{"id":451,"date":"2021-09-02T12:05:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T16:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs-draft\/?page_id=451"},"modified":"2021-09-02T12:05:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T16:05:33","slug":"capstone-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/academics\/environmental-science-and-management\/capstone-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Capstone Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Environmental Science and Management B.S.<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"ESM\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-esm\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-359\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-359\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/academics\/environmental-science-and-management\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-361\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-361\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/academics\/environmental-science-and-management\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-454\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-454\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/academics\/environmental-science-and-management\/capstone-experience\/\">Capstone Experience<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-360\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-360\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/academics\/environmental-science-and-management\/careers\/\">Careers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Capstone Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A career in natural resources requires the ability to synthesize knowledge from a diverse range of sources. Students will have a significant opportunity to develop this skill during their capstone experience. For some, the Senior Thesis will serve as a capstone learning experience. In their senior year, all other students will be required to complete at least 4 credits of capstone synthesis courses from one of the following three focus areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wetland, Watershed &amp; Ecosystem Science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>NRS 423, Wetland Ecology (4 credits)<\/li><li>NRS 424, Wetlands and Land Use (4 credits)<\/li><li>NRS 425, Wetland Field Investigations (1 credit)<\/li><li>NRS 461, Hydrology and Water Management (4 credits)<\/li><li>NRS 522, Advanced GIS Analysis of Environmental Data (3 credits)<\/li><li>NRS 523, Applications of GIS in Environmental Problem Solving (1 credit)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Wildlife and Conservation Biology<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>NRS 402, Wildlife Biometrics (3 credits)<\/li><li>NRS 403, Problem Solving Using Wildlife Biometrics (1 credit)<\/li><li>NRS 405, Wetland Wildlife Field Investigations (1 credit)<\/li><li>NRS 406, Wetland Wildlife (3 credits)<\/li><li>NRS 538, Physiological Ecology of Wild Terrestrial Vertebrates (3 credits)<\/li><li>NRS 539, Physiological Ecology Field Investigations (1 credit)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Soil Science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>NRS 450, Soil Conservation and Land Use (3 credits)<\/li><li>NRS 451, Investigations in Soil Conservation and Land Use (1 credit)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capstone Experience<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1962,"featured_media":0,"parent":350,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-451","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1962"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/451\/revisions\/453"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}