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2021-2022 University of Wyoming Catalog

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2021-2022 University of Wyoming Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Environment & Natural Resources Graduate Minor

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The Environment & Natural Resourcs (ENR) graduate minor is designed for doctoral students in any discipline who want to broaden their perspectives, experiences, and critical thinking skills to complex environmental problems. The minor is also available to master’s students.

Graduate students interested in the concurrent minor in ENR will apply for admission to a primary degree program at the University of Wyoming. Once accepted to their primary graduate program, students must complete an additional online process to confirm their enrollment in the ENR minor. During the Haub School admission process, students will select a Haub School faculty mentor and submit a one-page Statement of Purpose. Current application requirements are available online.

In addition to degree requirements of the student’s home department, students must complete 12 credit hours:

6 Credit Hours in ENR Core Courses:

ENR 5100 - Foundations of ENRS Credits: 3
ENR 5900 - ENR Policy in Practice Credits: 3

6+ Credit Hours in ENR Electives Courses:

(Choose three+ courses from any of the following categories)

Human Dimensions:

AGEC 4720 - Water Resource Economics Credits: 3
AGEC 5660 - Community and Economic Development Credits: 3
AMST 5030 - Ecology of Knowledge Credits: 3
ANTH 5260 - Anthropology of Food, Culture, and Nutrition Credits: 3
ECON 5410 - Seminar in Advanced Resource and Environmental Economics Credits: 1-3
ENGL 4075 - Writing for Non-Profits Credits: 3
ENR 5450 - Negotiation Credits: 3
ENR 5560 - Conservation Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
ENR 5600 - Campus Sustainability Credits: 3
ENR 4310 - Environmental Anthropology Credits: 3
OR
ANTH 4310 - Environmental Anthropology Credits: 3
ENR 4040 - Conservation of Natural Resources Credits: 3
OR
GEOG 4040 - Conservation of Natural Resources Credits: 3
GEOG 5570 - Cultural Geography Credits: 3
GEOG 5590 - Geography of Conflicts Credits: 3
NASC 5650 - Place-Based Learning Credits: 3
REWM 5103 - Range and Ranch Recreation Credits: 3
GWST 5450 - Ecofeminism Credits: 3

Law & Policy:

ENR 5750 - ENR Law and Policy Credits: 3
ENR 4052 - Federal Land Politics Credits: 3
OR
GEOG 4052 - Federal Land Politics Credits: 3
OR
POLS 4052 - Federal Land Politics Credits: 3
INST 5455 - Energy Security Credits: 3
OR
POLS 5455 - Energy Security Credits: 3
LAW 6660 - Environmental Law Credits: 3
LAW 6700 - Indian Law Credits: 3
LAW 6800 - Public Lands Credits: 3
LAW 6860 - Water Law and Policy Credits: 3
LAW 6865 - Natural Resources Law Credits: 3
POLS 5051 - Environmental Politics Credits: 3
POLS 5475 - Politics of Natural Resources in Latin America Credits: 3

Natural & Physical Sciences:

BOT 5280 - Paleobotany Credits: 4
BOT 5700 - Vegetation Ecology Credits: 4
BOT 5775 - Forest Ecology Credits: 4
ENR 4010 - Winter Ecology: Skills of the Winter Naturalist Credits: 1
AND
ENR 4011 - Winter Ecology: Snowpack Science and Dynamics Credits: 1
AND
ENR 4012 - Winter Ecology: Wildlife and Plant Adaptations Credits: 1
ENR 5285 - Wildland Hydrology Credits: 3
OR
REWM 5285 - Wildland Hydrology Credits: 3
ENR 5240 - Disease Ecology Credits: 3
OR
PATB 5240 - Disease Ecology Credits: 3
GEOG 5440 - Advanced Global Climate Variability Credits: 3
GEOG 5450 - Fluvial Geomorphology Credits: 4
PLNT 5120 - Organic Food Production Credits: 3
REWM 5000 - Range Resource Management Credits: 3
REWM 5580 - Rangeland Restoration Ecology Credits: 3
REWM 5710 - Watershed Water Quality Management Credits: 3
REWM 5750 - Wildlife Habitat Restoration Ecology Credits: 3
REWM 5400 - Community Ecology Credits: 3
RNEW 5500 - Stable Isotope Ecology Credits: 3
SOIL 5150 - Forest and Range Soils Credits: 3

Quantitative & Qualitative Methods:

BOT 5550 - Computational Biology Credits: 4
ENR 5550 - Negotiation Analysis Credits: 3
OR
AGEC 5550 - Negotiation Analysis Credits: 3
ENR 5525 - Environmental Data Analysis Credits: 4
OR
GEOL 5525 - Environmental Data Analysis Credits: 4
GIST 5100 - Foundations of Geospatial Information Science and Technology Credits: 3
GIST 5150 - Advanced Programming in Spatial Sciences Credits: 3
GIST 5130 - Applied Remote Sensing for Agricultural Management Credits: 3
OR
RNEW 5130
STAT 5050 - Statistical Methods for the Biological Science Credits: 3

Additional Program Requirements:

1. Statement of Purpose: Prior to or concurrent with declaring an Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) graduate major or minor, students must submit a 1-page Statement of Purpose describing how the Haub School’s program aligns with their academic and professional goals.

2. Cumulative Learning Analysis: Immediately prior to graduation, students must submit a 1-2 page Cumulative Learning Analysis, analyzing their learning as a whole throughout their graduate work, informed by their coursework, research and co-curricular activities.

3. Program Completion Letter: Upon completion of ENR coursework, students will arrange a meeting with their advisor to ensure all requirements have been met. Once this step is complete, their advisor will submit a signed Program Completion Letter to the registrar, indicating the student should receive the ENR concurrent degree.

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