NTRES at Cornell University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate NTRES coursework.

• NTRES 3100Applied Population Ecologyopens 5 courses (5 directly)
• NTRES 2830DNA, Genes and Genetic Diversityopens 3 courses (1 directly)
• NTRES 3151Conservation Bioacoustics Field Course Preparationopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• NTRES 4100Advanced Conservation Biology: Concepts and Techniquesopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• NTRES 4600Planning for Environmental Conservation and Sustainabilityopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• NTRES 4601Decision Making in Natural Resource Managementopens 2 courses (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate NTRES work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 71 NTRES and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 73 more NTRES courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on NTRES, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in NTRES. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at NTRES 4120

  1. BIOEE 1780An Introduction to Evolutionary Biology and Diversity
  2. NTRES 2830DNA, Genes and Genetic Diversity
  3. NTRES 4100Advanced Conservation Biology: Concepts and Techniques
  4. NTRES 4120Wildlife Population Analysis: Techniques and Models

• 4 courses deep, ending at NTRES 6601

  1. NTRES 4601Decision Making in Natural Resource Management
  2. NTRES 4600Planning for Environmental Conservation and Sustainability
  3. NTRES 6601Decision Making in Natural Resource Management

• 3 courses deep, ending at NTRES 3030

  1. MATH 1106Calculus for the Life and Social Sciences
  2. MATH 1120Calculus II
  3. NTRES 3030Introduction to Biogeochemistry

• 3 courses deep, ending at NTRES 3111

  1. NTRES 2100Introductory Field Biology
  2. NTRES 3110Fish Ecology, Conservation, and Management
  3. NTRES 3111Fish Ecology Laboratory

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on NTRES sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Amelia Moore
• Andre Dhondt
• Carter Cully
• David Bonter
• Gary Tabor
• Ginger Allington
• Jacqueline Gerson
• Karim-Aly Kassam
• Louis Derry
• Louise Buck
• Marc Goebel
• Marianne Krasny
• Matthew Hare
• Nina Therkildsen
• Noreen McAuliffe
• Peter McIntyre
• Robin Radcliffe
• Steven Johnson
• Steven Wolf

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under NTRES yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

NTRES does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cornell campus feed.