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Natural Resources and Environmental Science - Academic Minor

MINOR CODE - NREV

ADVISOR CONTACT

A. Paul Schwab
(765) 496-3602
pschwab@purdue.edu

REQUIREMENTS:

Departmental permission is not required to enroll in this minor. Fifteen (15) credits must be earned.


REQUIRED COURSE

(3) NRES 29000 (Introduction to Environmental Science)
(3) NRES 38500 (Environmental Soil Chemistry)


ELECTIVE LIST:
Nine credits from the following courses must be completed.

(3) ABE 52500 (Irrigation Management and Design)
(3) ABE 52600 (Watershed Systems Design)
(3) AGEC 40600 (Natural Resource and Environmental Economics)
(3) AGEC 52500 (Environmental Policy Analysis)
(3) AGRY 34900 (Soil Ecology)

(3) AGRY 39900 (Environmental Hydrology)
(3) AGRY 54400 (Environmental Organic Chemistry)

(3) ASM 33600 (Environmental Systems Management)

(3) BIOL 48300 (Environmental and Conservation Biology)
(3) BTNY 55500 (Aquatic Botany)
(3) C E 35000 (Environmental Engineering)
(3) C E 35200 (Biological Principles of Environmental Engineering)

(3) C E 55500 (Microbial Degradation of Pollutants)
(3) EAS 31300 (Applied Geomorphology)

(3) EAS 51300 (Aerogeology and Remote Sensing)
(3) EAS 58300 (Geology of Landfills)
(3) ENTM 46000 (Aquatic Entomology)
(3) FNR 35700 (Fundamental Remote Sensing)
(3) FNR 48800 (Global Environmental Issues)
(3) FNR 50100 (Limnology)
(1) NRES 20000 (Introduction to Environmental Careers)

(3) NRES 23000 (Survey of Meteorology)
(3) NRES 25500 (Soil Science)
(2) NRES 28000 (Hazardous Waste Handling)

(0) NRES 38000 (Hazardous Waste Certification Renewal)
(3) NRES 45000 (Soil Conservation and Water Management)

(3) NRES 58500 (Soils and Land Use)

At least 9 of the 15 credits must be taken at the 30000+ level.

 


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