Forestry: Forest Management Option, BS

This major is administered by the Forestry Discipline.

Major study and approved Career Pathway Courses 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, 58-59 credits

Forestry and Natural Resources

FOR 120 - Preparing for a Career in Forestry Credits: 1
FOR 232 - Dendrology and Silvics Credits: 3
FOR 321 - Natural Resources Data Analysis Credits: 4
FOR 322 - Forest Mensuration Credits: 3
FOR 332 - Forest Ecosystem Ecology Credits: 3
FOR 425 - Forest Management and Finance Credits: 3
FOR 432 - Silviculture Credits: 3
FOR 449 - Basic Forestry Skills Review and Testing Credits: 0
NRES 150 - People, Resources and the Biosphere Credits: 3
NRES 151 - Ecological Basis for Natural Resource Management Credits: 3
NRES 250 - Introduction to Fisheries, Forestry and Wildlife Resources Credits: 4
NRES 251 - Introduction to Soil and Water Resources Credits: 4
NRES 372 - Resource Economics Credits: 3

Required

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

Field Techniques in Natural Resources, 7-8 credits

Take all of the following:

FOR 319 - Land Surveying Credits: 1
FOR 320 - Field Experience in Forest Measurement Credits: 1
NRES 405 - Selected Topics in Natural Resources Credits: 1-3 (Take 1 credit)
SOIL 359 - Soil Conservation and Watershed Inventory Techniques Credits: 1
SOIL 360 - Field Experience in Soil Inventory Methods Credits: 1
WATR 380 - Field Experience in Aquatic Ecosystem Evaluation Credits: 1
WLDL 340 - Field Experience in Wildlife Management Techniques Credits: 1

Or 8 credits of

NRES 475 - International Field Experiences in Natural Resources Management Credits: 1-8

Forestry Internship or Employment

One summer of adviser-approved forestry internship or employment.

Forest Management, 46-47 credits

Career Pathway Courses, 9 credits

Choose from:

Any 300 or higher level Forestry course* or any of the following courses*:

ACCT 210 - Introductory Financial Accounting Credits: 3
BUS 320 - Principles of Management Credits: 3
BUS 321 - Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
BUS 324 - Human Resource Management Credits: 3
BUS 329 - Project Management Credits: 3
BUS 330 - Principles of Marketing Credits: 3
BUS 331 - Marketing Research Credits: 3
BUS 340 - Business Law and Ethics Credits: 3
BUS 352 - Financial Management Credits: 3
BUS 355 - Real Estate Investments Credits: 3
BUS 375 - Advanced Spreadsheet Applications Credits: 3
GEOG 342 - GIS Database Design and Data Modeling Credits: 3
GEOG 343 - Geographic Information Systems II Credits: 3
GEOG 477 - Remote Sensing II Credits: 3
NRES 305 - Inclusive Practices for Outdoor Professionals Credits: 2
NRES 323 - International Resource Management Credits: 3
NRES 324 - Invasive and Exotic Species Credits: 3 or
WATR 324 - Invasive and Exotic Species Credits: 3
NRES 341 - Introduction to Sustainable Energy Policy Credits: 3
NRES 365 - Environmental Policy Credits: 3
NRES 373 - Agronomy, Agriculture and Environment Credits: 4
NRES 383 - Organizational Leadership Credits: 3 or
BUS 322 - Business Leadership for Managers Credits: 3 or
BUS 325 - Organizational Behavior Credits: 3
NRES 389 - Methods in Social Science Credits: 3 or
NRES 391 - Environmental Regulatory Processes Credits: 3
NRES 441 - Climate Change Implications, Policies, and Solutions Credits: 3
NRES 443 - Sustainable Social-Ecological Systems Credits: 3
NRES 454 - Fire Behavior and Fuels Credits: 3
NRES 455 - Advanced Fire Ecology Credits: 3
NRES 457 - Ecological Monitoring Credits: 3
NRES 458 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Credits: 3
NRES 473 - Resource Policy and Law Credits: 3
NRES 474 - Integrated Resource Management Credits: 3
SOIL 361 - Forest Soils Credits: 3
SOIL 362 - Soil Genesis, Morphology, and Classification Credits: 3
SOIL 363 - Soil Profile Description Writing Credits: 1
SOIL 364 - Soil and Plant Analysis Credits: 3
SOIL 365 - Soil Quality Assessment and Soil Survey Interpretation Credits: 3
SOIL 366 - Wetland Soils and Wetland Delineation Credits: 3 or
WATR 366 - Wetland Soils and Wetland Delineation Credits: 3
SOIL 368 - Urban Soils Credits: 2
SOIL 461 - Soil Management for Resource Sustainability Credits: 3
WATR 360 - Wetlands Ecology and Management Credits: 3 or
WLDL 360 - Wetlands Ecology and Management Credits: 3
WATR 388 - Aquatic Ecology Credits: 3
WATR 389 - Hydrology Credits: 3
WLDL 451 - Management of Wildlife Habitat Credits: 4
or an adviser approved course*

Note

(*If not already taken to satisfy a requirement above.)

Forestry: Forest Management Option, BS

Forestry Core, 58-59 credits

Forestry and Natural Resources

Required

Field Techniques in Natural Resources, 7-8 credits

Or 8 credits of

Forestry Internship or Employment

Forest Management, 46-47 credits

Natural Science

Required

One course from

Take 5-6 credits from

Career Pathway Courses, 9 credits

Note