ProgramCIP 03.0201

Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, General

A program that prepares individuals to plan, develop, manage, and evaluate programs to protect and regulate natural habitats and renewable natural resources. Includes instruction in the principles of wildlife and conservation biology, environmental science, animal population surveying, natural resource economics, management techniques for various habitats, applicable law and policy, administrative and communications skills, and public relations.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Also called Ecosystem Management, Environmental Policy and Decision Making.