Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

• 6 - Biological, Biomedical and Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
• 63 - Natural Resources

03.0205 - Water, Wetlands and Marine Resources Management

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to apply the principles of marine/aquatic biology, oceanography, natural resource economics, and natural resources management to the development, conservation, and management of freshwater and saltwater environments. These programs include courses in subjects such as wetlands, riverine, lacustrian, coastal, and oceanic water resources; water conservation and use; flood control; pollution control; water supply logistics; wastewater management; aquatic and marine ecology; aquatic and marine life conservation; and the economic and recreational uses of water resources.

• Example Program Names:

  • Marine environment technology
  • Marine resources management
  • Water resources technology

• Exclusion

  • Water resources engineering(14.0805)
  • Water quality technology(15.0506)
  • Water resources sciences(40.0605)