2025-2026 Academic Catalog

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Code	Title	Credits
Complete a minimum of 18 credit hours, distributed as follows:
Required Minor Courses
Complete all courses below (9 credits)		9
FREC/NR/LAR 2554	Leadership for Global Sustainability
FREC 3524	Environmental Interpretation
FREC 3544	Outdoor Recreation Planning and Management
Subtotal		9
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY RESTRICTED ELECTIVE
Complete one course below (3 credits)		3
AAEC 3314	Environmental Law
FIW 2514	Fish and Wildlife Conservation Policy
FREC 4434	Natural Resource Policy
UAP 3354	Introduction to Environmental Policy and Planning
Subtotal		3
ADDITIONAL MINOR RESTRICTED ELECTIVES
Select two Applied Recreation Restricted Electives (6 credits)
OR
Select one Applied Recreation Restricted Elective and one Tourism Restricted Elective (6 credits)
APPLIED RECREATION RESTRICTED ELECTIVE
Complete one OR two courses below (3 credits)		3
FREC 3514	Inclusion and Belonging in Environmental Conservation
FREC 4544	Applied Outdoor Recreation Planning
HNFE 2274	Wilderness First Responder
Subtotal		3
TOURISM RESTRICTED ELECTIVE
If using a Tourism course to complete the minor, select one course below (3 credits)		3
FREC/GEOG/SBIO/FIW 3954	Study Abroad (max 3 credit hours)
HTM 2464	Designing the Service Experience
HTM 3484	Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism
Subtotal		3
Total Credits		18

This Minor requires completion of a minimum of 18 credits.

A minimum average GPA of 2.0 in these courses is required to complete the minor.
All courses must be taken for A-F grade unless only offered P/F.
Students in the Environmental Conservation & Society Major are not eligible to declare the Natural Resources Recreation Minor.
Some of the courses in this Minor have prerequisites or other registration restrictions. Please see the University Course Catalog, or your Advisor for more information.
Study abroad must be pre-approved for use in this Minor. A study abroad can only satisfy a maximum of 3 credit hours towards Minor in Natural Resources and Recreation Restricted Electives.

Sign up for this Minor in the Advising Center of the College of Natural Resources and Environment (138 Cheatham Hall).
If you have questions about the minor, ask the Advising Center to put you in contact with the Departmental Advisor or Faculty member in Natural Resources Recreation.
When you request or update your DARS, be sure to include the minor so that it will check your progress on both your major and minor.
Once you have enrolled in the minor, you cannot graduate until you either (i) satisfy the credit requirements for the minor, or (ii) withdraw from the minor by notifying the Advising Center of the College of Natural Resources and Environment (138 Cheatham Hall) and revising your DARS.