Ecological Restoration Option
This option is available within the Natural Resources major at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
This option will help students understand complexities associated with restoration of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and how restoration decisions involve significant interactions between ecological and social systems.
Option Code: 663
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 | ||
| Measurements | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| FIELD METHODS IN ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION | ||
| FIELD METHODS IN PLANT ECOLOGY | ||
| SCIENTIFIC METHODS FOR ANALYZING NATURAL RESOURCE PROBLEMS | ||
| VEGETATION MONITORING AND ANALYSIS | ||
| Resource Economics | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| *NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCE ECONOMICS | ||
| ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF FOREST WILDLAND FIRE | ||
| FOREST RESOURCE ECONOMICS I | ||
| Ecological Restoration Foundations 1 | ||
| BOT 321 | PLANT SYSTEMATICS | 4 |
| or BOT 341 | PLANT ECOLOGY | |
| CH 122 | *GENERAL CHEMISTRY | 5 |
| or CH 232 & CH 262 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY and *LABORATORY FOR CHEMISTRY 232 | |
| FES 445/FW 445 | ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION | 4 |
| FW 479 | WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN ECOLOGY | 3-4 |
| or RNG 455 | RIPARIAN ECOHYDROLOGY AND MANAGEMENT | |
| GEOG 450 | LAND USE IN THE AMERICAN WEST | 3-4 |
| or GEOG 451 | PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES | |
| or GEOG 452 | ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT | |
| SOIL 366 | ECOSYSTEMS OF WILDLAND SOILS | 3-4 |
| or SOIL 388 | SOIL SYSTEMS AND PLANT GROWTH | |
| or SOIL 466 | SOIL MORPHOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION | |
| Social and Ethical Considerations 1 | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| URBAN FORESTRY | ||
| ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF FOREST WILDLAND FIRE | ||
| CRITICAL THINKING FOR NATURAL RESOURCE CHALLENGES | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS | ||
| *WORLD VIEWS AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY | ||
| *SOCIETY AND NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
| *SUSTAINABILITY, JUSTICE, AND ENGAGEMENT | ||
| Ecological and Natural Resource Electives 1 | ||
| Select two courses from the following: | 6-9 | |
| MARINE ECOLOGY | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS | ||
| WILDLAND FIRE ECOLOGY | ||
or FOR 436 | WILDLAND FIRE SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT | |
| BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN MANAGED FORESTS | ||
| SILVICULTURE PRINCIPLES | ||
| INTRODUCTORY POPULATION DYNAMICS | ||
| COASTAL ECOLOGY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | ||
| AVIAN CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| ^FISHERY BIOLOGY | ||
| FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION | ||
| MAMMAL CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| FISH ECOLOGY | ||
| WILDLIFE ECOLOGY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF RANGELAND ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| RANGELAND RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| SOIL LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS | ||
| *BIODIVERSITY: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CONSERVATION | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY | ||
| Total Credits | 37-46 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
- ^
Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
- 1
Up to 6 credits of appropriate internships, projects, or study abroad may be used to fulfill credit requirements in the Social and Ethical Considerations or Ecological and NR Electives blocks as approved by petition
Option Code: 663