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2015-16 Catalog FINAL VERSION - Closed for Revisions

Forestry: Ecosystem Restoration and Management, B.S.

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This major is administered by the Forestry Discipline.

NOTE: Enrollment cap is in effect for this option. Consult the forestry coordinator for advising information and application criteria.

If you pursue this option, we highly recommend that you plan to continue your education with an advanced degree.

Major study and approved electives total 132 credits.

Forestry Core, 56 credits

Forestry and Natural Resources

Required

Field Techniques in Natural Resources, 7-8 credits

Take all of the following:

Forestry Internship or Employment

One summer of adviser-approved forestry internship or employment.

Forest Ecosystem Restoration and Management option, 50-51 credits

Natural Science, 5 credits

Select one course from the following:

Required

MATH 111 - Applied Calculus 4 cr.
MATH 112 - Basic Trigonometry and Applications 2 cr.
FOR 324 - Fire Management and Ecology 2 cr.
SOIL 361 - Forest Soils 3 cr.
NRES 320 - Natural Resources Public Relations and Social Science 3 cr.
NRES 457 - Ecological Monitoring 3 cr.
NRES 458 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology 3 cr. or
WLDL 458 - Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology 3 cr.
NRES 459 - Ecosystem Management and Restoration 3 cr.
WATR 388 - Aquatic Ecology 3 cr. or
WATR 360 - Wetlands Ecology and Management 3 cr. or
WLDL 360 - Wetlands Ecology and Management 3 cr.

Biology

BIOL 160 - Introduction to Animal Biology 5 cr.
BIOL 342 - Vascular Plant Taxonomy 4 cr.
BIOL 345 - Agrostology 2 cr.
BIOL 377 - Ornithology 3 cr.

Electives, 3 credits

Choose from:

NRES 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr. or
GEOG 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr.
GEOG 341 - Geographic Information Systems I 3 cr.
GEOG 343 - Geographic Information Systems II 3 cr.

Electives, 3 credits

Choose at least 3 credits from:

BIOL 308 - Plant Communities of the Upper Midwest 2 cr.
BIOL 338 - Phycology 4 cr. or
WATR 338 - Phycology 4 cr.
BIOL 347 - Aquatic Vascular Plants 2 cr.
BIOL 355 - Plant Ecology 4 cr.
BIOL 374 - Ichthyology 4 cr.
BIOL 378 - Mammalogy 3 cr.
FOR 426 - Forest Entomology 3 cr.
WATR 360 - Wetlands Ecology and Management 3 cr. * or
WLDL 360 - Wetlands Ecology and Management 3 cr. *
WATR 388 - Aquatic Ecology 3 cr.
WATR 482 - Biological Assessment of Water Quality 3 cr.
WATR 488 - Aquatic Insects 3 cr.
NRES 462 - Adaptive Resource Management 1 cr.
WLDL 451 - Management of Wildlife Habitat 4 cr.

Note

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

Communication in the Major

Capstone Experience

NRES 459 - Ecosystem Management and Restoration 3 cr.

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