DEGREE PROGRAM CHECK SHEET

Complete all Institutional Graduation Requirements (Including University Writing Requirement, Diversity Requirement, General Education Requirement, etc.) as provided at http://www.eou.edu/registrar.

An Associate of Applied Science or Equivalent transfer degree (90 transfer credits) is required to declare this program.

Program Requirements: The Bachelor of Applied Science in Sustainable Rural Systems w/Environmental Resources Concentration is a minimum 79-80 graded credit hour degree. A grade of “C-” or better is required for each course counting towards the major, but a cumulative grade of C [2.00] is required for completion of the major.

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REQUIRED CORE COURSES: 42-43 credits

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
SRS 201	Rural Society, Environment & Economy [SSC]	4
ECON 202	Macroeconomics [SSC,UWR]	5	MATH 095 or MATH 095A & 095B or MATH 098
SCI 226	Environmental Science I: Ecology/Env Biology w/lab[SMI]	5
SCI 226L	Environmental Science I: Ecology/Env Biology Lab	0	Must be taken with SCI 226
SCI 227	Environmental Science II: Env Chemistry w/Lab [SMI]	5	SCI 226
SCI 227L	Environmental Science II: Env Chemistry Lab	0	Must be taken with SCI 227
GEOG 201	Intro to GIS [SMI]	4
WR 320	Professional Writing [UWR]	3	WR 121
SRS 363	Rural Land Use and Sustainable Development	4
SRS 451	Natural Resource and Environmental Policy	4	SRS 363
SRS 493	Response to Climate Change	4	SCI 227

Choose one of the following courses:

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
STAT 243	Elementary Statistics [SMI]	4	MATH 095 or MATH 095A & 095B or MATH 098
STAT 327	Statistics & Experimental Design [SMI]	5	MATH 105 or 111

REQUIRED PROJECT COURSES: 21 credit hours

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
SRS 215	Rural Systems Seminar SRS 215 must be taken at least 3 times but no more than 6 times	1
SRS 316	Rural Systems Project SRS 316 must be taken at least 3 times but no more than 6 times	2	SRS 215
SRS 417	Project Leadership and Community Connections	3-12	SRS 316 taken 3 times

SUSTAINABLE RURAL SYSTEMS ELECTIVES: 16 credits

Take 16 credits from the following lists of courses:

AGRI, CSS & FW courses are provided by Oregon State University (OSU) on Eastern Oregon University’s Campus. Enrollment for the course is through OSU, students must be an active student at OSU to enroll.

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
CSS 305	Principles of Soil Science	4
FW 325	Global Crises in Resource Ecology [winter term even yrs]	3
AGRI 299	Critical Issues Oregon Ag/Nat Resources [spring term] Course has field trips to OSU research stations	3
SSCI 409	Urban Rural Ambassador Institute [SSC]	2
SCI 328	Env Sci III: Ecosystems & Sustainable Resource Use w/Lab	5	SCI 227
SCI 328L	Env Sci III: Ecosystems & Sustainable Resource Use Lab	0	Must be taken with SCI 228
SCI 422	Sustainable Water Resources	4	SCI 328
CS 161	Foundations of CS I	4

May Choose one of the following history courses:

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
HIST 345	Environmental History	5
HIST 444	History of the Pacific Northwest [UWR]	5

May Choose one of the following sociology courses:

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
SOC 365	Communities [SSC]	5
SOC 370	Environment & Society [SSC]	5

May Choose one of the following political science courses:

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
POLS 151	Intro to Public Administration [SSC]	5
POLS 352	Budgets and Process [UWR]	5

May Choose one of the following OSU rangeland courses:

RNG courses are provided by Oregon State University (OSU) on Eastern Oregon University’s Campus. Enrollment for the course is through OSU, students must be an active student at OSU to enroll.

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
RNG 341	Rangeland Ecology & Management [fall term] Course has required field trips	3
RNG 355	Desert Watershed Management [winter term even years]	3
RNG 421	Wildland Restoration/Ecology [spring term odd years] Course has required field trips	5	RNG 341 & CSS 305

Total credits required for major: 79-80

EPCC update March 2021 (removed concentrations)

POLS 351 course removed from check sheet options because course was deleted spring 2022

Previous EPCC Economics of Rural Systems Concentration Checksheet this checksheet is through spring 2021

Previous EPCC Environmental Resources Concentration Checksheet this checksheet is through spring 2021

[degree creation winter 2020]