95 Credits

This pre-professional degree prepares students to transfer to a college or university program as juniors in several Natural Resources areas. By developing academic skills in mathematics, science, English, humanities, and natural resource courses, the student can transfer directly into a professional program such as natural resources management, forest engineering, or wildlife biology. Selected natural resource courses will transfer to these four-year programs.

While this program of study is designed to transfer to most four-year professional programs in Natural Resources or closely related fields, you should consult the catalog of the school to which you plan to transfer. The university catalog requirements will provide the guidance for substitutions and be approved by the Natural Resources instructor/advisor. Some professional schools require a foreign language.

Natural Resources instructor advising required for this degree, due to the irregularities of different college and university requirements.

Program Coordinator: Jessyka Williams, jrwilliams@greenriver.edu

Program Website: Natural Resources | https://greenriver.edu/forestry

Program Outcomes:

Students who successfully complete this program will be able to:

1. Demonstrate the knowledge of ecosystem management techniques to develop forest management objectives related to fire ecology and restoration, riparian and wildlife management including harvest and silvicultural prescriptions.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of biological, abiotic and cultural ecosystems as they apply to natural resource management in today’s society.
3. Utilize the latest technology in forest navigation, mapping, planning and implementation of forest management practices.
4. Demonstrate skills to accurately collect, analyze and present a variety of natural resources data collected using the latest field techniques for useful outputs.
5. Demonstrate good verbal and written communications to disseminate information effectively to a variety of audiences.