Fire Ecology and Management (B.S.Fire.Ecol.Mgmt.)
Students pursuing a B.S. degree in fire ecology and management must receive a grade of C or better in the following indicator courses to register for upper-division courses in the fire core and to graduate with a B.S.Fire.Ecol.Mgmt.: Math 143, Stat 251, REM 244, either For 274 or REM 411, and either For 221 or REM 221. Students must also have a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.00 in Forest Resource and Rangeland Ecology and Management courses to qualify for the B.S. degree in Fire Ecology and Management.
Required course work includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3) and:
Cells and the Evolution of Life (4 cr) |
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Natural Resource and Ecosystem Service Economics (3 cr) |
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Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr) |
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Society and Natural Resources (3 cr) |
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Forest Measurement and Inventory (3 cr) |
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Fire Ecology and Management (3 cr) |
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Forest Soil and Canopy Processes (4 cr) |
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Introduction to Spatial Analysis for Natural Resource Management (3 cr) |
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Prescribed Burning Lab (3 cr) |
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Fire and Fuel Modeling (2 cr) |
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Remote Sensing of Fire (3 cr) |
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Fire Behavior (2 cr) |
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Forest Policy and Administration (2 cr) |
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Meteorology (3 cr) |
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Exploring Natural Resources (1 cr) |
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Phys 100, Phys 100L |
Fundamentals of Physics and Lab (4 cr) |
Wildland Fire Management (2 cr) |
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Rangeland Ecology (2 cr) |
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The Soil Ecosystem (3 cr) |
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The Soil Ecosystem Lab (1 cr) |
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Statistical Methods (3 cr) |
One of the following (4 cr):
Organisms and Environments (4 cr) |
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General Botany (4 cr) |
One of the following (4 cr):
Introduction to Chemistry I (4 cr) |
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Principles of Chemistry I (4 cr) |
One of the following (3 cr):
Business Writing (3 cr) |
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Technical Writing (3 cr) |
One of the following (3 cr):
Ecology (3 cr) |
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Ecology (3 cr) |
One of the following groups of courses (4 cr):
Group A:
Pre-calculus Algebra and Analytic Geometry (3 cr) |
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Analytic Trigonometry (1 cr) |
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Group B:
Survey of Calculus (4 cr) |
One of the following courses (3 cr):
Communication and the Small Group (3 cr) |
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Foundations of Conservation Leadership and Management (3 cr) |
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Environmental Communication Skills (3 cr) |
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Conservation Leadership (3 cr) |
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Public Involvement in Natural Resource Management (3 cr) |
One of the following courses (3-4 cr):
Dendrology (4 cr) |
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Wildland Plant Identification Field Studies (3 cr) |
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Systematic Botany (3 cr) |
Ecology (5-6 cr):
Introduction to Forest Insects (2 cr) |
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Global Environmental Change (3 cr) |
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Landscape Ecology (3 cr) |
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Wildland Restoration Ecology (3 cr) |
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Wildlife Ecology I (3 cr) |
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Conservation Biology (3 cr) |
Applied Tools and Technology (3-4 cr):
GIS Primer (3 cr) |
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Climatology (3 cr) |
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Ecological Monitoring and Analysis (2 cr) |
Natural Resources Management, Planning and Policy (6 cr):
Conservation Management and Planning I (4 cr) |
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Wilderness and Protected Area Management (3 cr) |
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Forest Regeneration (3 cr) |
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Forest Dynamics and Management (4 cr) |
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Forest Operations (3 cr) |
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Air Quality and Smoke Management (3 cr) |
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Watershed Science and Management (3 cr) |
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Integrated Rangeland Management (3 cr) |
Courses to total 120 credits for this degree