Rangeland Resource Science, Wildland Soil Science Concentration, B.S. MAP

Major Academic Plans

Major Academic Plans (or MAPS) show courses you might take each semester to meet your degree requirements. Students at Cal Poly Humboldt follow many different paths to graduation. Your educational and career goals, as well as personal interests all contribute to determining the courses you take. We encourage you to discuss course options with an advisor.

Build your personalized plan in DARS plans using the MAP as a resource. Meet with your advisor each semester to assist in planning and to review your progress.

Set yourself up for academic success in historically difficult classes. Add a 1-unit Supplemental Instruction (SI) session to one or more of your classes. SI sessions are linked with specific classes.

Explore the Supplemental Instruction

options to see if there’s a match with a class you are taking.

Year 1

Semester 1 (14-15 Units)

GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 102 - Composition and Rhetoric A Units: 3 OR ENGL 104 - Accelerated Composition and Rhetoric Units: 3
Optional: ENGL 110 - Developing Academic Literacy Lab Units: 1
Major / GE Area B: Life Science BOT 105 - General Botany Units: 4
Major / GE Area B: Mathematics STAT 109 - Introductory Biostatistics Units: 4 ^[1]
GE Area E: Lifelong Learning SCI 100 - Becoming a STEM Professional in the 21st Century Units: 3

^[1] Prerequisite of MATH 101 , MATH 101I , or MATH 102 or by placement. Students not yet eligible to take STAT 109 should consult with an advisor for course sequencing information.

Semester 2 (14-15 Units)

GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 103 - Composition and Rhetoric B Units: 3 ^[2]
Optional: ENGL 110 - Developing Academic Literacy Lab Units: 1
Major / GE Area B: Physical Science CHEM 107 - Fundamentals of Chemistry Units: 4
Major (Core) PHYX 106 - College Physics: Mechanics and Heat Units: 4
Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
Units: 3

^[2] If ENGL 104 was taken last semester, take an elective, other GE or major course in place of ENGL 103.

Year 2

Semester 3 (15 Units)

American Institutions / GE Area F / DCG Domestic NAS 200 - Indigenous Peoples in U.S. History Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area A: Critical Thinking
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities
Units: 3
Major / GE Area D: Social Science GSP 101 - Geospatial Concepts Units: 3
Major (Core) SOIL 260 - Introduction to Soil Science Units: 3

Semester 4

Major (Core) BIOL 105 - Principles of Biology Units: 4
Major (Core) GSP 216 - Introduction to Remote Sensing Units: 3 OR GSP 270 - Geographic Information Science (GIS) Units: 3
GE Area A: Oral Communication COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication Units: 3
Major / GE Area D: Social Science ESM 105 - Natural Resource Conservation Units: 3
Major / UD GE Area B RRS 306 - Wildland Resource Principles Units: 3

Year 3

Semester 5 (15 Units)

Major (Core) SOIL 360 - Origin and Classification of Soils Units: 3
Major (Core) RRS 375 - Vegetation Analysis and Health Units: 3
American Institutions FOR 359 - CA and US Forest and Wildland Policy Units: 3
Major (Concentration) Approved Elective Units: 3
Major (Concentration) Approved Elective Units: 3

Semester 6 (16 Units)

Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
OR
Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities
Units: 3 (Take a course that double-counts for DCG.)
Upper Division GE Area C: Arts & Humanities
Units: 3
Major (Concentration) BOT 350 - Plant Taxonomy Units: 4
Major (Concentration) RRS 360 - Wildland Plant Communities Units: 3
Major (Concentration) RRS 370 - Wildland Ecology Principles Units: 3

Year 4

Semester 7 (13 Units)

Major (Core) FOR 315 - Forest Management Units: 3
Major (Core) BOT 310 - General Plant Physiology Units: 4
Major (Concentration) Approved Elective Units: 3
Major (Concentration) Approved Elective Units: 3

Semester 8 (16 Units)

Major / UD GE Area D ESM 305 - Environmental Conflict Resolution Units: 3
Major (Core) SOIL 460 - Wildland Soil Management and Erosion Control Units: 3
Major (Core) WSHD 310 - Hydrology and Watershed Management Units: 4
Major (Concentration) Approved Elective Units: 3
Major (Concentration) Approved Elective Units: 3