Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management B.S.

Campus
Twin Cities

College

College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
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Conservation and Resource Management
Environmental Education & Communication
Environmental Science
Policy, Planning, Law and Society

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Conservation and Resource Management

Year 1: Fall Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 1001Freshman Orientation to Environmental Sciences, Policy, and ManagementFall1 
ESPM 1011Issues in the EnvironmentFall/Spring3ENV
MATH 1142*^Short Calculus (by placement)Fall/Spring/Summer4MATH
WRIT 1301University WritingFall/Spring/Summer4 
Elective*Freshman Seminar or Other ElectiveFall/Spring4 
     
  Term credits16 

Year 1: Spring Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
CHEM 1001^Chemistry of Life and DeathFall/Spring3PHYS
CHEM 1017*^Introductory Chemistry: LaboratoryFall/Spring/Summer1PHYS
ESPM 2021Environmental Sciences: Integrated Problem SolvingPeriodic Fall/Spring3 
AECM 2421W*Professional Communication for Agriculture, Food & the EnvironmentFall/Spring3WI
LE*Arts/HumanitiesFall/Spring4AH
     
  Term credits14 

Year 2: Fall Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
BIOL 1009*General BiologyFall/Spring/Summer4BIOL
SOIL 2125^Basic Soil ScienceFall/Spring4PHYS, ENV
ESPM 3604*^Environmental Management Systems and StrategyFall3 
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring3 
     
     
  Term credits14 

Year 2: Spring Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 3012*^Statistical Methods for Environmental Scientists and ManagersSpring4MATH
ESPM 3241W*^Natural Resource and Environmental PolicySpring3SOC, CIV, WI
PMB 2022*^General BotanyFall/Spring3TS
Contract Course*Contract Course 3 
Elective*Elective 3 
     
  Term credits16 

Year 3: Fall Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 3004Environmental Justice in Natural Resource ManagementFall/Spring3RPJ
FNRM 3131*^Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural ResourcesFall/Spring4TS
Contract Course*Contract CourseFall/Spring3 
Contract Course*Contract CourseFall/Spring4WI
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring2 
     
  Term credits16 

Year 3: Spring Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
APEC 1101Principles of MicroeconomicsFall/Spring4GP, SOC
FNRM 3262*^Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis of Natural Resources and EnvironmentFall/Spring3 
SOIL 3416Plant Nutrients in the EnvironmentSpring3 
Contract Course*Contract CourseFall/Spring4 
     
     
  Term credits14 

Year 4: Fall Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 4041W*Problem Solving for Environmental Change - Meets Experiential & Interdisciplinary ReqFall4WI
CFAN 4096*Reflecting on Your Professional ExperienceFall1 
Contract Course*Contract CourseFall/Spring3 
LE*Historical PerspectivesFall/Spring3HIS
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring4 
     
  Term credits15 

Year 4: Spring Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 3111Hydrology and Water Quality Field MethodsSpring3 
Contract Course*Contract CourseFall/Spring3 
Contract Course*Contract CourseFall/Spring3 
LE*LiteratureFall/Spring3LIT
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring3 
     
  Term credits15 

Environmental Education & Communication

Year 1: Fall Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 1001Freshman Orientation to Environmental Sciences, Policy, and ManagementFall1 
ESPM 1011Issues in the EnvironmentFall/Spring3ENV
WRIT 1301University WritingFall/Spring/Summer4 
AECM 2421W*Professional Communication for Agriculture, Food & the EnvironmentFall/Spring3WI
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring4 
     
  Term credits15 

Year 1: Spring Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 2021Environmental Sciences: Integrated Problem SolvingPeriodic Fall/Spring3 
BBE 1201*^Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Society, and the EnvironmentFall/Spring/Summer3TS
CHEM 1001^Chemistry of Life and DeathFall/Spring/Summer3PHYS
CHEM 1017*^Introductory Chemistry: LaboratoryFall/Spring/Summer1PHYS
APEC 1101*^Principles of MicroeconomicsFall/Spring4SOC, GP
     
  Term credits14 

Year 2: Fall Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 3011W*^Ethics in Natural ResourcesFall/Spring3CIV, WI
ENT 1005*^Insect Biology with LabFall/Spring4BIOL
BIOL 1001*Introductory Biology: Evolutionary and Ecological PerspectivesFall/Spring4BIOL
LE*Historical PerspectivesFall/Spring4HIS
     
     
  Term credits15 

Year 2: Spring Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
COMM 3401*^Introduction to Communication TheoryFall/Spring/Summer3 
ESPM 3241W*^Natural Resource and Environmental PolicySpring3SOC, CIV, WI
PMB 2022*^General BotanyFall/Spring3TS
ESPM 3012*^Statistical Methods for Environmental Scientists and ManagersSpring4MATH
LE*Arts/HumanitiesFall/Spring3AH
     
  Term credits16 

Year 3: Fall Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 3004Environmental Justice in Natural Resource ManagementFall/Spring3RPJ
CFAN 4096*^Reflecting on Your Professional ExperienceFall1 
FNRM 3104*^Forest EcologyFall4 
ESPM 3014*^Tribal and Indigenous Natural Resource ManagementFall3 
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring4 
     
  Term credits15 

Year 3: Spring Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
WRIT 3562W^Technical and Professional WritingFall/Spring/Summer4WI
BIOL 3012*^Animal Diversity and EvolutionFall/Spring4 
ESPM 4811*^Environmental InterpretationSpring3 
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring4 
     
     
  Term credits15 

Year 4: Fall Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 4041W*Problem Solving for Environmental Change - Meets Experiential & Interdisciplinary ReqFall4WI
ESPM 3245*^Sustainable Land Use Planning and PolicyFall3ENV
FNRM 5259*^Visitor Behavior AnalysisFall3 
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring3 
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring2 
     
  Term credits15 

Year 4: Spring Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
FW 4102*^Principles of Conservation BiologySpring3ENV
COMM 4251*^Environmental CommunicationSpring3ENV
LE*LiteratureFall/Spring3LIT
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring3 
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring3 
     
  Term credits15 

Environmental Science

Year 1: Fall Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 1001Freshman Orientation to Environmental Sciences, Policy, and ManagementFall1 
ESPM 1011Issues in the EnvironmentFall/Spring3ENV
MATH 1271Calculus I (by placement)Fall/Spring/Summer4MATH
WRIT 1301University WritingFall/Spring/Summer4 
Elective*Freshman Seminar or Other ElectiveFall/Spring3 
     
  Term credits15 

Year 1: Spring Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 2021Environmental Sciences: Integrated Problem SolvingPeriodic Fall/Spring3 
ESPM 1425*^Introduction to Weather and ClimateFall/Spring4PHYS, ENV
CHEM 1061^Chemical Principles IFall/Spring/Summer3PHYS
CHEM 1065^Chemical Principles I LaboratoryFall/Spring/Summer1PHYS
LE*Arts/HumanitiesFall/Spring4AH
     
  Term credits15 

Year 2: Fall Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 3271*^Environmental Policy, Law, and Human BehaviorFall3CIV, SOC
CHEM 1062^Chemical Principles IIFall/Spring/Summer3PHYS
CHEM 1066^Chemical Principles II LaboratoryFall/Spring/Summer1PHYS
ESCI 1001^Earth and Its EnvironmentsFall/Spring/Summer4PHYS, ENV
LE*Literature, Lower Division Writing IntensiveFall/Spring4LIT, WI
     
  Term credits15 

Year 2: Spring Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 3012*^Statistical Methods for Environmental Scientists and ManagersSpring4MATH
SOIL 2125^Basic Soil ScienceFall/Spring4PHYS, ENV
BIOL 1009*General BiologyFall/Spring/Summer4BIOL
AECM 2421W*
Professional Communication for Agriculture, Food & the Environment
  Fall/Spring3WI
     
     
  Term credits15 

Year 3: Fall Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
FNRM 3104*^Forest EcologyFall4ENV
PHYS 1101W^Introductory College Physics IFall/Spring4PHYS, WI
CFAN 4096*Reflecting on Your Professional ExperienceFall1 
LE*Historical PerspectivesFall/Spring3HIS
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring3 
     
  Term credits15 

Year 3: Spring Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
PMB 2022*^General BotanyFall/Spring3MATH
APEC 1101*^Principles of MicroeconomicsFall/Spring4GP, SOC
ESPM 3131*^Environmental PhysicsSpring3 
Contract Course*Contract CourseFall/Spring3 
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring2 
     
  Term credits15 

Year 4: Fall Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 3004Environmental Justice in Natural Resource ManagementFall/Spring3RPJ
FNRM 3131*^Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural ResourcecsFall/Spring4 
FNRM 3114^Hydrology and Watershed ManagementFall3 
Contract Course*Contract Course, Writing IntensiveFall/Spring3WI
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring3 
     
  Term credits16 

Year 4: Spring Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 4021W*Problem Solving: Environmental Review - Meets Experiential & Interdisciplinary ReqSpring4 
ESPM 3111*^Hydrology and Water Quality Field MethodsSpring3 
Contract Course*Contract CourseFall/Spring3 
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring4 
     
     
  Term credits14 

Policy, Planning, Law and Society

Year 1: Fall Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 1001Freshman Orientation to Environmental Sciences, Policy, and ManagementFall1 
ESPM 1011Issues in the EnvironmentFall/Spring3ENV
WRIT 1301University WritingFall/Spring/Summer4 
AECM 2421W*Professional Communication for Agriculture, Food & the EnvironmentFall/Spring3WI
Elective*Freshman Seminar or Other ElectiveFall/Spring3 
     
     
  Term credits14 

Year 1: Spring Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 2021Environmental Sciences: Integrated Problem SolvingPeriodic Fall/Spring3 
CHEM 1001^Chemistry of Life and DeathFall/Spring3PHYS
CHEM 1017*^Introductory Chemistry: LaboratoryFall/Spring/Summer1PHYS
LE*LiteratureFall/Spring3LIT
LE*Arts/HumanitiesFall/Spring3AH
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring3 
     
  Term credits16 

Year 2: Fall Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 3014*^Tribal and Indigenous Natural Resource ManagementFall3 
ESPM 3271^Environmental Policy, Law, and Human BehaviorFall3CIV, SOC
SOIL 2125*^Basic Soil ScienceFall/Spring4PHYS, ENV
BIOL 1001*Introductory Biology: Evolutionary and Ecological PerspectivesFall/Spring4BIOL
     
     
  Term credits14 

Year 2: Spring Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 3012*^Statistical Methods for Environmental Scientists and ManagersSpring4MATH
ESPM 3241W^Natural Resource and Environmental PolicySpring3SOC, CIV, WI
Contract Course*Contract CourseFall/Spring3 
LE*Historical Perspectives, Writing Intensive - Lower DivisionFall/Spring3HIS, WI
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring3 
     
  Term credits16 

Year 3: Fall Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 3004Environmental Justice in Natural Resource ManagementFall/Spring3RPJ
ESPM 3603*^Environmental Life Cycle AnalysisFall3 
ESPM 3251^Natural Resources in Sustainable International DevelopmentFall3GP
CFAN 4096*Making the Most of your Professional ExperienceFall1 
ESPM 3108*^Ecology of Managed SystemsFall/Spring3ENV
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring1 
     
  Term credits14 

Year 3: Spring Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 3261^Economics and Natural Resources ManagementSpring4SOC, ENV
ESPM 3211*^Survey, Measurement, and Modeling for Environmental AnalysisSpring3 
Contract Course*Contract CourseSpring3 
Contract Course*Contract CourseFall/Spring3 
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring3 
     
     
  Term credits16 

Year 4: Fall Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
FNRM 3131*^Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural ResourcesFall/Spring4TS
ESPM 3245*^Sustainable Land Use Planning and PolicyFall3ENV
ESPM 4256*^Natural Resource Law and the Management of Public Lands and WatersFall3 
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring3 
Elective*ElectiveFall/Spring3 
     
  Term credits16 

Year 4: Spring Semester

CourseTitleOfferedCreditsLE
ESPM 4021W*Environmental Review - Meets Experiential & Interdisciplinary ReqSpring4WI
ESPM 3202W*^Environmental Conflict Management, Leadership, and PlanningSpring3WI
Contract Course*Contract Course 3 
Elective*Elective 4 
     
     
  Term credits14