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 | |
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