COLLEGE
OF NATURAL RESOURCES
REORGANIZATION AND
BUDGET CUT EFFECTS
Reorganization:
University
reorganization is not
entirely complete, but
most of the large pieces
have been settled. The
College of Arts and
Sciences will be made
into two colleges. The
rest, including Natural
Resources, will remain
as they are although
some departments have
and may still be moved
and some names have
changed. Recombination
of Natural Resources
with Agriculture and
Life Sciences was considered
earlier, but our name
recognition, the national
rankings of our Departments,
and our teaching and
research standing in
the University helped
maintain our separate
status.
Budget
Cuts:
Some
of our classes have
been affected by cuts,
but we don't anticipate
anything we can't manage.
Two required classes
in the Fisheries major
and Wildlife major have
been cancelled for Spring,
2003. Physics 2014,
The Physics Around Us,
will not be returning.
Students can substitute
the regular Physics
class. Chem 2514, Survey
of Organic Chemistry
has been cancelled for
Spring, 2003, but may
be taught again next
year. In the meantime,
Chem 2535 will substitute.
NR
1114, Introduction to
Renewable Natural Resources,
has been cancelled for
Spring, 2003. This class
has served its purpose
of introducing freshmen
to the many opportunities
in Natural Resources,
but the cost in money
and time is very high.
Since most of our freshmen
take NR 1114 in the
Fall, we don't anticipate
difficulty. We will
have a substitute course,
NR 2984, for Spring
with the same purpose
but less field work.
This will provide a
natural resources introduction
to students outside
Natural Resources who
have registered for
Spring.
WOOD
2114, Environment, Society,
and the Use of Wood,
was cancelled for Fall,
2002 (this semester)
since no instructor
was available to replace
Dr. Fred Lamb, the course
originator and instructor.
Since this is a required
class in both options
in Wood Science and
Forest Products, the
WSFP Curriculum Committee
will be making substitutions
for those students affected
by the cancellation.
We hope to bring the
class back next Fall
to accommodate our majors
and the many students
across the University
who enroll for Core
Area 7 credit. We will
also be working on an
on-line version of the
class.
