Nov 23, 2024

Spring 2022 Catalog

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Forestry: Urban and Community Forestry Option, BS

This major is administered by the Forestry Discipline.

Consists of a total of 104-106 credits, plus 16 credits from 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.

Urban and Community Forestry option, 46-47 credits

Natural Science

CHEM 101 - Basic Chemistry Credits: 5 or
CHEM 105 - Fundamental Chemistry Credits: 5

Required

MATH 109 - Mathematics for the Social and Management Sciences Credits: 4 or
MATH 111 - Applied Calculus Credits: 4
MATH 112 - Basic Trigonometry and Applications Credits: 2
FOR 331 - Landscape Maintenance/Arboriculture Credits: 3
FOR 335 - Recreational Use of Forests and Parks Credits: 3
FOR 342 - Urban Trees and Shrubs Credits: 2
FOR 385 - Applied Landscape Architecture Credits: 3
FOR 395 - Tree Care Techniques Credits: 1
FOR 424 - Forest Pathology Credits: 3
FOR 426 - Forest Entomology Credits: 3
FOR 431 - Functional Tree Biology Credits: 3
FOR 435 - Nursery Operations and Management Credits: 3
FOR 444 - Urban and Community Forestry Credits: 3
NRES 320 - Natural Resources Communication and Public Relations Credits: 3

Career Pathway Courses, 5-6 credits

Choose from:

BUS 320 - Principles of Management Credits: 3
BUS 324 - Human Resource Management Credits: 3
BUS 340 - Business Law and Ethics Credits: 3
BUS 343 - Principles of Insurance Credits: 3
CHEM 106 - Fundamental Chemistry Credits: 5
FOR 324 - Fire Management and Ecology Credits: 2
FOR 336 - Pesticides in Natural Resource Management Credits: 1
FOR 339 - Survey of Forest Certification Systems Credits: 1
FOR 381 - Internship in Forestry Credits: 1-12 (1-3 cr)
FOR 436 - Managing Non-industrial Private Forests Credits: 2
FOR 480 - Forest Recreation Management Credits: 3
FOR 485 - Forest Recreation Planning and Site Design Credits: 3
GEOG 230 - Introduction to Regional Planning and Geodesign Credits: 3 or
NRES 388 - Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning Credits: 3
GEOG 330 - Urban and Regional Planning Analysis Credits: 3 or
NRES 389 - Methods in Social Science Credits: 3
GEOG 377 - Remote Sensing I Credits: 3 or
NRES 377 - Remote Sensing I Credits: 3
GEOL 104 - Physical Geology Credits: 4
NRES 335 - Turf Management Credits: 2
NRES 336 - Integrated Pest Management Workshop Credits: 1
NRES 394 - Ecological Basis for Planning and Design Credits: 3
NRES 457 - Ecological Monitoring Credits: 3
NRES 459 - Ecosystem Management and Restoration Credits: 3
NRES 474 - Integrated Resource Management Credits: 3
PHYS 101 - General Physics Credits: 5
PHYS 201 - Applied Principles of Physics I Credits: 4
PHYS 203 - College Physics I Credits: 5
PHYS 204 - College Physics II Credits: 5
POLI 250 - Public Administration Credits: 3
POLI 304 - Environmental Politics and Policy Credits: 3
POLI 358 - Public Budgets Credits: 3
SOC 357 - Sociology of Planning Credits: 3
SOIL 361 - Forest Soils Credits: 3