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Natural Resource Management (NRMT) Course Descriptions

125 Computer Assisted Mapping     3 hours

Introduces students to basic Computer Assisted Mapping with major emphasis placed on the Land Surveying program area.

 
201 Forest Ecology 3 hours

The study of local and regional forest communities and those environmental factors, such as light, temperature, moisture, soils, affecting their structure.

 
234 GIS Application I  3 hours

A study of the fundamentals of the geographic information systems (GIS) technology. Relevance of GIS technology with other disciplines and applications of GIS technology to solution of practical problems in land surveying, forest technology, environmental technology, social sciences and physical sciences. Prerequisite: NRMT 125 or consent of department chairperson.

 
334 GIS Applications II    3 hours

This applied course will include the building of geodatabases from a variety of data sources. Students will create and/or expand a local geographic information system. Prerequisite: NRMT 234.

 
380 Soils Management 3 hours

This course will include topics of physical properties of soils, chemical and mineralogical properties of soils, soil groups, soil erosion and its control, soil organic matter, and the classification of soils.

 
493 Natural Resource Management          3 hours

A comprehensive study of North American natural resources with an emphasis on renewable natural resources. Ecological, economical and political factors will be integrated into a framework for understanding the interaction between natural and social processes. Prerequisite: BIOL 293 or BUSN 193 or ENVR 293 or FRST 293, or LAMN 293 or LAND 293 (gateway class for concentration area).