Curriculum
Requirements
A minimum of 30 credits:
- 27 credits course work from 400/500 level courses
- 3 credits professional paper requirement
Curriculum
The flexible and interdisciplinary nature of this program allows you to select courses to fit your professional goals and interests.
Marni Rolston, the LRES program manager, will assign you an advisor to help you with course selection. Contact Marni at (406) 994-2029 or mrolston@montana.edu.
Required Course
Students will successfully complete:
| Rubric | No | Course | Sem | Credit | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRES | 575 |
Every Semester |
3 | Online |
Electives
Students will successfully complete 27 credits selected from:
| Rubric | No | Course | Fall | Credit | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGSC |
401 |
Fall | 3 | Online | |
| LRES | 505 | Concepts of GIS in Environmental Science | Fall, Sp, Su | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 507 | Environmental Risk Assessment | Fall, Sp | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 510 | Biodiversity Survey and Modeling Methods | Fall (Su start) | 3 | Online & Campus |
| LRES | 532 | Soil Ecosystems and Processes | Fall | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 533 | Wetland Ecology and Management | Fall, Sp | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 534 | Environmental Data Analysis | Fall, Sp, Su | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 540 | The Ecology of Plants and Plant Communities | Fall, Sp | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 564 | Fundamentals of Environmental Monitoring | Fall | 2 | Online + 1 lab taught 2hr/wk synchron. |
| LRES | 573 | Remote Sensing Applications in Environmental Science | Fall | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 592 | Independent Study/Internship | Every Semester | 3 | Online |
| NRSM | 421 | Holistic Thought and Management | Fall | 4 | Online |
| PSPP | 546 | Herbicide Physiology | Fall (even yrs) | 3 | Online |
| Rubric | No | Course | Spring | Credit | Location |
| ENTO | 510 | Insect Ecology | Spring (odd yrs) | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 505 | Concepts of GIS in Environmental Science | Spring, Fall, Su | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 515 | Microbial Ecology | Spring | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 530 | Natural Resource Law | Spring | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 531 | Applied Watershed Hydrology | Spring | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 533 | Wetland Ecology and Management | Spring, Fall | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 534 | Environmental Data Analysis | Spring, Fall, Su | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 544 | Water Quality | Spring | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 571 | Landscape and Ecosystem Ecology | Spring | 3 | Online |
| MB | 527 | Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons | Spring (even yrs) | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 592 | Independent Study/Internship | Every Semester | 3 | Online |
| Rubric | No | Course | Summer | Credit | Location |
| AGSC | 502 | Women in Ag | Summer (first 4x4) | 2 | Online |
| LRES | 505 | Concepts of GIS in Environmental Science | Fall, Sp, Summer (session 1) | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 521 | Holistic Thought and Management | Summer (session 1) | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 534 | Environmental Data Analysis | Fall, Sp, Su | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 569 | Ecology of Invasive Plants in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem | Summer | 2 | Campus |
| LRES | 536 | Ecology of Invasive Plants II | Summer | 1 | Online |
| LRES | 539 | Ecological Restoration and Management | Summer | 3 | Online & Campus |
| LRES | 562 | Land Rehabilitation Field Problems | Summer | 2 | Campus |
| LRES | 566 | Chemical Ecology | Summer (session 2) | 3 | Online |
| LRES | 592 | Independent Study/Internship | Every Semester | 3 | Online |
For More Information
- Scott Powell, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, at spowell@montana.edu or (406) 994-5017
- Marni Rolston, Program Manager, at mrolston@montana.edu or (406) 994-2029
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