Ecological Restoration Technical Option
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The Ecological Restoration option prepares students to assist in the recovery of ecosystems that have been degraded, damaged, or destroyed. This requires extensive knowledge of the abiotic environments that sustain the biota of ecosystems, community structure, sustainable cultural practices, and performance monitoring, among other skills.
Emphasis is placed on the actual craft of restoring natural ecosystems as well a the social and philosophical elements that mandate restoration. For more information, explore our Restoration & Conservation interest area or contact:
Technical Option Core:
The Ecological Restoration technological option core curriculum consists of the following courses:
BO 403 |
Systematic Botany |
4 |
BO 565 |
Plant Community Ecology |
4 |
SSC 452 |
Soil Classification |
4 |
FOR 750 |
Ecological Restoration |
3 |
Forestry Required Course:
| FOR 603 | Seminar in Forest Research |
1 |
Elective Course Options:
In addition to the above courses, six credit hours can be chosen from among the following courses. The chosen courses must include at least two courses totaling 6 credit hours and be approved by each student's advisory committee:
Electives:
|
BO 405 |
Wetland Flora |
3 |
FOR 510 |
Introduction to GPS |
1 |
FOR 501 |
Dendrology |
3 |
FOR 753 |
Environmental Remote Sensing |
3 |
FOR 554 |
Principles of Spatial Analysis |
3 |
NR 531 |
Introduction to GIS |
3 |
NR 595 |
Landscape Ecology |
3 |
SSC 570 |
Wetland Soils |
3 |
SSC 511 |
Soil Physics |
4 |
ST 512 |
Exp. Statistics Biological Sciences II |
3 |
ZO 592 |
Conservation Ecology |
3 |
NR 693/695 |
Superv. Research / Thesis Research |
Variable |
For More Information On This Technical Option, Contact:
Dr. Theodore Shear
Phone: 919-515-7794
ted_shear@ncsu.edu
