Environmental Science and Technology: Natural Resources Management (ENST)
The Major
The goal of the Natural Resources Management Program is to
teach students concepts of the environmentally sound use and management of
natural resources. Ecosystems and human societies are linked in complex cycles
and relationships between vegetation and wildlife, forests and cities,
conservation and development. By learning to participate effectively within
these cycles, we will help sustain a harmonious relationship between the environment
and human activities. This concentration provides students with the knowledge
and skills they need to work in such positions as wildlife biologists,
environmental consultants, wetland scientists, forest managers, fisheries
biologists, aquatic biologists, and nature interpreters.
Requirements for the Major
This program
requires a total of 120 credits for a Bachelor of Science, including:
69-71 required major credits;
12 Resource Management and Science
elective credits;
7-9 free elective credits;
and
30 credits for CORE [including Introduction to Writing (3),
Professional Writing (3), Humanities and Arts (9), Social Sciences and History
(9), and Human Cultural Diversity (3). CORE Sciences and Mathematics (9) are
satisfied by major required courses. CORE Advanced Studies are satisfied by
ENST 471 Capstone Practicum (4) and a non-ENST 300- or 400-level course (3)].
Science and Math Fundamentals
Required (56-58 credits):
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ENST 200
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Fundamentals of Soil Science
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4
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ENST 233
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Introduction to Environmental Health
|
3
|
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ENST 360
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Ecosystem Ecology
|
4
|
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ENST 389
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Internship in Environmental Science & Technology
|
3
|
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ENST 398
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Seminar in Environmental Science & Technology
|
1
|
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ENST 471
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Capstone Practicum in Environmental Science &
Technology
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4
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BSCI 105
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Principles of Biology I
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4
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BSCI 106
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Principles of Biology II
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4
|
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BSCI 223
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General Microbiology
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4
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CHEM 131/132
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Fund. General Chemistry & Lab
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4
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CHEM 231/232
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Organic Chemistry I & Lab
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4
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MATH 140 or
MATH 220
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Calculus I or
Elementary Calculus I
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3-4
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PHYS 121 or
PHYS 117
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Fundamentals of Physics I or
Introduction to Physics
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4
|
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BIOM 301
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Introduction
to Biometrics
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3
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GEOL 100/110 or
GEOG 201/211
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Physical Geology & Lab or
Geography of Environmental Systems & Lab
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4
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GEOG 340 or
GEOL 340
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Geomorphology or
Geomorphology
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3-4
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Resource Economics (7 credits):
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AREC 240
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Introduction to Economics and the Environment
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4
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AREC 332 or
ENST 410
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Introduction to Natural Resources Policy or
Ecological Economics
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3
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Government and Politics (3 credits):
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GVPT 273
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Introduction to Environmental Politics
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3
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Sociology (3 credits):
| SOCY 305
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Scarcity and Modern Society |
3
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Resource Management and Science Electives
Students
will take approximately 6 credits each of Resource Management and Resource
Science electives to tailor their program to their specific interests for a total of 12 credits. Resource Management electives cannot be double-counted as Resource
Science Electives, and vice-versa. This
is not an exhaustive list of electives; other science and management courses
can be substituted with advisor approval.
Resource Management Electives (6
credits):
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ANSC 453
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Animal
Welfare and Bioethics
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3
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ANTH 450
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Theory and
Practice of Environmental Anthropology
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3
|
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AREC 365
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World
Hunger, Population, and Food Supplies
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3
|
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AREC 445
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Ag.
Development, Population Growth and the Environment
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3
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BSCI
363
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The
Biology of Conservation and Extinction
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3
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BSCI
366
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Biodiversity
Issues in Conservation Management
|
3
|
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ECON
315
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Economic
Development of Underdeveloped Areas
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3
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ENST
314**
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Fisheries Sustainability and Management
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3
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ENST
405
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Energy
and Environment
|
3
|
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ENST
434
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Soil-Water
Pollution
|
3
|
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ENST
440
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Crops,
Soils and Civilization
|
3
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ENST
441
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Sustainable
Agriculture
|
3
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ENST
444
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Restoration
Ecology
|
3
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ENST
460
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Principles
of Wildlife Management
|
3
|
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ENST 461
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Urban Wildlife Management
|
3
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ENST
462
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Field
Techniques in Wildlife Management
|
2
|
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ENST
479
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Tropical
Ecology and Resource Management
|
3
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GEOG 372
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Remote Sensing
|
3
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GEOG 373
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Geographic Information Systems
|
3
|
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GEOG
472
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Remote
Sensing: Digital Processing and Analysis
|
3
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GEOG
473
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Geographic
Information Systems and Spatial Analysis
|
3
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GEOL
437
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Global
Climate Change: Past and Present
|
3
|
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LARC 450
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Environmental Resources
|
3
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LARC 451***
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Sustainable Communities
|
1-6
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Resource Science Electives (6 credits):
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ANSC 252
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Introduction
to the Diseases of Wildlife
|
3
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ANSC 452
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Avian
Physiology
|
3
|
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BSCI
360
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Principles
of Animal Behavior
|
3
|
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BSCI
362
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Ecology
of Marsh and Dune Vegetation
|
2
|
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BSCI
373
|
Natural
History of the Chesapeake Bay
|
3
|
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BSCI
374
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Chesapeake Bay Laboratory
|
2
|
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BSCI
375
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Biological
Oceanography
|
3
|
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BSCI
440
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Mammalian
Physiology
|
4
|
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BSCI
441
|
Mammalian
Physiology Laboratory
|
2
|
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BSCI
442
|
Plant
Physiology
|
4
|
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BSCI
462
|
Population
Ecology
|
3
|
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BSCI
463
|
Laboratory
and Field Ecology
|
2
|
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BSCI
464
|
Microbial
Ecology
|
3
|
|
BSCI
467
|
Freshwater
Biology
|
4
|
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BSCI
473
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Marine
Ecology
|
3
|
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BSCI
481
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Insect
Diversity and Classification
|
4
|
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BSCI
493
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Medicinal
and Poisonous Plants
|
3
|
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ENST
308
|
Field
Soil Morphology
|
1-2
|
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ENST
414
|
Soil
Morphology, Genesis and Classification
|
4
|
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ENST
421
|
Soil
Chemistry
|
4
|
|
ENST
422
|
Soil Biochemistry and Microbial Ecology
|
3
|
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ENST 430
|
Wetland
Soils
|
3
|
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ENST
450
|
Wetland
Ecology
|
3
|
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ENST
451
|
Water
Quality: Field and Lab Analysis Methods
|
3
|
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GEOG
345
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Introduction
to Climatology
|
3
|
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GEOG 440
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Advanced
Geomorphology
|
3
|
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GEOL
444
|
Low
Temperature Geochemistry
|
4
|
|
GEOL
451
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Groundwater
|
3
|
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GEOL
452
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Watershed
and Wetland Hydrology
|
3
|
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PLSC
453
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Weed
Science
|
3
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***Must
take at least one other additional course, 6 credits of LARC 451 does not
fulfill requirement.
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