Integrated Resource Management (IRM)

Career Opportunities

Creating a sustainable environment is a growing need and individuals in the animal production industry play a big role in this movement. A sustainable environment for animal production provides a benefit to the ranchers and farmers as well as the environment in general. Completing this degree will help advance your career because you will graduate with the knowledge you need to make rangeland as economic and profitable as possible. You can become a valuable resource to any company, organization, or government agency that deals with animal production.

Absentee landowners and conservation trusts are acquiring large parcels of land and require the help of skilled land resource managers. Highly skilled agriculture and natural resources professionals are needed to meet these demands for sustainable management of land and resources in today’s rural and urban communities. This program provides you with the skills and training to apply an integrated approach to successfully managing the needs and interests of multiple stakeholders.

Because of these factors and economic conditions affecting American agriculture, it is a time of unprecedented educational and career opportunity. The IRM degree will help you understand those opportunities and reach your career goals. This graduate program will help you satisfy your professional need to gain information on Integrated Resource Management if you work for an industry or government agency that interacts with animal production. The IRM master’s degree will help you advance your career by increasing your knowledge about the important ideas and topics covered in the courses.

Who Should Earn This Degree

Prospective and current land managers such as ranch managers, animal and cattle production managers, wildlife and forest managers, extension agents, employees of government agencies, and recent graduates of undergraduate programs should earn this degree to help advance your career.