Natural Resource Conservation and Management University of Kentucky Undergraduate Bulletin 1998-99 Visit the Natural Resource Conservation and Management Web site. The program in Natural Resource Conservation and Management is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed for a career in the rapidly growing fields of environmental science and policy. As the world population grows, and as nations are drawn closer together through technology and trade, the conservation and management of natural resources will become increasingly important to the sustained well-being of all societies. The curriculum provides students with exposure to a broad array of key disciplines involved with natural resources. As a result, graduates have the capacity to integrate different perspectives and diverse bodies of knowledge in dealing with real resource management problems.
Students have the opportunity to specialize in either a science or a policy option.
Students in either option share a common core of courses and have the opportunity to examine both the technical and socioeconomic dimensions of resource issues. A background in one of these three areas provides career opportunities in technical analysis of resource issues. The policy option offers specialization in natural resource policy and management, the international development of natural resources, and communication and public relations. Students engaged in this option are prepared for careers in the public policy aspects of resource issues. Graduates of the Natural Resource Conservation and Management degree program are employed as professionals in both the public and private sectors.