Before being admitted to the minor, students must have successfully completed the following courses: BOT 121 or BIO 114, SS 120, MATH 118 or MATH 161.
At least one-half of the units must be at the 300-400 level.
Required Courses | ||
Plant area: | ||
PLSC 381 | Native Plants for California Landscapes | 4 |
or BOT 313 | Taxonomy of Vascular Plants | |
Soils area: | ||
SS 321 | Soil Morphology | 4 |
SS 421 | Wetlands | 4 |
or SS 431 | Digital Soil Mapping | |
or SS 440 | Forest and Range Soils | |
Ecological Principles: | ||
AG 360 | Holistic Management | 4 |
or BIO 327 | Wildlife Ecology | |
or BOT 326 | Plant Ecology | |
NR 306 | Natural Resource Ecology and Habitat Management | 4 |
or NR 304 | Agroecology | |
or NR 305 | Forest Ecology and Silvics | |
Approved Electives | ||
Select from the following: | 6-8 | |
Principles of Rangeland Management | ||
Field Botany: California Plant Diversity | ||
Irrigation Water Management | ||
Rocks and Minerals | ||
Soil Erosion and Water Conservation | ||
Plant Propagation | ||
Weed Biology and Management | ||
Vertebrate Pest Management | ||
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | ||
or GEOG 218 | Applications in GIS | |
Fire Ecology | ||
Watershed Processes and Management | ||
Environmental Law | ||
Water Resource Law and Policy | ||
Systems Thinking in Environmental Management | ||
Soil Health and Plant Nutrition | ||
Soil Plant Relationships | ||
Total units | 26-28 |