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.

Go to the Undergraduate Catalog

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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.

Summer 2025

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 2025

There are 32 classes from which to choose, including 6 natural science, 18 applied science/technology, and 8 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
ENTOM	312	General Entomology	3	GEOL 100 or GEOG 121
GEOL	502	Mineralogy	3	GEOL 100, GEOL 103, and either CHM 110 and CHM 111, or CHM 210 or CHM 250
GEOL	520	Geomorphology	3	GEOL 100 or GEOG 121
GEOL	540	Geologic Record of Climate Change	3	GEOL 100 or GEOG 121

Applied Sciences and Technology
Dept	No	Title	Hrs	Prerequisites
AGRON	330	Weed Science	3	AGRON 120
AGRON	335	Environmental Quality	3	CHM 110 or CHM 210
AGRON	635	Soil and Water Conservation	3	AGRON 205
AGRON	645	Soil Microbiology	3	AGRON 205 or BIOL 255
AGRON	646	Soil Microbiology Lab	1	AGRON 645 or concurrent enrollment
ATM	653	Water Mgmt and Irrigation Systems	3	ATM 558
ATM	661	Watershed Assessment and Mgmt	3	CHM 110 or CHM 210 and BIOL 198
BAE	620	Problems in Agricultural Engg	1-18	Approval of instructor
BAE	660	Hydraulic Transport in Biol Systems	3	ME 571 or CHE 530
BIOL	263	Ecology of Environmental Problems	3	One course in natural science
CE	550	Water Resource Engineering	3	“C” or better in 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
CHE	715	Biochemical Engineering	3	CHE 550
GEOG	440	Spatial Analysis of Surface Water Hydrology	3	GEOG 121 or instructor permission
GEOG	508	Geographic Information Systems 1	4	GEOG 302 recommended
GEOG	605	Remote Sensing of the Environment	3	One course in physical science and one in biological science

Social Sciences and Humanities
Dept	No	Title	Hrs	Prerequisites
AGEC	525	Natural Resource & Environ Econ	3	AGEC 120 or AGEC 121 or ECON 120 or ECON 110 and junior standing
AGEC	610	Current Ag & Nat Res Policy Issues	3	AGEC 505 and either AGEC 525 or AGEC 410
ANTH	260	Intro to Archeology	3
GEOG	340	Geography of Natural Resources	3
GEOG	360	Sustainability Concepts & Issues	3
GEOG	370	Environmental Justice	3
PHILO	595	Environmental Ethics	3	One course in philosophy, or one course in the natural sciences
SOCIO	536	Society and Natural Resources	3