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Biology
program
Biology courses
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Conservation
Biology Minor
Consists of 25-28 credits.
- Required core courses, 13 cr: Biology 305; 355 or Forestry
332; Natural Resources 458 or Wildlife 458; Natural Resources 459, 491.
- Economics, policy, and planning, 6 cr:
- NRES 372 or Econ 342.
- One course from Poli Sci 304, NRES
473, 474, 480, 484, 495.
- Biological support, 6-9 cr:
- Plant taxonomy: one course from Biology 342, 344, 345, 347,
Forestry 232.
- Animal taxonomy: one course from Biology 361, 372, 374, 376,
377, 378, Water 387, Forestry 426.
- Principles and techniques: one course from Biology 210, 311,
Wildlife 353, 451, Forestry 324, 325, 332, 385, 432, Soils 361, 365, 461, Water 481, 493,
Geography 476.
Ethnobotany Minor
Virginia Freire, Coordinator
Room 302, College of Natural Resources Building
Phone: 715-346-4252
E-mail: vfreire@uwsp.edu
Definition: Ethnobotany, a combination of many disciplines but mainly biology
and anthropology, is the study of plant use by various cultures for medicine,
food, religious rituals, construction, tools, clothing, art, hunting, etc.
Its importance has increased as natural habitats have decreased, threatening
plants and the traditional knowledge of their uses.
The minor consists of a
minimum of 26 credits including:
- Anthropology 101 or
110.
- One course from
Anthropology 335, 339, 345.
- Anthropology 380.
- One course from
Anthropology 320, English 392, Philosophy 380, Religious Studies 316.
- Biology 130, 342, 353, 399
(Field Work in Ethnobotany).
Environmental
Communication Minor
Open only to majors within the College
of Natural Resources. Others may request permission from the CNR assoc dean
for academic affairs. It consists of 26 credits:
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Required core courses, 11
credits: NRES 320, 368, 369.
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Fifteen credits: 3-6
credits from Comm
240, 280; 9-12 credits from Comm 252, 322, 330, 342, 361, 365, 391, 394;
English 354; Instructional Resources 331, 332.
Environmental
Education/Interpretation Minor
Consists of 27 credits. Open only to
natural resources majors (other than resource management) and biology majors.
Others may request special permission from the CNR assoc dean for academic
affairs.
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Required courses,
24 credits: NRES 301, 302, 368, 369, 374, 376, 478. If you are not a CNR
major, you must also take NRES 150.
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Electives:
3-6 credits from field courses selected in consultation with the
coordinator of the minor.
Environmental Educ.
Minor for Elementary and Middle School
Open only to students who are seeking teacher
certification. Consists of at least 24 credits from the following:
- Environmental education core: Natural Resources 370, 376,
478.
- Environmental science core, up to 14 credits.
Take one course from at least three of the four areas below:
- Biology 101
- Chemistry 100 or 101.
- Physics 101.
- Geography 101.
- Electives: Biology 305, Philosophy 380, other courses
approved by advisor.
Enrollment caps are in effect
for those seeking teacher certification. Please contact the Wisconsin Center for
Environmental Education early for entrance requirements and application procedures. Also
see information about the Professional Education Program and the secondary education
curriculum for teacher certification in the Education section of
this catalog.
Environmental
Law/Enforcement Minor
Complete one track:
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Environmental
law enforcement (warden) track, 24 credits: NRES 440, 473, 320 (or Comm
230), Sociology 230 and NRES 393 that consists of 12 credits from a
400-hour recruit training program offered by a state technical college and
certified by the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.
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Environmental law track,
21 credits: NRES 440, 473, 320 (or Comm 320); Philosophy 315 or 380; Poli
Sci 212 and 304; Sociology 230.
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