Advising Resources
Pre-register to meet your advisor
Please complete this
pre-registration form, and submit it at least 48 hours before your registration appointment with your NRES advisor.
Students are required to meet with an NRES mentor, either one of the NRES Co-Directors or an affiliated faculty of the student’s choice once per year (Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors). This
NRES Mentoring Form is to be downloaded, printed and signed by the mentor of your choosing when you meet. You are then to bring the signed form to your spring registration appointment with the NRES advisor. You will not receive your registration PIN # until your signed mentor form has been received.
One-on-one advising is key to success in NRES. With guidance from your advisor, you will design a plan of study in one of five interdisciplinary concentrations.
Approved College of Agriculture courses for selectives
International Understanding
Multicultural Awareness
Ecology
Additional Math and Science
Humanities/Social Science
Meet Your Advisor
As your academic advisor, I'm looking forward to helping you design your individual academic program.
- Tami Borror, NRES Academic Advisor
Emerging Environmental Challenges Concentration
If you are proposing an emerging enviromental challanges topic
please complete this template.
The NRES Degree
Students majoring in NRES must meet university and College of Agriculture core requirements as well as NRES requirements.
Learn more about these requirements.
Study Abroad
Study abroad can be a wonderful experience! Given the flexibility of the NRES plan of study, with careful planning most opportunities can be worked into your plan of study without adding extra time to complete your degree. Initial applications take less than five minutes to complete. You will be notified by email on a first-come, first-served basis if/when you are accepted. At that time, a $500 deposit is needed.
For a semester-long program, courses abroad need to be selected and approved for Purdue credit. This takes time, so start early! You will need to work closely with the study abroad office and your NRES academic advisor.
The College of Agriculture study abroad office is in AGAD, room 26. Walk-ins are accepted Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Appointments can also be scheduled by emailing
agabroad@purdue.edu.
You can find information on College of Agriculture
study abroad opportunities here.

NRES Capstone Experience Requirement
Baccalaureate plans of study must include a capstone course or experience. Capstone course credits also may be used to fulfill core curriculum requirements or departmental requirements or electives.
For successful completion of the NRES capstone, students must have either an eligible internship or supervised research experience approved by the co-directors, complete NRES 42000, and complete NRES 49700. In their capstone experience, students will be challenged to integrate their accumulated knowledge and technical and social skills in order to identify and solve a problem relevant to issues encountered by professionals in their chosen discipline, and to communicate the results of their efforts to their peers.
Honors Thesis Program
This contract is to be used for students registering for the NRES 498 course (undergraduate individual thesis research project) and for students working to complete the thesis requirement for honors programs.