Natural Resources Management
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Major Requirements
Major: Natural Resources Management
Degree Type: B.S.
Minimum Degree Credits to Graduate: 120
University Degree Requirements
- Satisfactory completion of all requirements of the curriculum in which one is enrolled.
- Earn a minimum total of 120 credits in approved coursework. Some academic programs exceed this minimum.
- Satisfactory completion of the general education requirements as specified by the university.
- A minimum institutional GPA of 2.00 based on work taken at NDSU.
- At least 36 credits presented for graduation must be in courses number 300 or higher.
- Transfer Students: Must earn a minimum of 60 credits from a baccalaureate-degree granting or professional institituion.
- Of these 60, at least 36 must be NDSU residence credits as defined in #7.
- Within the 36 resident credits, a minimum of 15 must be in courses numbered 300 or higher and 15 credits in the major field of study.
- At least 36 credits must be NDSU resident credits. Residence credits include credits registered and paid for at NDSU.
For complete information, please refer to the Degree and Graduation Requirements section of this Bulletin.
University General Education Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Communication (C) | 12 | |
| College Composition I | ||
| College Composition II | ||
| Fundamentals of Public Speaking | ||
Upper Division Writing † | ||
| Quantitative Reasoning (R) † | 3 | |
| Science and Technology (S) † | 10 | |
| Humanities and Fine Arts (A) † | 6 | |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (B) † | 6 | |
| Wellness (W) † | 2 | |
| Cultural Diversity (D) *† | ||
| Global Perspectives (G) *† | ||
| Total Credits | 39 | |
| * | May be satisfied by completing courses in another General Education category. |
| † | General education courses may be used to satisfy requirements for both general education and the major, minor, and program emphases, where applicable. Students should carefully review major requirements to determine if specific courses can also satisfy these general education categories. |
- A list of university approved general education courses and administrative policies are available here.
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core Courses for Natural Resources Management: | ||
| BIOL 150 & 150L | General Biology I and General Biology I Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOL 151 & 151L | General Biology II and General Biology II Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOL 364 | General Ecology | 3 |
| CHEM 121 & 121L | General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I Laboratory (May satisfy general education category S) | 4 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics (May satisfy general education category B and G) | 3 |
| ECON 481 | Natural Resource Economics | 3 |
| GEOL 105 | Physical Geology (May satisfy general education category S and G) | 3 |
| HIST 434 | Environmental History | 3 |
| or HIST 435 | World Environmental History | |
| NRM 150 | Natural Resource Management Orientation | 1 |
| NRM 225 | Natural Resources & Agrosystems (May satisfy general education category S) | 3 |
| NRM/SOIL 264 | Natural Resource Management Systems | 3 |
| NRM 431 | National Environmental Policy Act & Environmental Impact Assessment | 3 |
| NRM 462 | Natural Resource and Rangeland Planning | 3 |
| RNG 452 | Geographic Information Systems in Range Survey | 3 |
| or GEOG 455 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | |
| SOIL 210 | Introduction to Soil Science | 3 |
| STAT 330 | Introductory Statistics (May satisfy general education category R) | 3 |
| Select one of the following: (May satisfy general education category B) | 3 | |
| Emergencies, Disasters, and Catastrophes | ||
| Introduction to Sociology | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Disaster Preparedness | ||
| Disaster Mitigation | ||
| Disaster Response | ||
| Disaster Recovery | ||
| State and Local Politics | ||
| Global Policy Issues | ||
| Environmental Sociology | ||
| NRM Emphasis Area: Students must select one of the seven NRM emphasis areas to complete the major. See below. | 38 | |
| Total Credits | 93 | |
Natural Resources Management Emphasis Areas
- Select and complete one emphasis area as part of the Natural Resources Management major.
- Declaring an Emphasis- Students should formally declare an emphasis area with the Office of Registration & Records by the beginning of their junior year. The emphasis area is recorded on the academic transcript with the degree.
Biotic Resources Science
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required. Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| General Chemistry II | ||
| Survey of Organic Chemistry | ||
| Introduction to Range Management | ||
| Rangeland Resources Watershed Management | ||
| Select a minimum of 32 credits from the approved electives list below for Biotic Resourses: | 32 | |
| Plant Systematics | ||
| Wildlife Ecology and Management | ||
| Urban-Ecosystem Management | ||
| Sustainable Scenarios in Natural Resources Management | ||
| Introduction to Prairie & Community Forestry | ||
| Genetics | ||
| Animal Physiology | ||
| Invertebrate Zoology | ||
| Ichthyology | ||
| Herpetology | ||
| Ornithology | ||
| Mammalogy | ||
| Physiological Ecology | ||
| Animal Behavior | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Wildlife and Fisheries Management Techniques | ||
| General Entomology | ||
| Introductory Microbiology Lab | ||
| Introductory Microbiology | ||
| River and Stream Resource Management | ||
| Environmental Outreach Methods | ||
| Genetics Laboratory | ||
| Principles of Weed Science | ||
| Woody Landscape Plants | ||
| Principles of Plant Physiology | ||
| Modeling of Range and Agro-Ecosystems | ||
| Range Plants | ||
| Wetland Resources Management | ||
| Range Habitat Management | ||
| Grazing Ecology | ||
| Introduction to Meteorology & Climatology | ||
| Total Credits | 38 | |
Sustainability
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required: | ||
| NRM 401 | Urban-Ecosystem Management | 3 |
| NRM 420 | Sustainable Scenarios in Natural Resources Management | 3 |
| Select one: | 3 | |
| Global Policy Issues | ||
| Environmental Policy and Politics | ||
| Community Assessment | ||
| Environmental Sociology | ||
| Select one: | 3 | |
| Conservation Biology | ||
| River and Stream Resource Management | ||
| Wetland Resources Management | ||
| Soils and Land Use | ||
| Select a minimum of 26 credits from the approved electives: | 26 | |
| Anthropology and the Environment | ||
| Global Cultural Heritage | ||
| Disaster and Culture | ||
| Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: An undergraduate research course | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Wildlife Ecology and Management | ||
| Ecotoxicology | ||
| Wetland Science | ||
| Environmental Economics | ||
| Emergencies, Disasters, and Catastrophes | ||
| Disaster Preparedness | ||
| Disaster Mitigation | ||
| Disaster Response | ||
| Disaster Recovery | ||
| General Entomology | ||
| Environmental Geology | ||
| World Environmental History | ||
| Environmental Law and Policy | ||
| River and Stream Resource Management (If not used above) | ||
| Environmental Outreach Methods | ||
| Rangeland Resources Watershed Management | ||
| World Food Crops | ||
| Introduction to Prairie & Community Forestry | ||
| Global Policy Issues (If not used above) | ||
| Environmental Policy and Politics (If not used above) | ||
| Ecology of Fire-Dependent Ecosystems | ||
| Range Habitat Management | ||
| Grazing Ecology | ||
| Plant Ecology | ||
| Community Assessment (If not used above) | ||
| Community Development | ||
| Cultural Diversity | ||
| Environmental Sociology (If not used above) | ||
| International Disasters | ||
| Introduction to Meteorology & Climatology | ||
| Soil Ecology | ||
| Soils and Land Use (If not used above) | ||
| Total Credits | 38 | |
Physical/earth Resources Science
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required: | ||
| CHEM 122 & 122L | General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Laboratory | 4 |
| GEOL 300 | Environmental Geology | 3 |
| or GEOG 412 | Geomorphology | |
| SOIL 322 | Soil Fertility and Fertilizers | 3 |
| or SOIL 351 | Soil Ecology | |
| SOIL 410 | Soils and Land Use | 3 |
| or SOIL 444 | Soil Genesis and Survey | |
| Select a minimum of 25 credits from the approved electives list below for Physical/Earth Resources Science: | 25 | |
| Resource Conservation and Irrigation Engineering | ||
| Electricity and Electronic Applications | ||
| Introduction to Range Management | ||
| Physical Geology Lab | ||
| Soil Genesis and Survey | ||
| Urban-Ecosystem Management | ||
| Wetland Resources Management | ||
| Sustainable Scenarios in Natural Resources Management | ||
| College Physics I | ||
| Surveying | ||
| Introductory Microbiology | ||
| Soil And Plant Analysis | ||
| Geochemistry | ||
| Computer Applications in Agricultural Systems Management | ||
| College Physics I Laboratory | ||
| Survey of Organic Chemistry | ||
| Hydrogeology | ||
| Introductory Microbiology Lab | ||
| River and Stream Resource Management | ||
| Environmental Outreach Methods | ||
| Principles and Application of Precision Agriculture | ||
| Introduction to Meteorology & Climatology | ||
| Soil Ecohydrology and Physics | ||
| Microclimatology | ||
| Soils and Pollution | ||
| Total Credits | 38 | |
Environmental Communication
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required: | ||
| COMM 112 | Understanding Media and Social Change | 3 |
| COMM 200 | Introduction to Media Writing | 3 |
| NRM 421 | Environmental Outreach Methods | 3 |
| COMM 485 | Risk and Crisis Communication | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Applied Research Methods | ||
| Social Research Methods and Social Research Methods Laboratory | ||
| Select a minimum of 22 credits from the approved electives list below for Environmental Communication: | 22 | |
| Principles of Broadcast Production | ||
| Introduction to Web Design | ||
| Rhetorical Traditions | ||
| Sustainable Scenarios in Natural Resources Management | ||
| Legal Communication | ||
| Digital Media and Society | ||
| Advanced Broadcast Production | ||
| Public Relations Campaigns | ||
| Contemporary Rhetoric | ||
| Introduction to Web Development | ||
| Advanced Media Writing | ||
| Principles of Design For Media | ||
| Organizational Communication I | ||
| Environmental Outreach Methods | ||
| Issues in Mass Communications | ||
| Mass Media and Public Opinion | ||
| Issues in Communication | ||
| Communication Ethics and Law | ||
| Total Credits | 38 | |
Pollution Control
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required: | ||
| CE 309 | Fluid Mechanics | 3 |
| CE 370 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering | 3 |
| CE 408 | Water Resources and Supply | 3 |
| CHEM 122 & 122L | General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Laboratory | 4 |
| MATH 165 | Calculus I | 4 |
| ME 221 | Engineering Mechanics I | 3 |
| ME 222 | Engineering Mechanics II | 3 |
| Select a minimum of 15 credits from the approved electives list below for Pollution Control: | 15 | |
Air/Solids: | ||
| Solid Waste Management | ||
| Introduction to Meteorology & Climatology | ||
| Microclimatology | ||
Biotic: | ||
ABEN 499 | ||
| Plant Ecology | ||
| Wildlife Ecology and Management | ||
| Wildlife and Fisheries Management Techniques | ||
| General Microbiology | ||
| General Microbiology Lab | ||
| Principles of Plant Physiology | ||
Earth/Soils: | ||
| Survey of Organic Chemistry | ||
| Environmental Geology | ||
| Soil Fertility and Fertilizers | ||
| Soil Ecology | ||
| Soils and Land Use | ||
| Soil Ecohydrology and Physics | ||
| Soil Genesis and Survey | ||
| Microclimatology | ||
| Soil And Plant Analysis | ||
| Soils and Pollution | ||
Water: | ||
| Resource Conservation and Irrigation Engineering | ||
| Water and Wastewater Engineering | ||
| Open Channel Flow | ||
| Applied Hydrology | ||
| Water Quality Management | ||
| Hydrogeology | ||
| Rangeland Resources Watershed Management | ||
| Geochemistry | ||
| Total Credits | 38 | |
Natural Resources Economics
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required: | ||
| MATH 144 | Mathematics for Business | 4 |
| ECON 341 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
| STAT 331 | Regression Analysis | 2 |
| Select a minimum of 29 credits from the approved electives list below for Natural Resources Economics: | 29 | |
| Quantitative Methods & Decision Making | ||
| Applied Agricultural Law | ||
| Principles of Macroeconomics | ||
| Intermediate Macroeconomics | ||
| History of Economic Thought | ||
| Public Economics | ||
| Industrial Organization | ||
| Geography of North America | ||
| Urban-Ecosystem Management | ||
| Sustainable Scenarios in Natural Resources Management | ||
| International Politics | ||
| Global Policy Issues | ||
| Comparative Political Economy | ||
| Sociology of The Great Plains | ||
| Social Change | ||
| Principles of Real Estate | ||
| Agricultural Policy | ||
| Small Group Communication | ||
| Money and Banking | ||
| Econometrics | ||
| Economic Development | ||
| International Trade | ||
| Environmental Economics | ||
| Leisure And Society | ||
| River and Stream Resource Management | ||
| Environmental Outreach Methods | ||
| Principles of Public Administration | ||
| International Law | ||
| Environmental Policy and Politics | ||
| Environmental Sociology | ||
| Total Credits | 38 | |
Social Sciences
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required: | ||
| SOC 340 & SOC 341 | Social Research Methods and Social Research Methods Laboratory | 4 |
| SOC 405 | Community Development | 3 |
| SOC 404 | Community Assessment | 3 |
| Select a minimum of 28 credits from the approved electives list below for Social Science: | 28 | |
| Archaeology and Prehistory | ||
| Introduction to Cultural Anthropology: Peoples of the World | ||
| Latin America & Carribean: Afro-Latino/as, Gender, Indigeneity | ||
| Introduction to Criminal Justice | ||
| Disaster Preparedness | ||
| Disaster Response | ||
| Spatial Analysis in Emergency Management | ||
| Business Continuity and Crisis Management | ||
| Disaster Analysis | ||
| Geography of North America | ||
| Urban-Ecosystem Management | ||
| Environmental Outreach Methods | ||
| Comparative Politics | ||
| State and Local Politics | ||
| Sociology of The Great Plains | ||
| Development Of Social Theory | ||
or ANTH 480 | Development of Anthropological Theory | |
| Social Psychology | ||
| Environmental Sociology | ||
| International Disasters | ||
| Human Origins | ||
| Apes and Human Evolution | ||
| Anthropology and the Environment | ||
| Qualitative Methods in Cultural Anthropology | ||
| Emergencies, Disasters, and Catastrophes | ||
| Disaster Mitigation | ||
| Disaster Recovery | ||
| Voluntary Agency Disaster Services | ||
| Native American Literature | ||
| Sustainable Scenarios in Natural Resources Management | ||
| Problems and Policies In American Government | ||
| Principles of Public Administration | ||
| Environmental Policy and Politics | ||
| Social Change | ||
| Applied Demographics | ||
| Total Credits | 38 | |
Degree Notes:
- Acceptable Substitutions: The following courses are accepted as electives in all emphasis areas: NRM courses (may not be double-counted with the NRM Core); a maximum of 3 credits of Field Experience (396/496); a maximum of 3 credits of Co-op Ed (397/497). All other substitutions require NRM advisor approval and a substitution form to be completed and submitted to the Office of Registration and Records.
Minor Requirements
Natural Resources Management Minor
Minor Requirements
Required Credits: 19
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| NRM 150 | Natural Resource Management Orientation | 1 |
| NRM 225 | Natural Resources & Agrosystems | 3 |
| NRM 431 | National Environmental Policy Act & Environmental Impact Assessment | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary Courses | ||
| Select four of the following: | 12 | |
| Natural Resource Management Systems | ||
| General Ecology | ||
| Wildlife Ecology and Management | ||
| Natural Resource Economics | ||
| Disaster Preparedness | ||
| Disaster Mitigation | ||
| General Entomology | ||
| Physical Geology | ||
| Environmental Geology | ||
| Environmental History | ||
| Environmental Outreach Methods | ||
| Rangeland Resources Watershed Management | ||
| Plant Ecology | ||
| Introduction to Soil Science | ||
| Introduction to Meteorology & Climatology | ||
| Environmental Sociology | ||
| Environmental Policy and Politics | ||
| Geographic Information Systems in Range Survey (RNG 452 changing to NRM 452 GIS in NRM) | ||
| Soils and Land Use | ||
| Community Development | ||
Minor Requirements and Notes:
- Students must earn a 2.00 minimum GPA in the courses used to satisfy the minor requirements.
- A minimum of 8 credits must be taken at NDSU.