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Conservation - B.S. Program Requirements

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.
 DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type Course Title Credits
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1
II.
 MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (81 credits)  Courses count in major GPA 
Type Course Title Credits
KBS BSCI 10110 Biological Diversity 4
KAD
  10120 Biological Foundations 4
    30156 Elements of Genetics 3
    30360 General Ecology 4
    40163 Organic Evolution 3
    40374 Conservation Biology 4
WIC   40600 Writing in Biological Sciences* 1
KBS CHEM 10060 General Chemistry I 4
    10061 General Chemistry II 4
KBS   10062 General Chemistry I Laboratory 1
    10063 General Chemistry II Laboratory 1
KBS GEOL 11040 Earth Dynamics 3
KBS   11041 Earth Dynamics Laboratory 1
  GEOG

GEOL		 39002

42035		 Statistical Methods in Geography (3)
or
Scientific Methods in Geology (3)		 3
KMC MATH 12002 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
 5
  Choose from the following: Geology Electives 6-8
    32066 Geomorphology (4)  
    41077 Geology of the National Parks (3)  
    42067 Introductory Hydrogeology (3)  
    42069 Hydrogeochemistry (3)  
    42078 Engineering Geology (4)  
    3/4xxxx Any other upper-division Geology course with BSCI advisor approval (3-4)  
  Choose from the following: Geography Electives 9
  GEOG 31062 Fundamentals of Metrology (3)  
    31064 Principles of Climatology (3)  
    41066 Climate Change and Its Impact (3)  
    41073 Conservation of Natural Resources (3)  
    41074 Resource Geography (3)  
    41082 Geography of Soils (3)  
    49070 Geographic Information Science (3)  
    49080 Advanced Geographic Information Science (3)  
    49230 Remote Sensing (3)  
  Choose from the following: Zoology Electives 3-4
  BSCI 30560 Invertebrate Zoology (4)  
    30580 Entomology (4)  
    30582 Ornithology (4)  
    40439 Environmental Physiology (4)  
    40515 Animal Behavior (3)  
    40525 Wildlife Resources (3)  
    40556 Vertebrate Zoology (4)  
  Choose from the following:Botany Electives 4
  BSCI 30267 Plant Physiology (4)  
    30274 Forestry (2)  
    30275 Local Flora (4)  
    30277 Economic Botany (2)  
    40272 Plant Anatomy (4)  
    40275 Systematic Botany (4)  
    40277 Morphology of Lower Plants (4)  
  Choose from the following: Major Electives 14
  BSCI 3/4xxxx any upper-division courses (1-14)  
    30140 Cell Biology* (4)  
  CHEM 20481 Basic Organic Chemistry I** (4)  
    30475 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I** (1)  
    30481 Organic Chemistry I** (3)  
    30482 Organic Chemistry II** (3)  
  Maximum 11 credit hours for the following course electives:  
  ANTH 48835 Primate Ecology and Conservation (3)  
  CHEM 30476 Organic Chemistry Laboratory II (1)  
  CS 10051 Introduction to Computer Science (4)  
  MATH 12003 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (5)  
III. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (39 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
  Foreign Language 8-10
  Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories) 2
  Kent Core Composition 6-8
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)
 9
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) 6
  General Elective (lower or upper division) 8
MINIMUM TOTAL  121

*A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

**Recommended for student continuing onto the graduate program