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Natural Resource Management and Related Studies is a degree category that consists of the following common degrees:
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Environmental planners are concerned with the relationship between people and the environment. They focus on minimizing the effects of human activity on the natural world by working with other professionals who design and build the spaces where humans live, work, and play.
Degree programs in environmental planning teach students how to balance human needs and wants with environmental sustainability and protection. Classes span the principles of general architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture and design, and urban and rural development.
The curriculum may also include coursework in sociological concepts in environmental planning. Topics addressed in this area may include poverty and the environment, population and environmental planning, and social policies that shape environmental planning.