Forestry: Forest Management, B.S.

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This major is administered by the Forestry Discipline.

Major study and approved electives total 132 credits.

Forestry Core, 56 credits

Forestry and Natural Resources

Required

Field Techniques in Natural Resources, 7-8 credits

Take all of the following:

FOR 319 - Land Surveying 1 cr.
FOR 320 - Field Experience in Forest Measurement 1 cr.
NRES 405 - Selected Topics in Natural Resources 1-3 cr.
SOIL 359 - Soil Conservation and Watershed Inventory Techniques 1 cr.
SOIL 360 - Field Experience in Soil Inventory Methods 1 cr.
WATR 380 - Field Experience in Aquatic Ecosystem Evaluation 1 cr.
WLDL 340 - Field Experience in Wildlife Management Techniques 1 cr.
or only:
NRES 475 - European Environmental Studies Seminar 1-8 cr.

Forestry Internship or Employment

One summer of adviser-approved forestry internship or employment.

Forest Management, 47-48 credits

One course from

Take 6 credits from

FOR 324 - Fire Management and Ecology 2 cr.
FOR 424 - Forest Pathology 3 cr.
FOR 426 - Forest Entomology 3 cr.

Electives, 6 credits

Choose from:

FOR 305 - Pulpcut 1 cr.
FOR 324 - Fire Management and Ecology 2 cr. *
FOR 325 - Range Management 3 cr.
FOR 331 - Landscape Maintenance/Arboriculture 3 cr. *
FOR 335 - Recreational Use of Forests and Parks 3 cr. *
FOR 336 - Pesticides in Natural Resource Management 1 cr.
FOR 339 - Survey of Forest Certification Systems 1 cr.
FOR 381 - Internship in Forestry 1-12 cr. (1-3 cr)
FOR 385 - Applied Landscape Architecture 3 cr. *
FOR 392 - Native American Forestry 3 cr. or
HIST 392 - Native American Forestry 3 cr.
FOR 394 - Forest Recreation Seminar 1 cr.
FOR 424 - Forest Pathology 3 cr. *
FOR 426 - Forest Entomology 3 cr. *
FOR 428 - Forest Products II: Sawmill Operations and Lumber Manufacturing 3 cr.
FOR 431 - Functional Tree Biology 3 cr.
FOR 434 - Field Practices in Silviculture 1-3 cr.
FOR 435 - Nursery Operations and Management 3 cr.
FOR 444 - Urban Forestry 3 cr. *
FOR 480 - Forest Recreation Management 3 cr.
FOR 485 - Forest Recreation Planning and Site Design 3 cr.
FOR 493 - Forestry Field Seminar 1-3 cr.
GEOG 476 - Geographic Information Systems I 3 cr.
NRES 323 - International Resource Management 3 cr.
NRES 388 - Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning 3 cr. or
GEOG 388 - Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning 3 cr.
NRES 459 - Ecosystem Management and Restoration 3 cr.
NRES 465 - Policy Tools for Private Lands 3 cr.
NRES 473 - Resource Policy and Law 3 cr.
NRES 474 - Integrated Resource Management 3 cr.
SOIL 361 - Forest Soils 3 cr.
WATR 389 - Hydrology 3 cr.
WATR 493 - Advanced Hydrologic Analysis 3 cr.
WLDL 451 - Management of Wildlife Habitat 4 cr.

Forestry: Forest Management, B.S.

Forestry Core, 56 credits

Forestry and Natural Resources

Required

Field Techniques in Natural Resources, 7-8 credits

Forestry Internship or Employment

Forest Management, 47-48 credits

Natural Science

One course from

Required

One course from

Take 6 credits from

Electives, 6 credits

Note

Communication in the Major

Capstone Experience