Natural Resources and Environmental Management
bsu.edu/nrem
West Quadrangle 110, 765-285-5780
Programs
Master of arts (MA) in natural resources and environmental management and master of science (MS) in natural resources and environmental management.
See the Science listing under the College of Sciences and Humanities, for the doctoral programs in environmental science.
Admission requirements
Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School, take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), complete the departmental application form, and provide letters of recommendation. Applicants whose undergraduate majors are not in natural resources or closely related subjects may be required to complete undergraduate courses to acquire background knowledge. Credit for these courses does not apply to graduate degree requirements.
Facilities and Special Programs
Facilities consist of teaching and research laboratories, lecture and discussion classrooms, a computer lab, a darkroom, a student reading room, and a seminar-conference room. All classrooms and laboratories are accessible to students with disabilities.
University-owned properties—the Hults Environmental Learning Center, Christy Woods, Ball State Wildlife Preserve, and Ginn-Nixon Woods—near the Ball State campus serve as field laboratories for teaching and research. The city of Muncie and surrounding areas offer first-hand study of environmental issues such as air, water, and soil quality, energy issues, land-use planning, and recreational management.
Research equipment includes state-of-the-art instrumentation for analysis of a variety of contaminants of air, water, and land.
Each summer the department sponsors field courses in which students travel to diverse locations for study. Past field courses have studied resource management in the American West, the Great Lakes states, the Appalachians, Central America, and Europe.
In addition to off-campus field courses, the department offers practicum opportunities with federal, state, and private agencies in various facets of resource management.