Natural Resources and Environmental Science: Water Quality Concentration, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (10 credits)

Other Departmental /Program Course Requirements (96-97 credits)

• AGEC 40600 - Natural Resource And Environmental Economics
• AGR 10100 - Introduction To The College Of Agriculture And Purdue University
• AGR 12200 - Introduction To Natural Resources And Environmental Science Academic Programs
• AGRY 33700 - Environmental Hydrology
• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I

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• BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals Of Biology II

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• BTNY 11000 - Introduction To Plant Science

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• CE 35500 - Engineering Environmental Sustainability
• CHM 11100 - General Chemistry
• CHM 11200 - General Chemistry
• CHM 25700 - Organic Chemistry
• FNR 20100 - Marine Biology
• FNR 21000 - Nat Res Info Mgmt
• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)
• MA 16020 - Applied Calculus II
• POL 22300 - Introduction To Environmental Policy
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods (satisfies Information Literacy for core)
• Ecology Selective - Credit Hours: 2.00
• Ecology Selective - Credits Hours: 3.00
• Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, or Statistics Selective - Credit Hours: 9.00
• Water Quality Selective - Credit Hours: 12.00
• Microeconomics Selective (satifies Human Culture Behavioral/Social Science for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• UCC Humanities Selective (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities or Social Science Selective (30000+ level) - Credit Hours: 3.00

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication for core)

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• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition

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• HONR 19903 - Interdisciplinary Approaches In Writing

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• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (satisfies Oral Communication for core)

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• COM 21700 - Science Writing And Presentation

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• EDPS 31500 - Collaborative Leadership: Interpersonal Skills

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• Written or Oral Communication Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (13-14 credits)

College of Agriculture & University Level Requirements

• 2.0 GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree
• 32 Upper division credits taken from Purdue
• 9 credits International Understanding
• 3 credits Multicultural Awareness
• 9 credits of Hum and/or Social Sciences outside the College of Agriculture

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

• For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Additional Requirements

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Program Requirements

Notes

2.0 GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

Consultation with an advisor may result in an altered plan customized for an individual student.

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program.  For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

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