Effective Fall 2009, all graduate courses with the prefixes FRSC and RLEM have been converted to the prefix ESSM and many of the course numbers have been changed as well. Please refer to the conversion table for specific changes.
Graduate students can pursue one of the eight graduate degrees offered in ESSM, including MS and PhD degrees designed for research or academic careers as well as professional Masters degrees designed for professional careers in government and private sectors related to natural resource conservation and management.
Fields of study are available in (1) natural resource ecology and management: plant ecology, physiological ecology, landscape ecology, eco-hydrology, biogeochemistry, biosystematics, ecological restoration, global change ecology, watershed management, silviculture, ranch management, range animal and plant nutrition, international natural resource management, and ecosystem health; (2) plant genetics and biotechnology: genetics, genomics, tree improvement, biotechnology, molecular biology, plant physiology, and tissue culture; (3) natural resource policy and decision sciences: natural resource policy, natural resource economics, biometrics and forest statistics, knowledge engineering and simulation modeling, and human dimensions and socio-economics of natural resources; (4) urban ecosystem management: urban and community forestry, arboriculture, urban planning, wildland-urban interface; and (5) spatial and information sciences: remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), mapping sciences and spatial sciences.
