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Natural Resources Minor
B.A., B.A.A., B.S., B.S. in B.A. degrees

In most cases, the Natural Resources Minor (NRM) is utilized to strengthen a major. Students who expect to pursue a career in one of the fields of natural resources (forestry, wildlife and fisheries ecology and management, water quality, soils, geology, etc.) may wish to consult a natural resources advisor about a major in the chosen field before selecting the minor.

Required Courses:
BIO 240 (3) Conservation of Natural Resources 
OR GEO 330 (3) Resource Perception and Utilization
BIO 340 (3) Ecology

Three (3) one-credit hour biology conservation courses, BIO 361, 362, 363, or 364, selected in consultation with a natural resources advisor or BIO 558 (2) Natural Resources Management plus one (l ) of the one-credit hour biology conservation courses selected in consultation with a natural resources advisor.

If the student is a biology major, 14 semester hours must be selected from the following courses; otherwise 10 semester hours will suffice.
ESC 105 (3) Physical Geography
ESC 201 (4) Weather
ESC 205 (3) Oceanography
ESC 210 (3) Landforms
ESC 305 (3) Oceanography: Economic and Environmental
ESC 330 (3) Biogeography
ESC 340 (3) Micrometeorology
ESC 346 (3) Air Pollution
ESC 350 (3) Environmental Catastrophes
GEL 101 (3) Physical Geology
GEL 102 (1) Physical Geology Laboratory
GEL 105 (3) Environmental Geology
GEL 203 (3) Geology of the National Parks
GEL 304 (3) Energy Resources
GEL 310 (4) Introductory Mineralogy
GEL 320 (3) Rocks
GEL 402 (3) Environmental Geochemistry
GEO 120 (3) Environmental Geography
GEO 305 (3) Remote Sensing of the Environment
GEO 315 (3) Food and Agriculture
GEO 320 (3) Population Geography
GEO 506 (3) Applications in Remote Sensing of the Environment
GEO 530 (3) Land Use Planning
The remaining semester hours, to make a total of 24, should
be selected from the following:
BIO 229 (3) Nature Study
BIO 306 (3) Natural History of Vertebrates
BIO 334 (3) Soil Science
BIO 338 (3) Human Ecology
BIO 526 (3) Limnology
BIO 559 (3) Field Botany
BIO 594 (2) Advances in Conservation

Total: 24 semester hours
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