Successfully completed at least four years of education above high school (120 semester hour or 180 quarter hours) leading to a bachelor''s degree with a major study in a related field of scientific or technical study, such as in biology, chemistry, statistics, entomology, animal husbandry, botany, physics, agriculture, mathematics, or other directly related subject matter; or at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as those shown above. Successfully completed two years of education above high school in an accredited educational institution (60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours), which included at least 12 semester hours of scientific or technical courses such as biology, chemistry, statistics, entomology, animal husbandry, botany, physics, agriculture, mathematics, wildlife biology, or other directly related subject matter.