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Natural Resources
Degree: A.S. - Natural Resources
Certificate: Natural Resources
What Is Natural Resources?
Natural Resources Management is broadly defined as the art, science
and business of managing, conserving and preserving nonrenewable and nonrenewable
natural resources such as air, water, land and their biological resources
for benefit of present and future generations.
Today’s natural resource technicians and professionals need a strong foundation in ecological and natural resource science as well as specific technical skills related to natural resource management. The Natural Resource curriculum provides this broad foundation for a wide range of career choices.
Career Opportunities
There are entry-level technician and professional opportunities with
private lumber and resource managing companies; city, state and national
park systems and other state and federal resource agencies such as The
California Department of Fish and Game, The California Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection, the United States Forest Service, United States Fish
and Wildlife Service, and the United States Bureau of Reclamation.
The ARC Program
The AS Degree and the certificate are designed to train graduates for
direct entry into jobs involving extensive fieldwork with State, Federal
or Local Agencies as well as the private sector. Students completing the
AS Degree can choose to continue their education towards degrees in wildlife
biology, forestry, natural resource management or related disciplines.
The Natural Resources 20 unit Core Requirement serves both the degree major and certificate program. The degree major has an additional 18-21 unit concentration requirement in such areas as biological science, physical science, technical writing, statistics and computer information science.
The Natural Resources Department additionally offers the general education student coursework that prepares them to be citizens with a greater appreciation and understanding of our natural resources and current human threats to those resources.
Program Information
(1999-2000 Academic Year)
Requirements for Degree Major: 38-41 units
Natural Resource Core Requirements: 20 Units
Course
Units
Natural Resources 1 3
Natural Resources 2 3
Natural Resources 3 3
Natural Resources 4 4
Natural Resources 5 3
Natural Resources 6 4
Concentration Requirements: 18-21 Units
Course
Units
Biology 16
4
Biology 10
4
Geology 1 or Geography 1 3
Statistics 1
3
English 13C
1
CIS 1, 11A, or 11B & 12A 3
or Geography 9, 25A & 25B 6
Recommended Electives
Natural Resourses 7, 24, Geography 6, Geology 8, 12, 18, Biology 8,
15, 18, 21, 23, Anthropology 14.
Requirements for Certificate: 20 Units
Course
Units
Natural Resources 1 3
Natural Resources 2 3
Natural Resources 3 3
Natural Resources 4 4
Natural Resources 5 3
Natural Resources 6 4
General Education Graduation Requirements
Students must also complete the general education graduation requirements
for an A.A. degree. See graduation requirements.
NOTE:
Most Natural Resource courses are accepted for credit at CSU and several
are accepted for credit at UC. The Natural Resource core courses
1, 2, 3, 5 satisfy the AA/AS area 3A Natural Science Requirement.