Required Classes
(17 hours, assuming prerequisites are met)
GEO 101 The Dynamic Earth
(Four Hours)
Three lectures and one laboratory. Study of Earth including materials, internal and external processes, deformational events, and plate tectonics. Offered in the fall, spring and summer semesters.
or
GEO 105 Sustainable Earth
(Four Hours)
Three lectures and one laboratory. Lecture and laboratory provide an understanding of important earth resources (rocks and minerals, soil, water, fossil fuels, alternative energy) and how their utilization by humans impacts the environment. Includes discussion of water polution, air polution and waste disposal and primary issues related to resource utilization.
GY 102 Principles of Physical Geography II: Landscape Processes and Patterns
(Four Hours)
Three hours lecture and one, two-hour laboratory period. Study of earth-surface processes, with consideration of human interaction with the physical environment. Subjects include landforms, water resources, soils, and mapping the physical environment.
or
GY 101 Principles of Physical Geography: Atmospheric Processes and Patterns
(Four Hours)
Three hours lecture and one, two-hour laboratory period. Earth-space relations, latitude and longitude, seasons, time, weather, climate, and vegetation. Particular attention is given to the causes of weather and climate and why they tend to be different from place to place.
BSC 114 Principles of Biology I
(Three Hours)
Study of general biological principles including the chemical basis of live, cellular biology including cell structure and metabolism, genetics, evolution, and a survey of simple organisms including viruses, bacteria, protest, and fungi. Usually offered in summer school.
BSC 115 Biology I Laboratory
(One Hour)
Prerequisite or corequisite: BSC 114
One, three-hour laboratory period each week
or
BSC 116 Principles of Biology II
(Three Hours)
Prerequisite: BSC 114 or BSC 118
Study of the structure, function, and ecology of organisms including bryophytes, vascular plants, invertebrate animals, and vertebrate animals.
BSC 117 Biology II Laboratory
(One Hour)
Prerequisite or core requisite: BSC 116
One, three-hour laboratory period each week.
FORY 4820 Forestry in the Private Sector
(May carry a BSC 497 designation)
(Two Hours)
Offered on campus through Distance Education in cooperation with Auburn University.
INTERNSHIPS
(Three Hours)
See Internships page for course options and descriptions