Resource Management: Natural Resource Planning Option, B.S.

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

Consists of 56-67 credits.

The Resource Management Major: Natural Resources Planning option satisfies the Interdisciplinary Studies GEP requirement. For more information, see the GEP section of the Catalog.

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.

Natural Science, 10-20 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 101 - Basic Chemistry 5 cr. or
CHEM 105 - Fundamental Chemistry 5 cr. and
CHEM 106 - Fundamental Chemistry 5 cr.
or
CHEM 117 - General Chemistry Principles 5 cr.

Analysis, 9-10 credits

GEOG 341 - Geographic Information Systems I 3 cr.
MATH 355 - Elementary Statistical Methods 4 cr. or
SOC 390 - Basic Statistical Methods for Social Sciences 3 cr. or
PSYC 300 - Statistics for Psychologists 4 cr.
ECON 111 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 cr. or
NRES 372 - Resource Economics 3 cr.

Governance, 3 credits

Choose from:

NRES 473 - Resource Policy and Law 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 304 - Environmental Politics 3 cr.
POLI 341 - Urban Politics 3 cr.
SOC 300 - The American Community 2 or 3 cr.
SOC 356 - Urban Sociology 3 cr.

Required Introductory Course, 3 credits

NRES 200 - Introduction to Sustainability Science 3 cr.

Complete 2 of the 3 tracks below:

Land Use Planning, 12 credits

Take all of the following courses, 9 credits:

Electives, 3 credits

Choose from:

FOR 385 - Applied Landscape Architecture 3 cr.
GEOG 331 - Planning Theory and Ethics 3 cr.
GEOG 496 - Community Development Practices 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 341 - Urban Politics 3 cr.
POLI 356 - Government Finance 3 cr.
POLI 358 - Public Budgets 3 cr.
NOTE: Courses can’t satisfy elective credits for multiple tracks or for the Governance core simultaneously.

Conservation Planning, 12 credits

Take all of the following courses, 9 credits

Electives, 3 credits

Choose from:

BIOL 305 - General Ecology 3 cr.
FOR 334 - Forest Recreation and Tourism 3 cr.
NRES 324 - Invasive and Exotic Species 3 cr. or
WATR 324 - Invasive and Exotic Species 3 cr.
NRES 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr. or
GEOG 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr.
NRES 457 - Ecological Monitoring 3 cr.
NRES 458 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology 3 cr.
POLI 304 - Environmental Politics 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 388 - Aquatic Ecology 3 cr.
WATR 389 - Hydrology 3 cr.
NOTE: Courses can’t satisfy elective credits for multiple tracks or for the Governance core simultaneously.

Social and Policy Sciences, 12 credits

Take all of the following courses, 9 credits:

HIST 280 - American Environmental History 3 cr.
NRES 365 - Environmental Policy 3 cr.
POLI 397 - Methods of Policy Analysis 3 cr.

Electives, 3 credits

Choose from:

ECON 342 - Ecological Economics 3 cr.
HIST 380 - U.S. Environmental Politics, 1900 to Present 3 cr.
HIST 389 - Food and Environment 3 cr. or
POLI 389 - Food and Environment 3 cr.
NRES 473 - Resource Policy and Law 3 cr.
PHIL 351 - Ecofeminism 3 cr.
PHIL 380 - Environmental Ethics 3 cr.
PHIL 381 - American Indian Environmental Philosophies 3 cr.
POLI 202 - American Policymaking 3 cr.
POLI 304 - Environmental Politics 3 cr.
POLI 308 - Public Opinion 3 cr.
POLI 314 - Public Policy Issues 3 cr.
POLI 320 - Legislative Process 3 cr.
NOTE: Courses can’t satisfy elective credits for multiple tracks or for the Governance core simultaneously.

Professional Experience

At least 4 credits of:

NRES 381 - Internship in Natural Resources 1-12 cr.

Communication in the Major

(Counted in Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Mangement (HDNRM) requirements)

Capstone Experience

NRES 489 - Applied Natural Resources Planning 3 cr.