• STAT 2610 Applied Statistics (4 credits)
  or PSY 3401 Basic Statistics for Research (4 credits)

SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• PHYS 1101 General Physics I (4 credits)
• PHYS 2101 Physics I (5 credits)

SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• PHYS 1102 General Physics II (4 credits)
• PHYS 2102 Physics II (5 credits)