Washington State university

Course Details

Natural Resource Policy/Pre-law

Course Description

This option within the natural resource sciences major focuses on the social, economic, and political factors that influence how natural resources are viewed, valued, utilized, and managed. By choosing certain courses within this option, you can get a minor in sociology or political science. This option also can be ideal for pre-law preparation. The natural resources major at WSU gives you a strong grounding in the science, technology, and law that underpins the management of natural landscapes and wildlife for conservation and sustainable, responsible use. In the integrated curriculum of the Department of Natural Resource Sciences, you learn to understand and use the latest science and technology in managing land use and conservation. The combination of flexibility, in-depth knowledge, and broad understanding helps you fully understand the many factors that affect the use and management of land.

Course Duration

NumberDuration
3year

Career outcomes

aquatic ecologists, cultural resource educators, educators, environmental consultants, environmental educators, environmental lawyers, hydrologists, information specialist/communicators, land restoration specialists, land-use specialists, resource planners, landscape ecologists, lobbyists, museum curators, natural resource managers, naturalists, Peace Corps workers, professors, range conservationists, researchers, resource policy advisors/analysts, restoration ecologists, scientists, social and environmental impact analysts, watershed managers, wetland ecologists, wildlife biologists, wildlife managers, wildlife refuge managers, animal damage specialists, aquatic ecologists, cultural resource educators, educators, scientists, environmental consultants, environmental educators, environmental lawyers, social and environmental impact analysts, game wardens, information specialist/communicators, land restoration specialists, land-use specialists, landscape ecologists, lobbyists, museum curators, natural resource managers, naturalists, nature center interpreters, Peace Corps workers, professors, range conservationists, researchers, resource planners, resource policy advisors/analysts, restoration ecologists, watershed managers, wildlife biologists, wildlife ecologists, wildlife educators, wildlife managers, wildlife refuge managers




Natural Resource Policy/Pre-law Washington State university