Restoration Ecology and Environmental Horticulture Academic Requirements

In the ESRM: Restoration Ecology and Environmental Horticulture degree option, students learn to produce plant materials, manage sustainable landscapes, and repair damaged ecosystems.   

Students learn and apply fundamental concepts of biology, plant science, and ecology. This disciplinary knowledge, with supporting coursework and experience, allows students to become accomplished in producing plant materials, managing sustainable landscapes, repairing damaged ecosystems, and participating in large interdisciplinary projects. 

Students earn a B.S. in Environmental Science and Terrestrial Resource Management. The option in Restoration Ecology and Environmental Horticulture is noted on student transcripts, not the diploma. 

 

ESRM: REEH Course Requirements  

More Information About the REEH Student Capstone Experience  

Students may choose the Capstone experience most appropriate for their goals. The first two options span 2 quarters and include the Capstone Proposal (ESRM 494) and Senior Thesis (ESRM 496) or Senior Project (ESRM 495). Capstone requirements include a project proposal, data collection or project implementation, analysis of data/project, final written report of findings/project, and an oral presentation. Participation in the UW Undergraduate Research Symposium in May is highly recommended for those students pursuing an individual capstone project. 

Career Opportunities and Graduate Study 

After graduation, students can work as restoration ecologists for agencies, tribes, non-profits, and consulting firms to help repair damaged ecosystems, or as environmental horticulturists, practicing sustainable landscaping, arboriculture, and plant nursery management. Students can also work in closely related professions such as environmental education or pursue graduate studies in biology, forest resources, agriculture, environmental education and related fields.

REEH Faculty 

Soo-Hyung Kim (lead), Ernesto Alvarado, Jon Bakker, Sally Brown, Sharon Doty, Julie Larson, Josh Lawler, Claire Willing.

 

 

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