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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

The Institute of Renewable Natural Resources

General Statement

The curricula in the four departments comprising the Institute of Renewable Natural Resources offer opportunities to obtain professional training in specific areas in management and conservation of natural resources. Students also may select a broader approach to natural resource education by pursuing the multi-departmental degree in renewable natural resources. This program may be selected in any department in the Institute of Renewable Natural Resources.

Renewable Natural Resources

Renewable Natural Resources (RENR) is for students desiring a rigorous education in the study and management of sustainable ecosystems for a wide variety of resource values. The RENR program of study is comprised of a core of courses and three emphases. The goal of this core/emphasis structure is to provide students with an identity as a renewable natural resources specialist, while, at the same time, affording the flexibility for preparation for a variety of career tracks. One emphasis focuses on management, one on science and one on policy. Technical electives guide the students in chosen educational and career directions. The underlying goal of the RENR degree is to integrate the scientific issues of renewable natural resources. Graduates of this program will be able to articulate these issues verbally and in writing in their chosen career. Therefore, the RENR degree emphasizes verbal presentations and major papers as well as field-oriented activities.

The RENR programs are designed to help students prepare for careers in public and private organizations associated with the planning and use of natural resources and the environment. Possible employment includes areas such as multiple-use land management, environmental assessment, resource inventory, natural resource planning, policy analysis and land remediation. The science emphasis is especially appropriate for research positions, the management emphasis for ranch or timberland management, and the policy emphasis for careers in law or policy.

The RENR degree consists of 132 credit hours: 104 common to all three emphases, and 28 designated by the emphases (with free electives).

• Professional Fields of Study and Department Heads
• Curricula
• RENR Science Emphasis
• RENR Management Emphasis
• RENR Policy Emphasis