4-year Degree
This interdisciplinary program offers a broad approach to natural resource policy and management, providing students a wide-range of specializations including:
- Land and Water Resource Policy and Management
- ecosystem-based watershed management
- wetlands policy and management
- coastal and marine policy and resource management
- sustainable agriculture and food production systems
- International Environmental and Natural Resource Policy and Sustainable Development
- Environmental Education, Communication, Public Participation and Leadership
- Conservation Biology
A first semester freshman course, "Professional Perspectives in Natural Resource," introduces the department's disciplines and discusses the need for an integrated approach to resource stewardship. A senior capstone course gives students firsthand experience working with multidisciplinary teams to develop land management plans or create integrated strategies for dealing with complex natural resource issues.
