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Bachelor of General Studies

Nature and Heritage Tourism Minor Check Sheet

Nature and Heritage Tourism Minor Checklist

2022-2023 Catalog

22 Hours

This checklist is for advising purposes for BGS students only.

Consult your undergraduate catalog or official degree audit for degree requirements.

  • Twelve advanced hours in the minor coursework are required for the BGS.
  • A 2.25 cumulative GPA must be maintained in all minor courses.
  • No grade lower than a “C” will be accepted as credit for BGS minors.
  • Course rotation indications are intended to be used for planning purposes and do not guarantee course availability. "F" indicates "fall," "S" indicates "spring," and "Su" indicates "summer" availability.

Required:

  • _____ NHT 4301 - Planning and Development of Nature and Heritage Tourism (F) (Prerequisite: GEO 2110 or 2410 with a minimum grade of “C” or permission of the instructor)
  • _____ NHT 4302 - Internship in Nature and Heritage Tourism (Prerequisite: NHT 4301 with a grade of "C" or better.)
  • _____ GEO 2410 – Introduction to Physical Geography (Prerequisite: MATH 1315 or MATH 1317 or MATH 1319 or MATH 1329 or MATH 2321 or MATH 2328 or MATH 2417 or MATH 2471, with a grade of "C" or better.)
  • _____ GEO 4322 (WI) – Interpretive Environmental Geography (F) (Prerequisite: GEO 2110 or 2410 with a grade of "C" or better.)
  • _____ GEO 4326 –Parks and Protected Places (F) (Prerequisite: Junior or Senior status)

Choose 6 hours (from at least 2 different departments):

  • _____ AG 3318 - Agricultural Business Management (S, SU) (Prerequisites: MATH 1315 or MATH 1319 or MATH 2321 or MATH 2471 and AG 2383 and AG 2390 all with a grade of "D" or better.)
  • _____ AG 3321 - Range Management (Prerequisite: AG 1445 with a grade of "D" or better.)
  • _____ AG 3351(WI) - Agricultural Marketing and Sales (F, SU) (Prerequisites: AG 2383 and MATH 1315 or MATH 1319 or MATH 2321 or MATH 2417 or MATH 2471 all with a grade of "D" or better.)
  • _____ AG 3426 - Soil Science I (Prerequisites: CHEM 1341 and CHEM 1141; and AG 2313 or AG 2379 or BIO 1330)
  • _____ AG 3427 (WI) - Soil Science II (Prerequisite: AG 3426)
  • _____ AG 4383 (WI) - Agricultural Resource Economics (S) (Prerequisite: AG 2383, and MATH 1315 or MATH 1319 or MATH 1329 or MATH 2321 or MATH 2417 or MATH 2471.)
  • _____ ANTH 3301 (WI) – Principles of Cultural Anthropology (F) (Prerequisites: ANTH 1312 and 60 hours of coursework)
  • _____ ANTH 3306 – World Prehistory
  • _____ ANTH 3314 (WI) - Latin American Cultures
  • _____ ANTH 3315 - Archaeology of the Southwest (S)
  • _____ ANTH 3318 (WI) – Texas Archaeology (Prerequisite: ANTH 2415)
  • _____ ANTH 3324 – Mexican American Culture
  • _____ ANTH 3332 (WI) - Myths and Moundbuilders (S)
  • _____ ANTH 3345 (WI) - Archaeology of Mexico (S)
  • _____ ANTH 3347 - Archaeology of North America (F) (Prerequisite: ANTH 2415)
  • _____ ANTH 4320 (WI) – Rise of Civilization
  • _____ ANTH 4630 - Archaeological Field School (See Department of Anthropology)(May be repeated for credit, but only six hours may be applied toward the major)
  • _____ BIO 4304 – Wildlife and Recreation: Impact, Policy, and Management (F) (Prerequisite: BIO 4416 with a grade of "C" or better.)
  • _____ BIO 4305 - Nature Study (F)
  • _____ BIO 4410 - Field Biology of Plants (F, SU) (Prerequisite: BIO 2450 with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ BIO 4415 – Ichthyology (F, SU) (Prerequisites: BIO 2411, BIO 2450 with grades of “C” or better)
  • _____ BIO 4416 (WI) - General Ecology (F, S) (Prerequisites: BIO 2450, any one of BIO 2410, 2411, or 2400 with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ BIO 4420 (WI) - Natural History of the Vertebrates (SU) (Prerequisites: BIO 2411, BIO 2450 with grades of “C” or better and permission of instructor required for non-wildlife majors.)
  • _____ BIO 4421 – Ornithology (S) (Prerequisites: BIO 2411 and BIO 2450 with grades of “C” or better)
  • _____ BIO 4422 - Mammalogy (Prerequisites: BIO 2411, BIO 2450 with grades of “C” or better; BIO 4416 is recommended)
  • _____ BIO 4423 (WI) - Wildlife Management (Prerequisites: BIO 2410, BIO 2411, and BIO 2450 with a grade of “C” or better. BIO 4416, BIO 4421, or BIO 4422 is also recommended)
  • _____ BIO 4434 – Herpetology (S) (Prerequisites: BIO 2411 and BIO 2450 with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ ENG 3345 (WI) - Southwestern Studies I: Defining the Region (F)
  • _____ ENG 3346 (WI) - Southwestern Studies II: Consequences of Region (S)
  • _____ ENG 4325 (WI) - Literature of the Southwest
  • _____ GEO 3307 – Geography of Europe
  • _____ GEO 3308 – Latin America (F, S)
  • _____ GEO 3309 (WI) – United States and Canada (F, S)
  • _____ GEO 3313 - Natural Resource Use and Management (F, S) (Prerequisites: GEO 2110 or 2410 with a grade of "C" or better)
  • _____ GEO 3328 – Geography of North Africa and the Middle East
  • _____ GEO 3329 - Geography of Texas (F, S)
  • _____ GEO 3332 (WI)- Geography of South and Southeast Asia
  • _____ GEO 3333 (WI) – Geography of China and Japan
  • _____ GEO 3335 – Oceanography (F, S) (Prerequisite: GEO 2110 or GEO 2410 or GEOL 1410 or BIO 1320 or BIO 1330, with a grade of "C" or better)
  • _____ GEO 3411 – Maps and Mapmaking (F, S) (Prerequisite: MATH 1315 or MATH 1317 or MATH 1319 or MATH 1329 or MATH 2321 or MATH 2328 or MATH 2417 or MATH 2471, any with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEO 4306 – Geography of the Southwest
  • _____ GEO 4313 (WI)– Environmental Management (F, S) (Prerequisite: [GEO 2110 or 2410] and [GEO 3313 or GEO 3321 or GEO 3434 or GEO 4350 or GEO 4352], both with a grade of “C” or better and senior status)
  • _____ GEO 4314 (WI) – River Basin Management (S) (Prerequisite: GEO 3434 or GEO 4325 with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEO 4316 – Landscape Biogeography (Prerequisite: GEO 2110 or 2410 with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEO 4328 (WI)– Geography of the Russian Realm
  • _____ GEO 4390 – Independent Study (Prerequisite: May be repeated for credit, but a student may not exceed 6 hours of credit in Independent Study)
  • _____ GEO 4430 (WI)– Field Methods (F, S) (Prerequisites: GEO 2110 or 2410 and GEO 3301 or equivalents with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEOL 1410 – Physical Geography (F, S, SU)
  • _____ GEOL 1420 – Historical Geography (F, S) (Prerequisite: GEOL 1410 with a grade of "C" or better.)
  • _____ GEOL 3410 – Sedimentation and Stratigraphy (S) (Prerequisite: GEOL 3450.)
  • _____ GEOL 4320 – Topics in Field Geology (Prerequisite: GEOL 1410 and GEOL 1420 with grades of “C” or better)
  • _____ HIST 3353 (WI) – Southwestern History
  • _____ HIST 3372 (WI) – Texas History: A Survey (F, S, SU)
  • _____ HIST 4372 (WI) – Mexican American History
  • _____ MGT 3303 – Management of Organizations (F, S, SU) (Prerequisite: Overall 2.0 GPA, sophomore standing)
  • _____ MKT 3343 - Principles of Marketing (F, S, SU) (Prerequisite: Overall 2.0 GPA, sophomore standing)
  • _____ PFW 1190A – Canoeing
  • _____ PFW 1190F – Beginning Scuba
  • _____ PFW 1201 – Advanced Scuba Diving (Prerequisite: PFW 1190F)
  • _____ PFW 1204 – Underwater Photography
  • _____ REC 1310 - Introduction to Recreation and Leisure Services (F, S) (Note: A grade of “C” or better in this course is required to enroll in any upper division Recreational Administration courses)
  • _____ REC 1330 - Leisure and Outdoor Recreation (F, S, SU)
  • _____ REC 3340 - Recreation Facilities Operations and Maintenance (F, S) (Prerequisites: REC 2335)
  • _____ REC 3351 (WI) - Evaluation of Leisure Service Programming (F, S) (Prerequisites: REC 2335)
  • _____ REC 4335 Outdoor Recreational Planning (Prerequisites: REC 1330 and REC 2335; or Consent of Instructor)

  • _____ SOCI 3340 - Sociology of Sport and Leisure