Natural Resources and the Environment
An interdisciplinary major that integrates coursework in forest ecosystems and geology with other environmental topics.
Eleven and one-half courses required
- EnSt 200: Intro to Environmental Studies
- Forestry 121: Intro to Forestry
- Geology 121: Physical Geology
- Biol 130: Field Investigations in Biology or a Biology laboratory course
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Four of the following:
- Fors 211: Dendrology
- Fors 262: Forest and Watershed Restoration
- Fors 303: Soils
- Fors 305: Forest Ecology
- Fors 312: Silviculture
- Fors 319: Natural Resource Management Decisions
- Geol 215: Economic Geological Resources
- Geol 221: Mineralogy
- Geol 222: Historical Geology
- Geol 225: Sedimentology
- Geol 314: Hydrology
- Geol 325: Field and Structural Geology
- Two additional courses (Forestry, Geology, or other) from the Environmental Studies catalog list
- Fors/Geol 332: Junior Presentations (half-course)
- Fors/Geol 432: Senior Interdisciplinary Field Project (full course) (Capstone)
Required for B.S. (but not for B.A.) in Natural Resources
- Two laboratory science courses (not Fors or Geol) (Chemistry recommended)
- Two other math or science courses (not Fors or Geol)
