Department of Forest Resources, 116d Green Hall, 1530 Cleveland Avenue N., St. Paul MN 55108 (612-624-7683; fax 612-625-5212)

Students in the Natural Resources Science and Management Program normally emphasize one of the following tracks: 1) Forests: Biology, Ecology, Conservation, and Management; 2) Economics, Policy, Management, and Society; 3) Assessment, Monitoring, and Geospatial Analysis; 4) Recreation Resources, Tourism, and Environmental Education; 5) Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management; 6) Forest Products; 7) Paper Science and Engineering; or 8) Wildlife Ecology and Management.

Students majoring in other programs who wish to declare a minor in Natural Resources Science and Management must file a proposal with the NRSM program office. Master's students must complete a minimum of eight credits of NRSM-related coursework. Doctoral students must complete a minimum of twelve credits of NRSM-related coursework. Because the NRSM program is multidisciplinary, we do not require specific courses for completion of the minor. Rather, the student should work in consultation with his or her major advisor(s) and with the NRSM faculty member who will serve on the student's examination committee as the representative of the program minor. (It is a University of MN requirement that students declaring a minor have a representative of the minor program on the committee.) The proposed coursework will then be reviewed by NRSM's director of graduate studies, and must be approved before the student can submit the degree program for approval. It is expected that courses students take to fulfill the NRSM minor are taught by NRSM faculty members. The minor proposal form is available on the NRSM website.