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Natural Resources Studies at UConn

The Natural Resources major is offered by the Department of Natural Resource Management and Engineering. An interdisciplinary set of courses can be pursued, or the student can focus on a specific area within the major. The possible areas of emphasis include: Atmospheric Resources, Earth Resource Information Systems (LERIS), Fisheries Management, Forestry/Forest Ecology, Water Resources, and Wildlife Management. The students are provided with a thorough background in natural resource management and technology along with basic science and liberal arts.

In order to be successful in the field, it is important to have good physical fitness, outdoor skills, and resourcefulness, as well as a strong interest in animals and environment, since most of the work for the profession involves the outdoors. In addition to that, good problem solving skills, ability to pay attention to detail, excellent writing, speaking and people skills, ability to analyze, interpret and evaluate data, and computation skills are necessary.

Careers in Natural Resources involve balancing the needs of humans with the natural cycles of the environment, as well as seeking a clear understanding of the surroundings through observation. Typically, the work involves being outdoors, learning about forests, ecosystems, and the environment, while integrating science, business, people, and resource management. In the past few hundred years, humans have decimated the great forests, polluted the land, water and air, strained the land carry capacity through overpopulation, and lost billions of tons of topsoil to the sea. As a result, those involved in the field of natural resources need to determine how best to preserve the environment and satisfy human needs.

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