Natural Resource Management

Natural Resource Management

2009 Curriculum, recommended second major or minor(s): Geography or Biology double major, or double minor in both Biology and Geography.

2010 Curriculum, recommended emphasis: Both emphases work well with this specialty.

Specially recommended courses:

Biology

• 230: Biology of Animals
• 231: Biology of Plants and Microbes
• 325: Field Ecology
• 326: Limnology
• 330: Ichthyology
• 332: Entomology
• 367: Field Ornithology
• 376: Population and Community Ecology
• 386: Ecosystems Ecology

Environmental Studies

• 345: History of American Wilderness

Geography

• 314: Environmental Conservation
• 414: Natural Resource Management
• 471: Geographic Information Systems

Geology

• 365: Hydrogeology
• 370: Field Hydrogeology I

History

• 342: U.S. Environmental History

Urban and Regional Studies

• 317: Land Use Regulations

Skills: communication skills; research; critical thinking.

Experiences: internships with land conservancies; volunteer water monitoring; DNR training in wildlife tracking; summer internship/job with the DNR or U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; summer internship with SCA; etc.