Map: CSN BAS Environmental Conservation

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WHO SHOULD USE THIS ACADEMIC MAP

This academic map should be used by CSN students who have been accepted into the Environmental Conservation, BAS .

Students needing assistance from a CSN Advisor may visit https://www.csn.edu/advising.
Students needing assistance from a CSN Counselor may visit https://www.csn.edu/counselingdepartment.

HOW THIS ACADEMIC MAP IS SET UP

The academic map totals a minimum of 120 credits and assumes no transferred coursework. It is set up to show students the ideal path to completing the degree in nine (9) semesters. Students who cannot take the map’s recommended number of credits each semester will take longer to complete the degree and graduate. Click on a course to see more information about that course including description, prerequisites and credit value.

STUDENT NOTE:

Students must complete this BAS degree with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher.
Prior to Semester #1 - Apply to the Environmental Conservation program and receive approval from the program director to enter the program.

Prior to Semester #1

Apply to the Environmental Conservation program and receive approval from the program director to enter the program.

Semester #1 - Recommended Courses

Total Minimum Credits: 15
Students MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

Mathematics (General Education) - Credits 3-6: Options include: MATH 126 or MATH 126E
English Composition (General Education) - Credits 3-5: Options include: ENG 100 or ENG 101 or ENG 110 or ENG 113
Communications (General Education) - Credits 3: COM 101 - Public Speaking
Human Relations (General Education) - Credits 3: See a counselor or advisor to choose a course option without prerequisites and is valued at 3 credits.
Natural Science (General Education) - Credits 3: ENV 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science

Semester #2 - Recommended Courses

Total Minimum Credits: 14
Students MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

Mathematics (General Education) - Credits 3: MATH 127 - Precalculus II
Communications (General Education) - Credits 3: Options include: ENG 102 or ENG 114
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: GEOL 101 - Geology: Exploring Planet Earth
Digital Literacy Elective (Major Requirements) - Complete ONLY if you wish to take GIS 109 as your Lower Division Elective Course - Credits 0-3: Options include: IS 100B or IS 101

Semester #3 - Recommended Courses

Total Minimum Credits: 15
Students MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science (General Education) - Credits 3: See a counselor or advisor to choose a course option without prerequisites and is valued at 3 credits.
U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (General Education) - Credits 4: Options include: HIST 100 or PSC 101
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: BIOL 190 - Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II

Semester #4 - Recommended Courses

Total Minimum Credits: 16
Students MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: BIOL 191 - Introduction to Organismal Biology
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: ENV 206 - Introduction to Climate Change
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: NRES 210 - Environmental Pollution
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: PHYS 151 - General Physics I
Lower Division Elective (Major Requirements) - Credits 2-4: Options include: CEE 121 or GEOL 220 or GIS 109 *

^{*Must complete the Digital Literacy Elective (IS 100B or IS 101) as a prerequisite to enrolling in GIS 109.}

Semester #5 - Recommended Courses

Total Minimum Credits: 13
Students MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: CHEM 220 - Introductory Organic Chemistry
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: BIOL 330 - Plant Biology
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: BIOL 341 - Principles of Ecology
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: ENV 345 - Environmental Regulations, History, Law, and Methods

Semester #6 - Recommended Courses

Total Minimum Credits: 12
Students MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: BIOL 300 - Principles of Genetics
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: BIOL 305 - Introduction to Conservation Biology
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: BIOL 331 - Plant Taxonomy
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: NRES 310 - Wildlife Ecology and Management

Semester #7 - Recommended Courses (Summer Term Recommended)

Total Minimum Credits: 4
Students MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: BIOL 400 - Field School in Biology

Semester #8 - Recommended Courses

Total Minimum Credits: 17
Students MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: BIOL 415 - Evolution
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: BIOL 434 - Mammalogy
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: BIOL 492 - Undergraduate Research
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: NRES 322 - Soils
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: NRES 410 - Compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act

Semester #9 - Recommended Courses

Total Minimum Credits: 14
APPLY FOR GRADUATION by the deadline. Visit www.csn.edu/graduation for more information on applying for graduation.

Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: BIOL 421 - Conservation Biology
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: BIOL 432 - Herpetology
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: BIOL 433 - Ornithology
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: BIOL 492 - Undergraduate Research