NRE 471 - SENIOR PROBLEM IN NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Credit(s): 4

This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to apply the skills and information acquired in previous courses to a real world problem in natural resources and environmental science. The class will focus on a single current issue in Kentucky and will research that issue in depth, using a variety of techniques, including library research, interview, and data collection and analysis. In addition to research and problem-solving skills, written and oral skills will be emphasized. Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours per week.

Prereq: NRE 201, NRE 320, FOR 340, PLS 366, NRE 381, FOR 460/EES 385 (or concurrent enrollment), LA/NRE 355 or FOR 330 or GEO 309 (or concurrent enrollment), and senior standing.