Ecosystem Management (RENR 410)

This is a 4 credit hour capstone course for Renewable Natural Resources majors. The course integrates classroom, laboratory and field trip activities for students to learn about the principles and practices of land management at the ecosystem scale. To achieve this goal, students will focus on four specific objectives: 1. Develop the systems thinking, critical thinking, writing, group participation and leadership skills required today by natural resource professionals; 2. Be able to describe the elements and principles of Ecosystem Management and to differentiate them from land management at the individual property scale; 3. Analyze examples of Ecosystem Management at different geographic scales; and 4. Prepare reports on applications of Ecosystem Management viewed in field studies.