Conservation - B.S. Program Requirements

• Conservation semester-by-semester 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 (3)
		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) Credits required depends on meeting minimum 121 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours			8
MINIMUM TOTAL				121

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

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

*** Recommended for student continuing onto the graduate program.

**** Fulfills College General Requirement.

+The following Biological Sciences (BSCI) courses may NOT be used in the elective
category for majors or minors in the Department of Biological Sciences:

10001		Human Biology		3
10002		Life on Planet Earth		3
10003		Laboratory Experience in Biology		1
10010		Lake Erie Environmental Science		3
10100		Anatomy for Veterinary Technicians		5
11001		Anatomy for Physical and Occupational Therapy		5
11010		Anatomy and Physiology I for Allied Health		3
11020		Anatomy and Physiology II for Allied Health		3
16001		Horticultural Botany		3
20001		Zoological Foundations of Medicine		4
20020		Biological Structure and Function		5
20021		Basic Microbiology		3
20022		Basic Microbiology Laboratory		1
26002		Ecological Principles of Pest Management		3
26003		Plant Identification and Selection I		3
26004		Plant Identification and Selection II		3
30050		Human Genetics		3
40020		Biology of Aging		3