Land Rehabilitation

Program Overview

This Land Resources and Environmental Sciences program provides a comprehensive education in environmental science, focusing on land resources, ecology, and restoration. Students gain a strong foundation in biology, chemistry, and physics, and develop skills in GIS, statistics, and environmental data analysis. The program prepares graduates for careers in land rehabilitation, ecological restoration, invasive species management, and land resources management.

Program Outline

Outline:

• Year One:
• ENSC 110 - Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
• BIOB 170IN - Principles of Biological Diversity
• CHMY 141 - College Chemistry I & CHMY 142 - College Chemistry I Lab
• WRIT 101W - College Writing I
• BIOB 160 - Principles of Living Systems
• Year Two:
• ENSC 245IN - Soils
• GPHY 284 - Intro to GIS Science & Cartog
• PHSX 205 - College Physics I
• BIOB 318 - Biometry / STAT 216Q - Introduction to Statistics / University Core
• BIOO 230 - Identification of Seed Plants
• ENSC 210 - Role of Plants in the Environment
• ENSC 260 - Evolution for Env Scientists
• WRIT 201 - College Writing II / HONR 202IH - Texts and Critics: Knowledge & Imagination II
• University Core
• Year Three:
• ENSC 353 - Environmental Biogeochemistry
• BIOE 370 - General Ecology
• ENSC 444 - Watershed Hydrology
• ENSC 454 - Landscape Pedology
• NRSM 430 - Natural Resource Law / PSCI 362 - Natural Resource Policy / ENSC 311 - Fundamentals of Environmental Data Analysis
• BIOM 452 - Soil & Envirnmntl Microbiology
• ENSC 460 - Soil Remediation
• University Core
• Year Four:
• ENSC 410R - Biodiversity Survey and Monitoring Methods
• ENSC 443 - Weed Ecology and Management
• ENSC 448 - Stream Restoration Ecology
• ENSC 461 - Restoration Ecology
• ENSC 499R - LRES Capstone
• Directed Elective

Careers:

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