Environmental Disaster Management Option
This option is available within the Natural Resources major at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
This option prepares students to work in interdisciplinary teams who will be preparing for, responding to, and learning from the environmental impacts of disasters such as floods, wildfire, hurricanes, tornados and climate change. Coursework includes management and communication skills during crisis, understanding and mitigating the impacts of environmental disasters on individuals and communities, and assessing, maintaining and restoring healthy ecosystems.
Option Code: A025
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Describe ecological processes, including human impacts that influence ecosystem change, natural succession and the future sustainability of natural resources.
- Characterize natural resources and be able to quantify at least one of these resources.
- Envision desired future conditions in an area to achieve a set of natural resource-related objectives, prescribe management actions needed to achieve those objectives, and evaluate success of these actions.
- Describe how the use, management, and allocation of natural resources are affected by laws, policies, economic factors (both market and non-market), and characteristics (including demographic, cultural, ethnic, and “values” differences) of private and public resource owners and users.
- Communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with audiences of diverse backgrounds.
- Work effectively with, and within, interdisciplinary and diverse groups to resolve management problems and achieve management objectives.
A Specialty Option in the Natural Resources major requires a minimum of 37 credits including at least 20 upper-division credits and a minimum GPA of 2.25.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Option Requirements 1 | ||
| Measurement and Analysis | ||
| GEOG 360 | GISCIENCE I: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND THEORY | 4 |
| or GEOG 361 | QUANTITATIVE GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS AND MODELING | |
| Communication and Leadership | ||
| AG 455 | *RISK AND CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS IN AG SCI & NATURAL RESOURCES | 3 |
| LEAD 342 | *TEAM AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP | 3-4 |
| or COMM 324 | COMMUNICATION IN ORGANIZATIONS | |
| or BA 251 | +MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS | |
| Foundations of Environmental Disaster Management | ||
| ENSC 210 | +*ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES | 4 |
| FES 445 | ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION | 4 |
| GEOG 350 | +*GEOGRAPHIES OF RISK, VULNERABILITY, AND RESILIENCE | 3 |
| H 344 | +*FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | 3-4 |
| or H 388 | *GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | |
| H 489 | EMERGENCY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Select a minimum of 10 credits from the following: | 10 | |
| ENVIRONMENTAL LAW | ||
| +*SNOW, SMOKE, AND STORMS: CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST | ||
| MARINE ECOLOGY | ||
| ECOLOGY | ||
| *GENERAL CHEMISTRY | ||
| *GENERAL CHEMISTRY | ||
| ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | ||
| FOREST WATERSHED MANAGEMENT | ||
| FOREST DISTURBANCE HYDROLOGY | ||
| FOREST ECOLOGY | ||
| WILDLAND FIRE ECOLOGY | ||
| INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT | ||
| URBAN ECOLOGY | ||
| COASTAL ECOLOGY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | ||
| ESTUARINE ECOLOGY | ||
| FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION | ||
| WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN ECOLOGY | ||
| WILDLIFE ECOLOGY | ||
| WILDLAND FIRE GUARD SCHOOL | ||
| WILDLAND FIRE SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| PRESCRIBED FIRE PRACTICUM | ||
| GLOBAL WARMING: SCIENCE, IMPACTS, AND SOLUTIONS | ||
| +*SOCIETY AND VOLCANOES | ||
or GEO 380 | +*THE BIG ONE: SURVIVING AN EARTHQUAKE | |
| +*POPULATION, CONSUMPTION, AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
| QUANTITATIVE GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS AND MODELING | ||
| THE WORLD'S WATER | ||
| PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES | ||
| *CLIMATE AND HEALTH | ||
| +OCEANS, COASTS, AND PEOPLE | ||
| CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR IN THE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| ECOTOXICOLOGY: AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSIC CHEMISTRY | ||
| Total Credits | 37-39 | |
- *
Baccalaureate Core course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in a catalog year up to 2024-2025
- +
Core Education course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in catalog year 2025-2026 and beyond
- 1
Up to 6 credits of appropriate internships, projects or study abroad may be used to fulfill credit requirements in the specialty option as approved by petition
Option Code: A025