This option allows students to focus on a variety of planning issues. Students study courses covering a variety of levels of analysis (local, regional, national). Issues addressed in this option include growth management, site analysis, and comprehensive planning.
| EconS 532 | (3) | Natural Resource Economics and Policy |
| CE 561 | (3) | Water Resources Systems |
| CE 562 | (3) | Water Resources Planning |
| ES/RP 548 | (3) | Environmental Law |
| ES/RP 549 | (3) | Public Land Law |
| ES/RP 550 | (3) | System Dynamics Models of Environmental Systems |
| ES/RP 567 | (4) | Advanced Applications in GIS |
| ES/RP 586 | (4) | Introduction to GIS |
| LA 520 | (4) | The Northern Rocky Mountain Regional Landscape |
| LA 521 | (4) | Cultural Interpretation of the Regional Landscape |
| NATRS 538 | (3) | Natural Resource Policy and Administration |
| NATRS 560 | (3) | Watershed Management |