Water Sciences

24 to 28 total credits required to complete the Water Sciences concentration:

Complete TWO of the following courses (6 cr.)

  • FW 417 - Wetland Ecology and Management (3 cr.)

  • FW 420 - Stream Ecology (3 cr.)

  • FW 472 - Limnology (3 cr.)

Complete the following course (3 cr.)

  • FW 474 - Field & Lab Techniques for Aquatic Studies (3 cr.)

Complete ONE of the following courses (3 cr.)

  • FW 414 - Aquatic Ecosystem Management (3 cr.)

  • FW 416 - Marine Ecosystem Management (3 cr.)

  • FW 454 - Environmental Hydrology & Watershed Management (3 cr.)

  • FW 479 - Fisheries Management (3 cr.)

Complete ONE of the following courses (3 or 4 cr.)

  • ENT 404 - Fundamentals of Entomology (3 cr.)

  • ENT 422 - Aquatic Entomology (3 cr.)

  • FW 471 - Ichthyology (4 cr.)

  • IBIO 306 - Invertebrate Biology (4 cr.)

Complete ONE of the following courses (3 cr.)

  • PLB 418 - Plant Systematics (3 cr.)

  • PLB 424 - Algal Biology (4 cr.)

Complete TWO of the following courses (6 to 8 cr.)

  • CSS 350 - Introduction to Plant Genetics (3 cr.)

  • FW 431 - Ecophysiology & Toxicology of Fishes (3 cr.)

  • GLG 421 - Environmental Geochemistry (4 cr.)

  • IBIO 303 - Oceanography (4 cr.)

  • IBIO 341 - Fundamental Genetics (4 cr.)

  • IBIO 353 - Marine Biology (4 cr.)

  • MMG 425 - Microbial Ecology (3 cr.)

Electives:   Complete the necessary number of elective credits needed to reach the required 120 credit minimum (123 credits if you were required to complete MTH 1825) for graduation.  

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