Students are no longer being admitted into this concentration. Interested students should visit the Major in Conservation and Environmental Leadership.
Effective Spring 2026
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| AUCC | Credits | ||
| BUS 150 | Business Computing Concepts and Applications | 3 | |
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | 1A | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3C | 3 |
| MATH 117 | College Algebra in Context I (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 |
| MATH 118 | College Algebra in Context II (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 |
| MATH 124 | Logarithmic and Exponential Functions (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 |
| NRRT 193 | New to the Major Seminar | 1 | |
| Political Science Elective – Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| American Government and Politics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||
| State and Local Government and Politics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||
| Current World Problems (GT-SS1) | 1C | ||
| International Relations (GT-SS1) | 1C | ||
| Comparative Government and Politics (GT-SS1) | 1C | ||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 6 | |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 3A | 7 | |
| Total Credits | 29 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| ACT 205 | Fundamentals of Accounting | 3 | |
| BUS 205 | Legal and Ethical Issues in Business | 3 | |
| NRRT 231 | Principles-Parks/Protected Area Management | 3 | |
| NRRT 270 | Tourism and Recreation for People and Planet | 3 | |
| RRM 101 | 3 | ||
| SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 | |
| STAT 201 | General Statistics (GT-MA1) | 1B | 3 |
| Guided Electives (see list below) | 7 | ||
| Total Credits | 28 | ||
| Junior | |||
| MGT 305 | Fundamentals of Management | 3 | |
| MKT 305 | Fundamentals of Marketing | 3 | |
| NR 320 | Natural Resources History and Policy | 3 | |
| NR 377 | |||
| NRRT 320 | International Issues-Recreation and Tourism | 3 | |
| NRRT 376 | Methods for Conservation Social Science | 3 | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| Public Relations and Advertising | |||
| Public Communication in Natural Resources | |||
| Guided Electives (see list below) | 3 | ||
| 1C | 1C | 3 | |
| Advanced Writing | 2 | 3 | |
| Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 30 | ||
| Senior | |||
| NRRT 330 | Social Aspects of Natural Resource Management | 3 | |
| NRRT 372 | Marketing Applications - Tourism Recreation | 3 | |
| NRRT 442 | Tourism Outdoor Recreation Planning | 4B,4C | 3 |
| NRRT 460 | Tourism Event and Conference Planning | 3 | |
| NRRT 470 | Tourism Impacts | 4A | 3 |
| NRRT 471 | Starting and Managing Tourism Enterprise | 3 | |
| NRRT 487 | Internship | 5 | |
| Guided Electives (see list below) | 9 | ||
| Total Credits | 32 | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 119 | ||
Guided Electives List (20 credits)
| Code | Title | AUCC | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGRI 270/IE 270 | World Interdependence-Population and Food | 1C | 3 |
| ANTH 100 | Introductory Cultural Anthropology (GT-SS3) | 3C | 3 |
| ANTH 329 | Cultural Change | 3 | |
| AREC 340/ECON 340 | Introduction-Economics of Natural Resources | 3 | |
| AREC 346/ECON 346 | Economics of Outdoor Recreation | 3 | |
| E 403 | Writing the Environment | 3 | |
| GR 100 | Introduction to Geography (GT-SS2) | 3C | 3 |
| GR 320 | Cultural Geography | 3 | |
| HIST 100 | Western Civilization, Pre-Modern (GT-HI1) | 3D | 3 |
| HIST 101 | Western Civilization, Modern (GT-HI1) | 3D | 3 |
| L*** XXX (any foreign language course) | |||
| LAND 110 | Introduction to Landscape Architecture | 3B | 3 |
| NR 319 | Introduction to Geospatial Science | 4 | |
| NR 323/GR 323 | Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation | 3 | |
| NR 422 | GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management | 4 | |
| NRRT 350 | Wilderness Leadership | 3 | |
| NRRT 351 | Wilderness Instructors | 3 | |
| PHIL 345 | Environmental Ethics | 3 | |
| PSY 100 | General Psychology (GT-SS3) | 3C | 3 |
| PSY 315 | Social Psychology | 3 | |
| PSY 316 | Environmental Psychology | 3 | |
| SOC 100 | Introduction to Sociology (GT-SS3) | 3C | 3 |
| SOC 105 | Social Problems (GT-SS3) | 3C | 3 |
| SOC 320 | Population-Natural Resources and Environment | 3 | |
| SOC 341 | Sociology of Rural Life | 3 | |
| SOC 362 | Social Change | 3 | |
| Other advisor approved guided electives course | |||
| Freshman | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | X | 1A | 3 | |
| MATH 117 | College Algebra in Context I (GT-MA1) | X | 1B | 1 | |
| MATH 118 | College Algebra in Context II (GT-MA1) | X | 1B | 1 | |
| MATH 124 | Logarithmic and Exponential Functions (GT-MA1) | X | 1B | 1 | |
| NRRT 193 | New to the Major Seminar | 1 | |||
| Political Science Elective (See concentration requirements tab.) | 3 | ||||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |||
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 3A | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 16 | ||||
| Semester 2 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| BUS 150 | Business Computing Concepts and Applications | 3 | |||
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3C | 3 | ||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |||
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 3A | 4 | |||
| AUCC 1B and CO 150 must be completed by the end of Semester 2. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 13 | ||||
| Sophomore | |||||
| Semester 3 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| ACT 205 | Fundamentals of Accounting | 3 | |||
| NRRT 231 | Principles-Parks/Protected Area Management | X | 3 | ||
| NRRT 270 | Tourism and Recreation for People and Planet | X | 3 | ||
| RRM 101 | X | 3 | |||
| Guided Elective (See concentration requirements tab.) | 3 | ||||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Semester 4 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| BUS 205 | Legal and Ethical Issues in Business | 3 | |||
| SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 | |||
| STAT 201 | General Statistics (GT-MA1) | 1B | 3 | ||
| Guided Elective (See concentration requirements tab.) | 4 | ||||
| Total Credits | 13 | ||||
| Junior | |||||
| Semester 5 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| MGT 305 | Fundamentals of Management | 3 | |||
| NR 320 | Natural Resources History and Policy | X | 3 | ||
| NR 377 | |||||
| NRRT 376 | Methods for Conservation Social Science | 3 | |||
| Guided Elective (See concentration requirements tab.) | 3 | ||||
| Advanced Writing | 2 | 3 | |||
| ECON 202 must be completed by the end of Semester 5. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Semester 6 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| MKT 305 | Fundamentals of Marketing | 3 | |||
| NRRT 320 | International Issues-Recreation and Tourism | 3 | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
| Public Relations and Advertising | |||||
| Public Communication in Natural Resources | |||||
| 1C | 1C | 3 | |||
| Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Senior | |||||
| Semester 7 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| NRRT 330 | Social Aspects of Natural Resource Management | 3 | |||
| NRRT 442 | Tourism Outdoor Recreation Planning | 4B,4C | 3 | ||
| NRRT 471 | Starting and Managing Tourism Enterprise | 3 | |||
| Guided Electives (See concentration requirements tab.) | 6 | ||||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Semester 8 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| NRRT 372 | Marketing Applications - Tourism Recreation | X | 3 | ||
| NRRT 460 | Tourism Event and Conference Planning | X | 3 | ||
| NRRT 470 | Tourism Impacts | X | 4A | 3 | |
| NRRT 487 | Internship | X | 5 | ||
| Guided Elective (See concentration requirements tab.) | X | 3 | |||
| The benchmark courses for the 8th semester are the remaining courses in the entire program of study. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 17 | ||||
| Program Total Credits: | 119 | ||||