Credits required
180 Oregon State University is on a quarter-term system. There are four quarters each year and classes are 11 weeks long. This program's 180 quarter credits are equal to 120 semester credits.*
Cost per credit
$350 Based on current tuition rates. No additional charge for nonresident students. Does not include course materials and associated fees and expenses.
Delivery
Online You can complete all or nearly all requirements of this program online. View the curriculum.
Start terms
4 per year
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B.S. Natural Resources - Courses

The list below provides a sampling of OSU courses available through OSU Extended Campus that apply to the Natural Resources degree program. Click on the course number below to view course description and term availability.


AG 421^ Leadership Development (3)
AEC 253 Evolution of US Environmental & Natural Resource Law (4)
AEC 351 NR Economics and Policy (3)
AEC 353 Public Land Law & Policy (4)
AEC 453 Public Land & Resource Law (4)
BI 370 General Ecology (3)
BOT 440 Field Methods Veg Sci (4)
BOT 479^/ENSC 479^ Environmental Case Studies (3)
CH 374 Technology, Energy, & Risk (3)
COMM 321 Intro to Communication Theory (3)
CSS 205 Soils: Sustainable Ecosystems (4)
CSS 395 World Soil Resources (3)
CSS 499/S Soil Quality (1)
CSS 499/O Organic Farming (1)
CSS 499/C Cropping Sys for Sustainability (1)
ECON 201 Intro to Micro Econ (4)
FOR 352 Wilderness Mgt (3)
FOR 365 Current Issues in Conservation (3)
FOR 445 Ecological Restoration (4)
FOR 446 /FW 446 /RNG 446 Wildland Fire Ecology (3)
FW251 Principles of Wildlife Conserv (3)
FW 303 Geographic Information Systems in NR (3)
FW 311 Biology of Birds (3)
FW 315 Biology of Fishes (3)
FW 317 Biology of Mammals (3)
FW 321 F&W Resource Ecology (3)
FW 323 Mgt Principles of Pacific Salmon in the Northwest (3)
FW 326 Integrated Watershed Mgt (3)
FW 340 Multicultural Perspective in NR (3)
FW 435 Wildlife in Ag Ecosystems (3)
FW 470/HSTS 470 Ecology and History (3)
FW 479 Wetland Ecology (3)
GEO 265 Geographic Info Syst Pract (3)
GEO 300 Environmental Conservation (3)
GEO 301 Map & Image Interpretation (4)
GEO 323 Climatology (4)
GEO 465 Geographic Information Systems & Science (3)
HST 481 Environmental History of the US (3)
NR 455 NR Decision Making (3)
OC 331 Introduction to Oceanography (3)
PHL 201 Introduction to Philosophy (3)
PHL 443 World Views & Environ Values (3)
PS 449 Global Environmental Politics & Policy (4)
PS 475 Environmental Politics and Policy (4)
RNG 341 Rangeland Resources (3)
RNG 355 Desert Watershed Management (3)
RNG 455 Riparian Ecology & Management (3)
RNG 490 Rangeland Management Planning (4)
SOC 456 Science & Technology in Social Context (3)
SOC 480 Environmental Sociology (3)
SOC 481 Society and Natural Resources (3)
ST 201 Principles of Statistics (3)
ST 209 Princs of Hypothesis Test (1)
WS 450 Ecofeminism (3)

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