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:

Biol 115	Cells and the Evolution of Life (4 cr)
Biol 116	Organisms and Environments or
PlSc 205	General Botany (4 cr)
Chem 101	Introduction to Chemistry I or
Chem 111	Principles of Chemistry I (4 cr)
CSS 383	Natural Resource and Ecosystem Service Economics (3 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 (3 cr)
For 330	Forest Ecosystem Processes (3 cr)
For 375	Introduction to Spatial Analysis for Natural Resource Management (3 cr)
For 426	Fire Ecology and Management (3 cr)
For 427	Prescribed Burning Lab (3 cr)
For 450	Fire Behavior (3 cr)
For 484	Forest Policy and Administration (2 cr)
Geog 301	Meterology (3 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, 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 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):

For 435 or For 535	Remote Sensing of Active Fire and Post-Fire Effects (3 cr)
For 472 or REM 472	Remote Sensing of the Environment (4 cr)
Geog 385	GIS Primer (3 cr)
Geog 401	Climatology (3 cr)
REM 357	Ecological Monitoring and Analysis (4 cr)
REM 407 or REM 510	GIS Applications in Fire Ecology and Management (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 454 or For 554	Air Quality and Smoke Management (3 cr)
For 462	Watershed Science and Management (3 cr)
ForP 430	Forest Engineering and Harvesting (3 cr)
REM 456	Integrated Rangeland Management (3 cr)

Courses to total 120 credits for this degree