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College of Forestry » Forest Resources » Academics » Undergraduates » Recreation Resource Management » Recreation Resource Management Minors & Options

Minors & Options for Recreation Resource Management

(RRM majors are required to complete an option or a minor.)

Completion of an approved option or minor is REQUIRED for the Recreation Resource Management degree. Declaration of the option or minor should be done by the end of the sophomore year. Courses for an option or minor are in addition to the core curriculum. Some courses may require prerequisites not included in the core curriculum. Choice of option or minor must be approved by a faculty advisor.

Currently approved minors include:

business administration
entrepreneurship
fisheries and wildlife
forest management
natural resources
philosophy
range resources
resource economics

Options officially consist of a minimum of 21 designated quarter credits of related course work; 15 credits must be at the upper division level.

Students who have taken one or more of these courses for their major may not also count those courses toward their minor or option (i.e., no double counting). Courses required for an option may not count towards a minor. Students may not take an option and a minor from the same field of study.

The following nine options are for students majoring in Recreation Resource Management only. In addition to the options listed below, students may work with a faculty advisor to develop an individualized option.

Cultural Resource Management

	ANTH 110	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	3
	ANTH 330	Evolution of People, Technology & Society	3
	ANTH 435	Cultural Resources: Policy & Procedures	3
Plus 6 hours from each of the following groups:
Group 1. Anthropology
	ANTH 230	Time Travelers	3
	ANTH 380	Cultures in Conflict	3
	ANTH 411	World Cultures-North America	4
	ANTH 431	Archeological Theory	3
	ANTH 432	Archeology of Domestication and Urbanization	3
	ANTH 433	First Americans, Last Frontiers	3
	ANTH 436	Northwest Prehistory	3
	ANTH 472	Contemporary Indian Issues	3
	ANTH 481	Natural Resources & Community Values	3
Group 2. History
	HST 467	History of the American West	3
	HST 468	History of the American West	3
	HST 469	History of the Pacific Northwest	3
	HST 481	Environmental History of the U.S.	3
	HSTS 418	Science and Society	3
	HSTS 421	Technology and Change	3
		Total	21

Environmental Resource Interpretation

Students must take 15 credits of upper-division course work to complete this option
	FOR 390	Forestry for Teachers	3
	FOR 495	Interpretive Projects	2
Plus 6 hours from each of the following groups:
Group 1. Natural History
	BI 301	Human Impacts on Ecosystems	3
	FW 311	Biology of Birds	3
	FW 315	Biology of Fishes	3
	FW 317	Biology of Mammals	3
	GEO 102	The Surface of the Earth	4
	GEO 307	National Park Geology & Preservation	3
	Z 365	Biology of Insects	4
	Z 371	Vertebrate Biology	3
	Z 372	Vertebrate Biology Laboratory	2
	Z 473	Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles	3
Group 2. Anthropology
	ANTH 110	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	3
	ANTH 230	Time Travelers	3
	ANTH 330	Evolution of People, Technology & Society	3
	ANTH 431	Archeological Theory	3
	ANTH 433	First Americans, Last Frontiers	3
	ANTH 435	Cultural Resources: Policy & Procedures	3
	HST 467	History of the American West	3
	HST 468	History of the American West	3
	HST 469	History of the Pacific Northwest	3
Plus one additional course from each of the following blocks:
	NR Systems		3
	Technical/Field Skills		3
		Total	23

Forest Resources

	FOR 321	Forest Mensuration	5
	FOR 331	Forest Resource Economics II	4
	FOR 441	Silviculture Principles	4
Plus 8 hours from the following:
	AREC 353	Public Land Statutes and Policy	4
	AREC 453	Public Land and Resource Law	4
	FE 370	Harvesting Operations	4
	FE 430	Watershed Processes	4
	FOR 442	Silviculture Reforestation	4
	FOR 443	Silvicultural Practices	4
	FOR 456	International Forestry	3
	FOR 462	Natural Resource Policy and Law	3
	FOR 463	Environmental Policy and Law Interactions	3
	FS 491	Sustainable Forestry: Multiple Perspectives	3
	FW 436	Wildland Fire Science	3
	NR 455	Natural Resource Decision Making	3
		Total	21

Law Enforcement (pending approval)

		COMM 440	Theories of Conflict & Conflict Management	3
		FW 341	Fish & Wildlife Law Enforcement	2
		PHL 205	Ethics	4
		SOC 340	Deviant Behavior and Social Control	3
		SOC 441	Criminology and Penology	3
		SOC 448	Law and Society	3
Plus 6 hours from the following group:
		SOC 421	Social Change and Modernization	3
		SOC 424	Social Psychology	3
		SOC 426	Social Inequality	3
		SOC 437	Race and Ethnic Relations	3
		SOC 440	Juvenile Delinquency	3
			Total	24
Or, students can elect to substitute any of the following courses offered at Western Oregon University in Monmouth:
		CJ 212	History & Development of American Law Enforcement	3
		CJ 213	Survey of US Criminal Justice System	3
		CJ 327	Research Methods in Criminal Justice	3
		CJ 331	Policy & the Community	3
		CJ 351	Police Organization & Administration	3
		CJ 452	Legal Aspects of Law Enforcement	3
		CJ 454	Parole & Probation	3
		CJ 456	Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice	3
Recommended Additional Training:
	Completion of an approved off-campus law enforcement training program, such as the Santa Rosa Training Center in California; Skagit Valley College in Washington; or the Oregon State Police Cadet Program in Monmouth, Oregon.

Park Landscapes

HORT 226	Landscape Plant Materials		3
HORT 301	Principles of Horticultural Technology		4
HORT 302	Principles of Horticultural Technology		4
HORT 315	Principles & Practices of Landscape Maintenance		4
HORT 330	Plagues, Pests, and Politics		3
HORT 358	Landscape Construction: Site Measurement & Project Layout		4
		Total	22

Public Administration for Recreation Majors

	PS 201	Intro. to U.S. Government and Politics	4
	PS 472	Public Administration	4
	PS 473	Public Administration	4
Plus 3 courses from the following group:
	ECON 435	The Public Economy	4
	PS 371	Public Policy Problems	4
	PS 400	Political Analysis	4
	PS 414	Interest Groups	4
	PS 415	Politics and the Media	4
	PS 474	Natural Resource Policy & Bureaucratic Politics	4
	PS 475	Environmental Politics and Policy	4
	PS 476	Science and Politics	4
	PS 479	Topics in Public Policy & Public Administration	4
		Total	24

Resource Planning

	GEO 301	Map & Image Interpretation	4
	GEO 420	Geography of Resource Use	3
	GEO 423	Land Use	3
Choose two of the following courses:
	AREC/ ECON 352	Environmental Economics & Policy	3
	FOR 420	Advanced Aerial Photos & Remote Sensing	3
	FOR 421	Advanced GIS Applications in Forestry	3
	GEO 360	Cartography	4
	GEO 451	Environmental Site Planning	3
	GEO 452	Principles & Practices of Rural & Resource Planning	3
	GEO 465	Geographic Information Systems & Science	3
Select 2 additional courses from the Social Science & Policy block			6-8
		Total	22-25

Sociology

	SOC 204	Introduction to Sociology	3
	SOC 360	Population Trends & Policy	3
	SOC 424/ PSY 360	Social Psychology	3
	SOC 480	Environmental Sociology	3
	SOC 481	Society & Natural Resources	3
Plus two more upper division Sociology courses			6
		Total	21

Tourism

	BA 390	Marketing		4
	BA 492	Consumer Behavior		4
Plus 2 courses from the following group:
	BA 498	Services Marketing		4
	GEO 423	Land Use		3
	GEO 426	Third-World Resource Development		3
	GEO 451	Environmental Site Planning		3
	GEO 452	Principles & Practices of Rural & Resources Planning		3
	PS 475	Environmental Politics and Policy		4
Plus 3 courses from the following group offered at the Cascades Campus:
	FOR 371	Eco & Adventure Tourism	3
	FOR 372	Tourism & Protected Area Management	3
	FOR 471	Ecotourism Impacts	3
	FOR 472	Ecotourism Policy & Planning	3
	FOR 473	Resort Management	3
	FOR 474	Commercial Recreation Management	3
	FOR 475	Hospitality & Tourism Marketing	3
	FOR 476	Risk Management for Outdoor Recreation	3
	FOR 499	International Tourism (Section 001)	3
		Total	23-25

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