Resource Management: Sustainability, B.S.

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

Consists of 96-98 credits.

Sustainability Core Courses, 35-36 credits

BIOL 101 - General Biology 5 cr. or
CHEM 101 - Basic Chemistry 5 cr. or
PHYS 101 - General Physics 5 cr.
COMM 240 - Introduction to Organizational Communication 3 cr. or
COMM 394 - Business and Professional Communication 3 cr. or
ENGL 347 - Grant and Proposal Writing 3 cr.
ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 cr. or
ECON 111 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 cr.
GEOG 100 - Human Impacts on the Physical Environment 3 cr. or
GEOG 105 - The Dynamic Earth 3 cr. or
NRES 251 - Introduction to Soil and Water Resources 4 cr.
HIST 204 - Modern Global Environmental History 3 cr.
NRES 150 - People, Resources and the Biosphere 3 cr.
NRES 151 - Ecological Basis for Natural Resource Management 3 cr. or
BIOL 305 - General Ecology 3 cr.
NRES 200 - Introduction to Community Sustainability Science 3 cr.
NRES 220 - Global Climate Change and Water Resources, 10th Century to Present 3 cr. or
WATR 220 - Global Climate Change and Water Resources, 10th Century to Present 3 cr.
POLI 304 - Environmental Politics and Policy 3 cr.
PHIL 380 - Environmental Ethics 3 cr.

Analytical Skills, 7 credits

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 351 - Social Statistics 4 cr.
GEOG 341 - Geographic Information Systems I 3 cr.

Sophomore/Junior Experiential, 3-4 credits

NRES 443 - Sustainable Social-Ecological Systems 3 cr. or
INTL 310 - International Service Learning 1-6 cr.

Foundational Sustainability Studies, 45 credits

Take at least 2 courses from each of the following four categories (economic, environment, social, institutional/governance). The remaining credits can be taken from any category. Courses taken as part of the core do not count in the foundational category.

Institutional and Governance

Communication in the Major, 6 credits

Capstone Experience, 3 credits

FOR 444 - Urban and Community Forestry 3 cr. or
GEOG 496 - Community Development Practices 3 cr. or
NRES 482 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Practicum 12 cr.