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Spring 2025 Catalog

Conservation Biology Minor

This minor is administered by the Wildlife Ecology Discipline.

Consists a minimum of 29 credits.

Required core, 17 credits

BIOL 101 - General Biology Credits: 5
or
BIOL 110 - Principles of Biology I Credits: 5 and
BIOL 111 - Principles of Biology II Credits: 5
or
BIOL 130 - Introduction to Plant Biology Credits: 5
or
BIOL 160 - Introduction to Animal Biology Credits: 5
BIOL 305 - General Ecology Credits: 3
NRES 324 - Invasive and Exotic Species Credits: 3 or
NRES 457 - Ecological Restoration Monitoring Credits: 3
NRES 458 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Credits: 3 or
WLDL 458 - Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology Credits: 3
NRES 459 - Ecosystem Management and Restoration Credits: 3

Economics, policy, and planning, 6 credits

Natural Resources or Economics

NRES 372 - Resource Economics Credits: 3 or
ECON 342 - Ecological Economics Credits: 3

One course from

POLI 304 - Environmental Politics and Policy Credits: 3
POLI 305 - Climate Change Politics and Policy Credits: 3
NRES 394 - Targeted Conservation Through Advanced GIS Credits: 3
NRES 473 - Resource Policy and Law Credits: 3
NRES 474 - Integrated Resource Management Credits: 3
NRES 384 - Conservation and Community Planning Credits: 3

Biological support, 5-7 credits

Plant taxonomy/ecology

One course from

BIOL 342 - Vascular Plant Taxonomy Credits: 4
BIOL 355 - Plant Ecology Credits: 4
FOR 332 - Forest Ecosystem Ecology Credits: 3

Animal taxonomy

One course from

BIOL 361 - Aquatic Invertebrate Zoology Credits: 3 or
WATR 361 - Aquatic Invertebrate Zoology Credits: 3
BIOL 367 - General Entomology Credits: 4
BIOL 374 - Ichthyology Credits: 4
BIOL 376 - Herpetology Credits: 3
BIOL 377 - Ornithology Credits: 3
WLDL 378 - Mammalogy Credits: 3
FOR 426 - Forest Entomology Credits: 3
WATR 488 - Aquatic Insects Credits: 3
WLDL 372 - Wildlife of North America Credits: 3

Note

To graduate with a minor in conservation biology you must have a 2.25 minimum cumulative grade point average.