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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:

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 235

Society and Natural Resources (3 cr)

For 274

Forest Measurement and Inventory (3 cr)

For 326

Fire Ecology and Management (3 cr)

For 330

Forest Soil and Canopy Processes (4 cr)

For 375

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

For 427

Prescribed Burning Lab (3 cr)

For 433

Fire and Fuel Modeling (2 cr)

For 435 or For 535

Remote Sensing of Fire (3 cr)

For 450

Fire Behavior (2 cr)

For 484

Forest Policy and Administration (2 cr)

Geog 301

Meteorology (3 cr)

NR 101

Exploring Natural Resources (1 cr)

Phys 100, Phys 100L

Fundamentals of Physics and Lab (4 cr)

REM 244

Wildland Fire Management (2 cr)

REM 459

Rangeland Ecology (2 cr)

Soil 205

The Soil Ecosystem (3 cr)

Soil 206

The Soil Ecosystem Lab (1 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 Chemistry I (4 cr)

Chem 111

Principles of Chemistry 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 groups of courses (4 cr):

Group A:

Math 143

Pre-calculus Algebra and Analytic Geometry (3 cr)

Math 144

Analytic Trigonometry (1 cr)

or

Group B:

Math 160

Survey of Calculus (4 cr)

One of the following courses (3 cr):

Comm 332

Communication and the Small Group (3 cr)

CSS 287

Foundations of Conservation Leadership and Management (3 cr)

CSS 387

Environmental Communication Skills (3 cr)

CSS 481

Conservation Leadership (3 cr)

CSS 486

Public Involvement in Natural Resource Management (3 cr)

One of the following courses (3-4 cr):

For 320

Dendrology (4 cr)

REM 252

Wildland Plant Identification Field Studies (3 cr)

REM 341

Systematic Botany (3 cr)

Ecology (5-6 cr):

Ent 469

Introduction to Forest Insects (2 cr)

Geog 450 or REM 450

Global Environmental Change (3 cr)

REM 429

Landscape Ecology (3 cr)

REM 440

Wildland Restoration Ecology (3 cr)

WLF 314

Wildlife Ecology I (3 cr)

WLF 440

Conservation Biology (3 cr)

Applied Tools and Technology (3-4 cr):

Geog 385

GIS Primer (3 cr)

Geog 401

Climatology (3 cr)

REM 411

Ecological Monitoring and Analysis (2 cr)

Natural Resources Management, Planning and Policy (6 cr):

CSS 385

Conservation Management and Planning I (4 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 430

Forest Operations (3 cr)

For 454 or For 554

Air Quality and Smoke Management (3 cr)

For 462

Watershed Science and Management (3 cr)

REM 456

Integrated Rangeland Management (3 cr)

Courses to total 120 credits for this degree