Program Curriculum

Students will complete a minimum of 35 credits composed of the following:

• 15 credits in the student’s focused science curriculum
• 12 credits of professional skills courses
• 3 credits of internship with an area employer
• 3 credit elective science skills course
• 2 credits of non-thesis research experience and seminar 

Science Curriculum (15 credits):

Climate Change
BAE 504 Northwest Climate and Water Resources Change	3 cr.
GEOG 401 Climatology	3 cr.
GEOG 410 Applied Meteorology and Climatology	3 cr.
GEOG 420 Land, Resources and the Environment	3 cr.
GEOG 455 Societal Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change	3 cr.
FOR 462 Watershed Science and Management	3 cr.
BIOP 520 Bioregional Planning Theory and Practice	3 cr.
SOIL 527 Sustainable Mangement of Natural Systems	3 cr.
CSS 510 Communications Theory in Natural Resource Management	3 cr.
GEOG 501 Seminar	3 cr.