Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

CAREER EXPLORATION

This page is designed for you to explore and learn about career options both directly and indirectly related to this major. Review Natural Resources career options by reading about sample experiential learning and job titles as reported and held by current students and alumni, as well as graduate programs where Natural Resources alumni have studied.

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SAMPLES OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING – POSITION TITLES

(May include but is not limited to: internship, co-op, research, practicum, and clinical experiences)

Environmental Education Intern

Fisheries Technician/Intern

Forest Crew Intern

GIS/Remote Sensing Intern

Harbor Watch Water Quality Intern

Hydrologist Intern

Programs Intern

Visitor Education Intern

Wildlife Division Field Internship

Zero Waste Intern

 

SAMPLES OF ORGANIZATIONS WHERE UCONN STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

Charity: Water

Connecticut Audubon Society

Connecticut Fund for the Environment/Save the Sound

CT DEEP Fisheries Division

CT DEEP Water Resources Divison

CT DEEP Wildlife Division

Earthplace Harbor Watch

New England Aquarium

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Sound Waters

Toxics Action Center

Trout Unlimited

U.S. Geological Survey

White Memorial Foundation Conservation Center

 

SAMPLES OF RECENT UCONN ALUMNI – POSITION TITLES

(Zero to five years of experience, varies by industry; some occupations may have required a degree beyond a Bachelor’s)

Conservation Law Enforcement Officer

Development Coordinator

Environmental Consultant I

Environmental Scientist

Environmental Specialist

Field Operations Supervisor

Fisheries Field Technician

Forestry Technician

Naturalist

Outdoors Program Educator

Park Division Educator

Survey Instrument Operator

Wildlife Field Technician

 

SAMPLES OF EXPERIENCED UCONN ALUMNI – POSITION TITLES

(Six or more years of experience, varies by industry; some occupations may have required a degree beyond a Bachelor’s)

Editorial Assistant

Environmental Scientist

Fisheries Biologist/Scientist

Forester

Hydrologist

National Portfolio Manager

Remote Sensing Scientist

Technology Executive

Wildlife Biologist/Scientist

 

UCONN ALUMNI – SAMPLES OF WHERE THEY WORK

AECOM

Belcan Engineering

CT DEEP Fisheries Division

CT DEEP State Parks

CT DEEP Wildlife Division

Fuss & O'Neill

Housatonic Valley Association

Idaho Fish and Game

Kansas State University

Keep America Beautiful

Mass Audubon

Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries

New England Aquarium

New York Botanical Garden

NorthEast Aquatic Research

The Nature Conservancy

Triumvirate Environmental

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

U.S. Geological Survey

 

UCONN ALUMNI – SAMPLES OF GRADUATE DEGREES PURSUED

M.A., Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guiding Services

M.G.A., Management Information Systems

M.S., Earth & Planetary Sciences

M.S., Resilient & Sustainable Communities

M.S., Environmental Science & Policy

M.S., Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology

M.S., Forestry

M.S., Geographic Information Systems/Geography

M.S., Natural Resources - Water, Land, and Air

M.S., Technology Management

M.S., Water Resources

 

UCONN ALUMNI – SAMPLES OF GRADUATE SCHOOLS ATTENDED

Auburn University

Central Connecticut State University

State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry

University of California Santa Barbara

University of Connecticut

University of Maine

University of Maryland

University of Massachusetts

University of Nevada Reno

University of New Hampshire

University of Rhode Island

University of Wisconsin

University of Wyoming

Western New England University

 

NATIONAL RESOURCES

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