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The undergraduate experience in Natural Resources at Cornell is rich, and
varied. The following is a short list of some 'highlights':
- An active undergraduate body of about 220 students who reflect a 50-50
gender balance and wide diversity of personal experience and backgrounds.
On average, 60 graduate students are also in residence. The moderate size
of our Department creates a friendly neighborhood within Cornell that is
conducive to the making of lasting friendships with fellow students, staff
and faculty.
- A faculty of 32, plus 30 professional academic support staff, who in
varying combinations, teach, conduct research, and instruct in statewide
public education programs of Cornell Cooperative Extension. Because our
distinguished faculty are engaged in research at the frontiers of knowledge,
many opportunities for participation in research are available for our
students. Moreover, these faculty members will be your classroom and field
instructors, creating a sense of the excitement that underlies new
developments in the subjects you are studying.
- The high degree of flexibility within the program allows students to
obtain a broadly-based liberal arts education and tailor their coursework
within the major to particular environmental interests.
- Outstanding field facilities for teaching and research including the
1600-hectare Arnot Teaching & Research Forest, where terrestrial work is
highlighted, the 160-hectare Cornell Biological Field Station on Oneida Lake
providing outstanding opportunities for aquatic, fishery, wildlife and human
dimensions studies, and the Little Moose Field Station in the western
Adirondacks, supporting a cold-water fisheries ecology and management
research program.
- Active Honors Program for juniors and seniors interested in
conducting independent research.
- Students also may choose to do independent research or work during
the summer at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, a 3,160 hectare reserve
in the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire, New York's 6-million
acre Adirondack Park, or in many types of forest, lake, stream, and wetland
ecosystems where departmental faculty have on-going research projects.
- Part-time jobs in the research and extension programs of several
faculty offer students many opportunities for career-related work
experience.
- The department coordinates an internship program for students and
encourages students to seek relevant work experience to complement their
academic studies. Fifteen-or-so formal summer internships are associated
with Cornell field stations at Shackleton Point (on Oneida Lake) and the nearby
Arnot Forest. In addition, summer and academic-year research includes field
and lab work with faculty members or graduate students. Off-campus faculty
collaborations, many with opportunities for undergraduate research
participation, include state and federal agencies (e.g., New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation and Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
Research Unit), non-governmental organizations (e.g., The Nature
Conservancy), and other academic institutions located throughout the United
States and the world.
- A college-wide Career Development Office encourages a continuous
4-year developmental process. The office is well supported with library
materials, counseling, and services for finding internships, entry-level
positions, and career opportunities after graduation.
- A college-wide international program and a "Cornell Abroad" program
for opportunities to learn about and prepare for work and study abroad.
- One of the nation's foremost university library systems.
- Located in New York's Finger Lakes Region, amid a rich and readily
accessible variety of aquatic and terrestrial habitats in a rural setting of
residences, farms, public lakes, streams, wetlands, and forests.
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