Forestry: Ecosystem Restoration and Management, B.S.

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This major is administered by the Forestry Discipline.

Major study and approved Career Pathway Courses total 119-122 credits of which 103-106 are major and option specific requirements. The remaining 16 credits are general education courses not embedded within the major.

NOTE: There is a separate application process for this option. Consult the forestry coordinator for advising information and application criteria.

Forestry Core, 58-59 credits

Forestry and Natural Resources

Required

BIOL 130 - Introduction to Plant Biology 5 cr.
ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 cr.
GEOG 341 - Geographic Information Systems I 3 cr. or
WATR 391 - GIS Applications in Water Resources 3 cr.
PHIL 380 - Environmental Ethics 3 cr.

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 Ecosystem Restoration and Management option, 47 credits

Natural Science, 5 credits

Select one course from the following:

Required

MATH 111 - Applied Calculus 4 cr.
FOR 324 - Fire Management and Ecology 2 cr.
SOIL 361 - Forest Soils 3 cr.
NRES 320 - Natural Resources Communication and Public Relations 3 cr.
NRES 457 - Ecological Monitoring 3 cr.
NRES 458 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology 3 cr. or
WLDL 458 - Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology 3 cr.
NRES 459 - Ecosystem Management and Restoration 3 cr.
WATR 388 - Aquatic Ecology 3 cr. or
WATR 360 - Wetlands Ecology and Management 3 cr. or
WLDL 360 - Wetlands Ecology and Management 3 cr.

Biology

BIOL 160 - Introduction to Animal Biology 5 cr.
BIOL 342 - Vascular Plant Taxonomy 4 cr.
BIOL 345 - Agrostology 2 cr. or
NRES 405 - Selected Topics in Natural Resources 1-3 cr.
BIOL 376 - Herpetology 3 cr. or
BIOL 377 - Ornithology 3 cr. or
BIOL 378 - Mammalogy 3 cr.

Career Pathway Courses, 2-4 credits

Take at least 2 credits from:

BIOL 335 - Mycology 4 cr.
BIOL 351 - Plant Physiology 4 cr.
BIOL 355 - Plant Ecology 4 cr.
BIOL 376 - Herpetology 3 cr. *
BIOL 477 - Raptor Ecology 2 cr.
FOR 426 - Forest Entomology 3 cr.
FOR 431 - Functional Tree Biology 3 cr.
NRES 324 - Invasive and Exotic Species 3 cr.
WATR 324 - Invasive and Exotic Species 3 cr.
SOIL 384 - Environmental Microbiology Lecture 3 cr.
WATR 388 - Aquatic Ecology 3 cr. *
WATR 488 - Aquatic Insects 3 cr.
WLDL 305 - Selected Topics in Wildlife Ecology and Management 1-3 cr.
WLDL 332 - Carnivore Ecology 2 cr.
WLDL 334 - Ungulate Ecology 3 cr.
WLDL 361 - Waterfowl Ecology and Management 3 cr.
WLDL 451 - Management of Wildlife Habitat 4 cr.

Note

(*if not taken to satisfy requirement above)