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Rangeland Management Track Degree Plan

Credit Hours: 120 total credit hours required

Download Rangeland Management Track Example Degree Program

Freshman Year

Fall Semester

Course NumberCourse NameHours
AGEC 105Introduction to Agricultural Economics3
ENGL 104Composition and Rhetoric3
ESSM 201/RWFM 101Exploring Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management1
MATH 140Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences3
HORT 201Horticultural Science and Practices3
HORT 202Horticultural Science and Practices Lab1
Total Credits14

Spring Semester

Course NumberCourse NameHours
ENGL 210 or
COMM 203
Technical and Business
Writing or Public Speaking
3
MATH 142Business Calculus3
RENR 205/ECCB 205Fundamentals of Ecology3
RENR 215/ECCB 215Fundamentals of Ecology Lab1
Life & Physical Sciences*4
Total Credits14

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

Course NumberCourse NameHours
CHEM 119Chemistry I4
HIST 105History of the United States3
RWFM 305Principles and Practices of Wildlife and Fisheries Management 3
POLS 206National Government3
Creative Arts**3
Total Credits16

Spring Semester

Course NumberCourse NameHours
RWFM 202Concepts in Applied Plant Biology3
HIST 106History of the United States3
POLS 207States and Local Government 3
Language, Philosophy, and Culture Elective**3
Directed Elective3
Total Credits15

Summer

Course NumberCourse NameHours
RWFM 333Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Field Techniques3
Total Credits3

Junior Year

Fall Semester

Course NumberCourse NameHours
SCSC 301Soil Science4
WFSC 303/RWFM 308Wildlife Laws and Administration3
ESSM 314/RWFM 314Principles of Rangeland Management Around the World3
ESSM 302/RWFM 302Wildland Plants of North America3
Directed Elective3
Total Credits16

Spring Semester

Course NumberCourse NameHours
STAT 302Statistical Methods3
ESSM 301/RWFM 301Wildland Watershed Management3
ESSM 313/RWFM 313Rangeland Inventory Monitoring3
RWFM 321Communicating Natural Resources3
Rangeland Reclamation***3
Total Credits15

Senior Year

Fall Semester

Course NumberCourse NameHours
ESSM 303/ECCB 312Agrostology3
ESSM 316/RWFM 316Rangeland Ecology3
ESSM 481/RWFM 481Senior Seminar1
Land Management***4
Directed Elective3
Total Credits14

Spring Semester

Course NumberCourse NameHours
AGEC 325Farm and Ranch Management3
ESSM 351/RWFM 351GIS of Resource Management3
RENR 375/RWFM 375Conservation of Natural Resources3
WFSC 484/RWFM 484Internship1
Directed Elective3
Total Credits13
  • Life and Physical Sciences* – must choose 8 hours from BIOL 107 (Zoology), BIOL 111 (Introductory Biology I), BIOL 112 (Introductory Biology II), or HORT 201/202 (Horticultural Sciences and Practices/Horticultural Sciences and Practices Laboratory).
  • One additional hour must be RENR 215/ECCB 215 (Fundamentals of Ecology – Lab).
  • Creative Arts** and Language, Philosophy and Culture Elective** – see course offerings at core.tamu.edu
  • Rangeland Reclamation*** – Choose one from ESSM 317/RWFM 317 (Rangeland Vegetation Management) or ESSM 320/ECCB 320 (Ecosystem Restoration and Management)
  • Land Management**** – Choose one from ESSM 415/RWFM 415 (Rangeland Analysis and Planning Management) or RENR 410/RWFM 411 (Ecosystem Management)

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