Course variations

Course summary

This concentration prepares students for communication-related positions with public, private, and non-governmental organizations that relate to the management of natural resources. The curriculum will train students in the areas of communication, research, stakeholder processes, public relations, planning and policy, and interpretation.

Program modules

The courses are BZ 120 Principles of Plant Biology; CO 150 College Composition; MATH 117 College Algebra in Context I; MATH 118 College Algebra in Context II; MATH 124 Logarithmic and Exponential Function; PSY 100 General Psychology; SPCM 200 Public Speaking; SOCR 220/LAND 220 Fundamentals of Ecology; NRRT 270 Principles of Natural Resource Tourism; NRRT 262 Principles of Environmental Communication; NRRT 231 Principles of Park and Protected Area Management; STAT 201 General Statistics; JTC 300 Professional and Technical Communication; NR 300 Biological Diversity; NRRT 330 Social Aspects of Natural Resource Management; NRRT 376 Recreation Measurements; NR 365 Environmental Education; JTC 350 Public Relations or NR 400 Public Relations in Natural Resources; JTC 342 Writing for Specialized Electronic Media; NR 320 Natural Resource History and Policy; NR 387 Internship; NR 460 Wilderness Management or NRRT 331 Management of Parks and Protected Area; PSY 340/341 Organizational Psychology/Lab; JTC 413 New Communication Technologies and Society; NRRT 462 Environmental Communication in Natural Resources; NRRT 371 Techniques in Interpretation; NRRT 487V Internship; one course from guided natural resource electives: NR 460 Wilderness Management; NRRT 439 Open Space and Natural Area Management; NR 425 Sustainability of Renewable Resources; NR 420 Integrated Ecosystem Management; NR 440 Land Use Planning; one course from guided social science electives: SOC 320 Population-Natural Resources and Environment; ECON 240 Issues in Environmental Economics; PHIL 345 Environmental Ethics; SOC 342 Leisure and Society; SOC 362 Social Change; PSY 315 Social Psychology; PSY 316 Environmental Psychology; one course from guided natural science electives: ATS 350 Introduction to Weather and Climate; ERHS 220 Environmental Health; WR 304 Principles of Watershed Management; RS 300 Principles of Range Management; GR 210 Physical Geography.

Entry requirement for international students

Applicants from Australia must have completed year 10 Secondary School Certificate and year 12 Senior Certificate and have earned state or territory school leaving certificate (i.e.) Australian Capital Territory Year 12 Certificate; New South Wales HSC; Northern Territory SACE; Queensland Senior Certificate; South Australian Certificate of Education; Tasmania Certificate of Education; Victorian Certificate of Education; and the Western Australia CSE. Indian applicants need to complete standard XII and have obtained any one of the examination results: State Higher Secondary Certificate / All India and Delhi Senior School Certificate / Indian School Certificate and Standard X Examination Results: School Leaving Certificate /All India Secondary School Certificate /Indian. Indian students who have taken CBSE examinations should have an overall grade of C2 or higher. Pakistan applicants are required to have Higher Secondary Certificate with examination results and students majoring in computer science, engineering and mathematics should complete the pre-engineering sequence of courses. Preference in admissions for engineering, computer science and mathematics will be given to students who have completed the pre-engineering science track with 60 percentage average. Singapore applicants must have Sijil am Pelajaran Singapure-Cambridge with 5 0-level passes. Singapore students who have appeared for A-Level examinations are required to show two passes at grades A to E. Approximately 6 -10 semester credits in transfer will be awarded for each A-Level pass. Students from Malaysia should have completed Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia; MICSS Unifed Examination Certificate (UEC) with a standard grade of 4 in a grading scales of 1-9. All applicants must demonstrate a high level of English proficiency with a minimum TOEFL score of 71 on the IBT or 525 on the PBT; or a minimum IELTS score of 6.0.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

Colorado State University

Department name

Warner College of Natural Resources, Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources

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