Advising

NRES students and their major advisors can review program requirements here and obtain an easy-to-use advising form to help track progress and plan future courses. The NRES Director can also be used as an advising resource by students and faculty any time a question arises.

The NRES Curriculum

Learn more about our class requirements. For many degree programs, it's possible to earn the NRES Secondary Major with only one additional course.

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Prepare for Enrollment

Looking for block elective courses that will be offered during an upcoming semester? See the handy guides below to help with your class planning.

Note that the Fall 2024 line schedule is not yet publically available. As soon as it is released, this website will be updated. Until then, use the Fall 2023 course list as a guide to what will be offered in Fall 2024...then double-check course availability and times in KSIS.

Summer 2024

There are 6 classes from which to choose, including 2 natural science, 3 applied science/technology, and 1 social sciences/humanities block electives.

Natural Sciences
Dept	No	Title	Hrs	Prerequisites
ENTOM	312	General Entomoloy (Distance)	3
GEOL	315	Geology of National Parks (Distance)	3	GEOL 100 or GEOL 105

Applied Sciences and Technology
Dept	No	Title	Hrs	Prerequisites
CHE	650	Hazardous Waste Engineering Seminar (Distance)	1	CHM 230
CHE	670	Sustainability Seminar (Distance)	1	CHM 230
GEOG	508	Geographic Information Systems 1 (Distance)	4	GEOG 302 recommended

Social Sciences and Humanities
Dept	No	Title	Hrs	Prerequisites
IDFS	350	Our Sustainable World (Distance)	3

Fall 2024

There are 37 classes from which to choose, including 9 natural science, 17 applied science/technology, and 11 social sciences/humanities block electives.

Natural Sciences
Dept	No	Title	Hrs	Prerequisites
AGRON	205*	Soils	3	CHM 110 or CHM 210
*Note that AGRON 305 has recently been renumbered to AGRON 205
BIOL	529	Fundamentals of Ecology	3	BIOL 198 and CHM 201
BIOL	612	Freshwater Ecology	3	BIOL 198 and CHM 110 or CHM 210
ENTOM	312	General Entomology	3	GEOL 100 or GEOG 121
ENTOM	692	Insect Entomology	3	BIOL 303, BIOL 529, or ENTOM 312 recommended
GEOL	305	Earth Resources	3
GEOL	502	Mineraology	3	GEOL 100 and GEOL 103, CHM 110 and CHM 111 or CHM 210
GEOL	520	Geomorphology	3	GEOL 100 or GEOG 121
GEOL	711	Water Resource Geochemistry	3	AGRON 305, GEOL 605 and GEOL 611

Applied Sciences and Technology
Dept	No	Title	Hrs	Prerequisites
AGRON	330	Weed Science	3	AGRON 220
AGRON	335	Environmental Quality	3	CHM 110 or CHM 210
AGRON	635	Soil and Water Conservation	3	AGRON 305
AGRON	645	Soil Microbiology	3	AGRON 305 or BIOL 455
AGRON	646	Soil Microbiology Lab	1	AGRON 645
ATM	558	Hydrology and Soil Erosion Mgmt	3	AGRON 305
ATM	653	Water Management and Irrigation Systems	2	ATM 558
ATM	661	Watershed Management	3	CHM 110 or CHM 201 and BIOL 198
BAE	660	Hydraulic Transport in Biological Systems	3	BAE 560 or CE 550 and ME 571
BAE	664	Green Stormwater Infrastructure Design and Assessment	3	BAE 560 or CE 550
BIOL	696	Fisheries Mgmt and Techniques	3	BIOL 401 and BIOL 433
CE	550	Water Resources Engineering	3	STAT 510 and PHYS 213
CE	563	Environmental Engineering Fundamentals	3	CHM 230 and MATH 220
CHE	650	Hazardous Waste Engineering Seminar (Distance)	1	CHM 230
CHE	670	Sustainability Seminar (Distance)	1	CHM 230
GEOG	508	Geographic Information Systems 1	4	GEOG 302 recommended
GEOG	605	Remote Sensing of the Environment	3	One course each in physical and biological science

Social Sciences and Humanites
Dept	No	Title	Hrs	Prerequisites
AGEC	525	Natural Resource and Environmental Economics	3	AGEC 120 or AGEC 121 or ECON 110 or ECON 120 and junior standing
AGEC	610	Current Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy Issues	3	AGEC 505 and either AGEC 410 or AGEC 525
ANTH	260	Introduction to Archeology	3
GEOG	340	Natural Resources	3
GEOG	360	Sustainability Concepts & Issues	3
GEOG	370	Environmental Justice	3
GEOG	722	Geographies of International Conservation	3	6 hrs of social science
GEOG	761	Human Impact on the Environment		6 hrs of social science
GWSS	480	Gender, Environment, and Justice	3
PHILO	595	Environmental Ethics	3	One course in philosophy or one course in natural science
SOCIO	536	Society and Natural Resources	3	SOCIO 211 or instructor consent

Spring 2024

There are 39 classes from which to choose, including 13 natural science, 17 applied science/technology, and 9 social sciences/humanities block electives.

Natural Sciences
Dept	No	Title	Hrs	Prerequisites
AGRON	305	Soils	3	CHM 110 or CHM 210
AGRON	665	Soil Genesis & Classification		GEOL 100 or AGRON 305 recommended
BIOL	433	Intro to Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology	3	BIOL 201
BIOL	529	Fundamentals of Ecology	3	BIOL 198 and CHM 201
BIOL	642	Principles of Conservation Biology	3	BIOL 450 and BIOL 529
BIOL	687	Microbial Ecology	3	BIOL 455 and BIOL 529
ENTOM	312	General Entomoloy (Distance)	3
GEOG	535	Global Climatology and Climate Change	3	GEOG 121
GEOG	740	Fluvial Geomorphology	3	GEOG 440 (or equivalent hydrology course) or graduate standing or instructor permission
GEOL	540	Geologic Record of Climate Change	3	GEOL 100 or GEOG 121
GEOL	611	Hydrogeology	3	GEOL 520
GEOL	650	Geomicrobiology	3	CHM 210 and CHM 230
GEOL	702	Economic Geology	3	GEOL 503

Applied Sciences and Technology
Dept	No	Title	Hrs	Prerequisites
AGRON	375	Soil Fertility	3	AGRON 305
AGRON	655	Site Specific Agriculture	3	AGRON 220 and 305, GEOG 508
AGRON	746	Environmental Soil Physics	3	AGRON 305
BAE	560	Hydrology for Biological Systems	3	ME 571 and STAT 510 or BAE 460
BAE	643	Life Cycle Assessment	3	MATH 220 and CHM 230
BAE	651	Air Pollution Engineering	3	ME 513 and ME 571
BIOL	435	Environmental Biology	3	BIOL 198, CHM 110 or 210
BIOL	684	Wildlife Management & Techniques	4	BIOL 433
CE	552	Hydraulic Engineering	3	ME 571 and CE 550
CE	563	Environmental Engineering Fundamentals	3	CHM 230 and MATH 222
CE	565	Water and Wastewaster Engineering	3	CE 550, CE 563, PHYS 214, and ME 571
CE	766	Wastewater Engr/Biological Process	3	CE 565
CHE	650	Hazardous Waste Engineering Seminar (Distance)	1	CHM 230
CHE	670	Sustainability Seminar (Distance)	1	CHM 230
GEOG	508	Geographic Information Systems 1	4	GEOG 302 recommended
LAR	420	Socio-Ecological Systems Studio	5	LAR 230
PMC	635	Methods of Environmental Interpretation	3	PMC 210

Social Sciences and Humanites
Dept	No	Title	Hrs	Prerequisites
AGCOM	712	Environmental Communications (In-Person and Distance)	3
ENGL	450	Literature/Society - Wild Lit	3	ENGL 200 or ENGL 210
GEOG	360	Sustainability Concepts and Issues	3	One course in geography and junior standing
GEOG	460	Human Dimensions of Global Change	3	GEOG 121 and either GEOG 100 or 200
GEOG	761	Human Impact on the Environment	3	6 hours of social science
GEOG	765	Geography of Natural Hazards	3	9 hours of social science
LAR	298	Environmental Issues and Ethics	3
LAR	646	Community Engagement Studio	5	LAR 442 and LAR 050
POLSC	250	Environmental Political Thought	3