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Minor

Natural Resources Minor

Oregon State University College of Forestry 166 courses 27 total credits

About This Program

Students majoring in other programs at OSU can choose to complete the Natural Resources minor. The minor is intended to provide a broad exposure to the natural resources field. It offers coursework that integrates a number of natural resource disciplines.

Degree Requirements

Total Credits 27 credits

Resource Management

Code Course Title Credits
CLIM 201 +*Climate Science 4
CLIM 341 +*Snow, Smoke, and Storms: Climate Change Impacts in the Pacific Northwest 3
CLIM 323 ^Climatology 4
SUS 103 +*Introduction to Climate Change 4
CSS 205 +*Soil Science 4
ENSC 210 +*Environmental Earth Sciences 4
GEO 101 +*Planet Earth 4
GEO 201 +*Physical Geology 4
GEO 202 +*Earth Systems Science 4
GEO 308 *Global Change and Earth Sciences 3
GEO 322 Surface Processes 4
GEOG 102 +*Dynamic Planet 4
SOIL 205 Soil Science 3
SOIL 206 +*Soil Science Laboratory for Soil 205 1
FE 430 Watershed Processes 4
FE 434 Forest Watershed Management 4
FW 326 Integrated Watershed Management 3
GEO 387 Environmental Hydrogeology 3
GEOG 340 *Introduction to Water Science and Policy 3
GEOG 424 Hydrology for Water Resources Management 3
OC 201 +*Oceanography 4
OC 202 +*Introduction to Biological Oceanography 4
OC 332 Coastal Oceanography 3
FES 412 Forest Entomology 3
FOR 210 Terrestrial Vertebrate Identification and Natural History 3
FW 251 Principles of Fish and Wildlife Conservation 3
FW 302 Biology and Conservation of Marine Mammals 4
FW 311 Ornithology 3
FW 315 Ichthyology 3
FW 317 Mammalogy 3
FW 331 Ecology of Marine and Estuarine Birds 4
FW 448 Herpetofauna Conservation and Management 3
FW 451 Avian Conservation and Management 3
FW 458 Mammal Conservation and Management 4
FW 464 Marine Conservation Biology 3
FW 481 Wildlife Ecology 3
Z 350 Animal Behavior 3
Z 365 Biology of Insects 4
Z 473 Herpetology 4
Z 477 Aquatic Entomology 4
BOT 101 +*Botany: a Human Concern 4
BOT 220 +*Introduction to Plant Biology 4
BOT 321 Plant Systematics 4
BOT 325 *Intersections Between Plants and Humanity 3
BOT 341 Plant Ecology 4
BOT 413 Forest Pathology 3
BOT 425 Flora of the Pacific Northwest 3
BOT 461 Mycology 4
FES 240 +*Forest Biology 4
FES 241 Dendrology 3
HORT 226 Landscape Plant Materials I: Deciduous Hardwoods and Conifers 4
HORT 228 Landscape Plant Materials II: Spring Flowering Trees and Shrubs 4
RNG 353 Wildland Plant Identification 4
BI 150 Introduction to Marine Biology 3
BI 347 Oceans in Peril 3
BI 351 Marine Ecology 3
FW 323 Management Principles of Pacific Salmon in the Northwest 3
FW 421 Aquatic Biological Invasions 4
FW 426 Coastal Ecology and Resource Management 4
FW 456 Freshwater Ecology and Conservation 4
FW 479 Wetlands and Riparian Ecology 3
OC 434 Estuarine Ecology 3
RNG 455 Riparian Ecohydrology and Management 4
FES 341 Forest Ecology 3
FES 342 Forest Types of the Northwest 3
FES 350 Urban Forestry 3
FES 440 Wildland Fire Ecology 3
FES 445 Ecological Restoration 4
FES 452 Biodiversity Conservation in Managed Forests 3
FOR 346 Topics in Wildland Fire 3
FOR 441 Silviculture Principles 4
GEOG 324 ^Ecological Biogeography 4
GEOG 440 Conflict, Cooperation, and Control of Water in the Us 3
GEOG 441 The World's Water 3
RNG 121 *Introduction to Wildland Ecology 4
RNG 341 Principles of Rangeland Ecology and Management 3
RNG 351 Ecology of Grassland Ecosystems 3
RNG 352 Ecology of Shrubland Ecosystems 3
RNG 421 Rangeland Restoration and Management 4
RNG 442 Rangeland-Animal Relations 4
SOIL 366 Ecosystems of Wildland Soils 3
SOIL 388 Soil Systems and Plant Growth 4
FES 455 Urban Forest Planning, Policy and Management 4
FW 462 Ecosystem Services 3
GEOG 250 +*Land Use Planning for Sustainable Communities 3
GEOG 451 Planning Principles and Practices for Resilient Communities 4
GEOG 452 Environmental Assessment 3
NR 325 Scientific Methods for Analyzing Natural Resource Problems 3
RNG 457 Habitat Analysis 1: Habitat Use and Movement 3
RNG 491 ^Rangeland Management Planning - Principles and Processes 4
SUS 304 *Sustainability Assessment 4
SUS 350 +*Sustainable Communities 4
TRAL 456 +Planning for Sustainable Recreation 4
TRAL 457 +Planning for Sustainable Tourism 4
WSE 385 *Evaluating Sustainability Through Life Cycle Analysis 3

Social and Political Dimensions

Code Course Title Credits
AEC 253 *Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics 4
AG 201 +*Indigenous Ecosystem Sciences in Pacific Northwest Regions 3
ANTH 352 +*Anthropology, Health, and Environment 4
ANTH 477 Ecological Anthropology 4
ANTH 481 *Natural Resources and Community Values 3
ANTH 482 *Anthropology of International Development 4
BOT 301 *Human Impacts on Ecosystems 3
FW 324 +*Food From the Sea 3
FW 325 +*Seeking Solutions to Global Crises in Resource Ecology 3
FW 340 +*Power and Justice in U.s. Natural Resource Management 3
GEO 306 +*Minerals, Energy, Water and the Environment 4
GEO 307 *National Park Geology and Preservation 3
GEOG 100 +*Climate Justice 3
GEOG 203 +*There Is No Plan(Et) B: Human-Environment Geography in the Anthropocene 3
GEOG 240 +*Human Dimensions of Climate Change 3
GEOG 241 +*Transforming Environmental Conflicts 3
GEOG 242 +Urban Aqua Networks: Ancient to Modern 3
GEOG 300 +*Sustainability for the Common Good 3
GEOG 333 +*Environmental Justice 3
GEOG 430 Resilience-Based Natural Resource Management 3
HST 223 +Landscapes and Waterscapes in Indigenous North America 4
HST 481 *Environmental History of the United States 4
MAST 201 Humans and the Ocean 3
MAST 300 Society, Culture, and the Marine Environment 4
NR 312 Critical Thinking for Natural Resource Challenges 3
OC 203 +Oceans, Coasts, and People 3
PHL 440 *Environmental Ethics 3
PHL 443 *World Views and Environmental Values 3
PHL 448 Native American Philosophies 4
SOC 280 +Introduction to Environment and Society 3
SOC 381 Social Dimensions of Sustainability 4
SOC 475 Rural Sociology 4
SOC 480 *Environmental Sociology 4
SOC 481 *Society and Natural Resources 4
SOC 482 *Energy, Climate and Society 4
SUS 331 +*Sustainability, Justice, and Engagement 3
SUS 420 Social Dimensions of Sustainability 3
TRAL 227 +Outside: Sharing Your Outdoor Origin Story 3
TRAL 251 Recreation Resource Management 4
TRAL 351 Outdoor Recreation Management on Public Lands 3
TRAL 353 Nature, Eco, and Adventure Tourism 4
TRAL 354 Communities, Natural Areas, and Sustainable Tourism 3
TRAL 357 *Parks and Protected Areas Management 3
WGSS 440 *Women and Natural Resources 3
AEC 432 Environmental Law 4
ANTH 472 Contemporary Native Issues 4
ENT 300 +*Pests, Plagues and Politics 3
FES 486 ^Public Lands Policy and Management 3
FOR 461 Forest Policy Analysis 3
FOR 463 ^Forest Policy and Regulation 3
FW 350 +*Endangered Species & Society 3
FW 415 Fisheries and Wildlife Law and Policy 3
FW 422 Introduction to Ocean Law 3
GEOG 440 Conflict, Cooperation, and Control of Water in the Us 3
GEOG 441 The World's Water 3
PPOL 371 Public Policy Problems 4
PPOL 446 The Policy and Law of United States Coastal Governance 4
PPOL 447 Integrated Policy: Food, Energy, Water, Climate 4
PPOL 448 Marine Policy in the United States 4
PS 455 *The Politics of Climate Change 4
PS 473 Us Energy Policy 4
PS 475 Environmental Politics and Policy 4
PS 477 International Environmental Politics and Policy 4
AEC 351 *Natural Resource Economics and Policy 3
AEC 352 *Environmental Economics and Policy 3
AEC 353 *Introduction to Coastal and Marine Resource Economics 3
FOR 329 Forest Resource Economics I 4
FOR 431 Economics and Policy of Forest Wildland Fire 3
TRAL 432 Economic Applications in Tourism, Recreation, and Sports 3
Total Social and Political Dimensions 27 credits

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