Resource Management: Sustainability Option, BS

Sustainability Core Courses, 35-36 credits

• BIOL 101 - General Biology Credits: 5 or
• CHEM 101 - Basic Chemistry Credits: 5 or
• PHYS 101 - General Physics Credits: 5

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• COMM 394 - Business and Professional Communication Credits: 3 or
• ENGL 347 - Grant and Proposal Writing Credits: 3

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• ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3 or
• ECON 111 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3

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• GEOG 100 - Human Impacts on the Physical Environment Credits: 3 or
• GEOG 105 - The Dynamic Earth Credits: 3 or
• NRES 251 - Introduction to Soil and Water Resources Credits: 4

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• HIST 204 - Modern Global Environmental History Credits: 3
• NRES 150 - People, Resources and the Biosphere Credits: 3

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• NRES 151 - Ecological Basis for Natural Resource Management Credits: 3 or
• BIOL 305 - General Ecology Credits: 3

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• NRES 200 - Introduction to Sustainable Communities Credits: 3

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• NRES 220 - Global Climate Change and Water Resources, 10th Century to Present Credits: 3 or
• WATR 220 - Global Climate Change and Water Resources, 10th Century to Present Credits: 3

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• POLI 304 - Environmental Politics and Policy Credits: 3
• PHIL 380 - Environmental Ethics Credits: 3

Analytical Skills, 7 credits

• FOR 321 - Natural Resources Data Analysis Credits: 4 or
• MATH 255 - Elementary Statistical Methods Credits: 4 or
• PSYC 300 - Statistics for Psychologists Credits: 4 or
• SOC 351 - Social Statistics Credits: 4

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• GEOG 341 - Geographic Information Systems I Credits: 3

Sophomore/Junior Experiential, 3-4 credits

• NRES 443 - Sustainable Social-Ecological Systems Credits: 3 or
• INTL 310 - International Service Learning Credits: 1-6

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.

Other Requirements, 6 credits

• GEOG 330 - Urban and Regional Planning Analysis Credits: 3 or
• NRES 320 - Natural Resources Communication and Public Relations Credits: 3 or
• PHIL 480 - Advanced Environmental Ethics Credits: 3

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• FOR 444 - Urban and Community Forestry Credits: 3 (if not taken above) or
• GEOG 496 - Community Development Practices Credits: 3 or
• NRES 482 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Practicum Credits: 12