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Department of
Natural Resources and
Environmental Management Departmental Chair: |
Graduate Study The NREM graduate program brings together natural and social scientists to offer an integrative and multi-disciplinary program that uses a systems approach to understand and manage tropical terrestrial ecosystems. Emphasis is placed on tropical island settings and their relevance to managing landscapes in general. It incorporates the various components and scales (spatial and temporal) that determine ecosystem function and that bear upon the social and economic welfare of residents in different communities and environmental settings. Curricula and courses will emphasize the application of physical, biological, and social sciences to the sustainable management and conservation of natural, environmental, and economic resources. The program will also provide a science-based understanding of the processes that control the performance and function of terrestrial ecosystems, and the human behaviors and policies that impact, and are impacted by those processes. Students will be expected to acquire quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and other advanced skills that enable them to solve contemporary resource use problems and to assist in sound decision-making and policy formation. Graduates will be skilled in addressing policy issues and the competing needs of diverse clientele and communities. Students will be trained in the application of quantitative models to optimize the use and management of natural resources. Natural resource and environmental management issues are attracting considerable national and global attention, as well as growing donor interest, especially in the Asia/Pacific and tropical and subtropical regions. Graduate training, therefore, will feature collaboration with national and international institutions to foster programs that provide students with opportunities to learn about the ways that people from other countries and cultures manage their natural, including renewable, resources and interact with their environments. Graduating students are expected to serve as professionals in resource and environmental management and policy, academic teaching and research, or applied research and outreach in educational and resource institutions, federal and state technical assistance and policy agencies, agricultural and forestry industries, consulting firms, and private nonprofit organizations. To underscore its integrative nature, the NREM Graduate Program features strong collaboration with other academic departments within and outside CTAHR, as well as selected collaborating institutions in and out of Hawai‘i. Cooperating and affiliate-graduate faculty with appropriate expertise will complement NREM’s faculty expertise for the benefit of graduate students. NREM is also an active partner in offering the multidisciplinary campus-wide Graduate Resource Management Certificate. Specialization Areas and Their Requirements NREM is a multidisciplinary department that is uniquely positioned to offer the integrative graduate curricula that are necessary for informed decision-making and action-oriented natural resource and environmental management. As a foundation in graduate training, all NREM students are expected to acquire a common base of knowledge embodied in a core set of courses. Beyond that, students are expected to develop knowledge and skills within a chosen area of specialization. This will insure students have the real-world skills needed to perform specific tasks, analyze resource management and policy issues, and carry out original and meaningful research. Examples of specialization areas include but are not limited to: land resource inventory and interpretation; tropical forestry and agro-forestry; land, soil and water conservation; ecological and environmental economics; community economic development; forest ecosystem management; landscape ecology; and land and water use policy. The student’s advisor and thesis/dissertation committee will assist in choosing appropriate coursework and research or other activities to develop a specialization area. Admission Information Applicants for graduate standing are expected to come from a diversity of academic and professional areas. However, minimum qualifications include a bachelor’s degree with the qualifications necessary to gain admission to the UH Manoa Graduate Division. Those cleared through the Graduate Division will be evaluated by the department based on previous academic record and specific criteria that include the graduation requirements for the BS degree in NREM, expected general GRE scores of at least 1000, objective statements for pursuing an NREM degree; chosen area of specialization (if known), recommendation letters, TOEFL score (if international applicant), and prior research and/or professional experience (see NREM graduate program admissions link below) The minimum TOEFL score required of international students is 600 and 250 for Type P or Type C examination, respectively Applicants should show undergraduate credits of prior preparation in the natural, social, and quantitative sciences relevant to their chosen degree program (MS or PhD). Students will be required to make up any recognized deficiencies through appropriate coursework. For more information about UH Manoa Graduate Division admissions, please click here. For more information about the required NREM graduate program admissions requirements and application deadlines, please click here for the NREM graduate admissions page. Advising Admitted students will be assigned an interim advisor. The interim advisor will verify entrance and background deficiencies, prescribe remedial courses, and devise an initial course plan for the student. Within two semesters of starting the NREM graduate program, the student should have a permanent advisor. During the second year, MS degree students should form their thesis committee. PhD degree students should form their dissertation committee by their third year. The thesis or dissertation committee will guide the student’s program and assist with the development of a thesis/dissertation research topic that is appropriate for the chosen area of specialization, administer the required Comprehensive and Defense examinations, and oversee the completion of degree requirement. Degree Requirements MS Degree Program Each student will select a specialization area with the approval of either the student’s permanent advisor or the student’s thesis committee as early as possible following enrollment in the graduate program. To meet the integrative, interdisciplinary intent of this program, a set of graduate level courses, a Primary MS Core, will be required of every student, regardless of his/her selected specialization area. In addition, a set of electives will also be required. These electives provide background in research methods and provide depth in the student’s specialization area. The remaining credit requirements will be met by thesis credits (NREM 700). Primary MS Core (9 Cr)
Thesis Option (6 Cr)
Primary Ph.D. Core (7 Cr)
Electives (24 Cr)
Dissertation (1 Cr)
Comprehensive
Examination
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