The Master of Natural Resources degree was originally designed for people desiring to change their career path or to further themselves in their current profession.
If a person would like to have additional education, the lack of a natural resources undergraduate degree is not a problem. A person does need, however, a Bachelor of Arts or Science (B.A. or B.S.) degree.
Courses called "deficiency" courses are required for students, depending on their previous coursework -- but especially for students without a resource management degree. These courses provide preparation for taking upper level and graduate level natural resources classes. Deficiency courses do not count toward the MNR program. In addition, taking these courses before applying to the MNR program does not guarantee admittance. Those courses are identified as:
Plant Taxonomy Bin
- BIOL 341, Systematic Botany, 3 credits; prereqs: UI Biol 115 and Biol 116.
- FOR 320, Dendrology, 3 credits: prereqs: UI Biol 116 or Pl Sci 205.
ON LINE SUBSTITUTIONS FOR THE PLANT TAXONOMY BIN
- From NAU*, FOR 212, 2 credits,Trees and Forests of North America; no prereqs.
Ecology Bin
- RNGE/FOR 221, General Ecology, 3 credits; prereqs: UI Biol 115 or Biol 116.
- BIOL 314, Ecology and Population Biology, 3 credits; prereqs, UI Biol 115 and Biol 116, Math 143, 160 or 170, Biol 210 (recommended).
ON LINE SUBSTITUTIONS FOR THE ECOLOGY BIN
- From University of Idaho, Rnge 221, General Ecology, 3 credits; (see EcologyOnline.net); prereqs: UI Biol 115 or Biol 116.
- From OSU*, BIO 370, General Ecology, 3 credits; prereqs: (BI 211 or BI 211H) and (BI 212 or BI 212H) and (BI 213 or BI 213H) or an equivalent one-year introductory biology sequence.
Fish or Wildlife Biology
- WLF 314, Wildlife Ecology 3 credits; prereqs: UI For/Rnge 221 or Biol 314.
- FISH 314, Fish Ecology 3 credits; prereqs: UI For/Rnge 221 or Biol 314.
ON LINE SUBSTITUTIONS FOR THE FISH OR WILDLIFE
BIOLOGY BIN
- From OSU*, FW 323, Mgmt Principles of Pacific Salmon in NW 3 credits; no prereqs.
- From OSU*, FW 251, Prin of Fish and Wildlife Conservation 3 credits; no prereqs.
Forest or Rangeland Management (2 credits)
- REM 251, Principles of Range Resources Management, 3 credits; no prereqs.
- REM 244, Wildland Fire Management, 3 credits; no prereqs.
ON LINE SUBSTITUTIONS FOR THE FOREST OR RANGELAND
MANAGEMENT BIN
- From OSU*, For 352, Wilderness Mgt, 3 credits; no prereqs.
- From OSU*, For 365, Issues in NR Conservation, 3 credits; no prereqs.
Human Dimensions in Natural Resources ( 2 credits)
- FOR 235, Society and Natural Resources, 3 credits; no prereqs.
ON LINE SUBSTITUTIONS FOR THE HUMAN DIMENSIONS IN NATURAL
RESOURCES BIN
- From OSU*, FW 340, Multicultural Perspectives in Natural Resources, 3 credits; no prereqs.
- From NAU*, Soc 333, Environment and Society, 3 credits; no prereqs.
- From OSU*, FW 325, Global Crises in Resource Ecology, 3 credits; no prereqs.
Statistics (3 credits)
- STAT 251, Principles of Statistics 3 credits; prereqs: UI Math 137, 143, 160, 170, or 2 yrs HS algebra and perm.
ON LINE SUBSTITUTIONS FOR THE STATISTICS BIN
- From OSU*, ST 201 or 202, Principles of Statistics; no prereqs.
*OSU=Oregon State University (www.oregonstate.edu)
*NAU=Northern Arizona University (www.nau.edu)
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