Resource Management: Wildland Fire Science, B.S.

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This major is administered by the Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management Discipline.

The Resource Management: Wildland Fire Science Option satisfies the Interdisciplinary Studies GEP requirement. For more information, see the GEP section of the catalog.

Consists of 96-103 credits.

PLEASE NOTE: Entry of new students into this B.S. program has been suspended as of Fall 2020.

Resource Management Core, 27-30 credits

Natural Resources courses, 17 credits

Geography, 3-5 credits

GEOG 100 - Human Impacts on the Physical Environment 3 cr. or
GEOG 105 - The Dynamic Earth 3 cr.

Field Techniques in Natural Resources, 7-8 credits

Choose one:

Summer Field Experience, 7 credits

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

European Summer Program, 8 credits

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

Wildland Fire Science, 69-70 credits

Advanced Biology and Ecology, 18-19 credits

Required

BIOL 342 - Vascular Plant Taxonomy 4 cr.
BIOL 345 - Agrostology 2 cr. or
FOR 325 - Range Management 3 cr.
FOR 432 - Silviculture 3 cr.
NRES 459 - Ecosystem Management and Restoration 3 cr.

Take remaining 6 credits from

BIOL 355 - Plant Ecology 4 cr.
BIOL 367 - General Entomology 4 cr. or
FOR 426 - Forest Entomology 3 cr.
BIOL 377 - Ornithology 3 cr. or
BIOL 378 - Mammalogy 3 cr.
FOR 424 - Forest Pathology 3 cr.
FOR 433 - Regional Silviculture 2 cr.
GEOG 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr. or
NRES 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr.
NRES 458 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology 3 cr.
NRES 473 - Resource Policy and Law 3 cr.
WATR 389 - Hydrology 3 cr.
WATR 493 - Advanced Hydrologic Analysis 3 cr.
WLDL 372 - Wildlife of North America 3 cr.

Approved Wildland Fire Science Experience

One summer of an adviser approved wildland fire science experience:

an independent research project (1-3 credits of NRES 499 )
an internship (1-3 credits of NRES 381 ), or
an adviser-approved in-field employment experience.

Communication in the Major

Capstone Experience

NRES 455 - Advanced Fire Ecology 3 cr.