Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management

Brenda Lackey, Discipline Coordinator
Room 182, Trainer Natural Resources Building
Phone: 715-346-2076
Email: blackey@uwsp.edu OR cnr@uwsp.edu
Web: www.uwsp.edu/natres

This discipline is in the College of Natural Resources .

Faculty and Instructional Academic Staff: J Buchholz, B Franzen, L Gharis, A Haines, S Kar, B Lackey, K Liddicoat, L Markham, C McReynolds, T Quinn, M Rader, S Schuller, J Solin, C Thomas, A Thompson, R Zimmerman.

Adjunct Support: D Lueck, R Masters

Academic Standards for Resource Management

To graduate in any major or minor in human dimensions of natural resource management, you must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.25 with the exception of Wildland Fire Science, for which a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50 is required.

Programs

• Resource Management: Environmental Education and Interpretation, B.S.
• Resource Management: General, B.S.
• Resource Management: Natural Resource Planning Option, B.S.
• Resource Management: Resource Management Law Enforcement, B.S.
• Resource Management: Wildland Fire Science, B.S.

• Environmental Communication Minor
• Environmental Education Minor for Elementary/Middle School
• Environmental Education/Interpretation Minor
• Environmental Law Enforcement Minor
• International Resource Management Minor
• Resource Management Minor
• Sustainable Energy Minor

• Energy Education Certificate Program
• Sustainable Energy Certificate Program

Courses

The resource management major is described under the heading “human dimensions of natural resource management” above.

• NRES 502 - Foundations of Environmental Education II
• NRES 510 - Environmental Education Teaching Methods
• NRES 520 - Natural Resources Public Relations and Social Science
• NRES 523 - International Resource Management
• NRES 535 - Turf Management
• NRES 540 - Sustainability Concepts
• NRES 541 - Introduction to Sustainable Energy Policy
• NRES 558 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology on the Web
• NRES 568 - Oral Interpretation Methods
• NRES 569 - Interpretive Media
• NRES 570 - Introduction to Environmental Study and Education
• NRES 572 - Resource Economics
• NRES 573 - Agronomy, Agriculture and Environment
• NRES 574 - Environmental Interpretation Practicum
• NRES 576 - Environmental Education Practicum
• NRES 577 - Remote Sensing I
• NRES 581 - Internship in Natural Resources
• NRES 582 - Youth Agency Administration
• NRES 583 - Nature Center and Camp Management
• NRES 588 - Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning
• NRES 589 - Urban and Regional Planning Analysis
• NRES 590 - Nature Interpretation in Wisconsin
• NRES 594 - Ecological Basis for Planning and Design
• NRES 595 - Environmental Science for Educators
• NRES 600 - Environmental Studies for Practitioners
• NRES 601 - Ecological Lifestyles
• NRES 602 - Environmental Futures
• NRES 603 - Environmental Education Curriculum Resources
• NRES 604 - Environmental Health
• NRES 605 - Selected Topics in Natural Resources
• NRES 606 - Natural Resources, Culture and Archaeology of the Mayan World
• NRES 607 - Costa Rica Tropical Ecology
• NRES 608 - Plant Resources and Humans
• NRES 609 - Environmental Studies Investigations
• NRES 610 - Selected Topics in Environmental Education
• NRES 612 - Ecological Basis for Environmental Education
• NRES 614 - Environmental Education Teaching Strategies
• NRES 615 - Investigation and Evaluation of Environmental Education Curriculum Resources
• NRES 616 - Urban EE
• NRES 620 - Forestry Education for Wis K-12 Classroom
• NRES 621 - Teaching K-12 Forestry Topics
• NRES 622 - School Forest Programs and Administration
• NRES 623 - Human Influence on Wis Forests
• NRES 624 - Enhancing School Forest Education
• NRES 630 - Energy Education in the Classroom
• NRES 631 - Selected Topics in Energy Education
• NRES 632 - Renewable Energy Education in the Classroom
• NRES 633 - Energy Education Concepts and Practices
• NRES 634 - School Building Energy Efficiency Education
• NRES 635 - Renewable Energy Education
• NRES 640 - Making Environmental Education Relevant to Culturally Diverse Communities
• NRES 641 - Climate Change Implications, Policies, and Solutions
• NRES 642 - Sustainable Energy: Resources, Technologies, and Policies
• NRES 643 - Sustainable Social-Ecological Systems
• NRES 654 - Fire Behavior and Fuels
• NRES 655 - Advanced Fire Ecology
• NRES 657 - Ecological Monitoring
• NRES 659 - Ecosystem Management and Restoration
• NRES 662 - Adaptive Resource Management
• NRES 665 - Policy Tools for Private Lands
• NRES 673 - Resource Policy and Law
• NRES 674 - Integrated Resource Management
• NRES 675 - International Field Experiences in Natural Resources Management
• NRES 678 - Environmental Issues Investigation and Action
• NRES 679 - International Environmental Studies Seminar
• NRES 680 - Environmental Education - Residential Life
• NRES 681 - Place-based Instructional Strategies for Environmental Educators
• NRES 683 - Professional Development in Natural Resource Management
• NRES 684 - Natural Resources Planning
• NRES 688 - Land Use Plan Implementation
• NRES 689 - Applied Natural Resources Planning
• NRES 701 - Readings in Environmental Education
• NRES 703 - Leadership Development in Natural Resources
• NRES 705 - Environmental Issues Investigation and Action
• NRES 706 - Community Resources in Environmental Education
• NRES 708 - Outdoor Teaching Sites for Environmental Education
• NRES 720 - Advanced Topics in Natural Resources and Public Relations
• NRES 721 - Field Ecology for Environmental Education
• NRES 750 - Human Dimensions Research Methods
• NRES 751 - Applied Environmental Education Program Evaluation
• NRES 752 - Needs Assessment in Environmental Education and Interpretation
• NRES 755 - Developing Curriculum for Non-formal Environmental Education Settings
• NRES 760 - Grant and Proposal Development
• NRES 761 - Personal Leadership Development for Environmental Education
• NRES 762 - Organizational Leadership Development for Environmental Education
• NRES 765 - Human Resources in Natural Resources Organizations
• NRES 767 - Fundamentals of Natural and Cultural Interpretation
• NRES 768 - Advanced Personal Interpretation Methods
• NRES 769 - Advanced Interpretive Media Design
• NRES 770 - Natural Resources Policy and the Legislative Process
• NRES 772 - The Natural Resources Management Leader
• NRES 780 - Land Use Education
• NRES 791 - Introduction to Research
• NRES 794 - Graduate Seminar
• NRES 795 - Graduate Seminar
• NRES 796 - Independent Study
• NRES 797 - Research Methods, Design and Analysis
• NRES 798 - Graduate Project Work
• NRES 799 - Thesis (Not on Plan B.)