Credit Hours: 120 total credit hours required
Freshman Year
Fall Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AGEC 105 | Introduction to Agricultural Economics | 3 |
| ENGL 104 | Composition and Rhetoric | 3 |
| ESSM 201/RWFM 101 | Exploring Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management | 1 |
| MATH 140 | Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences | 3 |
| Life and Physical Sciences* | 4 | |
| Total Credits | 14 |
Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 210 or COMM 203 | Technical and Business Writing or Public Speaking | 3 |
| MATH 142 | Business Calculus | 3 |
| RENR 205/ECCB 205 | Fundamentals of Ecology | 3 |
| RENR 215/ECCB 215 | Fundamentals of Ecology Lab | 1 |
| Life and Physical Sciences* | 4 | |
| Total Credits | 14 |
Sophomore Year
Fall Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CHEM 119 | Chemistry I | 4 |
| HIST 105 | History of the United States | 3 |
| RWFM 305 | Principles and Practices of Wildlife and Fisheries Management | 3 |
| POLS 206 | National Government | 3 |
| Creative Arts** | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 16 |
Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| RWFM 202 | Concepts in Applied Plant Biology | 3 |
| HIST 106 | History of the United States | 3 |
| POLS 207 | State Government | 3 |
| Language, Philosophy, and Culture Elective** | 3 | |
| Directed Elective | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 15 |
Summer
| Course Number | Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANSC 399 | Animal science experience | 0 |
| Total Credits | 0 |
Junior Year
Fall Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| RWFM 345 | Human Dimensions of Natural Management and Policy | 3 |
| WFSC 303/ECCB 308 | Wildlife Laws and Administration | 3 |
| ESSM 314/RWFM 314 | Principles of Rangeland Management Around the World | 3 |
| RPTS 316/RWFM 323 | Parks And Protected Area Management | 3 |
| ESSM 318/RWFM 318 | Coupled Social Ecological Systems | 3 |
| Total Credits | 15 |
Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| STAT 302 | Statistical Methods | 3 |
| RPTS 336/RWFM 336 | Research and Analysis in Recreation and Tourism | 3 |
| RPTS 308/RWFM 322 | Foundations of Community and Community Development | 3 |
| RWFM 321 | Communicating Natural Resources | 3 |
| AGEC 325 | Farm and Ranch Management | 3 |
| Total Credits | 15 |
Senior Year
Fall Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ESSM 406/RWFM 436 | Natural Resource Policy | 3 |
| ESSM 351/RWFM 351 | GIS for Resource Management | 3 |
| RPTS 460/RENR 460/RWFM 460 | Nature, Values, and Protected Areas | 3 |
| WFSC 484/RWFM 484 | Internship | 1 |
| Directed Elective | 5 | |
| Total Credits | 15 |
Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ESSM 481/RWFM 481 | Senior Seminar | 1 |
| RENR 375/RWFM 375 | Conservation of Natural Resources | 3 |
| RWFM 461 | Community-based Conservation | 3 |
| Directed Elective | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 13 |
- Life and Physical Sciences* – must choose 8 hours from BIOL 107 (Zoology), BIOL 111 (Introductory Biology I), BIOL 112 (Introductory Biology II), or HORT 201/202 (Horticultural Sciences and Practices/Horticultural Sciences and Practices Laboratory). One additional hour must be RENR 215/ECCB 215 (Fundamentals of Ecology – Lab).
- Creative Arts** and Language, Philosophy and Culture Elective**– see course offerings at core.tamu.edu