Apr 19, 2024

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Soil and Waste Resources: Waste Management Option, BS

This major is administered by the Soil and Waste Resources Discipline.

Consists of 95-104 credits.

Waste Management Option

Required, 44 credits

WATR 390 - Water Chemistry and Analysis Credits: 4
WSTE 380 - Solid Waste Management Credits: 3
WSTE 381 - Internship in Waste Resources Credits: 1-6 (for 3 credits)
WSTE 382 - Water and Wastewater Treatment Credits: 3 or
PSEN 382 - Water and Wastewater Treatment Credits: 3 or
WATR 382 - Water and Wastewater Treatment Credits: 3
WSTE 387 - On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems Credits: 1 or
SOIL 387 - On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems Credits: 1
WSTE 476 - Hazardous Waste Management Credits: 3
WSTE 481 - Wastewater Treatment II Credits: 2
WSTE 482 - Nutrient Management: Land Application and Planning Credits: 3 or
SOIL 482 - Nutrient Management: Land Application and Planning Credits: 3
WSTE 484 - Environmental Microbiology Credits: 4 or
SOIL 484 - Environmental Microbiology Credits: 4
WSTE 485 - Solid Waste Management II Credits: 2
WSTE 486 - Composting Credits: 1 or
SOIL 486 - Composting Credits: 1

6 credits from

SOIL 362 - Soil Genesis, Morphology, and Classification Credits: 3
SOIL 364 - Soil and Plant Analysis Credits: 3
SOIL 365 - Soil Quality Assessment and Soil Survey Interpretation Credits: 3
SOIL 465 - Soil Physics Credits: 3

3 credits from

COMM 130 - Introduction to Public Relations Credits: 3
NRES 320 - Natural Resources Communication and Public Relations Credits: 3

3 credits from

ENGL 248 - Introduction to Environmental and Science Writing Credits: 3
ENGL 254 - Introduction to Technical Writing Credits: 3
ENGL 347 - Grant and Proposal Writing Credits: 3

3 credits from

BUS 320 - Principles of Management Credits: 3
BUS 324 - Human Resource Management Credits: 3
ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 311 - Public Economics Credits: 3
NRES 372 - Resource Economics Credits: 3
NRES 394 - Ecological Basis for Planning and Design Credits: 3
NRES 474 - Integrated Resource Management Credits: 3
NRES 484 - Natural Resources Planning Credits: 3
PHIL 380 - Environmental Ethics Credits: 3
POLI 242 - State and Local Government Credits: 3
POLI 250 - Public Administration Credits: 3
POLI 304 - Environmental Politics and Policy Credits: 3
POLI 356 - Government Finance Credits: 3
POLI 358 - Public Budgets Credits: 3

Collateral courses, 13-16 credits

BIOL 101 - General Biology Credits: 5
CHEM 220 - Survey of Organic Chemistry Credits: 4 or
SOIL 479 - Environmental Fate of Organic Chemicals Credits: 3 or
WSTE 479 - Environmental Fate of Organic Chemicals Credits: 3
PHYS 101 - General Physics Credits: 5
or
PHYS 201 - Applied Principles of Physics I Credits: 4 and
PHYS 202 - Applied Principles of Physics II Credits: 3

Technical electives, 3 credits

Any SOIL, WSTE, WATR, or NRES courses numbered 300 or above that are not taken to satisfy other requirements.

Two credits of

NRES 385 - Field Techniques in Forestry, Soils, Water, and Wildlife Credits: 2

Soil and Waste Resources Core

Required, 14 credits

NRES 150 - People, Resources and the Biosphere Credits: 3
NRES 151 - Ecological Basis for Natural Resource Management Credits: 3
NRES 250 - Introduction to Fisheries, Forestry and Wildlife Resources Credits: 4
NRES 251 - Introduction to Soil and Water Resources Credits: 4

Collateral courses, 19-25 credits

CHEM 105 - Fundamental Chemistry Credits: 5 and
CHEM 106 - Fundamental Chemistry Credits: 5
or
CHEM 117 - General Chemistry Principles Credits: 5
GEOG 241 - Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems Credits: 2
GEOL 104 - Physical Geology Credits: 4
MATH 111 - Applied Calculus Credits: 4 or
MATH 225 - Calculus I Credits: 5
MATH 255 - Elementary Statistical Methods Credits: 4