Expand Your Knowledge. Deepen Your Impact.
Complement your major with hands-on study in the environmental fields that interest you most. From soil science and wildfire management to ecosystem restoration, geospatial technology and water resources, NRES minors help you build specialized skills to address real-world environmental challenges.
Environmental Soil Science
Explore the science beneath our feet through hands-on study of soil properties, processes and management. Build practical knowledge of how soils support healthy ecosystems, agricultural production and sustainable land use while expanding your environmental expertise.
Fire Ecology and Wildfire Hazard Planning
Discover how fire shapes ecosystems and landscapes while exploring wildfire behavior, fuels management and hazard planning. Build the knowledge and practical skills to assess wildfire risks, support resilient landscapes and protect communities and natural resources.
Geographic Information Systems for Agriculture
Turn location-based data into smarter decisions using GIS, GPS and remote sensing technologies. Build hands-on skills to map, analyze and understand agricultural and natural resource systems while adding valuable geospatial expertise to your degree.
Indigenous Principles in Natural Resources and the Environment
Explore Indigenous knowledge, perspectives and approaches to natural resource stewardship. Examine the relationships among people, land and ecosystems while building an understanding of how Indigenous principles can inform environmental management and conservation.
Land Rehabilitation and Restoration Ecology
Learn how science helps restore disturbed landscapes and support healthier ecosystems. Explore soils, plants and ecological processes while building practical skills to assess land conditions, control erosion, restore habitats and improve environmental quality.
Rangeland Ecology and Management
Explore how livestock, wildlife, plants, soils and water interact across working landscapes. Through hands-on study of grazing and rangeland management, build skills to balance productive agriculture with healthy habitats and natural resource conservation.
Water Science
Explore the science, technology and policy behind smarter water management. Choose a focus in irrigation, water policy or watershed management while building practical skills to improve how water resources are used, managed and protected.
