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Free Electives

For Concentration in Resource Biology and Biodiversity (S117-10)

For free electives credits students may enroll in any UL course at any level; however, keep in mind that a minimum of 45 hours of 300- and 400-level courses must be taken to meet graduation requirements. Non-majors biology courses and up to 2 hours of Honors Seminar may be used for these free elective credits (but Honors Seminar will not count toward the upper-level credit requirement). Note that no more than four (4) semester hours of physical education activity (KNEA) or Applied Music (AMUS), or a combination of both KNEA and AMUS courses, may be used to satisfy degree requirements.

Students interested in certification as a Wildlife or Fisheries Biologist should take two policy courses and one communication course (be aware of possible prereqs).

Policy course options

  • BLAW 435: Environmental Law, 3 credit hours
  • ECON 404: Environmental Economics, 3 credit hours
  • ENVS 483: Community-based Sustainable Development, 3 credit hours
  • PHIL 316: Professional Ethics, 3 credit hours
  • POLS 340: Public Administration, 3 credit hours
  • POLS 442: Bureaucratic Politics, 3 credit hours
  • SOCI 325: Population Problems, 3 credit hours

Communication course options

  • CMCN 200: Principles of Human Communication, 3 credit hours
  • CMCN 310: Public Speaking, 3 credit hours
  • CMCN 311: Principles of Journalism, 3 credit hours
  • CMCN 320: Principles of Public Relations, 3 credit hours

Non-majors biology courses

  • BIOL 300: Conservation of Natural Resources, 3 credit hours
  • BIOL 303: Sociobiology, 3 credit hours
  • BIOL 304: Plants and Human Affairs, 3 credit hours
  • BIOL 305: Survey of Marine Biology, 3 credit hours
  • BIOL 312: Introduction to Coastal Ecology, 3 credit hours
  • BIOL 313/314: Animal Science & Lab, 4 credit hours