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Forestry: Forest Recreation, 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 Recreation, 52-55 credits

Natural Science

CHEM 101 - Basic Chemistry 5 cr. or
CHEM 105 - Fundamental Chemistry 5 cr.

One course from

BIOL 160 - Introduction to Animal Biology 5 cr.
CHEM 106 - Fundamental Chemistry 5 cr.
PHYS 101 - General Physics 5 cr.
PHYS 201 - Applied Principles of Physics I 4 cr.
PHYS 203 - College Physics I 5 cr.
PHYS 204 - College Physics II 5 cr.
GEOL 104 - Physical Geology 4 cr.

Required

MATH 109 - Mathematics for the Social and Management Sciences 4 cr. or
MATH 111 - Applied Calculus 4 cr.
MATH 112 - Basic Trigonometry and Applications 2 cr.
FOR 324 - Fire Management and Ecology 2 cr.
FOR 331 - Landscape Maintenance/Arboriculture 3 cr. or
FOR 444 - Urban Forestry 3 cr.
FOR 334 - Forest Recreation and Tourism 3 cr.
FOR 335 - Recreational Use of Forests and Parks 3 cr.
FOR 385 - Applied Landscape Architecture 3 cr.
FOR 394 - Forest Recreation Seminar 1 cr.
FOR 426 - Forest Entomology 3 cr.
FOR 480 - Forest Recreation Management 3 cr.
FOR 485 - Forest Recreation Planning and Site Design 3 cr.
NRES 320 - Natural Resources Public Relations and Social Science 3 cr.

Take 2-3 credits from

NRES 367 - Park Interpretation 2 cr.
NRES 368 - Oral Interpretation Methods 3 cr.

Take 3 credits from

Electives, 5-6 credits

Choose from:

FOR 336 - Pesticides in Natural Resource Management 1 cr.
FOR 339 - Survey of Forest Certification Systems 1 cr.
FOR 342 - Urban Trees and Shrubs 2 cr.
FOR 381 - Internship in Forestry 1-12 cr. (1-3 cr)
FOR 424 - Forest Pathology 3 cr.
FOR 430 - Landscape Construction 3 cr.
FOR 431 - Functional Tree Biology 3 cr.
FOR 433 - Regional Silviculture 2 cr.
FOR 444 - Urban Forestry 3 cr.
GEOG 476 - Geographic Information Systems I 3 cr.
NRES 335 - Turf Management 2 cr.
NRES 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr. or
GEOG 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr.
NRES 388 - Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning 3 cr. or
GEOG 388 - Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning 3 cr.
NRES 389 - Urban and Regional Planning Analysis 3 cr. or
GEOG 389 - Urban and Regional Planning Analysis 3 cr.
NRES 392 - Environmental Law Enforcement Theory and Principles (formerly 440) 3 cr.
NRES 393 - Environmental Law Enforcement 1-12 cr.
NRES 473 - Resource Policy and Law 3 cr.
NRES 474 - Integrated Resource Management 3 cr.
or any 300-400 level wildlife course beyond WLDL 320, excluding WLDL 340 .

Communication in the Major

Capstone Experience

FOR 485 - Forest Recreation Planning and Site Design 3 cr.

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