LSU - Recommended Path



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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

		This is the Recommended Path for Natural Resource Ecol & Mgt / Prevet Med - Wildlife & Fish for the 2008-2009 catalog year.

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128 Hours.
Students preparing to enter the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine are invited to enroll in the "three-plus-one" program managed jointly by the School of Renewable Natural Resources and the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. In this program, students spend three years in the wildlife-veterinary medicine area of concentration study, after which they are eligible to apply for admission to the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine.

The required first-year veterinary medicine courses will be used to satisfy free and approved electives to fulfill the B.S. degree requirements.

BASIC SCHOLASTIC EXPECTATIONS.
*Complete English 1001 and one general education analytical reasoning course within the first 30 hours of study.
*Maintain an LSU and overall GPA of 2.0.
*Maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA in the major field.

NOTE: This document is offered as an aid for planning a course of study. The LSU General Catalog contains the official requirements for graduation.

RECOMMENDED PATH & CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS.
The RECOMMENDED PATH shows how one may complete the curriculum in 4 years.
CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS must be met by the indicated semester to be considered making minimal progress in the degree.

*Students must earn a grade of "C" or better in all required RNR courses.*

Sem 1: CHEM 1201; BIOL 1201.
Sem 2: BIOL 1202; GRADE OF "C" OR BETTER IN RNR 1001 AND 1002; ENGL 1001.
Sem 3: BIOL 1208, 1209; CHEM 1212; MATH 1022/1431/1441; RNR 2039.
Sem 4: EXST 2201.
Sem 5: Grade of "C" or better in RNR 2101.

1st Semester

Critical: BIOL 1201; CHEM 1201.
AGRI 1001 INTR TO AGRICULTURE¹	1
BIOL 1201 BIOL FOR SCI MAJ I [CHEM 1201]	3
BIOL 1208 BIOL LAB SCI MAJ I [CR: BIOL 1201]	1
CHEM 1201 GENERAL CHEMISTRY [CO: MATH 1021, CHEM 1421 CR: MATH 1022/1023/1431/1550/1551]	3
ENGL 1001 ENGL COMPOSITION	3
MATH 1021 COLLEGE ALGEBRA	3
RNR 1001 NATUR RES CONSERVATN	3
RNR 1002 ISS NAT RESOURCE MGT	1
Total Semester Hours: 18

2nd Semester

Critical: BIOL 1202; grade of "C" or better in RNR 1001 AND 1002.
BIOL 1202 BIOL FOR SCI MAJ II [BIOL 1201]	3
BIOL 1209 BIOL LAB SCI MAJ II [BIOL 1208 CR: BIOL 1202]	1
CHEM 1202 GENERAL CHEMISTRY [CHEM 1201]	3
CHEM 1212 GENERAL CHEM LAB [CR: CHEM 1002/1202/1422]	2
MATH 1022/1431/1441	3
GEN. ED. COURSE - ARTS	3
APPROVED ELECTIVE	3
Total Semester Hours: 18

3rd Semester

Critical: BIOL 1208, 1209; CHEM 1212; MATH 1022/1431/ 1441; RNR 2039.
AGEC 2003 OR ECON 2030	3
CHEM 2060 OR 2261	3
PHYS 2001 GENERAL PHYSICS [MATH 1022/1023]	3
RNR 2001/4021 OR BIOL 4041	3
RNR 2039 INT RNR RESRC PLCY	3
Total Semester Hours: 15

4th Semester

Critical: EXST 2201.
CMST 2060 PUBLIC SPEAKING	3
EXST 2201 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS [MATH 1021]	4
ENGL 2000 ENGLISH COMP [ENGL 1001]	3
PHIL 2020 ETHICS	3
PHYS 2002 GENERAL PHYSICS [PHYS 2001]	3
Total Semester Hours: 16

5th Semester

Critical: Grade of "C" or better in RNR 2101.
SOCL 2001 OR POLI 2051	3
RNR 2031 PRINC WILDLIFE MGT	3
RNR 2101 ECOL RENEW NAT RES [BIOL 1209, RNR 1002]	3
RNR 2102 NAT RES MEASUR & GIS	3
RNR 3002 SILVICULTURE [RNR 2101]	3
RNR 4103 CONSERVATION GENETIC [BIOL 1201, 1202]	3
Total Semester Hours: 18

6th Semester

AGRO 2051 OR RNR 4025/4151	3
BIOL 2051 OR CHEM 2262	3
BIOL 2083 OR CHEM 2364	3
GEN. ED. COURSE - HUMANITIES	3
FREE ELECTIVE	3
Total Semester Hours: 15

7th Semester

RNR 4023/4040	3
APPROVED ELECTIVE	4
APPROVED ELECTIVE	4
FREE ELECTIVE	4
Total Semester Hours: 15

8th Semester

RNR 4051 WILDLIFE HABITAT MGT [RNR 2001, 2031]	3
RNR 4101 INT NAT RES MGT/POL [RNR 2039, 3004]	4
RNR 4900 WATERSHED HYDROLOGY	3
APPROVED ELECTIVE	3
Total Semester Hours: 13

The required first-year veterinary medicine courses will be used to satisfy free and approved electives to fulfill the B.S. degree requirements.

1 - Students entering the program with 30 or more semester hours will take one additional hour of approved electives in place of Agriculture 1001.


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