Natural Resources Minor
This program is available at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
- OSU-Cascades
Students majoring in other programs at OSU can choose to complete the Natural Resources minor. The minor is intended to provide a broad exposure to the natural resources field. It offers coursework that integrates a number of natural resource disciplines.
Minor Code: 643
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 minimum of 27 credits are needed for the minor with at least 12 credits at upper-division.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core | ||
| NR 201 | MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE | 3 |
| FES 485 | *CONSENSUS AND NATURAL RESOURCES | 3 |
| Select three courses from the following: | 9-11 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO FORESTRY | ||
or FES 342 | FOREST TYPES OF THE NORTHWEST | |
| PRINCIPLES OF FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION | ||
| NATURAL RESOURCE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO WILDLAND ECOLOGY | ||
or RNG 341 | PRINCIPLES OF RANGELAND ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT | |
| *INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| Resource Management | ||
| Select two courses from any of the following focus areas: | 6-9 | |
| Environmental Assessment and Planning | ||
| ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION | ||
| ECOSYSTEM SERVICES | ||
| *LAND USE PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES | ||
| LAND USE IN THE AMERICAN WEST | ||
| PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT | ||
| SCIENTIFIC METHODS FOR ANALYZING NATURAL RESOURCE PROBLEMS | ||
| RANGELAND RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| RANGELAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING | ||
| *SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT | ||
| *SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES | ||
| PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE RECREATION | ||
| PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM | ||
| *EVALUATING SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS | ||
| Fisheries and Marine Sciences | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO MARINE BIOLOGY | ||
| *OCEANS IN PERIL | ||
| MARINE ECOLOGY | ||
| BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF MARINE MAMMALS | ||
| INTRODUCTORY POPULATION DYNAMICS | ||
| COASTAL ECOLOGY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | ||
| ^FISHERY BIOLOGY | ||
| FISH ECOLOGY | ||
| WILDLIFE ECOLOGY | ||
| *OCEANOGRAPHY | ||
| +*INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY | ||
| COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHY | ||
| Forestry | ||
| *INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY | ||
| *FOREST BIOLOGY | ||
| FOREST ECOLOGY | ||
| FOREST TYPES OF THE NORTHWEST | ||
| URBAN FORESTRY | ||
| WILDLAND FIRE ECOLOGY | ||
| ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION | ||
| BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN MANAGED FORESTS | ||
| *AGROFORESTRY | ||
| TOPICS IN WILDLAND FIRE | ||
| Land and Water | ||
| WATERSHED PROCESSES | ||
| FOREST WATERSHED MANAGEMENT | ||
| INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT | ||
| FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION | ||
| WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN ECOLOGY | ||
| *MINERALS, ENERGY, WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| *GLOBAL CHANGE AND EARTH SCIENCES | ||
| CONFLICT, COOPERATION, AND CONTROL OF WATER IN THE US | ||
| THE WORLD'S WATER | ||
| RIPARIAN ECOHYDROLOGY AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| ECOSYSTEMS OF WILDLAND SOILS | ||
| SOIL SYSTEMS AND PLANT GROWTH | ||
| ^WORLD SOIL RESOURCES | ||
| Range | ||
| WILDLAND FIRE ECOLOGY | ||
| ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION | ||
| TOPICS IN WILDLAND FIRE | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF RANGELAND ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| ECOLOGY OF GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS | ||
| ECOLOGY OF SHRUBLAND ECOSYSTEMS | ||
| RANGELAND RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| RANGELAND-ANIMAL RELATIONS | ||
| RANGELAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING | ||
| Social and Political Dimensions | ||
| Select two courses from any of the following focus areas: | 6-8 | |
| Ethics and Philosophy | ||
| *ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE OF PACIFIC NW INDIANS | ||
| *ANTHROPOLOGY, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
| *MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES | ||
| CRITICAL THINKING FOR NATURAL RESOURCE CHALLENGES | ||
| NATURE IN STORYTELLING OVER THE CENTURIES | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS | ||
| *WORLD VIEWS AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES | ||
| *SUSTAINABILITY, JUSTICE, AND ENGAGEMENT | ||
| Natural Resource Policy | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL LAW | ||
| ^PUBLIC LANDS POLICY AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| ^FOREST POLICY | ||
| FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE LAW AND POLICY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO OCEAN LAW | ||
| US ENERGY POLICY | ||
| Political Issues | ||
| *PESTS, PLAGUES AND POLITICS | ||
| *ENDANGERED SPECIES, SOCIETY AND SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| *WHEN SCIENCE ESCAPES THE LAB: SCIENCE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | ||
| *THE POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY | ||
| Resource Economics | ||
| *NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCE ECONOMICS | ||
| FOREST RESOURCE ECONOMICS I | ||
| ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF FOREST WILDLAND FIRE | ||
| ECONOMICS OF RECREATION AND TOURISM | ||
| Social Issues | ||
| *HUMAN IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEMS | ||
| *HUMAN ECOLOGY | ||
| *ISSUES IN NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION | ||
| *GLOBAL CRISES IN RESOURCE ECOLOGY | ||
| *HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE | ||
| *SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD | ||
| *TRANSFORMING ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS | ||
| RESILIENCE-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | ||
| *OCEANS, COASTS, AND PEOPLE | ||
| SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY | ||
| *SOCIETY AND NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
| SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| OUTDOOR RECREATION MANAGEMENT ON PUBLIC LANDS | ||
| COMMUNITIES, NATURAL AREAS, AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM | ||
| *PARKS AND PROTECTED AREAS MANAGEMENT | ||
| Total Credits | 27-34 | |
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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
Minor Code: 643