Natural resources school changes degree offering
March 17, 2014
The natural resources management degree offered by the University of Alaska Fairbanks
School of Natural Resources and Extension will be revised and streamlined beginning
in fall 2014.
The revised degree will teach decision-making to promote sustainable resource management
in Alaska and elsewhere, so students can become leaders in environmental stewardship
and responsibly develop natural resources.
“We work to promote an understanding of the natural environment and its resources
through scientific research, education and programs to restore and preserve the integrity
of natural areas,” said SNRE Interim Dean Stephen Sparrow. “Our students get their
boots dirty; in addition to classroom work, there are ample opportunities to study
in the field.”
The NRM degree will no longer offer concentrations, which previously existed in the fields
of high-latitude agriculture, forest sciences, and humans and the environment. Students
currently enrolled will be able to fulfill the degrees available when they entered
the program.
The revised degree will provide for a pre-veterinary medicine track to prepare students
to apply for acceptance to veterinary medicine schools.
To learn more about the NRM degree, contact Martha Westphal, 907-474-5276 or mmwestphal@alaska.edu.