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Soil and Waste Resources: Waste Management Option, BS

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

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon graduation, as a major in Soil and Waste Resources at UWSP, you will be able to:

Describe how soil and waste resources interact with the environment.
Identify the significant physical, chemical and biological properties of soil and waste resources.
Evaluate different uses and management options for soil and waste resources.
Demonstrate technical skills necessary for soil and waste resource professions.
Demonstrate the ability to communicate technical soil and waste resource information.

Consists of 95-104 credits.

Note: Required courses marked below have Math prerequisites. Depending on your placement score, additional courses may be required.**

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 **

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