Undergraduate Program
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences offers curricula in the areas of natural resources, horticulture, soil science, and forestry. Advisors are assigned to match the student's specific academic interests. The advsor works closely with the individual student to plan a course of study, select classes, monitor academic progress, provide career guidance, and identify scholarship opportunities.
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Students interested in the Natural Resource and Environmental Sciences major have five concentrations available for study:
- Fish and Wildlife Conservation
- Forest Science
- Human Dimensions
- Resource Ecology
- Soil and Water Science.
Dr. Tim Marty
NRES Curriculum Advising Coordinator
N-507 Turner Hall
tmarty@uiuc.edu
Horticulture
Students majoring in Horticulture may choose one of three concentrations to meet their educational needs/interests:
- Horticultural Science (prepares the student for graduate studies)
- Production and Management (with 3 specializations in horticulture)
- landscape, nursery and turf
- floriculture, greenhouse and floral design
- food crops
- Urban Forestry (the management of plants in urban forests, parks and other public areas)
Professor Dianne Noland
Horticulture Curriculum Advising Coordinator
1027 Plant Sciences Lab
dnoland@uiuc.edu
Piper A. Hodson
Student Service Coordinator (functions as back-up to Advising Coordinators)
W-511 Turner Hall
phodson@uiuc.edu
Graduate Program
Website: http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=50
Email: NRES@uiuc.edu
