A student must complete the following Core Requirements in addition to an option and the Essential Studies requirements.
A minimum cumulative GPA of at Least 2.50 is required in the rangeland management Core Requirements and option. The GPA will be calculated by using all accepted previous college/university coursework used for the rangeland management Core Requirements and option, as well as coursework from CSC.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Essential Studies | ||
| Core Requirements | ||
| AGRI 110 | AGRICULTURE SEMINAR I | 1 |
| AGRI 132 | INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL SCIENCE | 3 |
| AGRI 141 | INTRO TO PLANT SCIENCE | 3 |
| AGRI 234 | PRINCIPLES OF ANIMAL NUTRITION | 3 |
| AGRI 242 | PRINCIPLES OF RANGELAND AND FORAGE MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| AGRI 245 & 245L | PRINCIPLES OF SOIL SCI and PRIN OF SOIL SCI LAB | 4 |
| AGRI 334 | VEGETATION MANIPULATION PRACTICES | 3 |
| AGRI 348 | RANGELAND HYDROLOGY | 3 |
| AGRI 339 & 339L | RANGE PLANT IDENTIFICATION and RANGE PLANT IDENTIFICATION LAB | 3 |
| AGRI 350 | RANGELAND UNGULATE PRODUCTION | 3 |
| or AGRI 357 | GRAZING ECOLOGY | |
| AGRI 410 | AGRICULTURE SEMINAR II | 1 |
| AGRI 428 & 428L | HABITAT INVENTORY & ANALYSIS and HABITAT INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS LAB | 3 |
| AGRI 430 | LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANNING | 3 |
| Select one of the following options: | 18-21 | |
| Total Credits | 54-57 | |
A student must complete the following program in addition to the Core and the Essential Studies requirements.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | 36 | |
| AGRI 235 | INTRODUCTION TO WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| AGRI 357 | GRAZING ECOLOGY | 3 |
| AGRI 436 | RANGELAND & FIRE ECOLOGY | 3 |
| BIOL 336 & 336L | GENERAL ECOLOGY and GENERAL ECOLOGY LAB | 3 |
| or AGRI 399 | RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM FIELD STUDY | |
| BIOL 337 | ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| GEOS 322 | INTRODUCTION TO GIS | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY and CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY LABORATORY | ||
| ENTOMOLOGY and ENTOMOLOGY LAB | ||
| TAXONOMY OF PLANTS and TAXONOMY OF PLANTS LAB | ||
| PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY LAB | ||
| PLANT PHYLOGENY and PLANT PHYLOGENY LABORATORY | ||
| Total Credits | 57 | |
In order to enhance employment opportunities, the following elective courses are recommended:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AGRI 221 | FARM AND RANCH MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| AGRI 330 | AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND AGRIBUSINESS | 3 |
| AGRI 411 | CONSERVATION BIOLOGY | 3 |
| AGRI 420 | RANGELAND SHORT COURSE | 2 |
| AGRI 451 | HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| or at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln courses in Natural Resource Policy, Watershed Management, Principles of Forestry, Disturbed Land Reclamation, and Remote Sensing/GIS | ||
This program is designed for students who will complete two years at Casper College, or other two-year schools with a similar curriculum, and who will then transfer to Chadron State College to complete a Bachelor of Science degree in Rangeland Management. A student must complete the following program in addition to the Core and the CSC Essential Studies Requirements. See an agriculture advisor on the Chadron State College campus for the courses to be taken at Chadron State College.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | 36 | |
| FIRE 1810 | INTRODUCTION TO WILDLAND FIRE FIGHTING 1 | 3 |
| FIRE 1818 | WILDLAND LEADERSHIP 1 | 3 |
| FIRE 1830 | INTERMEDIATE WILDLAND FIRE BEHAVIOR 1 | 3 |
| AGRI 436 | RANGELAND & FIRE ECOLOGY | 3 |
| Upper Division Electives | ||
| Select six credits from the following: | 6 | |
| RANGELAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT | ||
| RANGELAND SHORT COURSE | ||
| GRASS SYSTEMATICS | ||
| GENERAL ECOLOGY and GENERAL ECOLOGY LAB | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO GIS | ||
| Total Credits | 54 | |
Classes with the FIRE prefix here are only available at Casper College.
See Essential Studies transfers for electives to take at Casper College to meet the Essential Studies required by CSC. See Applied Sciences transfers for courses at Casper College that would meet some of the core requirements. A maximum total of 66 transfer course credits will be applied towards the CSC Bachelor of Science degree. For further information see the Additional Information for Transfer Students section of the CSC Undergraduate Catalog (www.csc.edu/admissions/transfer/guides.csc).
A student must complete the following program in addition to the Core and the Essential Studies requirements.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | 36 | |
| AGRI 333 & 333L | RUMINANT PRODUCTION and RUMINANT PRODUCTION LAB | 4 |
| AGRI 337 | APPLIED ANIMAL NUTRITION | 3 |
| AGRI 440 | RANGE LIVESTOCK REPRODUCTION | 3 |
| AGRI 447 | ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS | 3 |
| Animal Science Elective | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| FARM AND RANCH MANAGEMENT | ||
| LIVESTOCK EVALUATION | ||
| GRAZING ECOLOGY | ||
| ANIMAL ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY and ANIMAL ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY LAB | ||
| Business Elective | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES I | ||
| MACROECONOMICS | ||
| MICROECONOMICS | ||
| AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND AGRIBUSINESS | ||
| AGRICULTURAL POLICY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE | ||
| Total Credits | 55-56 | |
In order to enhance employment opportunities, the following elective courses are recommended:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AGRI 335 | HORSE PRODUCTION | 3 |
| AGRI 420 | RANGELAND SHORT COURSE | 2 |
| AGRI 436 | RANGELAND & FIRE ECOLOGY | 3 |
| AGRI 451 | HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| GEOS 322 | INTRODUCTION TO GIS | 3 |
A student must complete the following program in addition to the Core and the Essential Studies requirements.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | 36 | |
| AGRI 235 | INTRODUCTION TO WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| AGRI 325 | RANGELAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| AGRI 426 | WILDLIFE RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES | 3 |
| AGRI 435 | WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PRACTICUM | 3 |
| AGRI 445 & 445L | MAMMALOGY and MAMMALOGY LAB | 3 |
| AGRI 451 | HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| BIOL 401 & 401L | ORNITHOLOGY and ORNITHOLOGY LAB | 3 |
| Total Credits | 57 | |
To enhance employment potential, students are recommended to take courses from the following:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AGRI 324 | WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK DISEASE MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| AGRI 427 & 427L | ANIMAL ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY and ANIMAL ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY LAB | 4 |
| AGRI 436 | RANGELAND & FIRE ECOLOGY | 3 |
| GEOS 322 | INTRODUCTION TO GIS | 3 |
| MATH 138 | APPLIED CALCULUS | 3 |
| MATH 232 | APPLIED STATISTICS | 3 |
| BIOL 244 & 244L | ZOOLOGY and ZOOLOGY LABORATORY | 4 |
| BIOL 337 | ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| BIOL 343 & 343L | PARASITOLOGY and PARASITOLOGY LAB | 3 |
| AGRI 399 | RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM FIELD STUDY | 3 |
| BIOL 427 | BIOLOGY OF POPULATIONS | 3 |
| BIOL 431 & 431L | ENTOMOLOGY and ENTOMOLOGY LAB | 3 |
| BIOL 444 & 444L | FRESHWATER ECOLOGY and FRESHWATER ECOLOGY LABORATORY | 3 |
| AGRI 411 | CONSERVATION BIOLOGY | 3 |
A student must complete the following program in addition to the Core and Essential Studies requirements.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | 36 | |
| AGRI 329 | AGRICULTURAL MARKETING | 3 |
| AGRI 221 | FARM AND RANCH MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| AGRI 335 | HORSE PRODUCTION | 3 |
| AGRI 346 & 346L | EQUINE COMMUNICATIONS I and EQUINE COMMUNICATIONS I LAB | 3 |
| AGRI 347 & 347L | EQUINE COMMUNICATIONS II and EQUINE COMMUNICATIONS II LAB | 3 |
| AGRI 429 | EQUINE INDUSTRY APPLIED FIELD STUDIES | 3 |
| Animal Science Elective | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK DISEASE MANAGEMENT | ||
| APPLIED ANIMAL NUTRITION | ||
| GRAZING ECOLOGY | ||
| INTERNSHIP IN AGRICULTURE/RANGE MANAGEMENT | ||
| ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS | ||
| Total Credits | 57 | |
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