Energy Resource Management and Development, B.S. -Energy & Environmental Systems Concentration

University Studies Program

This degree requires that The University Studies Program 2015 requirements are met before graduation. Some of the courses required for this major fulfill USP requirements, but not all. Students should check their degree evaluations and consult with their assigned academic advisor to discuss their specific course plan.

• C 1  - Communication 1 (U5C1) (COM1) Credits: 3
• C 2  - Communication 2 (U5C2) (COM2) Credits: 3
• C 3  - Communication 3 (U5C3) (COM3) Credits: 3
• Q -  - Quantitative Reasoning (U5Q) Credits: 3
• PN -  - Physical and Natural World (1) (U5PN) Credits: 3
• PN -  - Physical and Natural World (2) (U5PN) Credits: 3
• H -  - Human Culture (1) (U5H) Credits: 3
• H -  - Human Culture (2) (U5H) Credits: 3
• V -  - U.S. & WY Constitution (U5V) Credits: 3
• FYS or USP Elective -  - Any 3-credit hour of FYS or 3-credit hours of USP electives Credits: 3

• Note: FYS courses have been paused. 3 hours from any additional USP designated courses is still required.

Energy and Environmental Systems (EES) Core Curriculum

• Students must earn a letter grade of C or better in each course, or an S in an S/U course, and a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or better. Students will complete 120 credit hours, including 42 upper division credit hours (30 of which must be earned at UW), for the B.S. in Energy Resource Management and Development (ERMD).

• ACCT 2010  - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3
• AGEC 1020  - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3 (USP:H)
•  or   ECON 1020  - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3 (USP:H)
• CHEM 1000  - Introductory Chemistry Credits: 4 (USP:PN)
• DSCI 4260  - Project Management Credits: 3
•  or   ERS 4900  - Energy Resource Management Capstone Credits: 1-6
• ECON 1300  - Oil: Business, Culture, and Power Credits: 3 (USP:H)
• ENGL 1010  - College Composition and Rhetoric Credits: 3 (USP:C1)
• ENR 1000  - Energy and Society Credits: 3 (USP:PN)
• ENR 4750  - ENR Law and Policy Credits: 3
•  or   RMAL 3020  - Public Policy and Regulatory Considerations for Ranch & Rangeland Mgmt Credits: 3 (AGEC 2020 will be waived)
• ERS 3010  - Air Quality Management Credits: 3
• ERS 4120  - Federal Public Land Law Credits: 3
• GIST 2200  - Spatial Data Visualization Credits: 3
• GIST 2310  - Intro to Geographic Information Systems Credits: 4
• LIFE 1010  - General Biology Credits: 4 (USP:PN)
• LIFE 2023  - Biology of Plants and Fungi Credits: 4
• LIFE 3400  - General Ecology Credits: 3
• MATH 2200  - Calculus I Credits: 4 (USP:Q)
• PLNT 1000  - Agroecology Credits: 4 (USP:PN)
• PLNT 4070  - Weed Science and Technology Credits: 4
• POLS 1000  - American and Wyoming Government Credits: 3 (USP:V)
• REWM 2000  - Principles of Rangeland Management Credits: 3
• REWM 2400  - Range Ecosystems and Plants Credits: 4
• REWM 3100  - Principles of Wildland Water Quality Credits: 3
•  or   ENR 3100  - Principles of Wildland Water Quality Credits: 3
• REWM 4200  - Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Lands Credits: 3
• REWM 4580  - Rangeland Restoration Ecology Credits: 3
• REWM 4700  - Wildland Watershed Management Credits: 3
•  or   REWM 4710  - Watershed Water Quality Management Credits: 3
• RMAL 4990  - Topics: Ranching in the West Credits: 1-3
• SOIL 2010  - Introduction to Soil Science Credits: 4
• STAT 2050  - Fundamentals of Statistics Credits: 4 (USP:Q)