M.S. in Land Resources and Environmental Sciences Online
Overview
The online Professional M.S. program in Land Resources and Environmental Sciences is designed to provide outstanding graduate training opportunities across a substantial breadth of disciplinary interests. Programs are specifically adapted to each graduate student and often address processes at multiple scales through well-integrated, multi-disciplinary efforts. Student projects are directed toward improving understanding of principles and processes important to land resources and environmental sciences, with opportunities for direct ties to management.
Understanding is developed through targeted advanced coursework tailored to the student. The capstone professional papers may involve, but are not limited to, topics such as watershed hydrology, integrated management of invasive plant species, soil nutrient management, bioremediation, land reclamation, restoration ecology, fluvial systems ecology and restoration, riparian ecology, microbial ecology of natural systems, chemical fate and transport, water quality, crop diversification, precision agriculture, environmental risk assessment, remote sensing and GIS applications, and climate variability. To learn more about this online program, see the department website: https://landresources.montana.edu/grad/online/index.html.
Curriculum
The flexible and interdisciplinary nature of this program allows you to select online courses to fit your professional goals and interests.
Elective Courses (27 credits will be from this list of courses)
| AGSC 401 | Integrated Pest Management | 3 |
| AGSC 502 | Enhancing Women's Roles in Agriculture and Natural Resources | 2 |
| ENTO 510 | Insect Ecology | 3 |
| LRES 505 | Concepts of GIS in Environmental Science | 3 |
| LRES 507 | Environmental Risk Assessment | 3 |
| LRES 510 | Biodiversity Survey and Monitoring Methods | 3 |
| LRES 515 | Microbial Ecology | 3 |
| LRES 530 | Natural Resource Law | 3 |
| LRES 531 | Applied Watershed Hydrology | 3 |
| LRES 532 | Soil Ecosystems and Processes | 3 |
| LRES 533 | Wetland Ecology & Management | 3 |
| LRES 534 | Environmental Data Analysis | 3 |
| LRES 536 | Ecology of Invasive Plants II | 1 |
| LRES 539 | Ecological Restoration and Management | 3 |
| LRES 540 | Ecology Plants & Community | 3 |
| LRES 544 | Water Quality | 3 |
| LRES 546 | Quant Methods Environmental | 3 |
| LRES 562 | Land Rehab Field Problem | 2 |
| LRES 564 | Fundamentals of Environmental Monitoring | 2 |
| LRES 566 | Chemical Ecology | 3 |
| LRES 569 | Ecol of Invasive Plants in GYE | 2 |
| LRES 571 | Landscape & Ecosys Ecology | 3 |
| LRES 573 | Remote Sensing Env Sci | 3 |
| LRES 592 | Independent Study | 3 |
| MB 527 | Toxicology | 3 |
***LRES 592 may not be used as a course on students program of study.
Required Course - all students must take the 3 credit professional paper course at the end of your program of study
| LRES 575 | Prof Paper & Project | 3 |
For More Information
- Scott Powell, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, at spowell@montana.edu or (406) 994-5017
- Marni Rolston, Program Manager, at mrolston@montana.edu or (406) 994-2029