The following represents a typical four-year plan of study for a Water Science major.

Year One

Semester One
NRES/AGRI 103 Agriculture and Natural Resource Systems 3 cr
SOIL 153 Soil Resources 4 cr
MATH 102 Trigonometry 2 cr
BIOS 101/101L General Biology and Lab (ACE 4) 4 cr
Written Communication (ACE 1) 3 cr
Total 16 cr
Semester Two
MSYM 109 Physical Principles in Agriculture 4 cr
AECN 141 Intro to the Economics of Agriculture
(ACE 6)		 3 cr
BIOS 109 General Botany 4 cr
Arts Requirement (ACE 7) 3 cr
STAT 218 Introduction to Statistics 3 cr
Total 17 cr

 

Year Two

Semester One
CHEM 109 General Chemistry I 4 cr
RNGE 240 Forage Crop and Range Management 4 cr
NRES 220 Principles of Ecology 3 cr
Oral Communication Requirement (ACE 2) 3 cr
Total 14 cr
Semester Two
CHEM 110 General Chemistry II 4 cr
RNGE 340 Range Management and Improvement 3 cr
NRES 281 Intro to Water Science 3 cr
AECN 265 Natural Resources Economics I 3 cr
Global Awareness  Requirement (ACE 9) 3 cr
Total 16 cr

 

Year Three

Semester One
AGRO 315 Genetics 4 cr
RNGE 442 Range Plants 3 cr
NRES 323 Natural Resource Policy 3 cr
Communications Elective Requirement 3 cr
Free Elective 3 cr
Total 16 cr
Semester Two
NRES 311 Wildlife Ecology and Management 3 cr
NRES 412 Geographic Info Systems 4 cr
BIOS 325 Intro to Plant Physiology 4 cr
RNGE 440 The Range Ecosystem 3 cr
Humanities Requirement (ACE 5) 3 cr
Total 17 cr

 

Year Four

Semester One
BIOS 471 Plant Taxonomy 4 cr
RNGE 444 Rangeland Analysis 3 cr
Civics, Ethics Requirement (ACE 8) 3 cr
Free Elective 3 cr
Free Elective 3 cr
Total 16 cr
Semester Two
RNGE 445 Livestock Management on Range & Pasture (ACE 10) 3 cr
SOIL 477 Great Plains Field Pedology 4 cr
AECN 388 Ethics in Agriculture 3 cr
Free Elective 3 cr
Free Elective 3 cr
Total 16 cr