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 104-109 credits.

Resource Management Core

Natural Resources courses, 20 credits

Geography, 3-5 credits

GEOG 100 - Human Impacts on the Physical Environment 3 cr. or
GEOG 101 - The Physical Environment 5 cr. or
GEOG 105 - The Dynamic Earth 3 cr.

Field Techniques in Natural Resources

Choose one:

Summer Field Experience, 7 credits

European Summer Program, 8 credits

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

Wildland Fire Science, 68-70 credits

Science, math, and natural environment core, 30 credits

BIOL 101 - General Biology 5 cr.
BIOL 305 - General Ecology 3 cr.
CHEM 101 - Basic Chemistry 5 cr.
MATH 111 - Applied Calculus 4 cr.
MATH 355 - Elementary Statistical Methods 4 cr. or
FOR 321 - Forest Biometry 4 cr.
FOR 232 - Dendrology and Silvics 3 cr.
SOIL 361 - Forest Soils 3 cr.
PHIL 380 - Environmental Ethics 3 cr.

Measurements and Analysis, 8 credits

Fire Science core, 12 credits

FOR 224 - Fire Operations 1 cr.
FOR 324 - Fire Management and Ecology 2 cr.
FOR 450 - Fire Policy, Suppression, and Use 3 cr.
NRES 454 - Fire Behavior and Fuels 3 cr.
NRES 455 - Advanced Fire Ecology 3 cr.

Advanced Biology and Ecology, 21-22 credits

Required

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

Take remaining 6 credits from

FOR 424 - Forest Pathology 3 cr.
FOR 426 - Forest Entomology 3 cr. or
BIOL 367 - General Entomology 4 cr.
FOR 433 - Regional Silviculture 2 cr.
BIOL 350 - Tree Physiology 3 cr.
BIOL 355 - Plant Ecology 4 cr.
BIOL 377 - Ornithology 3 cr. or
BIOL 378 - Mammalogy 3 cr.
NRES 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr. or
GEOG 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.