Resource Management: Environmental Education and Interpretation, B.S.

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This major is administered by the Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management Discipline.

The Environmental Education and Interpretation option satisfies the Interdisciplinary Studies GEP requirement. For more information, see the GEP section of the Catalog.

Consists of 94-106 credits.

Resource Management Core, 27-30 credits

Natural Resources courses, 17 credits

Geography, 3-5 credits

GEOG 100 - Human Impacts on the Physical Environment 3 cr. or
GEOG 101 - The Physical Environment 5 cr. or
GEOG 105 - The Dynamic Earth 3 cr.

Field Techniques in Natural Resources, 7-8 credits

Choose one:

Summer Field Experience, 7 credits

FOR 319 - Land Surveying 1 cr.
FOR 320 - Field Experience in Forest Measurement 1 cr.
NRES 405 - Selected Topics in Natural Resources 1-3 cr. (Take 1 credit)
SOIL 359 - Soil Conservation and Watershed Inventory Techniques 1 cr.
SOIL 360 - Field Experience in Soil Inventory Methods 1 cr.
WATR 380 - Field Experience in Aquatic Ecosystem Evaluation 1 cr.
WLDL 340 - Field Experience in Wildlife Management Techniques 1 cr.
OR

European Summer Program, 8 credits

NRES 475 - International Field Experiences in Natural Resources Management 1-8 cr.

Environmental Education and Interpretation, 67-76 credits

Required, 49-56 credits

BIOL 101 - General Biology 5 cr. or
BIOL 130 - Introduction to Plant Biology 5 cr.
and
BIOL 160 - Introduction to Animal Biology 5 cr.
CHEM 100 - Chemistry for the Citizen 3 cr. or
CHEM 101 - Basic Chemistry 5 cr. or
PHYS 100 - Energy in Today’s World 3 cr. or
PHYS 101 - General Physics 5 cr.
FOR 335 - Recreational Use of Forests and Parks 3 cr.
NRES 301 - Foundations of Environmental Education I 3 cr.
NRES 302 - Foundations of Environmental Education II 3 cr.
NRES 368 - Oral Interpretation Methods 3 cr.
NRES 369 - Interpretive Media 4 cr.
NRES 383 - Organizational Leadership 3 cr.
NRES 389 - Methods in Social Science 3 cr.
NRES 478 - Environmental Issues Investigation and Action 3 cr.
NRES 482 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Practicum 12 cr.
NRES 483 - Professional Development in Natural Resource Management 1-3 cr. (1 credit is required for the major)
PHIL 380 - Environmental Ethics 3 cr.

Advanced biology and ecology, 6-8 credits

Flora, 3-4 credits from:

BIOL 335 - Mycology 4 cr.
BIOL 342 - Vascular Plant Taxonomy 4 cr.
BIOL 345 - Agrostology 2 cr.
BIOL 347 - Aquatic Vascular Plants 2 cr.
BIOL 353 - Ethnobotany 3 cr.
BIOL 355 - Plant Ecology 4 cr.
FOR 232 - Dendrology and Silvics 3 cr.

Fauna, 3-4 credits from:

BIOL 361 - Aquatic Invertebrate Zoology 3 cr.
BIOL 367 - General Entomology 4 cr.
BIOL 374 - Ichthyology 4 cr.
BIOL 376 - Herpetology 3 cr.
BIOL 377 - Ornithology 3 cr.
BIOL 378 - Mammalogy 3 cr.
BIOL 381 - Animal Physiology 4 cr.
WATR 384 - Life History of Fishes 3 cr.

Electives, 9 credits

Choose from the following (can include Flora and Fauna courses not taken for requirement above):

ADVE 150 - Introduction to Adventure Education 2 cr.
ADVE 225 - Wilderness First Responder 3 cr.
ASTR 311 - Introduction to Astronomy 3 cr.
BIOL 322 - Museum Methods 3 cr.
ENGL 347 - Grant and Proposal Writing 3 cr.
FOR 392 - Native American Forestry 3 cr. or
HIST 392 - Native American Forestry 3 cr.
GEOL 104 - Physical Geology 4 cr.
NRES 381 - Internship in Natural Resources 1-12 cr. (3 credits maximum)
NRES 441 - Climate Change Implications, Policies, and Solutions 3 cr.
THEA 160 - Introduction to Acting 3 cr.
WLDL 321 - Principles of Captive Wildlife Management 2 cr.
WLDL 322 - Techniques of Captive Wildlife Management 2 cr.

International Experience, a maximum of 3 credits

from the following (excluding NRES 475 ) :

Communication in the Major

NRES 368 - Oral Interpretation Methods 3 cr.
NRES 369 - Interpretive Media 4 cr.

Capstone Experience

NRES 482 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Practicum 12 cr.