Natural Resources: Conservation Law Enforcement
Program Description
There are two tracks to complete the Natural Resource program: Natural Resources and Conservation Law Enforcement. Each track will result in an AS degree that prepares students with the necessary knowledge for an entry-level position or provide a foundation for transferring to a university.
Program Outcomes
- Describe natural ecological processes and human impacts that influence ecosystem change, and ecologicalsuccession in landscapes of the Pacific Northwest
- Recognize and describe the interrelationships between ecosystem communities and how social communities have aneffect on the use and management of natural resources
- Describe and evaluate a set of natural resource-related objectives and be able to evaluate the success of theseactions
- Evaluate management problems while working collaboratively within and among teams
- Describe and quantify the biological and physical interrelationships between ecosystem resources
Program Course Requirements
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Term | Credits | |
| BI 221Z | Principles of Biology-Cells | 5 |
| CJ 110 | Intro to Law Enforcement | 3 |
| FES 241 | Dendrology | 4 |
| NR 201 | Introduction-Natural Resouces | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Second Term | ||
| BI 222Z | Principles of Bio-Organisms | 5 |
| MTH 111Z | Precalculus I Functions | 4 |
| NR 251 | Principles Wildlife Conserv | 3 |
| WR 121Z | Composition I | 4 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Third Term | ||
| BI 223Z | Principles of Bio-Eco and Evo | 5 |
| CJ 101 | Intro to Criminology | 3 |
| MTH 112Z | Precalculus II Trigonometry | 4 |
| WR 227Z | Technical Writing | 4 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| First Term | ||
| CH 221Z & CH 227Z | General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I Laboratory | 5 |
| CJ 105 | Concepts of Criminal Law | 3 |
| FES 240 | Forest Biology | 4 |
| STAT 243Z | Elementary Statistics I | 4 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Second Term | ||
| CJ 211 | Ethics in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| COM 111Z | Public Speaking | 4 |
| ENG 230 | Environmental Lit | 4 |
| GIS 234 | GIS 1-Intro to Geographic Info | 4 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Third Term | ||
| FES 261 | Recreation Resource Mgmt | 4 |
| HPE 295 | Wellness-Hlth Assess | 3 |
| SOIL 205 & SOIL 206 | Soil Science and Soil Science Lab | 4 |
| Social Science Elective 1 | 4 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Total Minimum Credits | 93 | |
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Choose a Social Science courses from the approved AAOT list.
Advising Notes
- Courses must be passed with a grade of C or better.