Curriculum
The Integrated Natural Resources Option of MNR covers a breadth of natural resource science and management subjects. The program provides knowledge and skills to support holistic, integrated approaches to careers in natural resources. The Integrated Natural Resources Option of the MNR consists of 30 semester credits (at least 6-7 credits from each of three MNR program categories - Ecology and Management; Policy, Planning, and Society; and Tools and Technology - plus 7 elective courses and 2 credits for a final project). Up to 12 semester credits can be transferred into the program from other institutions. Coursework must include a minimum of 18 credits numbered 500 or above.
6-7 credit hours from each of the three MNR program categories:
BE 450 Environmental Hydrology (3 credits)
ENVS 501 Seminar (1 credit)
FISH 415 Limnology (4 credits)
FISH 515 Large River Fisheries (2 credits)
FISH 525 Aquaculture in Relation to Wild Fish Populations (2 credits)
FISH 526 Climate Effects and Conservation Management (2 credits)
FISH 540 Wetland Restoration (3 Credits)
FOR 501 Seminar (1 credit)
FOR 526 Fire Ecology (3 credits)
REM 440 Wildland Restoration Ecology (3 credits)
REM 456 Integrated Rangeland Management (3 credits)
REM 459 Rangeland Ecology (3 credits)
REM 507 Landscape and Habitat Dynamics (3 credits)
WLF 440 Conservation Biology (3 credits)
WLF 506 External Speakers (1 credit)
ENVS 520 Introduction to Bioregional Planning (3 credits)
ENVS 523 Planning Sustainable Places (3 credits)
ENVS 530 Planning Theory and Process (3 credits)
ENVS/FS 536 Principles of Sustainability (3 credits)
ENVS 551 Research Methods in the Environmental Social Sciences (3 credits)
ENVS 552 Environmental Philosophy (3 credits)
ENVS 577 Law, Ethics, and the Environment (3 credits)
ENVS 579 Introduction to Environmental Regulations (3 credits)
FOR 546 Science Synthesis and Communication (3 credits)
FOR 454/554 Air Quality, Pollution, and Smoke (3 credits)
FOR 584 Natural Resource Policy Development (3 credits)
FOR 587 Wildland Fire Policy (2 credits)
NRS 501 Seminar (1 credit)
NRS 507 Moral Reasoning in Natural Resources (3 credits)
NRS 555 Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (3 credits)
NRS 574 Environmental Politics and Policy (3 credits)
NRS 576 Environmental Project Management and Decision Making (2 credits)
SOIL 544 Water Quality in the Pacific Northwest (3 credits)
FOR 451 Fuels Inventory and Management (2 credits)
FOR 554 Air Quality, Pollution, and Smoke (3 credits)
GEOG 524 Hydrologic Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing (3 credits)
NRS 578 LIDAR and Optical Remote Sensing Analysis (3 credits)
NRS 580 Restoration Ecology Practicum (2 credits)
NRS 592 Emerging Media Outreach in Natural Resources (3 credits)
REM 407/510 GIS Application in Fire Ecology and Management (2 credits)
REM 507 Landscape and Habitat Dynamics (3 credits)
REM 520 Advanced Vegetation Measurement and Monitoring (3 credits)
SOIL 544 Water Quality in the Pacific Northwest (3 credits)
WLF 540 Conservation Genetics (1-3 credits)
WLF 561 Landscape Genetics (2 credits)
Additional credits of elective courses from the MNR curriculum to achieve 30 total credits.
2 credits of non-thesis (NR 599) Final Project.
The final project can either be a project developed by the advisor and the student working together, which is presented to the MNR faculty the final semester, or a comprehensive portfolio.
Notes:
REM 507 Landscape and Habitat Dynamics can be used to contribute to either the Ecology and Management requirement -OR- the Tools and Technology requirement (but not both).
FOR 554 Air Quality, Pollution, and Smoke can be used to contribute to either the Policy, Planning, and Society requirement -OR- the Tools and Technology requirement (but not both).
All available course offerings can be viewed in the course catalog.