Energy and Land Management (BSNRM) - Course Requirements

Energy and Land Management Course Requirements

Information accurate as of the 2024 - 2025 catalog.
For previous year's catalogs, please see the undergraduate catalog page.

Num. Title Credits
GSU 100 The First Year Experience 0 hours
All degree seeking students are required to take GSU 100 during their first semester.
     
General Education Requirements 30 hours
Students must complete BIOL 121, GEOG 203, MATH 115, and POSC 203 as part of the General Education requirements
     
Natural Resource Management Core 32 hours
BIOL 400 Ecology and Field Biology 4
ENVR 352 Air/Water/Soil Quality 4
ENVR 393 Environmental Compliance 3
MGMT 201 Principles of Management 3
NRMT 125 Computer Assisted Mapping 3
NRMT 201 Forest Ecology 3
NRMT 234 GIS Applications I 3
NRMT 311 Natural Resource Permitting 3
NRMT 334 GIS Applications II 3
NRMT 493 Natural Resource Management 3
     
Energy and Land Management Major 56 hours
BUSN 193 Applied Business Communications 3
BUSN 225 Business Ethics 3
BUSN 270 Business Law I 3
BUSN 470 Business Law II 3
LAMN 193 Principles of Energy and Land Management 3
LAMN 293 Landman Titles & Abstracting 3
LAMN 397 Work Experience 1
LAND 121 Introduction to Land Surveying 3
LAND 123 Land Survey Descriptions-Interpretation and Writing 2
MGMT 484 Organizational Behavior 3
NRMT 410 Energy Resource Law 3
PHYS 209 General Geology 4
General Block Electives (select from the following): 18 hours
Courses required for the NRMT Core and selected Major will not fulfill this requirement.
BIOL any 300-499 level course  
BUSN 470 Business Law II  
ENVR any 300-499 level course  
HIST 303 West Virginia History  
LAND any 300-499 level course  
MGMT any 300-499 level course  
NRMT any 300-499 level course  
PHYS 310 General Astronomy  
SAFE 327 Legal Aspects and General Safety  
STAT any 300-499 level course  
WLMT any 300-499 level course  
Restricted Block Electives 4 hours
Select from the following list of courses. Courses required for the NRMT Core and selected Major will not fulfill this requirement.
     
General Electives 2 hours
Total minimum hours required for this degree 120 hours

Students in the Energy and Land Management Major are encouraged to complete the following:

General Block Electives

Num. Title
ENVR 351 Soil Science
LAND 335 Hydrology, Drainage, and Subdivision Design
MGMT 384 Human Resource Management
MGMT 487 Operations Management
WLMT 301 Wildlife Law and Policy

Restricted Block Electives

Num. Title
FRST 109 Dendrology II
LAND 244 Remote Sensing and Aerial Photo Interpretation