Resource Recreation & Tourism (B.S.) Degree Program
The resource recreation and tourism degree program is a good fit for you if you care about the environment and want to have a career outdoors. This degree will uniquely prepare you for careers in management, planning and public involvement through undergraduate service-learning research projects in real-life communities. Recreation and tourism now comprise the largest, and one of the most dynamic industries in the world. Career possibilities are broad and embrace dozens of different professions.
With a CNR degree in resource recreation and tourism, you may:
- Work for government agencies, private business or nonprofit organizations
- Protect the earth's special places and heighten our experience of those places
- Influence human behavior to achieve a broad array of environmental goals
- Explore the people side of conservation and environmental issues facing the world today
- Educate others about environmental sustainability
One of only four undergraduate programs in the U.S., this University of Idaho College of Natural Resources program focuses exclusively on the human dimensions of natural resources and environmental issues facing the world today. We offer extensive field courses that include traveling in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming and a backpacking trip in the Yellowstone National Park backcountry. Our program will expose you to agency personnel to see firsthand how conservation programs are managed.
Moscow, Idaho, is the ideal base camp for anyone who loves nature and adventure. We are just minutes away from world-class fishing, hiking, camping, hunting, white-water rafting, kayaking, rock climbing, skiing and snowboarding. This is such a beautiful place; it’s both relaxing and fun. Spend your college years and career exploring the outdoors, the mountains, fields, rivers and lakes. There’s no better place to prepare for a career studying and preserving the great outdoors than the University of Idaho’s College of Natural Resources.