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Specialization

Sustainable Ecosystems Option

Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences 85 courses

About This Program

Sustainable Ecosystems research addresses the sustainability of agricultural, forest, rangeland, coastal/marine, and native ecosystems, in which environmental soundness can result from the conscious interaction of humans with wildlife and other components of the systems. The field is multidisciplinary: insights from sociology, political science, anthropology, or philosophy may be combines with concepts from biology, chemistry, and physics to support research. Research projects may cover very diverse interdisciplinary fields; students will acquire appropriate background and perspective by choosing among a broad variety of courses. Students in this option pursue careers in ecological/ natural resource research and management, sustainable agriculture, consulting, government agencies, and graduate programs in sciences, policy and law.

Degree Requirements

Option Credits 27 credits

Required Core

Code Course Title Credits
BI 351 Marine Ecology 3
BI 370 Ecology 3
BOT 341 Plant Ecology 4
FES 341 Forest Ecology 3
FW 479 Wetlands and Riparian Ecology 3
OC 434 Estuarine Ecology 3
RNG 421 Rangeland Restoration and Management 4
BOT 321 Plant Systematics 4
BOT 416 Aquatic Botany 4
BOT 461 Mycology 4
BOT 465 Lichenology 4
CSS 205 +*Soil Science 4
ENT 311 Introduction to Insect Pest Management 4
FW 302 Biology and Conservation of Marine Mammals 4
FW 311 Ornithology 3
FW 312 Systematics of Birds 3
FW 315 Ichthyology 3
FW 316 Systematics of Fishes 3
FW 317 Mammalogy 3
FW 318 Systematics of Mammals 3
FW 331 Ecology of Marine and Estuarine Birds 4
OC 332 Coastal Oceanography 3
SOIL 366 Ecosystems of Wildland Soils 3
Z 365 Biology of Insects 4
BI 371 +^Ecological Methods 4
BI 373 +^Field Methods in Marine Ecology 4
BI 375 Field Methods in Ecological Restoration 4
BOT 440 Field Methods in Plant Ecology 4
FES 445 Ecological Restoration 4
FW 255 Field Sampling of Fish and Wildlife 3
FW 301 Field Techniques for Marine Mammal Conservation 1
GEOG 360 Giscience I: Geographic Information Systems and Theory 4
GEOG 380 Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications 4
OC 295 Introduction to Field Oceanography - Land 1
RNG 441 Vegetation Monitoring and Analysis 4
AEC 250 +*Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy 4
AEC 253 *Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics 4
AEC 351 *Natural Resource Economics and Policy 3
AEC 352 *Environmental Economics and Policy 3
AG 201 +*Indigenous Ecosystem Sciences in Pacific Northwest Regions 3
AG 311 +*Indigenous Agriculture and Subsistence 3
ANTH 481 *Natural Resources and Community Values 3
BOT 301 *Human Impacts on Ecosystems 3
FES 485 *Consensus and Natural Resources 3
FOR 460 ^Forest Policy 4
FW 325 +*Seeking Solutions to Global Crises in Resource Ecology 3
FW 340 +*Power and Justice in U.s. Natural Resource Management 3
FW 345 Global Change Biology 3
FW 350 +*Endangered Species & Society 3
GEOG 250 +*Land Use Planning for Sustainable Communities 3
GEOG 333 +*Environmental Justice 3
HST 481 *Environmental History of the United States 4
PHL 440 *Environmental Ethics 3
PHL 443 *World Views and Environmental Values 3
PS 475 Environmental Politics and Policy 4
SOC 480 *Environmental Sociology 4
SOC 481 *Society and Natural Resources 4
SUS 350 +*Sustainable Communities 4
SUS 420 Social Dimensions of Sustainability 3
AG 230 Introduction to Extension and Engagement 3
BOT 488 Environmental Physiology of Plants 3
COMM 222 +Small-Group Communication 3
COMM 324 Communication in Organizations 3
CROP 480 Case Studies in Cropping Systems Management 4
FE 434 Forest Watershed Management 4
FES 365 *Issues in Natural Resources Conservation 3
FOR 457 Techniques for Forest Resource Analysis 4
FW 251 Principles of Fish and Wildlife Conservation 3
FW 303 Survey of Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resource 3
FW 321 Applied Community and Ecosystem Ecology 3
FW 326 Integrated Watershed Management 3
FW 426 Coastal Ecology and Resource Management 4
FW 452 Biodiversity Conservation in Managed Forests 3
FW 456 Freshwater Ecology and Conservation 4
FW 462 Ecosystem Services 3
FW 481 Wildlife Ecology 3
GEOG 300 +*Sustainability for the Common Good 3
GEOG 440 Conflict, Cooperation, and Control of Water in the Us 3
GEOG 452 Environmental Assessment 3
NR 325 Scientific Methods for Analyzing Natural Resource Problems 3
NR 455 +Natural Resource Decision Making 4
RNG 341 Principles of Rangeland Ecology and Management 3
RNG 455 Riparian Ecohydrology and Management 4
SOIL 395 ^World Soil Resources 3
SUS 304 *Sustainability Assessment 4

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