Description

The Natural Resources (OSU Transfer) Emphasis Associate of Science is designed to fulfill 90-106 credits of the lower-division requirements of a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources atOregon State University-Cascades. A fish and wildlife conservation option and an individualized specialty option are available at OSU-Cascades and at Central Oregon Community College. Other universities' requirements for a natural resources degree may be similar. Students planning to transfer to any natural resources program should meet with a forest resources technology advisor to discuss transfer requirements.

Entrance Requirements

While this program has no formal entrance requirements, individual courses may have prerequisites which must be met before enrollment.

Course Requirements

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
Baccalaureate Core
Skills
Writing I:1		4
Writing II:1		4
Speech:1		3-4
Mathematics: Met by Program Requirements
Fitness:1		3
Perspectives Courses1,2
Choose one course in each of the following categories:
Physical Science: Met by Program Requirements
Biological Science: Met by Program Requirements
Physical or Biological Science: Met by Program Requirements
Western Culture:1		3-4
Literature and the Arts:1		3-4
Social Processes and Institutions: Met by Program Requirements1
Program Requirements
Choose one option from the following:3		12-15
Option 1:
BI 101	General Biology: Cells & Genes
BI 102	General Biology: Evolution
BI 103	General Biology: Ecology
Option 2:
BI 211	Principles of Biology
BI 212	Principles of Biology
BI 213	Principles of Biology
CH 104	Introduction to Chemistry I4	5
orCH 221	General Chemistry I
EC 201	Microeconomics	4
FOR 208	Soils: Sustainable Ecosystems	4
FW 212	Survey of Northwest Birds	2
orFW 218	Survey of Northwest Mammals
FOR 235	Resource Measurements	4
FOR 240A	Forest Ecology	3
FOR 241A	Field Dendrology	3
orFOR 241B	Dendrology
FOR 251	Recreational Resource Management	3
orFOR 260	Conservation of Natural Resources
FW 251	Wildlife Conservation	3
G 201	Geology I - The Dynamic Earth	4
orG 202	Geology II - Earth's Surface
orGEOG 278	Physical Geography: Landforms in Nature
GEOG 265	Geographic Information Systems	4
GEOG 279	Physical Geography: From Severe Weather to Climate Change	4
MTH 243	Introduction to Probability and Statistics I	4
MTH 112	Trigonometry	4
orMTH 241	Calculus for Management/Social Science
orMTH 251	Calculus I
Natural Resources Options
Choose one of the following options (see lists below):		4-15
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Option
Individualized Specialty Option
Electives
Choose any course numbered 100 or above that brings the total credits to 90 quarter hours. This may include up to 12 credits of Career and Technical Education courses designated by COCC as acceptable.5		3-4
Total Credits		90-108

¹

Select from the appropriate category in theOSU Baccalaureate Core course list.

²

No more than two courses (or lecture/lab combinations) from any one department may be used by a student to satisfy the Perspectives category of the core. GEO courses listed under Physical Science are considered to be from a different department than GEO courses listed under any other Perspective category.

³

Option 2 is recommended.

⁴

CH 221 is recommended if you takeBI 211Principles of Biology,BI 212Principles of BiologyandBI 213Principles of Biology.

⁵

ConsiderFW 257Hunting in Modern Society.

Natural Resources Options

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Option

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
FOR 111	Forestry Perspectives	4
Total Credits		4

Individualized Specialty Option

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
Choose four from the following:		8-15
FOR 111	Forestry Perspectives
FOR 126	Field Studies Pacific NW Forests
FOR 127	Plants of the Pacific Northwest
FOR 230A	Map, Compass and GPS
FOR 230B	Forest Surveying
FOR 236	Aerial Photo
FOR 240B	Wildlife Ecology
FOR 271	Applied Forest Ecology
FOR 272	Forest Entomology/Pathology
FOR 273	Silviculture and Harvesting Systems
Total Credits		8-15

Advising Notes

The following requirement is not part of the Associate of Science degree, but it is required at Oregon State University:

• Perspectives course, cultural diversity category (see theBaccalaureate Core list)

The difference, power and discrimination requirement is met by an upper-division program requirement.

Performance Standards

• Academic Requirements:
  • Students must have a 2.0 cumulative GPA to earn a COCC certificate or degree.
  • All courses in the program must be completed with a grade of C or higher

Sample Plan

Sample Plan Grid

First Term		Credits
FOR 240A	Forest Ecology	3
FOR 241A orFOR 241B	Field Dendrology or Dendrology	3
MTH 112 orMTH 241 orMTH 251	Trigonometry or Calculus for Management/Social Science or Calculus I	4
Writing I:		4
	Credits	14
Second Term
CH 104 orCH 221	Introduction to Chemistry I or General Chemistry I	5
FOR 235	Resource Measurements	4
FW 251	Wildlife Conservation	3
Writing II:		4
	Credits	16
Third Term
FOR 208	Soils: Sustainable Ecosystems	4
FW 212 orFW 218	Survey of Northwest Birds or Survey of Northwest Mammals	2
Fitness:		3
Speech:		3-4
Western Culture:		3-4
	Credits	15-17
Fourth Term
BI 211	Principles of Biology	5
G 201 orG 202 orGEOG 278	Geology I - The Dynamic Earth or Geology II - Earth's Surface or Physical Geography: Landforms in Nature	4
Literature and the Arts:		3-4
MTH 243	Introduction to Probability and Statistics I	4
	Credits	16-17
Fifth Term
BI 213	Principles of Biology	5
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Option Course (FOR 111)		4
GEOG 265	Geographic Information Systems	4
GEOG 279	Physical Geography: From Severe Weather to Climate Change	4
	Credits	17
Sixth Term
BI 212	Principles of Biology	5
EC 201	Microeconomics	4
FOR 251 orFOR 260 orFW 257	Recreational Resource Management or Conservation of Natural Resources or Hunting in Modern Society	3-4
	Credits	12-13
	Total Credits	90-94