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Minor in Recreation Resources and Protected Area Management
This minor provides students with the opportunity to combine visitor management with protected area management. Protected area managers need to be able to manage natural resources and a wide variety of users (e.g., campers, hikers, bird watchers, boaters, nature photographers and others who enjoy nature-based experiences), while working in diverse protected area environments owned by public agencies, private landowners, and non-governmental organizations. Completing an independent study or internship as part of this minor will give students hands-on experience in the field of recreation resources and protected area management. Students who complete this minor will better understand the motivations, preferences, and behaviors of recreational users; the environmental, social, and economic impacts resulting from natural resource use; and the balance needed between recreation and sustaining the natural resources within protected areas.
Courses
This interdisciplinary minor requires 15 credits and includes the following courses taught at ESF in the Departments of Forest and Natural Resources Management and Environmental and Forest Biology:
Required Courses (9 credits)
| Course number | Course title | Credit hours |
| FOR 372 | Fundamentals of Outdoor Recreation | 3 |
| EFB 416 or EFB 521 | Introduction to Environmental Interpretation Principles of Interpretive Programming | 3 |
| FOR 475 | Human Behavior and Recreation Visitor Management | 3 |
| TOTAL | 9 |
Required independent study or internship (3 credits)
| Course number | Course title | Credit hours |
| FOR 498-section 20, FOR 499-20, OR EFB 420-28 | Independent study or internship related to minor | 3 |
| TOTAL | 3 |
Choose one of the following management/protected area courses (3 credits)
| Course number | Course title | Credit hours |
| EFB 413 | Introduction to Conservation Biology | 3 |
| FOR 476 | Ecotourism and Nature Tourism | 3 |
| FOR 478 | Wilderness and Wildlands Management | 3 |
| FOR 496 | Humans and the Environment: New Zealand | 4 |
| FOR 523 | Tropical Ecology | 3 |
| TOTAL | 3-4 |
Eligibility requirements
Students from all programs at ESF are eligible for this minor if they have completed a general ecology course and have a cumulative grade point average of 2.750 or better in their major program of study after one semester at ESF (or as a transfer student with same standing). Overlap between the minor and both one required course and one directed elective for a student’s major is permitted; other courses taken for the minor can not overlap with the major. Permission of the Forest & Natural Resources Management Chair and Undergraduate Education Coordinator (via petition) is required.
