MS in Resource Management & Conservation

New: Begin your master's program in Spring (January) or Fall (September). Contact us at 800.553.8920, for more information.

The Resource Management and Conservation (RMC) Program differs from traditional natural resource management degrees in that it provides the theory and skills combined with extensive internship opportunities so that our graduates not only leave the program with a marketable area of expertise but with documented experience as proven environmental professionals.

The RMC mission is to prepare environmental professionals to be effective agents of change that can address the realities and pressures of growth and development with the need to preserve the environment upon which society is dependent.

Find comfort in complexity.

Too often different stakeholders find themselves competing for limited resources. Environmental problems are treated superficially, particularly in respect to their socio-economic and political histories. And often administrators of resource management agencies don’t have training in dispute resolution, or in the management of finances, information, and human resources.

Create the common ground.

The Resource Management and Conservation (RMC) program engages you with the theory, skills, and internships that enable you to help diverse stakeholders find common ground and resolve complex environmental problems cooperatively—by balancing human needs, and maintaining and improving the natural systems upon which we depend.

Make decisions and then make them happen.

Our students want to be critical players in environmental decision-making as well as in the management of how those decisions are implemented. It is toward this end that our RMC graduates devote their careers.

Program Delivery

• 50 credits
• Begin in Fall or Spring (January)
• Classes 2 days a week + practicum
• 5 semesters to complete