Course variations

Course summary

This program represents social sciences applied to addressing environmental and natural resource problems. This major draws on a variety of social science disciplines and fields, including public administration, decision making, planning, communication, risk management, economics, policy, and law. The EPM major focuses on the development and maintenance of long-term natural resource use and environmental quality in the face of increasing human demands on resources and the environment. This interdisciplinary major addresses interactions of the public and private sectors in making resource management decisions, stressing policy formulation, implementation, and impact assessment. Students must select at least one complementary intermediate level course in political science, psychology, or sociology. The major also requires students to gain depth in one of the school’s emphasized natural resource fields, either soils, water, forests, or wildlife. The environmental consulting career track prepares students to work in the consulting industry as authorities on statutes, regulations, and procedures relevant to natural resources remediation and rehabilitation. Students will learn to work as engineers, scientists and politicians to manage and direct projects.

Program modules

The modules are FAES 100 (University Survey) 1, Writing Skills (15 Hours): ENGLISH 110.01 or 110.02, ENR 3672 or LARCH 3672 (2nd Writing Course), ENR 567 (3rd Writing Course), Data Analysis, Quantitative and Logical Skills (9 Hours): MATH 130, MATH 148 or above, ENR 222 (recommended), STAT 135, STAT 145, HCS 260 or ANIMSCI 260, Natural Sciences (20 Hours): CHEM 101 or CHEM 121, CHEM 102 or CHEM 122, BIOLOGY 113, BIOLOGY 114, ENR CORE REQUIREMENTS (19 Hours): ENR 119.01, ENR 201, ENR 203, ENR 300.01, ENR 606.01, EPM MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (18 Hours): ENR 340, ENR 615, ENR 640, Select one advanced Social Science course: recommended courses HDFS 361, HDFS 364, POLITSC 245, POLITSC 300, POLITSC 305, POLITSC 510, PSYCH 300, PSYCH 310, PSYCH 312, PSYCH 325, RURLSOC 378, SOCIOL 345, SOCIOL 391 or another course approved by faculty advisor, Free Electives (18 Hours), Arts and Humanities (20 Hours): GEC Literature, GEC Visual/Performing Art, ENR 3672 or LARCH 3672 or other GEC Humanities, GEC History Course, Social Sciences (15 Hours): AEDECON 200 or ECON 200, ENR 400, Third Social Science, Diversity Experiences are International Issues Non-western/Global Focus, International Issues Western Focus (non-U.S.), Social Diversity in the U.S., ADDITIONAL EPM MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (51 Hours): ENR/AEDECON 531, ENR 601, ENR 752 or another law course with 4 faculty advisor approval, ENR 649, ENR 651, ENR 736, ENR 738 or another policy course with faculty advisor approval, Additional ENR courses focused in one of four areas 12 (Water, Soils, Forestry or Wildlife) with faculty advisor approval, Additional Specialization Course (200 level or above) 21-22 with faculty advisor approval.

Entry requirement for international students

Students must have a successful completion of four years of a university preparatory curriculum (also known as college preparatory curriculum or college prep) while in the final four years (grades 9-12) of high school/secondary school such as four units of English, three (four)units of math, three units of natural science with significant lab experience, two (three) units of social science, two (three) units of the same foreign language, one unit of a visual or performing art, one additional unit of the above courses and they must possess the performance in high school/secondary school as shown by class rank or grade point average. They should have the SAT critical reading and verbal score of at least 500 and ACT English score of at least 21. International applicants whose native language is not English must have results from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a score of at least 527 on the paper based test, 71 on the Internet-based test, score of at least 79 on the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB) and an official band score of at least 6.5 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

The Ohio State University

Department name

College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, School of Environment and Natural Resources