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 93-105 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.

Environmental Education and Interpretation, 63-72 credits

Required, 42-49 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.
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 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. (3 credits is required for the major)

Complete 1 of the 2 tracks below:

1. Environmental Education and Interpretation, 21-23 credits

Required, 6 credits

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. (max 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.

A maximum of 3 credits of international experience

(excluding NRES 475 ) from the following:

2. Wildlife Education, 22 credits

Required, 13 credits

BIOL 305 - General Ecology 3 cr.
MATH 355 - Elementary Statistical Methods 4 cr.
NRES 458 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology 3 cr.
WLDL 372 - Wildlife of North America 3 cr.

Advanced biology and ecology, 9 credits

3-6 credits from:

BIOL 361 - Aquatic Invertebrate Zoology 3 cr. or
WATR 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.
WLDL 305 - Selected Topics in Wildlife Ecology and Management 1-3 cr.
WLDL 450 - Human Dimensions of Wildlife 3 cr.

Electives, 3-6 credits

BIOL 322 - Museum Methods 3 cr.
BIOL 342 - Vascular Plant Taxonomy 4 cr.
BIOL 345 - Agrostology 2 cr.
BIOL 353 - Ethnobotany 3 cr.
BIOL 355 - Plant Ecology 4 cr.
FOR 232 - Dendrology and Silvics 3 cr.
NRES 381 - Internship in Natural Resources 1-12 cr.
WATR 360 - Wetlands Ecology and Management 3 cr.
WLDL 360 - Wetlands Ecology and Management 3 cr.

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.