Apr 30, 2024  
Spring 2020 Catalog 
    
Spring 2020 Catalog FINAL VERSION - Closed for Revisions

Course Descriptions



 

 

Foreign Language

  
  • FLNG 796 - Independent Study


    Description:
    Planned study to supplement preparation in area of specialization; regular conferences with staff supervisor.

    1-3 cr.


Foreign Language Education

  
  • FLED 333 - Teaching Second Languages


    Description:
    Second language acquisition theories, methods, techniques, planning, organization, assessment, and field experiences in teaching foreign languages in elementary, middle, and secondary schools.

    Prerequisites:
    Junior standing and Admission to the Professional Education Program, or Instructor Consent

    3 cr.

  
  • FLED 344 - Teaching English as a Second Language


    Description:
    Theories of second language acquisition; methods, techniques, planning, organization, assessment, and field experiences in teaching ESL. Available for graduate credit as FLED 544 .

    Prerequisites:
    Junior standing and Admission to the Professional Education Program, or Instructor Consent

    3 cr.

  
  • FLED 345 - Methods in Bilingual Education


    Description:
    First and second language acquisition theories, program methods, instructional practices, curriculum design, and assessment in bilingual education. Available for graduate credit as FLED 545 .

    Prerequisites:
    Junior standing and Admission to the Professional Education Program, or Instructor Consent

    1-3 cr.

  
  • FLED 397 - Practicum


    Description:
    You may arrange for supervised practical experience as tutors, teacher’s aides, etc. with cons instr and chair. Approx 45 hrs practice per cr. Subtitles will identify practicum. Available for graduate credit as FLED 597 .

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: XL



    1-3 cr.

  
  • FLED 398 - Student Teaching in Foreign Language


    Description:
    Observation and teaching in secondary school classrooms under the guidance of cooperating teachers and university faculty. Subtitle will indicate specialization: French, German, Spanish, or English as a second language.

    Prerequisites:
    Completion of all methods courses and 75% of content courses in appropriate major. Concurrent registration in appropriate section of EDUC 400  may be required.

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: XL



    1-16 cr. pass/fail.

  
  • FLED 399 - Special Work


    Description:
    Individual study in second language teaching methods under faculty supervision. Available for graduate credit as FLED 599 .

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent and Instructor Consent

    1-3 cr.

  
  • FLED 400 - Seminar on Teaching for Student Teachers


    Description:
    Structured group discussions for middle-level and secondary student/intern teachers on aspects of teaching that emerge during student teaching experience.

    Prerequisites:
    Concurrent registration in either FLED 398  or FLED 498 

    1-2 cr. pass/fail.

  
  • FLED 498 - Intern Teaching


    Description:
    Structured field experiences in approved school programs. Interns are certified by the DPI and are employed under contract with schools to design, deliver, and assess instructional programs in grades n-k-12.

    Prerequisites:
    Completion of all methods courses and 75% of content courses in appropriate major. Concurrent registration in appropriate section of EDUC 400  may be required.

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: XL



    1-16 cr. pass/fail.

  
  • FLED 544 - Teaching English as a Second Language


    Description:
    Theories of second language acquisition; methods, techniques, planning, organization, assessment, and field experiences in teaching ESL. Available for undergraduate credit as FLED 344 .

    Prerequisites:
    Junior standing and Admission to the Professional Education Program, or Instructor Consent

    3 cr.

  
  • FLED 545 - Methods in Bilingual Education


    Description:
    First and second language acquisition theories, program methods, instructional practices, curriculum design, and assessment in bilingual education. Available for undergraduate credit as FLED 345 .

    Prerequisites:
    Junior standing and Admission to the Professional Education Program, or Instructor Consent

    1-3 cr.

  
  • FLED 597 - Practicum


    Description:
    You may arrange for supervised practical experience as tutors, teacher’s aides, etc. with cons instr and chair. Approx 45 hrs practice per cr. Subtitles will identify practicum. Available for undergraduate credit as FLED 397 .

    1-3 cr.

  
  • FLED 599 - Special Work


    Description:
    Individual study in second language teaching methods under faculty supervision. Available for undergraduate credit as FLED 399 .

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent and Instructor Consent

    1-3 cr.

  
  • FLED 795 - Practicum in Teaching ESL


    Description:
    Teach ESL learners and develop instructional activities using appropriate methods. May take twice with cons instr.

    Prerequisites:
    FLED 544  and Instructor Consent

    1-3 cr.


Forestry

  
  • FOR 120 - Preparing for a Career in Forestry


    Description:
    Provides background on careers in the fields of forestry (ecosystem restoration and management, forest management, forest recreation, urban and community forestry). Provides information on professional development; guidance on development of a professional portfolio and development of an effective program of study. Provides exposure to internships, research opportunities, and professional societies.

    1 cr.

  
  • FOR 125 - Lumberjack-jill Sports as a Path to Wellness


    Description:
    The seven dimensions of wellness are closely intertwined with participation in lumberjack-jill sports whether professionally or as a hobby. Learn the disciplines that comprise the sport, practice or participate in at least one of the disciplines, and develop a plan for healthy living that includes the sport and the principles of wellness.

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: WLN



    1 cr.

  
  • FOR 224 - Fire Operations


    Description:
    Fire control techniques, tactical planning, fire crew supervision, safety procedures, and proper use and maintenance of equipment for management of prescribed burns and control and suppression of wildland fires. After completing this course and a WDNR firefighting training session, you may apply for WDNR firefighter’s certification.

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    1 cr.

  
  • FOR 232 - Dendrology and Silvics


    Description:
    Ecology and classification of common upper Midwest trees and shrubs.

    Prerequisites:
    Either BIOL 101  (or concurrent registration) or BIOL 130  (or concurrent registration)

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 305 - Pulpcut - Chainsaw Safety and Use I


    Description:
    Chainsaw safety, felling, delimbing, bucking, and chainsaw maintenance.

    1 cr. pass/fail

  
  • FOR 306 - Pulpcut - Chainsaw Safety and Use II


    Description:
    Advances training in and supervisory experience of chainsaw safety, felling, delimbing, bucking, and chainsaw maintenance. May repeat for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    FOR 305  or Instructor Consent

    1 cr. pass/fail

  
  • FOR 319 - Land Surveying


    Description:
    Practices in land surveying, including distance and angular measurement, area computation and mapping, stadia, notekeeping, and deed searching for integrated resource management.

    Prerequisites:
    NRES 250 , Formal Admittance to CNR, and Instructor Consent

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: XL



    Typically Offered:
    (SUM)

    1 cr.

  
  • FOR 320 - Field Experience in Forest Measurement


    Description:
    Apply forest measurement techniques and ecological relationships for integrated resource management.

    Prerequisites:
    NRES 250 , Formal Admittance to CNR, and Instructor Consent

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: XL



    Typically Offered:
    (SUM)

    1 cr.

  
  • FOR 321 - Natural Resources Data Analysis


    Description:
    Use applied mathematical and statistical methods to address natural resources problems. May not earn credit in both FOR 321 and MATH 255 . Available for graduate credit as FOR 521 .

    Prerequisites:
    One of the following: MATH 95 MATH 100 , MATH 107 , or suitable placement test score

    4 cr.

  
  • FOR 322 - Forest Mensuration


    Description:
    Measure volume, growth, development of individual trees and stands; determine products obtainable from them; construction and use of appropriate instruments, tables, and surveys. Available for graduate credit as FOR 522 .

    Prerequisites:
    Either MATH 109  or MATH 111 , FOR 232 , either MATH 255  or FOR 321 , CNR Major; or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 324 - Fire Management and Ecology


    Description:
    Phenomenon of fire; its physical and chemical effects and historical significance. Behavior and effect of wild and prescribed fire in temperate forests. Techniques for planning, conducting, and evaluating prescribed burns. Available for graduate credit as FOR 524 .

    Prerequisites:
    FOR 320 NRES 250 , and NRES 251 ; CNR major; or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    2 cr.

  
  • FOR 325 - Range Management


    Description:
    Technical study of sustained yield management practices for rangeland; proper stocking and grazing systems; methods of range surveying. Available for graduate credit as FOR 525 .

    Prerequisites:
    Both BIOL 130  and NRES 251 , CNR Major; or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 326 - Wildfire Prevention and Management


    Description:
    The course provides an overview of the wildfire situation for the U.S. and discusses management options for prevention and reduction of wildfire loss.

    Prerequisites:
    CNR Major or Instructor Consent

    1 cr.

  
  • FOR 329 - Harvesting Systems


    Description:
    North American tree harvesting systems: felling, limbing, bucking, forwarding, loading and hauling, analysis of safety procedures, equipment selection and maintenance, environmental implications, and cost determinations. Available for graduate credit as FOR 529 .

    Prerequisites:
    CNR Summer Field Experience, CNR Major, or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I, II)

    2 cr.

  
  • FOR 331 - Landscape Maintenance/Arboriculture


    Description:
    Principles and practice of tree, shrub, and turf establishment and maintenance; use and maintenance of landscape equipment and facilities. Available for graduate credit as FOR 531 .

    Prerequisites:
    CNR Major or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 332 - Forest Ecosystem Ecology


    Description:
    Community and ecosystem level forest ecology in temperate/boreal region with a focus on processes which determine ecosystem structure and function. Available for graduate credit as FOR 532 .

    Prerequisites:
    Both FOR 232  and BIOL 130 , CNR Major; or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 334 - Forest Recreation and Tourism


    Description:
    How the tourism industry affects forest recreation supply and demand, public/private leisure service agencies and the economy; travel motives, destination appeal, marketing, roles played by various agencies, social trends that relate to management and planning. Available for graduate credit as FOR 534 .

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 335 - Recreational Use of Forests and Parks


    Description:
    Survey the nature and extent of recreational use of forest environments; roles of public and private agencies in providing forest recreation; social and environmental impact of forest recreation; and principles of management and planning.

    Typically Offered:
    (I, II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 336 - Pesticides in Natural Resource Management


    Description:
    Introduction to the application and use of pesticides in natural resource management. This course will prepare you to take the Wisconsin Pesticide Applicator Certification Exam.

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    1 cr.

  
  • FOR 339 - Survey of Forest Certification Systems


    Description:
    Examine the role of forest certification systems in promoting sustainable forest management on private and public lands and their impact on the marketplace, including an understanding of the different certifications systems and how these systems work from initial evaluation through audits.

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    1 cr.

  
  • FOR 342 - Urban Trees and Shrubs


    Description:
    Identification, cultural use, and characteristics of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs, and vines for urban, suburban and rural communities and landscapes.

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    2 cr.

  
  • FOR 350 - Contemporary Issues in Forestry


    Description:
    Current issues likely to influence forestry in the future. Subtitle will designate topic. May repeat for credits with different subtitles. May count 3 cr max toward graduation. Available for graduate credit as FOR 550 .

    Typically Offered:
    (I, II)

    1-3 cr.

  
  • FOR 370 - Forest Products I


    Description:
    Introduction to forest products, use of wood as an industrial raw material, product measurement and conversions. Fundamentals of factory hardwood log and lumber grading.

    Typically Offered:
    (I, II)

    2 cr.

  
  • FOR 381 - Internship in Forestry


    Description:
    Supervised training program in forestry in cooperation with private or public resource agencies. One cr for 2-4 wks, (40 hrs per wk) of work. Credits and/or addl requirements determined before registration. May repeat once for 12 cr max. Available for graduate credit as FOR 581 .

    Prerequisites:
    CNR Summer Field Experience (or concurrent registration), Formal Admittance to CNR, and Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I, II, SUM)

    1-12 cr.

  
  • FOR 385 - Applied Landscape Architecture


    Description:
    Principles of design, landscape assessment, and graphic techniques that apply to urban and rural forested landscapes. Available for graduate credit as FOR 585 .

    Prerequisites:
    CNR Summer Field Experience or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 392 - Native American Forestry


    Description:
    Introduction to Native American forest management from cultural, ecological, historical and socioeconomic perspectives. May not earn credit in both FOR 392 and HIST 392 . Available for graduate credit as FOR 592 .

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: USD



    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 394 - Forest Recreation Seminar


    Description:
    Field observation and study of recreation planning and management problems and practices, at federal, state, and other recreation areas outside this geographical region. Available for graduate credit as FOR 594 .

    Prerequisites:
    FOR 335  (or concurrent registration) or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    1 cr.

  
  • FOR 395 - Tree Care Techniques


    Description:
    Maintenance of mature trees, including pruning, cabling, and removal.

    Typically Offered:
    (I, II)

    1 cr.

  
  • FOR 396 - Science of Tree Felling


    Description:
    Applied training in the use of Directional Felling procedures to safely fell trees in urban and forest environments. Detailed attention is given to chainsaw safety, personal protective equipment, risk assessment, determining weight leans, calculating lift, and the use of bore cuts to establish hinge wood. Students will work in small groups under the direct supervision of industry professionals.

    Prerequisites:
    Forestry or Wildland Fire Science Major

    1 cr.

  
  • FOR 424 - Forest Pathology


    Description:
    Diagnosis, ecology and integrated control of common forest and shade tree diseases. Available for graduate credit as FOR 624 .

    Prerequisites:
    Junior standing or senior standing

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 425 - Forest Management and Finance


    Description:
    Principles of organizing and regulating forest properties; valuation and investment analysis. Available for graduate credit as FOR 625 .

    Prerequisites:
    Both FOR 322  (or concurrent registration) and FOR 432  (or concurrent registration), CNR major; or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I, II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 426 - Forest Entomology


    Description:
    Identification, ecology and management of common and important forest insect families and species. Available for graduate credit as FOR 626 .

    Prerequisites:
    Junior standing or senior standing

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 428 - Forest Products II: Sawmill Operations and Lumber Manufacturing


    Description:
    Lumber grade and yield analysis, sawing techniques, estimation of residuals, sawmill operations, advanced hardwood log and lumber grading, softwood lumber grading, basic elements of green sizing, quality control, drying, and conducting recovery studies. Factors affecting sawmill production and profits.

    Prerequisites:
    FOR 370 

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 429 - Forest Products III: Marketing and Advanced Manufacturing


    Description:
    Material costing, recovery and conversion in chipping operations, basic considerations in woody biomass combustion, basic overview of the marketing forest products with focus on typical channels of distribution by product type, origin and end use, functions of intermediaries. Business feasibility analysis in sawmill and drying operations. Optional field trips.

    Prerequisites:
    FOR 370 

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 430 - Landscape Construction


    Description:
    Principles of surface drainage, aesthetic landform modification, earthwork calculation, and highway alignment applied to design of parks and institutional grounds.

    Typically Offered:
    Not currently offered; (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 431 - Functional Tree Biology


    Description:
    Examination of tree morphology and associated physiology as it relates to tree development and effects of management. Available for graduate credit as FOR 631 .

    Prerequisites:
    CNR Major or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 432 - Silviculture


    Description:
    Principles governing establishment, treatment, and control of forest stands; natural and artificial regeneration systems; intermediate cuttings, and cultural operations. Emphasizing principal forest types of Lake States region, North America. 2 hrs lec, 3 hrs lab per wk. Available for graduate credit as FOR 632 .

    Prerequisites:
    FOR 232 FOR 322  (or concurrent registration), and FOR 332  (or concurrent registration), CNR Major; or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 433 - Regional Silviculture


    Description:
    Review of Lake States silviculture and comparison with New England. In-depth study of silviculture in Appalachian, Southern, Pacific Northwest, and Rocky Mountain regions. Available for graduate credit as FOR 633 .

    Prerequisites:
    FOR 432  and CNR Major, or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    2 cr.

  
  • FOR 434 - Field Practices in Silviculture


    Description:
    Field techniques in silviculture, including intermediate treatments of forest stands, forest regeneration techniques, and silvicultural management of forest stands. May repeat for credit with different subtitles. Available for graduate credit as FOR 634 .

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    1-3 cr.

  
  • FOR 435 - Nursery Operations and Management


    Description:
    Principles and practice of nursery management and operations of nursery stock for rural and urban forests. Includes production systems, nursery stock standards, plant propagation, stock storage and delivery, nursery design, cultural requirements and growth strategies, nursery IPM, regulations. Available for graduate credit as FOR 635 .

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 436 - Managing Non-industrial Private Forests


    Description:
    Understand the role of private non-industrial woodland owners in the management of natural resources and the sources of financial and technical assistance to assist them. Integrate advanced forestry skills and develop advanced interpersonal communication skills needed to prepare forest stewardship management plans.

    Prerequisites:
    Both FOR 322  and FOR 432 

    2 cr.

  
  • FOR 440 - Forest Tree Improvement


    Description:
    Distribution of genetic variation in forest tree populations; introduction, selection, progeny testing, species hybridization, and biotechnology to obtain superior tree populations. Available for graduate credit as FOR 640 .

    Prerequisites:
    FOR 232  or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    Not currently offered; (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 444 - Urban and Community Forestry


    Description:
    Management of trees and other vegetation in communities to enhance the livability for people living in built environments. Available for graduate credit as FOR 644 .

    Prerequisites:
    Junior standing or senior standing

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 449 - Basic Forestry Skills Review and Testing


    Description:
    Review and testing of basic knowledge covered in required forestry courses and expected of entry level career foresters. Preliminary and practice tests are offered in conjunction with earlier required forestry courses.

    Prerequisites:
    Both FOR 432  (or concurrent registration) and FOR 425  (or concurrent registration), and passing scores on preliminary sophomore and junior tests

    Typically Offered:
    (I, II)

    1 cr. pass/fail.

  
  • FOR 450 - Fire Policy, Suppression, and Use


    Description:
    History of wildland fire policy development in the U.S. and selected other countries. Fire suppression strategies, wildland fire use including smoke management, wildfire education strategies, and fire in the wildland urban interface. Use and limitation of computer models for fire danger information systems, suppression, and management. Available for graduate credit as FOR 650 .

    Prerequisites:
    Both FOR 224  and FOR 324  (or concurrent registration), or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 480 - Forest Recreation Management


    Description:
    Formulate recreation management objectives; determine user preferences and satisfaction; analyze ecological impacts and facility requirements of forest recreation use. Available for graduate credit as FOR 680 .

    Prerequisites:
    Junior standing or senior standing

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 485 - Forest Recreation Planning and Site Design


    Description:
    Analyze principles and practices of forest recreation planning, especially federal and state recreation agencies; develop master plans for parks; on-site planning procedures. Available for graduate credit as FOR 685 .

    Prerequisites:
    Junior standing or senior standing

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 493 - Forestry Field Seminar


    Description:
    Study current forest management practices, techniques and issues on this regional tour, addressing environmental, economic and social components in forested regions of the world. May be repeated under various subtitles for regions. Available for graduate credit as FOR 693 .

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I, II, SUM)

    1-3 cr.

  
  • FOR 499 - Special Work


    Description:
    Upperclass forestry students may arrange for independent study with cons assoc dean.

    Typically Offered:
    (I, II)

    Credit based on scope of project.

  
  • FOR 521 - Natural Resources Data Analysis


    Description:
    Use applied mathematical and statistical methods to address natural resources problems. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 321 .

    4 cr.

  
  • FOR 522 - Forest Mensuration


    Description:
    Measure volume, growth, development of individual trees and stands; determine products obtainable from them; construction and use of appropriate instruments, tables, and surveys. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 322 .

    Prerequisites:
    Either MATH 109  or MATH 111 , FOR 232 , either MATH 255  or FOR 321 , CNR major; or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 524 - Fire Management and Ecology


    Description:
    Phenomenon of fire; its physical and chemical effects and historical significance. Behavior and effect of wild and prescribed fire in temperate forests. Techniques for planning, conducting, and evaluating prescribed burns. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 324 .

    Prerequisites:
    FOR 320 , NRES 250 , and NRES 251 ; CNR major; or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    2 cr.

  
  • FOR 525 - Range Management


    Description:
    Technical study of sustained yield management practices for rangeland; proper stocking and grazing systems; methods of range surveying. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 325 .

    Prerequisites:
    Both BIOL 130  and NRES 251 , CNR major; or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 529 - Harvesting Systems


    Description:
    North American tree harvesting systems: felling, limbing, bucking, forwarding, loading and hauling, analysis of safety procedures, equipment selection and maintenance, environmental implications, and cost determinations. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 329 .

    Prerequisites:
    CNR Summer Field Experience, CNR major, or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I, II)

    2 cr.

  
  • FOR 531 - Landscape Maintenance/Arboriculture


    Description:
    Principles and practice of tree, shrub, and turf establishment and maintenance; use and maintenance of landscape equipment and facilities. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 331 .

    Prerequisites:
    CNR major or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 532 - Forest Ecosystem Ecology


    Description:
    Community and ecosystem level forest ecology in temperate/boreal region with a focus on processes which determine ecosystem structure and function. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 332 .

    Prerequisites:
    Both FOR 232  and BIOL 130 , CNR major; or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 534 - Forest Recreation and Tourism


    Description:
    How the tourism industry affects forest recreation supply and demand, public/private leisure service agencies and the economy; travel motives, destination appeal, marketing, roles played by various agencies, social trends that relate to management and planning. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 334 .

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 550 - Contemporary Issues in Forestry


    Description:
    Current issues likely to influence forestry in the future. Subtitle will designate topic. May repeat for credits with different subtitles. May count 3 cr max toward graduation. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 350 .

    Typically Offered:
    (I, II)

    1-3 cr.

  
  • FOR 581 - Internship in Forestry


    Description:
    Supervised training program in forestry in cooperation with private or public resource agencies. One cr for 2-4 wks, (40 hrs per wk) of work. Credits and/or addl requirements determined before registration. May repeat once for 12 cr max. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 381 .

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I, II, SUM)

    1-12 cr.

  
  • FOR 585 - Applied Landscape Architecture


    Description:
    Principles of design, landscape assessment, and graphic techniques that apply to urban and rural forested landscapes. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 385 .

    Prerequisites:
    CNR Summer Field Experience or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 592 - Native American Forestry


    Description:
    Introduction to Native American forest management from cultural, ecological, historical and socioeconomic perspectives. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 392 .

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 594 - Forest Recreation Seminar


    Description:
    Field observation and study of recreation planning and management problems and practices, at federal, state, and other recreation areas outside this geographical region. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 394 .

    Prerequisites:
    FOR 335  (or concurrent registration) or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    1 or 2 cr.

  
  • FOR 624 - Forest Pathology


    Description:
    Diagnosis, ecology and integrated control of common forest and shade tree diseases. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 424 .

    Prerequisites:
    Junior standing or senior standing

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 625 - Forest Management and Finance


    Description:
    Principles of organizing and regulating forest properties; valuation and investment analysis. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 425 .

    Prerequisites:
    Both FOR 522  (or concurrent registration) and FOR 632  (or concurrent registration), or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I, II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 626 - Forest Entomology


    Description:
    Identification, ecology and management of common and important forest insect families and species. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 426 .

    Prerequisites:
    Junior standing or senior standing

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 631 - Functional Tree Biology


    Description:
    Examination of tree morphology and associated physiology as it relates to tree development and effects of management. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 431 .

    Prerequisites:
    CNR major or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 632 - Silviculture


    Description:
    Principles governing establishment, treatment, and control of forest stands; natural and artificial regeneration systems; intermediate cuttings, and cultural operations. Emphasizing principal forest types of Lake States region, North America. 2 hrs lec, 3 hrs lab per wk. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 432 .

    Prerequisites:
    FOR 522  (or concurrent registration) and FOR 532  (or concurrent registration)

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 633 - Regional Silviculture


    Description:
    Review of Lake States silviculture and comparison with New England. In-depth study of silviculture in Appalachian, Southern, Pacific Northwest, and Rocky Mountain regions. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 433 .

    Prerequisites:
    FOR 432  and CNR major, or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    2 cr.

  
  • FOR 634 - Field Practices in Silviculture


    Description:
    Field techniques in silviculture, including intermediate treatments of forest stands, forest regeneration techniques, and silvicultural management of forest stands. May repeat for credit with different subtitles. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 434 .

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    1-3 cr.

  
  • FOR 635 - Nursery Operations and Management


    Description:
    Principles and practice of nursery management and operations of nursery stock for rural and urban forests. Includes production systems, nursery stock standards, plant propagation, stock storage and delivery, nursery design, cultural requirements and growth strategies, nursery IPM, regulations. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 435 .

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 640 - Forest Tree Improvement


    Description:
    Distribution of genetic variation in forest tree populations; introduction, selection, progeny testing, species hybridization, and biotechnology to obtain superior tree populations. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 440 .

    Prerequisites:
    FOR 232  or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 644 - Urban and Community Forestry


    Description:
    Management of trees and other vegetation in communities to enhance the livability for people living in built environments. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 444 .

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 650 - Fire Policy, Suppression, and Use


    Description:
    History of wildland fire policy development in the U.S. and selected other countries. Fire suppression strategies, wildland fire use including smoke management, wildfire education strategies, and fire in the wildland urban interface. Use and limitation of computer models for fire danger information systems, suppression, and management. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 450 .

    Prerequisites:
    Both FOR 224  and FOR 324 , or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 680 - Forest Recreation Management


    Description:
    Formulate recreation management objectives; determine user preferences and satisfaction; analyze ecological impacts and facility requirements of forest recreation use. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 480 .

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 685 - Forest Recreation Planning and Site Design


    Description:
    Analyze principles and practices of forest recreation planning, especially federal and state recreation agencies; develop master plans for parks; on-site planning procedures. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 485 .

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 693 - Forestry Field Seminar


    Description:
    Study current forest management practices, techniques and issues on this regional tour, addressing environmental, economic and social components in forested regions of the world. May be repeated under various subtitles for regions. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 493 .

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I, II, SUM)

    1-3 cr.

  
  • FOR 701 - Survey of Forestry


    Description:
    Key elements of forest ecology, silviculture, management and amenities, and their relation to key issues in forestry at the local, national and international levels.

    Prerequisites:
    Certified elementary and secondary teachers only

    1 cr.

  
  • FOR 724 - Advanced Forest Protection


    Description:
    Advanced topics in pathology, entomology, and fire science management; review of basic principles and current literature; practical experience in laboratory and field techniques.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 725 - Advanced Forest Management Economics


    Description:
    Advanced topics and case studies including principles and theory of managerial and financial analysis, production economics and decision systems.

    Prerequisites:
    Both NRES 372 and FOR 425 , or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (II-even years)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 730 - Tree Physiology


    Description:
    The principal physiological processes of trees including synthesis and use of foods, and growth phenomena.

    Prerequisites:
    Both BIOL 351  and CHEM 220  (or equivalent)

    Typically Offered:
    Not currently offered

    4 cr.

  
  • FOR 732 - Advanced Forest Ecology and Silviculture


    Description:
    Advanced topics including ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, ecophysiology, ecosystem modeling, advanced decision making in silviculture, and application of ecological principles to silviculture.

    Prerequisites:
    Both FOR 332  and FOR 432 , or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered:
    (I, even years)

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 733 - Advanced Topics in Urban Forestry


    Description:
    Advanced topics of the management of trees and other vegetation in metropolitan areas to enhance the urban environment.

    3 cr.

  
  • FOR 796 - Current Topics in Forestry


    Description:
    Advanced coursework on a specific area in forestry.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    1-3 cr.


French

  
  • FREN 101 - First Semester French


    Description:
    For students with no previous training in the language, or by placement exam.

    General Education Designation(s):
    AAS: IK

    4 cr.

  
  • FREN 102 - Second Semester French


    Description:
    Continuation of FREN 101 .

    Prerequisites:
    FREN 101  or by placement exam

    General Education Designation(s):
    AAS: IK

    4 cr.

  
  • FREN 211 - Third Semester French


    Description:
    Intensive grammar review in reading and speaking.

    Prerequisites:
    FREN 102  or by placement exam

    General Education Designation(s):
    AAS: HC

    4 cr.

 

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