Fast facts & stats
Conservation depends on understanding both natural systems and the people who shape them. In this environmental science major from the Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, use social science to conserve biodiversity, strengthen relationships between people and nature, and address complex environmental challenges.
Through interdisciplinary learning, build skills in systems thinking, communication, collaboration, leadership, planning and governance while learning to incorporate diverse perspectives into conservation and natural resource management. Graduate prepared for careers connecting people, nature and sustainability across nonprofit, government, business, and community settings.
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Customize your major by choosing between two concentrations: Conservation and Society or Sustainable Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Management.
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Percentage of graduating students who participate in experiential learning opportunities such as internships, study abroad, CSU Mountain Campus courses, professional certification, or conservation research.
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Percentage of students who have secured their next step by graduation, including graduate school.
What do I study in Conservation and Environmental Leadership?
Humans
Wildlife
Recreation
Nature
Policy
Economics
Degree highlights
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Learn Outdoors
CSU Mountain Campus
Live in a cabin in the Rocky Mountains while taking immersive summer courses that count toward your major.
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Gain additional skills
Wilderness Leadership Certification
Gain the skills to instruct and lead in mountain, river, and desert environments by adding wilderness leadership courses to your major.
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Plan an Adventure
Study Abroad
Take your education beyond campus and experience the world through a semester abroad. More Warner College students study abroad than students in any other college at CSU.
Alumni
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Conservation and Environmental Leadership B.S.
Human Dimensions of Natural ResourcesDomenic DiGregorio
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Concentrations
The Conservation and Environmental Leadership major combines conservation, leadership, outdoor recreation, and applied social science in one degree. Students choose between two concentrations: Conservation and Society or Sustainable Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Management.
- Conservation and Society
Conserve biodiversity by understanding people, communities, and conservation systems. This concentration emphasizes collaboration, communication, conservation planning, environmental justice, and governance and policy. - Sustainable Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Management
Design and lead outdoor experiences that benefit both people and nature. This concentration emphasizes business and marketing; environmental education; nature and human well-being; outdoor program design; and recreation, tourism, and parking planning.
Common minors
Expand your Conservation and Environmental Leadership major with a minor that complements your interests and career goals, including:
Conservation and Society minor
Majoring in another program? Add a Conservation and Society minor to complement your major, gain essential soft skills like management and leadership, and learn how to apply social sciences to environmental conservation and natural resource management.
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Conservation and Society
Learn how to conserve biodiversity by understanding people, communities, and conservation systems.
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Admissions information
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