Natural Resources Management Pathway

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Creating Sustainable Spaces.

Are you interested in the natural environment? Do you want a career focused on the outdoors? The Natural Resources Management Pathway provides a hands-on learning experience in sustainable management of the natural environment.

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Pathway Information

Graduates can pursue careers as natural resources managers, conservation scientists, environmental consultants/scientists, watershed/wetland scientists, soil & water conservationist, park rangers, land reclamation inspectors, and many other related fields or pursue graduate studies.

Undergraduate students can tailor their degree with coursework in: (1) Wildlife & Fisheries Ecology, (2) Air, Water, & Land, and (3) Human Dimensions.

WHAT YOU WILL STUDY

All IDS majors complete an XIDS course sequence through which they learn interdisciplinary concepts and method, culminating with a capstone project that reflects their intellectual and career interests:

  • XIDS 2000 - Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies
  • XIDS 3000 - Interdisciplinary Methods
  • XIDS 4000 - Interdisciplinary Capstone

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AIR, WATER, & LAND

  • Soil Science
  • Applied Climatology
  • Environmental Geology
  • Environmental Geochemistry
  • Biogeography
  • Ecological Climatology
  • Mineralogy & Crystallography
  • Hydrology

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WILDLIFE & FISHERIES ECOLOGY

  • Wildlife Habitat Ecology
  • Fire Ecology
  • Conservation Biology
  • Natural History of Vertebrates
  • Entomology
  • Animal Behavior
  • Marine Biology

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HUMAN DIMENSIONS

  • Environment & Health
  • Animals & Culture
  • Environmental & Natural Resource Economics
  • Environmental Policy
  • Geographies of Sustainability
  • Public Management
  • Economic Geography
  • Interest Group Politics

Careers

Careers

Where can you go with this degree?

  • Conservation biologist
  • Environmental scientist
  • Environmental educator
  • Fire ecologist
  • Land reclamation inspector
  • Natural resources manager
  • Park ranger
  • Soil & water conservationist
  • Watershed scientist
  • Wetland ecologist

Spotlight

The pathway can be effectively combined with Minors in fields such as

  • Biology
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Political Science

Certificates available are

  • Stream Restoration
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Wildlife Ecology

Contact

Contact Us

Dr. Neema Noori
Director, Center of Interdisciplinary Studies
(678) 839-6329
nnoori@westga.edu