This option is available within the Natural Resources major at the following locations:

• Corvallis
• Ecampus

This option prepares students to work with Geographic Information Science technology in a natural resource field such as wildfire ecology, land use planning, forestry, ecological restoration, and more. The pairing of the technical skills of GIScience with a disciplinary knowledge in a natural resource area will prepare students for the practical application of technical skills in the real world.

In addition, this specialty option will allow students to earn the Geographic Information Science Certificate through the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences concurrently with their BS degree through the College of Forestry. The student will apply to the Geographic Information Science Undergraduate Certificate Program to receive the GIS Certificate in conjunction with completion of the Landscape Analysis Option.

Contact Information

Students who wish to enroll in the GIScience Certificate Program should contact Kuuipo Walsh, GIScience Certificate Program Director, at kuuipo.walsh@oregonstate.edu

Option Code: 689

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.

No S/U grades are accepted for the courses that are counted toward the GIS Certificate.

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.

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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)

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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)

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Up to 6 credits of appropriate internships, projects or study abroad may be used to fulfill requirements in this option as approved by petition

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Students will be required to submit an academic plan for completion of the Natural Resources electives which will be approved by the Academic Advisor or the Natural Resources Program Director

Option Code: 689