Energy Resource Management and Development- Professional Land Management Concentration, B.S.

ERMD PLM Concentration

Professional Land Management majors determine ownership and title of surface and subsurface rights to negotiate leases with land/mineral owners, coordinate field exploration, and ensure compliance with governmental regulations.

University Studies Program Requirements

The University Studies Program 2015 develops a student’s foundational knowledge to prepare them for the Bachelor of Science degree program. Some of the categories of USP will be completed by completing the degree requirements as outlined below. Students should review their degree audits carefully to ensure that USP requirements are completed. Students transferring with a qualifying associate degree will have most of the lower division portion of the USP requirement waived. For more information about qualifying earned associate degree, see the “Articulation: Earned Associate Degrees” information in this catalog.
FYS- First Year - Seminar Credits: 3
COM 1 - Communication 1 Credits: 3
COM 2 - Communication 2 Credits: 3
COM 3 - Communication 3 Credits: 3
Q - - Quantitative Reasoning Credits: 3
PN - - Physical and Natural World (1) Credits: 3
PN - - Physical and Natural World (2) Credits: 3
H - - Human Culture (1) Credits: 3
H - - Human Culture (2) Credits: 3
V - - U.S. & WY Constitution Credits: 3

PLM Curriculum

Students must earn a letter grade of C or better in each course and a cumulative GPA of 2.000 or better. Students will complete 120 credit hours for the BS in Energy Resources Management and Development.
ACCT 2010 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3
ACCT 2020 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3
AGEC 1020 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
DSCI 4260 - Project Management Credits: 3
ECON 1300 - Oil: Business, Culture, and Power Credits: 3 (USP: H)
ENGL 1010 - College Composition and Rhetoric Credits: 3
ENR 1000 - Energy and Society Credits: 3 (USP:PN)
ENR 4750 - ENR Law and Policy Credits: 3
ERS 2010 - Introduction to Land Management Credits: 3
ERS 4010 - Exploration Geoscience Credits: 3
ERS 4100 - Property I Credits: 3
ERS 4105 - Property II Credits: 3
ERS 4110 - Law of Contracts Credits: 3
ERS 4120 - Federal Public Land Law Credits: 3
ERS 4130 - Oil and Gas Law Credits: 3
ERS 4135 - Advanced Energy Law Credits: 3
ERS 4985 - Seminar Credits: 1-3
FIN 2100 - Principles of Finance Credits: 3
FYS- First Year - Seminar Credits: 3
GEOL 1100 - Physical Geology Credits: 4
GIST 1200 - Geospatial Foundations Credits: 3
GIST 2310 - Intro to Geographic Information Systems Credits: 4
MATH 1405 - Trigonometry Credits: 3
OR
MATH 1450 - Algebra and Trigonometry Credits: 5
MATH 2200 - Calculus I Credits: 4
OR
MATH 2355 - Mathematical Applications for Business Credits: 4
MGT 2010 - Legal Environment of Business Credits: 3
MGT 2100 - Management and Organization Credits: 3
STAT 2050 - Fundamentals of Statistics Credits: 4
V - - U.S. & WY Constitution Credits: 3

Energy Resource Management and Development- Professional Land Management Concentration, B.S.

ERMD PLM Concentration

University Studies Program Requirements

PLM Curriculum

COM2 Elective, Pick ONE

Ethics Elective- Pick ONE

Economics Elective- Pick ONE

Negotiation Elective-Pick ONE

Data Analysis Elective- Pick ONE

General Electives- 21 credits in total, 9 credits must be upper division