Biological Sciences: Wildlife Ecology & Management
Arkansas State University - Jonesboro
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Major: Biological Sciences Emphasis: Wildlife Ecology & Management
2006-2007
Students requiring developmental course work based on low entrance exam scores (ACT, SAT, ASSET, COMPASS) may not be able to complete this program of study in eight (8) semesters. Developmental courses do not count toward total degree hours. Students having completed college level courses prior to enrollment will be assisted by their advisor in making appropriate substitutions. In most cases, general education courses may be interchanged between semesters. A minimum of 45 hours of upper division credit (3000-4000 level) is required for this degree. Mandatory state and institutional assessment exams will be required during your degree program. Failure to participate in required assessments may delay graduation.
Year 1				Year 1
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
ENG 1003	Composition I	3	x	ENG 1013	Composition II	3	X
MATH 1023	College Algebra	3	x	MATH 1054	Precalculus	4
PE 1002	Concepts of Fitness	2	x	ZOOL 1043	Biology of Animals	3
BIOL 1913	Making Connections in Biology	3		ZOOL 1041	Biology of Animals Lab	1
BOT 1103	Biology of Plants	3		CHEM 1013	Chemistry I	3	X
BOT 1101	Biology of Plants Lab	1		CHEM 1011	Chemistry I Lab	1	X
	Introduction to Chemistry (Chem 1003) may be required depending on student's preparation.			ART 2503 or MUS 2503 or THEA 2503	Fine Art Visual or Music or Theatre	3
Total Hours	15			Total Hours		18
Year 2				Year 2
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
CHEM 1023	Chemistry II	3	x	HIST 2763 or 2773 or ECON 2313 or 2333 or POSC 1003 or 2103 or PSY 2013 or SOC 2103	US to 1876 or US since 1876 or Principles of Macroeconomics or Economic Issues and Concepts or Intro to Politics or Intro to US Government or Intro to Psychology or Intro to Sociology (select course not previously taken)	3	X
CHEM 1021	Chemistry II Lab	1	x	ANTH 2233 or HIST 1013 or 1023 or GEOG 2613	Intro to Cultural Anthropology or World Civilization to 1660 or World Civilization since 1660 or Intro to Geography	3	x
Math 2054	Survey of Calculus	4	X	ENG 2003 or ENG 2013	Intro to Literature I or Intro to Literature II	3	x
SCOM 1203	Oral Communications	3	x	BIOL 3122	Principles of Ecology	2
BIOL 1013	Biology of Cell	3		BIOL 3121	Principles of Ecology Lab	1
BIOL 1021	Biology of Cell lab	1		BIOL 3313	Genetics	3
Language	Foreign Language	3		BIOL 3311	Genetics Lab	1
Total Hours		18		Total Hours		16
Year 3				Year 3
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
HIST 2763 or 2773 or ECON 2313 or 2333 or POSC 1003 or 2103 or PSY 2013 or SOC 2103	US to 1876 or US since 1876 or Principles of Macroeconomics or Economic Issues and Concepts or Intro to Politics or Intro to US Government or Intro to Psychology or Intro to Sociology (select course not previously taken)	3	X	ZOOL 4261 & 4263	Ornithology & Lab	4
ZOOL 4032	Mammalogy	2		STAT 3233	Applied Statistics	3
ZOOL 4031	Mammalogy Lab	1		ZOOL 3000/4000	Zoology elective	4
ELECTIVE	Communication	3		ELECTIVE	Public Admin Elective or Law Enforcement Elective	3
ELECTIVE 2000 or above	Computer application	3		BOT 3102	Plant Taxonomy	2
GEOG 3000/4000	Geography Elective	3		BOT 3101	Plant Taxonomy Lab	1
Language	Foreign Language	3
Total Hours		18		Total Hours		17
Year 4				Year 4
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
ZOOL 4001 & ZOOL 4002 or ZOOL 4241 & ZOOL 4242 or BIOL 4361 & 4363	Fishery Biology & Lab or Ichthyology & Lab or Limnology & Lab	3 or 4		Gen Ed Enhance-ment	Any gen ed course not previously taken or course from approved enhancement list	3
Elective 3000/4000	Environmental Biology Elective	3		ZOOL Elective 3000/4000	Student's Choice	3
ZOOL 4153	Wildlife Management	3		Elective 3000/4000	Student's Choice	3
ZOOL 4151	Wildlife Management Lab	1		BIOL 4371	Biological Seminar	1
HORT 3253 or BOT Elective	Elements of Forestry or Botany Elective	3		ZOOL 4383 or 4393	Wildlife Internship or Biology Special Problems	3
ELECTIVE	Public Administration Elective or Law Enforcement Elective	3		ZOOL 4203	Animal Ecology	3
				ZOOL 4201	Animal Ecology Lab	1
Total Hours		17		Total Hours		17

Total Jr/Sr Hours		46		Total Degree Hours		136

Graduation Requirements:
Completion of HIST 2763 or HIST 2773 or POSC 2103
English Proficiency (Grade of C or better in ENG 1003 and ENG 1013)
2.00 GPA in Major
2.00 GPA at ASU
2.00 GPA Overall
Maximum of 31 credit hours via correspondence, extension, examination, PLA, Military or similar means; CLEP (30 hrs max)
45 JR/SR Hours after completing 30 hours
136 Total Credit Hours
18 of last 24 hours must be ASU-Jonesboro courses
Minimum of 57 hours from 4-year institutions
32 Resident Hours if completing second degree and first degree was not from ASU-J