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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 357, 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:

Chem 101

Introduction to Chemistry I or

Chem 111

Principles of Chemistry I (4 cr)

Econ 202

Principles of Economics (3 cr)

Engl 313

Business Writing or

Engl 317

Technical Writing (3 cr)

For 221

Ecology or

REM 221

Ecology (3 cr)

For 235

Society and Natural Resources (3 cr)

For 274

Forest Measurement and Inventory or

REM 357

Ecological Monitoring and Analysis (3-4 cr)

For 330

Forest Ecosystem Processes (3 cr)

For 375

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

For 383

Economics for Natural Resource Managers (3 cr)

For 484

Forest Policy and Administration (2 cr)

Math 143

Pre-calculus Algebra and Analytic Geometry or

Math 160

Survey of Calculus (3-4 cr)

NR 101

Exploring Natural Resources (1 cr)

Phys 100, 100L

Fundamentals of Physics and Lab (4 cr)

REM 402

GIS Application in Natural Resources (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 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 341

Systematic Botany (3 cr)

REM 353

Rangeland Plant Identification and Ecology (3 cr)

Two of the following courses (8 cr):

Biol 115

Cells and the Evolution of Life (4 cr)

Biol 116

Organisms and Environments (4 cr)

Biol 213

Principles of Biological Structure and Function (4 cr)

PlSc 205

General Botany (4 cr)

Fire Core (14 cr):

For 426

Fire Ecology and Management (3 cr)

For 427

Prescribed Burning Lab (3 cr)

For 450

Fire Behavior (3 cr)

For 451

Fuels Inventory and Management (3 cr)

REM 244

Wildland Fire Management (2 cr)

Ecology (5-6 cr):

For 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 or

WLF 314

Wildlife Ecology I (3 cr)

WLF 440

Conservation Biology (3 cr)

Applied Tools and Technology (3-4 cr):

For 435

Remote Sensing of Active Fire and Post-fire Effects (3 cr)

For 472 or REM 472

Remote Sensing of the Environment (3-4 cr)

Geog 301

Meteorology (3 cr)

Geog 385

GIS Primer (3 cr)

Geog 401

Climatology (3 cr)

REM 407

GIS Applications in Fire Ecology and Management (1 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 462

Watershed Science and Management (3 cr)

ForP 430

Forest Engineering and Harvesting (3 cr)

REM 456

Integrated Rangeland Management (3 cr)

Electives to total 128 credits for the degree