Natural Resources

Contact Information

Program Website: http://natrespro.nvgc.vt.edu/
Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning
ph: 1-866-791-4898
fax: 1-540-231-2079

Program Director

Dr. Michael J. Mortimer, Program Director

Summary

The College of Natural Resources offers a professional, non-thesis Master of Natural Resources (MNR) degree. The MNR program is a 33-credit-hour professional degree open to students from a wide variety of undergraduate fields.

The focus of the Natural Resources Program is urban ecology and sustainability of natural resources, with special emphasis on sustainable use of fishery, wildlife and forest resources in the rapidly changing rural-urban environment. The MNR degree is usually a terminal, non-research degree, intended to give the candidate additional post-baccalaureate education in natural resources. This interdisciplinary program has a dual objective of training graduates for professional employment in natural resources and instilling conceptual and critical thinking necessary for lifelong learning and career development. Graduates are able to assume professional responsibilities in a wide variety of positions in public service or in the private sector.



Delivery - Completely online, asynchronous

Courses

Course Number Course Title Credit hrs
NR 5044 Environmental Conservation and the American Landscape 3
NR 5984 Wildland Fire Policy and Management 3
NR 5984 Landcare 3
NR 5424 Urban Wildlife 3
NR 5634 Urban Ecology 3
NR 5644 Interdisciplinary Recreation Planning 3
NR 5684 Foundations of Federal Land Management 3
NR 5854 Natural Resources Communications Applications 3
NR 5984 Public Lands Valuation 3
NR 5194 Environmental Ethics 3
NR 5654 Outdoor Recreation Design and Developmen 3
NR 5674 Public Lands and Realty Principles 3
NR 5724 Conservation Ecology 3
NR 5834 Ecological Economics 3
NR 5984 Human Dimensions in Natural Resources 3
NR 5984 Public Lands Valuation 3
PSCI 5364 Public Ecology 3
NR 5954 Study Abroad 6

Please take a look at our online classes to view what is currently being offered.