Earn your Master's in Natural Resources – Online
Now accepting applications for Winter term 2013. Deadline to apply is August 1. Classes start January 7.
Earn your master's degree from a top-ranked research university, and do it all online. Oregon State University offers a 45-credit master's program taught by renowned faculty in the Colleges of Forestry and Agricultural Sciences - including scientists from fisheries, wildlife, rangeland and water departments. Students who complete this program receive a Master of Natural Resources (MNR).
As an MNR student, your curriculum includes:
- Core classes (18 credits): courses include (but not limited to) seed science, biology of invasive plants, wildlife disease, agricultural ecosystems, waste management, agroforestry, radioecology, aquatic/riparian resources, environmental law, ecological policy, environmental sociology, environmental conflict management, politics and media, field methods in vegetation science, computer programming for scientists, geographic information systems, data analysis, ecofeminism and gender and technology.
- Emphasis area (18 credits): students pick an emphasis in either sustainable natural resources, fisheries management, water conflict management or geographic information science.
- Capstone project (9 credits): Case study projects provide students with experience that approximates a future work environment, while also providing client organizations with solutions to complex natural resource issues and useful products.
- Oral examination: can be done on-campus in Corvallis, Ore. or through the use of online technology (such as Skype).
Ideal applicants
OSU's Master of Natural Resources program is geared toward working professionals that have at least two years of natural-resources related work experience and have taken basic courses in biology, ecology and economics. Applicants must also hold a baccalaureate degree in any social or natural science field with at least a 3.0 GPA from the last 90 quarter credits (or 60 semester credits) of undergraduate work.
Cost of the program
Current per credit tuition for OSU online graduate programs is $496. A typical graduate course is three credits totaling $1,488.
Request more information about application procedures, the program curriculum and career opportunities with a Master of Natural Resources.
Oregon State University is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Universities and Colleges, and is a member of the Natural Resources Distance Learning Consortium (a group of 10 universities who offer natural resources online courses for agency professionals)
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