Forestry: Forest Management, B.S.

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This major is administered by the Forestry Discipline.

Major study and approved electives total 120-121 credits of which 104-106 are major and option specific requirements. The remaining 16 credits are general education courses not embedded within the major.

Forestry Core, 57-58 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. (Take 1 credit)
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 8 credits of

NRES 475 - International Field Experiences in Natural Resources Management 1-8 cr.

Forestry Internship or Employment

One summer of adviser-approved forestry internship or employment.

Forest Management, 47-48 credits

Natural Science

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

Required

FOR 224 - Fire Operations 1 cr. or
FOR 326 - Wildfire Prevention and Management 1 cr.
FOR 329 - Harvesting Systems 2 cr.
FOR 370 - Forest Products I 2 cr.
FOR 431 - Functional Tree Biology 3 cr.
FOR 433 - Regional Silviculture 2 cr.
FOR 436 - Managing Non-industrial Private Forests 2 cr.
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.
NRES 320 - Natural Resources Public Relations and Social Science 3 cr.
NRES 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr. or
GEOG 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr.

One course from

Take 5-6 credits from

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

Electives, 10 credits

Choose from:

Any 300 or higher level Geography, Forestry, Natural Resources or Business course or adviser approved course.*

Forestry: Forest Management, B.S.

Forestry Core, 57-58 credits

Forestry and Natural Resources

Required

Field Techniques in Natural Resources, 7-8 credits

Or 8 credits of

Forestry Internship or Employment

Forest Management, 47-48 credits

Natural Science

Required

One course from

Take 5-6 credits from

Electives, 10 credits

Note

Communication in the Major

Capstone Experience