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Forest Resources (B.S.For.Res.)

Students pursuing a B.S. degree in forest resources must receive a grade of C or better in the following indicator courses to register for upper-division courses in forest resources and to graduate with a B.S.For.Res.: Math 143, Stat 251, For 221, and For 274. Students must also have a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.00 in forest resource (For) courses to qualify for the B.S. degree in forest resources.

Required course work includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3) and:

Biol 115

Cells and the Evolution of Life (4 cr)

CSS 383

Natural Resource and Ecosystem Service Economics (3 cr)

Econ 202

Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr)

For 102

Introduction to Forest Management (1 cr)

For 235 or CSS 235

Society and Natural Resources (3 cr)

Ent 469

Introduction to Forest Insects (2 cr)

For 274

Forest Measurement and Inventory (3 cr)

For 320

Dendrology (4 cr)

For 324

Forest Regeneration (3 cr)

For 330

Forest Soil and Canopy Processes (4 cr)

For 373

Forestry Sampling Methods (2 cr)

For 375

Introduction to Spatial Analysis for Natural Resource Management (3 cr)

For 424

Forest Dynamics and Management (4 cr)

For 462

Watershed Science and Management (3 cr)

For 430

Forest Operations (3 cr)

For 468

Forest and Plant Pathology (2 cr)

For 484

Forest Policy and Administration (2 cr)

Math 143

Pre-calculus Algebra and Analytic Geometry (3 cr)*

Math 144

Analytic Trigonometry (1 cr)

NR 101

Exploring Natural Resources (1 cr)

Soil 205, 206

The Soil Ecosystem and Lab (4 cr)

Stat 251

Statistical Methods (3 cr)

One of the following (4 cr):

Biol 116

Organisms and Environments (4 cr)

PlSc 205

General Botany (4 cr)

One of the following (4 cr):

Chem 101

Introduction to Chem I (4 cr)

Chem 111

Principles of Chem I (4 cr)

One of the following (3 cr):

Engl 313

Business Writing (3 cr)

Engl 317

Technical Writing (3 cr)

One of the following (3 cr):

For 221

Ecology (3 cr)

REM 221

Ecology (3 cr)

One of the following (4 cr):

Phys 100, Phys 100L

Fundamentals of Physics and Lab (4 cr)

Phys 111, Phys 111L

General Physics I and Lab (4 cr)

Restricted Electives (11 cr):

AgEc 477

Law, Ethics, and the Environment (3 cr)

Biol 213

Principles of Biological Structure and Function (4 cr)

Biol 421

Advanced Evolutionary Biology (3 cr)

CSS 486

Public Involvement in Natural Resource Management (3 cr)

CSS 490

Wilderness and Protected Area Management (3 cr)

Fish 314

Fish Ecology (3 cr)

Fish 415

Limnology (4 cr)

Fish 430

Riparian Ecology and Management (3 cr)

For 426

Global Fire Ecology and Management (3 cr)

For 427

Prescribed Burning Lab (3 cr)

For 430

Forest Operations (3 cr)

For 431

Low Volume Forest Roads (2 cr)

For 436

Cable Systems (2 cr)

For 472 or REM 472

Remote Sensing of the Environment (4 cr)

For 497

Senior Thesis (2-4 cr)

Geog 301

Meteorology (3 cr)

Geog 385

GIS Primer (3 cr)

Geol 111, Geol 111L

Physical Geology for Science Majors (4 cr)

Math 160

Survey of Calculus (4 cr)**

Math 170

Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (4 cr)**

PolS 364

Politics of the Environment (3 cr)

REM 407

GIS Applications in Fire Ecology and Management (2 cr)

REM 411

Ecological Monitoring and Analysis (2 cr)

REM 429

Landscape Ecology (3 cr)

REM 440

Wildland Restoration Ecology (2 cr)

REM 459

Rangeland Ecology (2 cr)

REM 460

Rangeland Ecology Current Topics and Field Studies (1 cr)

RMat 321

Renewable Materials Anatomy and Properties (3 cr)

RMat 444

Primary Products Manufacturing (3 cr)

Soil 446

Soil Fertility (1-3 cr)

Soil 454

Soil Development and Classification (3 cr)

Stat 431

Statistical Analysis (3 cr)

WLF 314

Wildlife Ecology I (3 cr)

WLF 316

Wildlife Ecology II (3 cr)

WLF 440

Conservation Biology (3 cr)

Courses to total 120 credits for this degree

*Note: A SAT math score of 610 or above, or ACT math score of 27 or above can be used to satisfy the Math 143 and Math 144 requirements.

**Note: Either Math 160 or Math 170 may be used as a restricted elective, but not both.