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Land Rehabilitation Program

The Land Rehabilitation program at Montana State University is designed to restore impacted and polluted land through improving land and water quality, re-introducing native plant species to the habitat, restoring river habitats, and assessing impacted land needs.

Program Description

Students in the Land Rehabilitation program gain critical knowledge and skills needed to analyze and manage lands requiring rehabilitation, which includes soil remediation, re-vegetation, inspecting impacted geologic resources, managing invasive species, and more. The program focuses on a foundation of chemical, biological, and environmental science coursework before studying soil, water, and plant science courses that range from molecular to landscape in scale.

Career Opportunities

Land Rehabilitation students at Montana State University go into careers such as:

• Land Rehabilitation & Remediation
• Ecological Restoration
• Invasive Species Management
• Land Resources Management
• Land Reclamation Management

Sample Course Plan

The following is a sample course plan for the Land Rehabilitation program:

Year One

• Fall:
  • ENSC 110 - Land Resources and Environmental Sciences (3 credits)
  • BIOB 170IN - Principles of Biological Diversity (4 credits)
  • CHMY 141 - College Chemistry I & CHMY 142 - College Chemistry I Lab (4 credits)
  • WRIT 101W - College Writing I (3 credits)
• Spring:
  • BIOB 160 - Principles of Living Systems (4 credits)
  • CHMY 143 - College Chemistry II & CHMY 144 - College Chemistry II Lab (4 credits)
  • M 161Q - Survey of Calculus (4 credits)
  • Univ. Seminar (US Core) (3 credits)

Year Two

• Fall:
  • ENSC 245IN - Soils (3 credits)
  • GPHY 284 - Intro to GIS Science & Cartog (3 credits)
  • PHSX 205 - College Physics I (4 credits)
  • Take one of the following:
    • BIOB 318 - Biometry
    • STAT 216Q - Introduction to Statistics
  • Univ. Core (3 credits)
• Spring:
  • BIOO 230 - Identification of Seed Plants (4 credits)
  • ENSC 210 - Role of Plants in the Environment (3 credits)
  • ENSC 260 - Evolution for Env Scientists (3 credits)
  • WRIT 201 - College Writing II or HONR 202IH - Texts and Critics: Knowledge & Imagination II (3 credits)
  • Univ Core (3 credits)

Year Three

• Fall:
  • ENSC 353 - Environmental Biogeochemistry (3 credits)
  • BIOE 370 - General Ecology (3 credits)
  • ENSC 444 - Watershed Hydrology (3 credits)
  • ENSC 454 - Landscape Pedology (3 credits)
  • Take one of the following:
    • ENSC 407 - Environmental Risk Assessment
    • GPHY 329 - Environment and Society
    • GPHY 402 - Water and Society
    • PSCI 449 - The Politics of Climate Change
    • WILD 420 - Range & Wildlife Policy and Planning
• Spring:
  • ENSC 311 - Fundamentals of Environmental Data Analysis (3 credits)
  • BIOM 452 - Soil & Envirnmntl Microbiology (3 credits)
  • ENSC 460 - Soil Remediation (3 credits)
  • Univ. Core (6 credits)

Year Four

• Fall:
  • ENSC 410R - Biodiversity Survey and Monitoring Methods (3 credits)
  • ENSC 443 - Weed Ecology and Management (3 credits)
  • ENSC 448 - Stream Restoration Ecology (3 credits)
  • ENSC 461 - Restoration Ecology (3 credits)
  • Directed Elective (3 credits)
• Spring:
  • ENSC 499R - LRES Capstone (3 credits)
  • Directed Elective (11 credits)

Total Program Credits

The total program credits for the Land Rehabilitation program is 120 credits.

Research Opportunities

Land Rehabilitation students have the opportunity for advanced study and research projects about managed and natural ecosystems that span from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and Montanas Golden Triangle to Mongolia and Antarctica.

Career Resources

Within their first year of graduation, more than 96% of Montana State graduates are employed, continuing their education, or not seeking employment. Career guidance and professional skills development are available through the university's career coaching and professional skills studio.