Proposed Degree Requirements - Spatial Sciences Undergraduate Degree Program

Proposed Degree Plan Schedule

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Fall 1st year
ENGL 104	Composition and Rhetoric	(3 Hours)
MATH 141 or MATH 172	Business Math I Calculus	(3)
BOTN 101 or BIOL 111	Botany Intro. Biology and Lab I	(4)
CHEM 101	Fund. of Chemistry I	(4)
KINE 198	Health and Fitness Activity	(1)
Total	15 Hours
Spring 1st year
MATH 142 or MATH 171	Business Math II Analytic Geometry and Calc.	(3)
GEOG 202 or GEOG 301 or GEOG 305 or GEOG 323	Geog. Global Village Geog. U.S. Geog. Texas A&M University Geog. Latin Am.	(3)
CHEM 102	Fund. of Chemistry II	(4)
RENR 205/215	Fund. of Ecology and Lab	(4)
KINE 199	Req. Physical Activity	(1)
Total	15
Fall 2nd year
ENGL 210 or ENGL 301 or AGJR 404	Scientific and Tech. Writing Tech. Writing Comm. Ag. Info. to the Public	(3)
AGRO 301	Soil Science	(4)
AGSM 337	Tech. for Env. and Nat. Res. Eng.	(3)
POLS 206	American Nat. Gov.	(3)
American History Elective	(3)
Total	16
Spring 2nd year
POLS 207	State and Local Gov.	(3)
COMM 203	Public Speaking	(3)
STAT 302 or STAT 211	Statistical Methods Prin. of Stat. I	(3)
AGEC 105 or ECON 202 or GEOG 440 or GEOG 201 or GEOG 204	Intro. Ag. Econ. Prin. of Economics History and Nature of Geog. Intro. Human Geog. Economic Geog.	(3)
GEOG 203/213 or BIOL 112	Planet Earth: Intro E.S.S. Intro. Biology and Lab II	(4)
International and Cultural Diversity Elective/Visual & Performing Arts		(3)
Total	19
Fall 3rd year
AGEC 350	Env. Resource Econ.	(3)
BESC 403	Sampling and Env. Monitoring	(3)
Policy/Regulations Elective	(FRSC 406 suggested--covers writing (W) requirement)	(3)
MGMT 309	The Management Process	(3)
American History Elective	(3)
Total	15
Spring 3rd year
CPSC 110	Programming	(4)
FRSC 461 or GEOG 390 or LAND 461 or RENR 405	GIS for Nat. Res. Mgrs. Prin. GIS GIS Appl. in Res. Mgmt. GIS for Env. Prob. Solving	(3)
GEOL 352	GPS in the Geosciences	(2)
Natural Resources Elective	(3)
Spatial Sciences Elective	(3)
Free Elective	(3)
Total	18
Fall 4th year
RENR 470	Env. Impact Assessment	(3)
FRSC 398/GEOG 398	Interp. Aerial Photographs	(3)
Natural Resources Electives	(3)
Selected Spatial Science Electives	(3)
Free Elective	(4)
Total	16
Spring 4th year
RENR 444	Remote Sensing in RENR	(3)
FRSC 484	Internship Credit	(3)
Natural Resources Electives	(6)
Selected Spatial Science Electives	(3)
Free Elective	(2)
Total	17
Grand Total		131 hours

Elective Choices

American History Electives (6) see Undergraduate Catalog

Free Electives (10) If you do not take FRSC 406 under Policy-Regulations Electives, then you must use 3 of your Free Electives to take a University Writing Requirement course (W).

International and Cultural Diversity Electives (6) see Undergraduate Catalog

Natural Resource Electives (9)
AGRO 310 Soil Morphology and Interpretation	2
FRSC 304 Forest Ecology	3
RENR 375 Conservation of Natural Resources	3
RENR 410 Ecosystem Management	4
RLEM 301 Range and Forest Watershed Management	3
WFSC 428 Wetland Ecosystem Management	3

Policy/Regulations Electives (3)
FRSC 406 Forest Policy suggested, covers University writing requirement (W)	3
GEOG 330 Resources and the Environment	3
MGMT 209 Legal and Social Environment of Business	3
PLAN 365 Introduction to Planning	3
PHIL 314 Environmental Ethics	3
WFSC 303 Fish and Wildlife Laws and Administration	3

Selected Spatial Science Electives (9)
AGSM 410 Spatial Technology for Precision Agriculture	3
CPSC 206 Structured Programming in C	3
CPSC 310 Database Systems	3
CVEN 201 Plane Surveying	3
ENDS 370 Virtual Architecture	3
ENDS 375 Foundation in Visualization	3
GEOG 361 Remote Sensing in Geosciences	3
GEOG 475 Advanced Topics in GIS	3
PLAN 365 Introduction to Planning	3
RPTS 307 Methods of Environmental Interpretation	3
STAT 212 Principles of Statistics II	3

Visual and Performing Arts Electives (3) see Undergraduate Catalog