Biology w/Conservation Biology Concentration

Biology Requirements

Conservation Biology Concentration Required Courses: 22 credits

• CHEM 360 - Environmental Chemistry Credits: 4
• SC 201 - Rural Society, Env & Econ*SSC Credits: 4
• SC 451 - Natural Resource & Env Policy Credits: 4
• BIOL 313 - Riparian Biology W/Lab Credits: 3
• BIOL 315 - GIS Analysis Credits: 4
• BIOL 415 - Forest Ecology W/Lab Credits: 3

Conservation Biology Concentration Elective Courses: a minimum of 12 credits

• BIOL 317 - Vertebrate Structure w/lab Credits: 5
• BIOL 320 - Ornithology w/lab Credits: 3
• BIOL 321 - Mammalogy w/lab Credits: 3
• BIOL 322 - Herpetology w/lab Credits: 3
• BIOL 334 - Plant Taxonomy w/Lab Credits: 4
• BIOL 346 - Marine Biology Credits: 3
• BIOL 346L - Marine Biology Lab Credits: 1
• BIOL 433 - Plant Physiology W/Lab Credits: 4
• BIOL 440 - Landscape Ecology & Genetics w/Lab Credits: 4

Total credits required for major: 108-112

Last EPCC update January 2025

Name change from Ecological Biology concentration to Conservation Biology 

Previous EPCC checksheet (September 2015 update) this checksheet is valid for summer 2015-spring 2025

Fall 2018 credit update - BIOL 313 changed to 3 credits (from 2) increasing the required credits for the concentration

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