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Resource Management: General, B.S.

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

The General option satisfies the Interdisciplinary Studies GEP requirement. For more information, see the GEP section of the Catalog.

Consists of 87-101 credits.

Resource Management Core

Natural Resources courses, 20 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

Choose one:

Summer Field Experience, 7 credits

European Summer Program, 8 credits

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

General, 48-59 credits

Natural Sciences, 19-29 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.
BIOL 305 - General Ecology 3 cr. or
FOR 332 - Forest Ecosystem Ecology 3 cr.
CHEM 101 - Basic Chemistry 5 cr. or
CHEM 105 - Fundamental Chemistry 5 cr.
and
CHEM 106 - Fundamental Chemistry 5 cr. or
PHYS 101 - General Physics 5 cr.

Take remaining 6 credits from the following

FOR 232 - Dendrology and Silvics 3 cr.
FOR 324 - Fire Management and Ecology 2 cr.
FOR 424 - Forest Pathology 3 cr.
FOR 432 - Silviculture 3 cr.
GEOG 260 - Introduction to Cartography: Map Conceptualization and Development 3 cr.
GEOG 310 - Biogeography 3 cr.
GEOG 320 - Urban Geography 3 cr.
GEOG 321 - Rural Geography 3 cr.
GEOG 341 - Geographic Information Systems I 3 cr.
GEOG 342 - GIS Database Design and Data Modeling 3 cr.
GEOG 343 - Geographic Information Systems II 3 cr.
GEOG 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr. or
NRES 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr.
GEOG 477 - Remote Sensing II 3 cr.
GEOL 104 - Physical Geology 4 cr.
GEOL 308 - Climate: Past, Present, and Future 3 cr. or
GEOG 308 - Climate: Past, Present, and Future 3 cr.
GEOL 312 - Geomorphology 3 cr. or
GEOG 312 - Geomorphology 3 cr.
GEOL 330 - Environmental Geology 3 cr.
GEOL 383 - Hydrogeology 3 cr.
NRES 458 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology 3 cr.
SOIL 361 - Forest Soils 3 cr.
SOIL 362 - Soil Genesis, Morphology, and Classification 3 cr.
SOIL 365 - Soil Quality Assessment and Soil Survey Interpretation 3 cr.
WATR 220 - Global Climate Change and Water Resources, 10th Century to Present 3 cr. or
NRES 220 - Global Climate Change and Water Resources, 10th Century to Present 3 cr.
WATR 324 - Invasive and Exotic Species 3 cr. or
NRES 324 - Invasive and Exotic Species 3 cr.
WATR 382 - Water and Wastewater Treatment 3 cr. or
PSEN 382 - Water and Wastewater Treatment 3 cr. or
WSTE 382 - Water and Wastewater Treatment 3 cr.
WATR 383 - Hydrogeology 3 cr.
WATR 384 - Life History of Fishes 3 cr.
WATR 388 - Aquatic Ecology 3 cr.
WATR 389 - Hydrology 3 cr.
WATR 390 - Water Chemistry and Analysis 4 cr.
WATR 420 - Stream Hydrology, Habitat, and Restoration 3 cr.
WATR 482 - Biological Assessment of Water Quality 3 cr.
WATR 483 - Fisheries Research 3 cr.
WATR 484 - Fisheries Management 3 cr.
WLDL 350 - Wildlife Management Techniques 3 cr.
WLDL 372 - Wildlife of North America 3 cr.
WLDL 451 - Management of Wildlife Habitat 4 cr.
WLDL 458 - Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology 3 cr.

Analysis, 5-6 credits

MATH 355 - Elementary Statistical Methods 4 cr. or
FOR 321 - Forest Biometry 4 cr. or
SOC 390 - Basic Statistical Methods for Social Sciences 3 cr. or
PSYC 300 - Statistics for Psychologists 4 cr.
GEOG 241 - Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems 2 cr.

Economics, 6 credits

ECON 111 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 cr. or
NRES 372 - Resource Economics 3 cr.
ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 cr.

Institutions, 6 credits

POLI 202 - American Policymaking 3 cr. or
POLI 314 - Public Policy Issues 3 cr.
NRES 473 - Resource Policy and Law 3 cr. or
POLI 304 - Environmental Politics 3 cr.

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.
ACCT 210 - Introductory Financial Accounting 3 cr.
ACCT 211 - Introductory Managerial Accounting 3 cr.
ACCT 390 - Ethics in Accounting and Business 3 cr. or
BUS 390 - Ethics in Business 3 cr.
BUS 320 - Principles of Management 3 cr.
BUS 322 - Business Leadership for Managers 3 cr.
BUS 326 - Organizational Theory 3 cr.
BUS 340 - Business Law & Ethics 3 cr.
ECON 311 - Public Economics 3 cr.
ECON 315 - Business and Government 3 cr.
ECON 342 - Ecological Economics 3 cr.
ECON 362 - Economic Development 3 cr.
ECON 365 - International Economics 3 cr.
FOR 334 - Forest Recreation and Tourism 3 cr.
FOR 392 - Native American Forestry 3 cr.
GEOG 115 - World Regional Geography 3 cr.
GEOG 120 - Human Geography 3 cr.
HIST 204 - Modern Global Environmental History 3 cr.
HIST 280 - American Environmental History 3 cr.
HIST 380 - U.S. Environmental Politics, 1900 to Present 3 cr.
NRES 200 - Introduction to Sustainability Science 3 cr.
NRES 341 - Introduction to Sustainable Energy Policy 3 cr
NRES 441 - Climate Change Implications, Policies, and Solutions 3 cr.
NRES 442 - Sustainable Energy: Resources, Technologies, and Policies 3 cr.
NRES 443 - Sustainable Social-Ecological Systems 3 cr.
NRES 365 - Environmental Policy 3 cr.
NRES 478 - Environmental Issues Investigation and Action 3 cr.
PHIL 350 - Feminist Philosophy 3 cr.
PHIL 351 - Ecofeminism 3 cr.
PHIL 380 - Environmental Ethics 3 cr.
PHIL 381 - American Indian Environmental Philosophies 3 cr.
POLI 101 - American Politics 3 cr.
POLI 160 - Comparative Politics 3 cr.
POLI 180 - International Relations 3 cr.
POLI 300 - Analyzing Politics 3 cr.
POLI 212 - Law and Legal Systems 3 cr.
POLI 242 - State and Local Government 3 cr.
POLI 250 - Public Administration 3 cr.
POLI 305 - International Environmental Politics 3 cr.
POLI 330 - Constitutional Law 3 cr.
POLI 335 - Law and Society 3 cr.
POLI 341 - Urban Politics 3 cr.
POLI 397 - Methods of Policy Analysis 3 cr.
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology 3 cr.
SOC 270 - Minority Groups 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.

Communication in the Major

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

FOR 329 - Harvesting Systems 2 cr.
FOR 432 - Silviculture 3 cr.
FOR 444 - Urban 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 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.
and
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 a 3 credit capstone course from one of the CNR disciplines:

FOR 432 - Silviculture 3 cr.
FOR 444 - Urban 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.