In later stages of the curriculum, students may select from a wide array of upper division courses in natural ecosystems, cropping systems, pest management, applied ecology and policy and planning that enable them to specialize in areas best-suited to their own career vision. Environmental industries and consulting firms that solve problems associated with agroecosystems or agricultural practices. Government jobs in environmental management and policy making. Agricultural industry positions associated with precision agriculture, pest management, general agronomy, and information services. This option is for students interested in land resources and their management.
All human activities depend on the world's land and water resource base.
The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat depend upon activities occurring in the thin layer of soil on the Earth's land surface. This curriculum is based on the philosophy that our well being requires knowledge-based decision making involving land and natural resources. Students build on knowledge of the basic natural sciences with course work in geology, geography, and ecology, with an emphasis in soils. Then, courses in remote sensing, geographic information systems, statistics, and graphics provide tools for gathering, processing, analyzing, and displaying information about land resources. Finally, students learn how to integrate land resource information with the social and financial realities of whole situations to support balanced management decisions.