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Graduate Emphasis in Natural Resources and Environmental Planning

This emphasis is designed for students who are interested in the relationships between human communities, settlements, and their ecological contexts. It will prepare students for practice, research and professional careers with nonprofit and international non-governmental organizations, with private sector firms in environmental and natural resource design, and with public planning agencies at the local, regional, state and federal government levels.

Students are trained to analyze community planning issues in terms of their implications for the natural systems that support them. Communities are formed for diverse reasons, but successful communities adapt to their physical surroundings. Consequently, the scale and character of ecological units affecting planning for a given location may vary. It is expected that students will gain theoretical knowledge of human interactions with natural systems, learn to apply analytical techniques to the assessment of actual problems, and acquire skills for their solution. Particular attention is placed on the sustainable uses of land and water, access to and control of natural resources, and their implications for growth management.

3 units CRP 564/ Natural Resource Planning (Foundations)
3 units 2nd methods
3 units Elective
3 units Elective
3 units Elective
3 units Elective
3 units Elective
2 units Internship or Individual Problems Course
23 units Emphasis Total

Graduate Program

• Community Development


• Natural Resource Planning


• Physical Planning

• Latin American Studies


• Public Administration

• Historic Preservation & Regionalism


• Town Design

Undergraduate

Minor