Policy and Management Option
This option is available within the Natural Resources major at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
This option will prepare students for careers in the broad arena of natural resource and environmental conservation, with an emphasis on the social and political aspects of resource issues.
Option Code: 791
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 | ||
| FES 422 | RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE | 4 |
| or PS 300 | ^RESEARCH METHODS | |
| Social Sciences and Natural Resources | ||
| Select two courses from the following: | 6-8 | |
| *INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| *ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE OF PACIFIC NW INDIANS | ||
| ECOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES OF PACIFIC SALMON IN THE NORTHWEST | ||
| *MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
| *HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE | ||
| *LAND USE PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES | ||
| *SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD | ||
| *GEOGRAPHY OF NATURAL HAZARDS | ||
| RESILIENCE-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | ||
| LAND USE IN THE AMERICAN WEST | ||
or GEOG 451 | PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES | |
| ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT | ||
| CRITICAL THINKING FOR NATURAL RESOURCE CHALLENGES | ||
| *WHEN SCIENCE ESCAPES THE LAB: SCIENCE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY | ||
| *SOCIETY AND NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
| *SUSTAINABILITY, JUSTICE, AND ENGAGEMENT | ||
| Natural Resource Policy | ||
| Select 12-13 credits from at least two departments from the following: | 12-13 | |
| *ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, POLICY, AND ECONOMICS | ||
| *NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCE ECONOMICS | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL LAW | ||
| *ISSUES IN NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION | ||
| ^PUBLIC LANDS POLICY AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF FOREST WILDLAND FIRE | ||
| FOREST POLICY ANALYSIS | ||
| ^FOREST POLICY AND REGULATION | ||
| *ENDANGERED SPECIES, SOCIETY AND SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE LAW AND POLICY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO OCEAN LAW | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | ||
| *THE POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE | ||
| GLOBAL FOOD POLITICS AND POLICY | ||
| US ENERGY POLICY | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY | ||
| RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY | ||
| Natural Resource Management | ||
| Select a minimum of 12 credits from the following: | 12 | |
| FIELD METHODS IN PLANT ECOLOGY | ||
| ^ENVIRONMENTAL CASE STUDIES | ||
| WILDLAND FIRE ECOLOGY | ||
| URBAN FOREST PLANNING, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION | ||
| TOPICS IN WILDLAND FIRE | ||
| WILDLAND FIRE SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| SURVEY OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN NATURAL RESOURCE | ||
| APPLIED COMMUNITY AND ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY | ||
| *GLOBAL CRISES IN RESOURCE ECOLOGY | ||
| INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT | ||
| ^WILDLIFE IN AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS | ||
| WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN ECOLOGY | ||
| *FOUNDATIONS OF GEOSPATIAL SCIENCE AND GIS | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO WATER SCIENCE AND POLICY | ||
| CONFLICT, COOPERATION, AND CONTROL OF WATER IN THE US | ||
| THE WORLD'S WATER | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT | ||
| RIPARIAN ECOHYDROLOGY AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| RANGELAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING | ||
| 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 OF TRADITIONAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY | ||
| FOREST RESOURCE ECONOMICS I | ||
| ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF FOREST WILDLAND FIRE | ||
| ECONOMICS OF RECREATION AND TOURISM | ||
| Total Credits | 37-41 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
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Core Education course. Applies only to students admitted to an OSU undergraduate degree from Summer 2025 onwards
- 1
Up to 6 credits of appropriate internships, projects or study abroad may be used to fulfill requirements in the Social Science & Natural Resource, Natural Resource Policy or Natural Resource Management blocks as approved by petition
Option Code: 791