The Minor Program of Study in Natural Resources will consist of a minimum of 18 credit hours of required and elective courses:
Required
Core Courses* |
NTRES 201 Environmental Conservation [Spring]
NTRES 210 Introductory Field Biology [Fall]
NTRES 220 People, Values, and Natural Resources [Spring] [note: for Spring 2007, NTRES 232, Nature and Culture, will substitute]
10 credits
|
One
Advanced
Course in
Species and
Populations |
NTRES 310 Applied Population Ecology [Fall]
NTRES 314/315 Conservation of Birds [Summer]
NTRES 410 Conservation Biology: Concepts and Techniques [Fall]
NTRES 412 Wildlife Population Analysis: Techniques and Models [Spring; alt yr]
NTRES 460 Quantitative Ecology of Fisheries Resources [Spring]
3-4 credits
|
One
Advanced
Ecosystem
Course |
NTRES 311 Fish Ecology, Conservation, and Management [Spring]
NTRES 303 Introduction to Biogeochemistry [Fall]
NTRES 322 Global Ecology and Management [Spring]
NTRES 324 Ecological Management of Water Resources [Spring]
NTRES 325 Forest Management and Maple Syrup Production [Spring; alt yr]
NTRES 420 Forest Ecology (lecture) [Fall]
NTRES 422 Wetland Ecology and Management (lecture) [Fall]
NTRES 424 Landscape Impact Analysis [Spring]
NTRES 456 Stream Ecology [Fall; alt yr]
NTRES 427 Ecoregions: Ecology and Conservation [Spring; alt yr]
3-4 credits
|
One
Advanced
Course
in Policy |
NTRES 330 Natural Resources Management [Fall]
NTRES 331 Environmental Governance [Spring]
NTRES 332 Introduction to Ethics and Environment [Fall]
NTRES 333 - Environmental Issues and Indigenous People [Spring]
NTRES 336 - History of Environmental Sciences [Fall]
NTRES 430 - Natural Resources Policy, Planning and Politics [Spring]
NTRES 431 Environmental Strategies [Spring]
NTRES 432 Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management [Spring]
NTRES 433 Applied Environmental Philosophy [Spring]
NTRES 434 - International Conservation: Communities and Management [Spring]
NTRES 435 - Tribal Governance [Fall]
NTRES 444 Resource Management and Environmental Law [Spring]
NTRES 480 Global Seminar: Building Sustainable Environments and Secure Food Systems [Spring]
3-4 credits
|
| TOTAL |
18-20 credits |
*NTRES 101 (Introduction to the Field of Natural Resources) may be required at the discretion of the Natural Resources advising office.
ELIGIBILITY FOR THE MINOR
Any undergraduate student at Cornell may enroll, subject to availability, in courses required for the minor.
To complete the Minor Program of Study in Natural Resources, students must submit a form, Minor Program of Study,
available in 12 Fernow, to our Undergraduate Program Assistant, Marian Hovencamp.
Students will retain a copy of the form, and students will be personally responsible for planning their
minor program of study in conjunction with their advisor in their major. Students and advisors in other
departments should contact the Department of Natural Resources Undergraduate Program Assistant in 12
Fernow (mth6@cornell.edu; 607-255-2809) if they have questions about Natural Resources courses. The
Undergraduate Program Assistant can arrange for a student to meet with an advisor in the Department
of Natural Resources if they would like assistance in course selection. An advisor assignment is
not required.
In the students final semester, he or she must submit an Application to Graduate form.
In order to verify the completion of the Minor Program of Study in Natural Resources, the student
must bring a copy of his or her transcript (it need not be an official copy) to the Undergraduate
Program Assistant for verification that all required courses have been satisfactorily competed or
are in the process of being completed. Upon review of a satisfactory transcript, the Undergraduate
Program Assistant will verify on the Application to Graduate form that the requirements for the Minor
Program of Study in Natural Resources have been completed.
In order to receive any consideration or priority in course enrollment, a form must have been
submitted prior to the semester in which enrollment is desired. Please note that admission to
the minor does not guarantee that a student will be able to take a given Natural Resources course
in a given semester, any more than being a Natural Resources major offers any such guarantee.
Contact information: Marian Hovencamp, mth6@cornell.edu
Download the Natural Resources Minor Program of Study Form
