This pre-professional degree prepares students to transfer to a college or university program as juniors in several Natural Resources areas. By developing academic skills in mathematics, science, English, humanities, and natural resource courses, the student can transfer directly into a professional program such as natural resources management, forest engineering, or wildlife biology. Selected natural resource courses will transfer to these four-year programs.

Successful graduates of the program should be able to: • Demonstrate basic knowledge of ecosystem management techniques for management objectives related to natural resources. • Demonstrate knowledge of biological and abiotic components of ecosystems. • Demonstrate skills to accurately collect, analyze and present a variety of natural resources data collected using the latest field techniques for useful outputs. • Demonstrate good verbal and written communications to disseminate information effectively to a variety of audiences. • Work toward the successful completion of a bachelor’s degree.