Environmental Resource Management Minor

The Environmental Resource Management (E R M) minor is designed to provide nonmajors with an overview of the principles and practices of managing resources prudently and economically.

This minor was developed to permit students of other majors to have their environmental interests and training formally documented on their academic records. Because so many of society's activities have an impact on environmental quality, the minor should appeal to students with majors from a wide variety of disciplines, including journalism and education majors who want to write and teach in the environmental field.

The E R M minor includes an introduction to modern resource systems analysis and environmental impact assessment. Students may also elect to take courses in environmental law and resource allocation and economics.

Requirements
Students are required to complete 18 credits from a list of approved courses. The prescribed list consists of 10 credits of E R M courses. The student is limited to a total of 3 credits of internship and independent study. Individual programs are determined jointly by the student and the E R M program coordinator.

Prescribed courses for the E R M minor are as follows:

E R M 151 Careers and Issues in Environmental Resource Management
E R M 300 Basic Principles and Calculations in Environmental Analysis
E R M 412 Resource Systems Analysis
E R M 413W Case Studies in Ecosystem Management

The student will select 8 credits from the following list or may select additional E R M courses:

A S M 327 Soil and Water Resources Management
E RRE/AG BM 201 Renewable Resource Economics
SOILS 101 Introduction to Soils

Procedures for Enrollment
Students may apply for admission to the Environmental Resource Management minor by submitting an Application for Admission to a Minor form in 206 ASI Building. The approval of the student's major program adviser is also required. For additional information, contact the Environmental Resource Management Program at 814-865-6942.

Visit the ERM Web site.