1996-1997 catalog

Renewable Resources

College of Rural Alaska
Department of Rural Development
(907) 474-6663

Degree: A.A.S.

Minimum Requirements for Degree: 60 Credits

Undergraduate Degree Requirements

Renewable Resources A.A.S. Degree

1. Complete the following general university and A.A.S. requirements:
   Communications:
   ENGL 111X Methods of Written Communication (3)
   ENGL 211X Intermediate Exposition with Modes of Literature
        or ENGL 212* Business, Grant and Report Writing
        or ENGL 213X Intermediate Exposition (3)
   COMM 131X Fund. of Oral Communication: Group Context
        or COMM 141X Fund. of Oral Communication: Public Context (3)
   MATH 107** Functions for Calculus
        or MATH 131 Concepts and Contemporary Applications of Mathematics (3)
   CHEM 103X Basic General Chemistry
        or CHEM 105X General Chemistry (4)
2. Complete the following major degree requirements : (30 credits minimum)
   ECON 235 Introduction to Natural Resources Economics (3)
   NRM 101 Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
   NRM 204 Natural Resources Legislation and Policy (3)
   RD 255 Rural Alaska Land Issues (3)
   RD 280*** Resource Management Research Techniques (3)
   One course from each of the following groups:
   BIOL 104 Natural History of Alaska (3)
        or BIOL 104X Natural History of Alaska (4)
        or BIOL 105X Fundamentals of Biology I (4) (3-4)
   GEOS 100X Introduction to Earth Science (4)
        or GEOG 205 Elements of Physical Geography (3 or 4)
        or NRM 380*** Soils and the Environment (3) (3-4)
   NRM 102 Practicum in Natural Resources Management (1-2)
        or WLF 304 Wildlife Internships (1-3) (1-3 credits)
   Complete the following:
   CIOS 100 Introduction to Personal Computers (1)
        and CIOS 111 Computer Software for Beginners (2)
        or CIOS 150 Computer Business Applications (3) (3)
   FISH 101 Introduction to Fisheries (3)
        and WLF 101 Survey of Wildlife Science (1)
        or ABUS 223 Real Estate Law (3)
        and RD 256*** Topics in Rural Land (3)
        or BIOL 271*** Principles of Ecology (4)
        and WLF 201*** Wildlife Management Principles (3) (4-7 credits)
3. Electives:
   Complete 9-14 credits from the following courses:
   ANS 310*** Alaska Native Corporations (3)
   ANTH 242 Native Cultures of Alaska (3)
   BIOL 106X*** Fundamentals of Biology II (4)
   BIOL 239*** Introduction to Plant Biology (4)
   BIOL 271*** Principles of Ecology (3)
   BIOL 150 Introduction to Marine Biology (3)
   CE 112*** Elementary Survey (3)
   EMS 103 First Responder (3)
        or PE 246 First Aid (3)
   ENGL 314*** Technical Writing (3)
   FISH 101 Introduction to Fisheries (3)
   MIN 101 Minerals, Man and the Environment (3)
   NRM 251*** Silvics and Dendrology (3)
   NRM 304*** Perspectives on Natural Resources Management (3)
   NRM 340 Natural Resources Measurement and Inventory (3)
   RD 265 Perspectives onSubsistence in Alaska (3)
   RD 492 Rural Development Seminar (3)
   STAT 200*** Elementary Probability and Statistics (3)
   WLF 101 Survey of Wildlife Science (1)
   WLF 201*** Wildlife Management Principles (3)
   WLF 303*** Wildlife Management Techniques (3)
   Degree Total (60 credits)
4. A maximum of 5 credits earned from the following list of one credit skills courses may be counted as electives for this program:
   SCIA 113 Map Reading and Orienteering (1)
   SCIA 130 Moose Ecology (1)
   SCIA 157 Alaskan Plants (1)
   SCIA 161 Birds of Alaska (1)
   SCIA 162 Mammals of Alaska (1)

Note: Other electives may be accepted upon approval of student's advisor.

*ENGL 212 does not fulfill the second half of the written communication requirement for the baccalaureate degree.

**MATH 107 does not fulfill UAF core requirement.

***Prerequisites required.