Members of the Wyoming Conservation Corps build trails on the Pilot Hill Recreation Area east of Laramie in the spring of 2021.
Photo courtesy of UW.
A new master’s degree program designed to prepare students to become collaborative, interdisciplinary leaders in environmental and natural resource fields will launch this fall, following action by the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees.
According to UW, the board voted at its May meeting to approve the new Master of Science degree in environment, natural resources and society (ENRS), a program in UW’s Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources.
“National research and our own student, alumni and employer surveys clearly show that employers in environmental fields seek to hire employees with interdisciplinary experience and essential skills in leadership, communication, teamwork, critical thinking, problem-solving and collaboration,” Spicer Chair in Collaborative Practice and Haub School Associate Dean Steve Smutko said. “We interviewed leaders of government, nonprofit and academic programs. Their top recommendations were to provide students with essential skills in communication, applying knowledge in the real world and how to operate outside of academia. All of these recommendations are central components of the ENRS degree.”