Bachelor of Natural Resource Science Degree:
Course Requirements
Semester One BIOL 111: Principles of Biology 1
NRSC 111: The Science and Management of Natural Resources
ENGL 110: Composition
FRST 112: Dendrology 1
MATH 115: Calculus for the Biological Sciences 1
Semester Two BIOL 121: Principles of Biology 2
COMP 135: Information Systems and Computerized Information Analysis; or
COMP 100: Introduction to Information Technology; or
COMP 170: Introduction to Computing
ECON 190: Principles of Microeconomics
ENGL 111: Prose Fiction; or
AGSC 220: Food Systems at a Local Level
FRST 122: Dendrology 2
Semester Three BIOL 300: Biometrics
CHEM 110: Fundamentals of Chemistry 1
FRST 200: Introduction to Study of Soils
FRST 210: Forest Ecology and Silvics 1
NRSC 223: Geographic Information Systems
Semester Four
CHEM 120: Fundamentals of Chemistry 2
ENGL 230: Critical Thinking & Writing for Science and Technology
FRST 211: Forest Mensuration
FRST 220: Forest Ecology and Silvics 2
Plus one elective course
Semester Five
NRSC 320: Silviculture
NRSC 326: Limnology
NRSC 402: Natural Resource Entornology
NRSC 403: Natural Resource Pathology
NRSC 413: Fire Ecology and Management
Plus one elective course
Semester Six BIOL 303: Population Biology
NRSC 300: Diversity and Ecology of the Vertebrates
NRSC 311: Range Ecology
NRSC 317: Ichthyology
ECON 370: Benefit-Cost An alysis and the Economics of Project Evaluation; or
ECON 371: Economics of the Enviroment;or
ECON 373: Forestry Economics; or
ECON 374: Land Use
Semester Seven NRSC 410: Fisheries Management
NRSC 321: Range Management
NRSC 322: Wildlife Management
NRSC 414: Natural Resource Policy and Planning
NRSC 424: Research Design, Analysis and Reporting
Semester Eight NRSC 411: Watershed Management
NRSC 421: Conflict Resolution in the Natural Resources
NRSC 423: Graduating Essay
Plus one of: ANTH 121: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 214: Canadian Native Peoples
ANTH 260: Minorities in the Modern World
Plus one elective course