Jan 30, 2026  
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

Fisheries, Wildlife, Conservation, and Environmental Biology - Conservation Biology (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


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First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
BIOL 100   - Biology First-Year Orientation   OR  1   KSC 070
DAS 101   - Discover, Create, and Thrive: Arts and Sciences Orientation   1   KSC 070  
BIOL 198   - Principles of Biology   4   KSC 040  
CHM 210   - Chemistry I   4   KSC 070  
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 333  - Introduction to Fisheries, Wildlife, Conservation and Environmental Biology   3      
BIOL 398  - Principles of Genetics   4      
COMM 106   - Public Speaking I   3   KSC 020  
ENGL 100  - Expository Writing I   3   KSC 010  
MATH 100  - College Algebra   OR 3   KSC 030  
MATH 150  - Plane Trigonometry   OR 3   KSC 030  
MATH 220  - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I   4   KSC 030  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
BIOL 221  - Organismic Biology   5      
CHM 230  - Chemistry II   4   KSC 070  
ENGL 200   - Expository Writing II   3   KSC 010  
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement: Global Perspectives Overlay 3 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
CHM 350  - General Organic Chemistry   3      
CHM 351  - General Organic Chemistry Laboratory   2      
STAT 240  - Biometrics I   (or other Statistics option) 3      
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
BS Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Requirement: Ethical Reasoning Overlay 3    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
BIOL 500  - Plant Physiology   AND 3      
BIOL 501  - Plant Physiology Lab   OR 1      
BIOL 513  - Physiological Adaptations of Animals   4      
BIOL 529   - Ecology   3      
FWCEB Elective #1 3    
Free Elective 2    
Outside Concentration Class #1 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
PHYS 115  - Descriptive Physics   5      
STAT 341  - Biometrics II    (or other Statistics option) 3    
Outside Concentration Class #2 3  
Conservation List Course #1 3    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
BIOL 520   - Evolution   OR 3      
BIOL 521   - Evolution of Infectious Diseases   3      
BIOL 640   - Population Biology   3  
Outside Concentration Class #3 3    
Conservation List Course #2 3    
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 632   - Ecology Laboratory    1    
BIOL 642   - Principles of Conservation Biology   3      
FWCEB Elective #2 3    
Conservation List Course #3 3    
BS Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Requirement: US Multicultural Overlay 3    
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Total Program Hours: 120      

 

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