Resource Management: Environmental Science and Management, B.S.

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

The Environmental Science and Management (ESM) option satisfies the Interdisciplinary Studies GEP requirement. For more information, see the GEP section of the Catalog.

Consists of 88-100 credits.

Resource Management Core, 27-28 credits

Natural Resources courses, 17 credits

Geography, 3 credits

GEOG 100 - Human Impacts on the Physical Environment 3 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 Science and Management (ESM) Core, 31-41 credits

Natural Sciences, 22-32 credits

Social Sciences, 9 credits

Take credits from two or more of the following disciplines:

ANTH 110 - Cultural Anthropology 3 cr.
ANTH 339 - Native Cultures of North America 3 cr.
ANTH 372 - Environmental Anthropology 3 cr.
BUS 320 - Principles of Management 3 cr.
BUS 322 - Business Leadership for Managers 3 cr.
ECON 315 - Business and Government 3 cr.
ECON 342 - Ecological Economics 3 cr.
FOR 334 - Forest Recreation and Tourism 3 cr.
HIST 279 - Environmental Justice 3 cr.
HIST 280 - American Environmental History 3 cr.
NRES 383 - Organizational Leadership 3 cr.
NRES 389 - Methods in Social Science 3 cr.
NRES 441 - Climate Change Implications, Policies, and Solutions 3 cr.
NRES 478 - Environmental Issues Investigation and Action 3 cr.
PHIL 380 - Environmental Ethics 3 cr.
PHIL 381 - American Indian Environmental Philosophies 3 cr.
POLI 250 - Public Administration 3 cr.
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology 3 cr.
SOC 270 - Race and Ethnicity 3 cr.
SOC 320 - Sociology of Gender 3 cr.
SOC 327 - Social Inequality 3 cr.
SOC 355 - Environmental Sociology 3 cr.
SOC 356 - Urban Sociology 3 cr.
WLDL 450 - Human Dimensions of Wildlife 3 cr.

Analysis, 9-10 credits

ECON 111 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 cr. or
NRES 372 - Resource Economics 3 cr.
FOR 321 - Natural Resources Data Analysis 4 cr. or
MATH 255 - Elementary Statistical Methods 4 cr. or
PSYC 300 - Statistics for Psychologists 4 cr. or
SOC 390 - Basic Statistical Methods for Social Sciences 3 cr.
GEOG 341 - Geographic Information Systems I 3 cr.

Policy and Governance, 6 credits

Take 6 credits from the following:

NRES 341 - Introduction to Sustainable Energy Policy 3 cr
NRES 365 - Environmental Policy 3 cr.
NRES 441 - Climate Change Implications, Policies, and Solutions 3 cr.
NRES 442 - Sustainable Energy: Resources, Technologies, and Policies 3 cr.
NRES 473 - Resource Policy and Law 3 cr. or
POLI 304 - Environmental Politics and Policy 3 cr.
NRES 474 - Integrated Resource Management 3 cr.
POLI 202 - American Policymaking 3 cr.
POLI 242 - State and Local Government 3 cr.
POLI 338 - Environmental Law and Regulation 3 cr. or
POLI 450 - Law, Policy, and Regulation 3 cr.
POLI 397 - Methods of Policy Analysis 3 cr.

Electives, 6 credits

Take any 300- or 400-level courses from College of Natural Resources disciplines.

Communication in the Major

Take 6 credits of Communication in the Major from one of the CNR disciplines:

FOR 432 - Silviculture 3 cr.
FOR 444 - Urban and Community Forestry 3 cr.
FOR 485 - Forest Recreation Planning and Site Design 3 cr.
NRES 320 - Natural Resources Public Relations and Social Science 3 cr.
NRES 365 - Environmental Policy 3 cr.
NRES 368 - Oral Interpretation Methods 3 cr.
NRES 369 - Interpretive Media 4 cr.
NRES 459 - Ecosystem Management and Restoration 3 cr.
NRES 474 - Integrated Resource Management 3 cr.
SOIL 461 - Soil Management for Resource Sustainability 3 cr.
SOIL 484 - Environmental Microbiology 4 cr. or
WSTE 484 - Environmental Microbiology 4 cr.
WATR 390 - Water Chemistry and Analysis 4 cr.
WATR 483 - Fisheries Research 3 cr.
WATR 484 - Fisheries Management 3 cr.
WATR 493 - Advanced Hydrologic Analysis 3 cr.
WLDL 350 - Wildlife Management Techniques 3 cr.
WLDL 451 - Management of Wildlife Habitat 4 cr.

Capstone Experience

Take one of the following capstone courses from one of the CNR disciplines:

FOR 432 - Silviculture 3 cr.
FOR 444 - Urban and Community Forestry 3 cr.
FOR 485 - Forest Recreation Planning and Site Design 3 cr.
NRES 455 - Advanced Fire Ecology 3 cr.
NRES 459 - Ecosystem Management and Restoration 3 cr.
SOIL 461 - Soil Management for Resource Sustainability 3 cr.
WATR 484 - Fisheries Management 3 cr.
WATR 493 - Advanced Hydrologic Analysis 3 cr.
WLDL 451 - Management of Wildlife Habitat 4 cr.
WSTE 481 - Wastewater Treatment II 2 cr.