Forest Ecology and Biogeosciences Academic Minor Requirements

Fire Ecology and Management Minor

Fire Core (8 cr):

For 426	Fire Ecology and Management (3 cr)
REM 244	Wildland Fire Management (2 cr)

One of the following (3 cr):

For 427	Prescribed Burning Laboratory (3 cr)
For 450	Fire Behavior (3 cr)
For 451	Fuels Inventory and Management (3 cr)

Ecology (2-3 cr):

For 330	Forest Ecosystem Processes (3 cr)
REM 429	Landscape Ecology (3 cr)
REM 440	Wildland Restoration Ecology (3 cr)
REM 459	Rangeland Ecology (2 cr)
REM 460	Rangeland Ecology Current Topics and Field Studies (1 cr)
WLF 314	Wildlife Ecology I (3 cr)

Applied Tools and Technology (3 cr):

For 375	Introduction to Spatial Analysis for Natural Resource Management (3 cr)
For 435	Remote Sensing of Active Fire and Post-fire Effects (3 cr)
Geog 301	Meteorology (3 cr)
Geog 385	GIS Primer (3 cr)
Geog 401	Climatology (3 cr)
Geog 475	Advanced GIS (3 cr)
REM 402	Applied Spatial Analysis in Natural Resources (2 cr)
REM 407	GIS Applications in Fire Ecology and Management (1 cr)

Management, Planning, & Policy (6 cr):

CSS 490	Wilderness and Protected Area Management (3 cr)
For 324	Forest Regeneration (3 cr)
For 424	Forest Dynamics and Management (4 cr)
For 462	Watershed Science and Management (3 cr)
For 484	Forest Policy and Administration (2 cr)
ForP 430	Forest Engineering and Harvesting (3 cr)
REM 456	Integrated Rangeland Management (3 cr)

To complete this minor, students must complete a minimum of 20 credits from the list above, with at least 12 credits in courses numbered 400 or above.

Forest Resources Minor

For 221	Ecology (3 cr)
For 235	Society and Natural Resources (3 cr)
For 274	Forest Measurement and Inventory (4 cr)
For 320	Dendrology (4 cr)
For 484	Forest Policy and Administration (2 cr)

One or more of the following courses:

For 375	Introduction to Spatial Analysis for Natural Resource Management (3 cr)
For 383	Economics for Natural Resource Managers (3 cr)
For 474	Forest Inventory (3 cr)

One or more of the following courses:

For 324	Forest Regeneration (3 cr)
For 330	Forest Ecosystem Processes (3 cr)
For 424	Forest Dynamics and Management (4 cr)
For 462	Watershed Science and Management (3 cr)
ForP 430	Forest Engineering and Harvesting (3 cr)
REM 244	Wildland Fire Management (2 cr)
WLF 314	Wildlife Ecology I (3 cr)

To complete this minor, students must complete a minimum of 20 credits from the list above

Rangeland Ecology and Management Minor

Note: At least 12 credits in courses numbered 300 or higher are required to satisfy the requirements of this minor.

REM 221	Ecology or
For 221	Ecology or (3 cr)
REM 251	Rangeland Principles (2 cr)
REM 353	Rangeland Plant Identification and Ecology (3 cr)
REM 459	Rangeland Ecology (2 cr)
REM 460	Rangeland Ecology Current Topics and Field Studies (1 cr)

Two of the following courses (6 cr):

REM 357	Rangeland and Riparian Habitat Assessment (3 cr)
REM 429	Landscape Ecology (3 cr)
REM 440	Wildland Restoration Ecology (3 cr)
REM 456	Integrated Rangeland Management (3 cr)

One of the following courses (or a course not chosen above) (3 cr):

AVS 474	Beef Cattle Science (3 cr)
AVS 476	Sheep Science (3 cr)
Fish 430	Riparian Ecology and Management (3 cr)
For 426	Fire Ecology and Management (3 cr)
For 462	Watershed Management (3 cr)
PlSc 338	Weed Control (3 cr)
PlSc 410	Biology of Weeds (3 cr)
REM 244	Wildland Fire Management (2 cr)
REM 454	Invasive Plant Management (3 cr)
Soil 454	Soil Development and Classification (3 cr)
WLF 314	Wildlife Ecology I (3 cr)