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Natural Resources - Online Minor
Total Credits: 28
Students have found a minor in Natural Resources helps to supplement their degrees and acquire a marketable skill set.
Go back to the Natural Resources Minor Overview page.
Students can also earn a Bachelor's degree in Natural Resources online through OSU Extended Campus, giving you more choices in this subject area.
Course Work
All students are required to complete four of the following courses:
| FOR 111 | Introduction to Forestry (3) | |
| *FOR 251 | Recreation Management (4) | |
| FW 251 | Principles of Wildlife Conservation (3) | |
| NR 201 | Managing Natural Resources for the Future (3) | |
| RNG 241 | Rangeland Ecology and Management (3) |
*FOR 251 is not available as an OSU distance course.
In addition, students select one upper division class from each of the following three Breadth Requirements course lists:
Resource Values/Philosophy
| AG 301 * | Ecosystem Science of the Pacific NW Indians (3) | |
| ANTH 481 | Natural Resources and Community Values (3) | |
| FW 340 * | Multicultural Perspectives in Natural Resources (3) | |
| GEO 309 * | Environmental Justice (3) | |
| HST 481 * | Environmental History of the United States (3) | |
| PHL 440 | Environmental Ethics (3) | |
| PHL 443 * | World Views and Environmental Values (3) |
Social and Political
| AREC 432 | Environmental Law (4) | |
| AREC 407 or PS 407 or SOC 407 | Seminar: Current Issues in rural Policy (1-16) | |
| GEO 335 * or CSS 335 * | Introduction to Water Science and Policy (3) | |
| HST 481 * | Environmental History of the United States (3) | |
| PS 449 ^ | Topics in Comparative Politics: Environmental Politics and Policy (4) | |
| PS 475 | Environmental Politics and Policy (4) | |
| PS 477 | International Environmental Politics and Policy (4) | |
| SOC 360 * | Population Trends and Policy (4) | |
| SOC 456 * | Science and Technology in Social Context (4) | |
| SOC 480 * | Environmental Sociology (4) | |
| SOC 481 * | Society and Natural Resources (4) | |
| SOC 485 *, ANS 485 * or FW 485 * | Consensus and Natural Resources (3) |
Land and Water
| GEO 335 * or CSS 335 * | Introduction to Water Science and Policy (3) | |
| CSS 395 * | World Soil Resources (3) | |
| FW 479 | Wetlands and Riparian Ecology (3) | |
| GEO 300 * | Environmental Conservation and Sustainability (3) | |
| GEO 306 * | Minerals, Energy, Water and the Environment (3) | |
| RNG 355 | Desert Watershed Management (3) | |
| RNG 455 | Riparian Ecology & Management (3) |
