College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences

Department of Natural Resource Sciences

Minors in NRS

Natural Resources

Minimum of 16 credit hours of courses approved by department. For non-natural resource sciences majors only.
Required courses: at least 9 credit hours of NATRS courses, as least 9 credit hours of courses numbered 300 or higher, and at least one course in each of the following areas (three courses total); individual courses may be used to satisfy only one area:

  1. Basic principles of natural resource sciences/management: recommended electives: NATRS 100 and 303; others upon departmental approval;
  2. Socioeconomic aspects of natural resource sciences/management: recommended electives: NATRS 303, 311, 312, 403, 419, 438; others upon departmental approval;
  3. Ecological aspects of natural resource sciences/management: recommended electives: NATRS 280, 301, 302, 303, 419, 450, 460, 470; others upon departmental approval.

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Minimum of 20-23 credit hours.
Required courses: NATRS 455, 460, 468 and SoilS 201. One from NATRS 459 or Biol 462. One from NATRS 428, 430 or ES/RP 444. One from A S 101 or 174.

Wildlife

Minimum of 19 credit hours.
Required courses: NATRS 280, 435.
Restricted electives: at least 11 credit hours from NATRS 431, 436, 450, 460 no more than one from Biol 423, 428, 432.

 

GER Course Requriements

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