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U = for undergraduate credit only, UG = for undergraduate or
graduate credit, G = for graduate credit. R after the credit
indicates the course may be repeated for credit to the maximum
indicated after the R.
U 140 Introduction to Urban Forestry 2 cr. Offered spring.
An introduction to urban forestry principles and practices.
Benefits of the urban forest. Topics covered include plant species
selection, site design, site assessment, planting, watering,
fertilization, insects and diseases, pruning and tree care,
inventory of property values, and community forestry development.
U 180 Careers in Natural Resources 2 cr. Offered autumn
and spring. Same as WBIO 180 and RECM 180. Subject matter and
fields of study within natural resources management. Topics
include forestry, wildlife biology, range, water, recreation
management, forest products production, and other opportunities
for careers in natural resources.
U 195 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 6) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental
offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
U 196 Independent Study Variable cr. (R 3) Offered every
term. Prereq., consent of instr. Problems course designed to
allow individual research at the undergraduate level.
U 200 Natural Resources Measurements Camp 2 cr. Offered
summer. Intensive two-week resident camp at the Lubrecht Experimental
Forest. Introduction to the common measurements and skills used
in identifying, quantifying, and understanding natural resources.
U 201 Forest Biometrics 3 cr. Offered autumn. Prereq.,
MATH 117 or MATH 121 or equivalent. Applying statistics, hypothesis
testing and modeling to biological problems.
U 202 Forest Mensuration 4 cr. Offered spring. Prereq.,
FOR 201. The theory and practice of timber inventory and growth
projection, including sampling procedures, statistical methods,
field procedures, and use of microcomputers to compile inventories
and simulate stand growth under specified management prescriptions.
U 210N Introductory Soils 3 cr. Offered autumn and spring.
Prereq., CHEM 151N. An introduction to the chemical, physical,
biological and morphological properties of soils.
U 220 Technical Writing 2 cr. Offered every term. Emphasis
on strategy, style and tone in effective technical prose. Traditions
of technical writing and how to adopt a wide range of tones
and styles in writing various technical documents to diverse
audiences. Focus on more effective technical sentences, paragraphs
and larger writing components. Assignments include analyses,
summaries, employment documents, research reports, case studies
and editing/revision exercises.
U 230 Forest Fire Management 2 cr. Offered spring. Presuppression
and suppression of fire and the uses of fire in management practices.
Fire weather, the measurement of fire weather, the factors that
influence fire behavior, and fire management decisions.
U 232 Forest Insects and Diseases 2 cr. Offered spring.
Identification, significance of and remedies for insect infestations
and infectious and non infectious diseases of forests and forest
products.
U 240N Tree Biology 2 cr. Offered autumn. Suggested coreq.,
FOR 241N. The physical and biological requirements for the growth
and development of trees. Discussions of: identification, classification,
range, and economic importance of the major tree species of
North America.
U 241N Dendrology 3 cr. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq.,
BIOL 120N; suggested coreq., FOR 240N. Methods and techniques
for identifying the major families of North American trees,
based on gross morphological and anatomical features. Building
and use of identification keys.
U 271N Issues in Wilderness Ecology 3 cr. Offered spring.
A study of forestry and wildlife issues which affect the maintenance
of wilderness integrity. Topics include: global climate changes;
management of wildfires, cattle grazing and noxious weeds; game
management; threatened and endangered species, including grizzly
bears, wolves, bird and fish species.
U 272 Wilderness and Civilization 3 cr. (R 6)
Offered autumn and spring. Social and cultural perspectives
on the wilderness idea and wildland practices. Course topics
include history of wilderness and the wilderness movement, various
philosophical viewpoints on wilderness, protected area management
issues, and how wilderness fits into larger landscapes and societies.
U 273 Wilderness and Civilization Field Studies 2 cr.
(R-4) Offered every term. Field instruction in wilderness issues.
Includes natural history, ecology, protected area management,
field research, sustainability, and land ethics. One-day trips
as well as extended backcountry trips. Part of the Wilderness
and Civilization program.
U 274 Yellowstone Studies 1 cr. Offered spring. Ecological
and sociopolitical perspectives on the greater Yellowstone ecosystem.
Topics include winter ecology, biodiversity conservation, national
park planning and management, winter recreation, fire, and wildlife.
Field course in the Yellowstone area.
U 275 Wildlife Conservation 2 cr. Offered spring. Prereq.,
sophomore standing or consent of instr. Principles of animal
ecology and framework of wildlife administration as a basis
for the conservation of wild birds and animals, and biodiversity.
For non-wildlife biology majors.
U 280S International Wilderness Issues 3 cr. Offered
intermittently. Concepts and practices of international wildland
conservation. Effects of culture, globalization, and subsistence
on protected area design and management.
U 295 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 6) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors; new courses or
one time offerings of current topics.
U 296 Independent Study Variable cr. (R 3) Offered every
term. Prereq., consent of instr. Individual research at the
undergraduate level.
U 303 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3 cr.
Offered autumn. Introduction to the basic concepts and techniques
of computerized spatial data management and analysis systems
and application to natural resource assessment.
UG 307 Forest Vegetation Management Models 3 cr. (R 6)
Offered autumn. Prereq., FOR 202 or consent of instr. Hands-on
experience in applying the common simulation models used by
forest managers in forecasting the development of forest vegetation.
Includes elements of model building and evaluation.
UG 320 Forest Economics 3 cr. Offered autumn. Prereq., MATH
150; ECON 111S. Economic analysis involved in the use and distribution
of forest resources.
UG 330 Forest Ecology 3 cr. Offered autumn and spring.
Prereq., BIOL 120N or BIOL 103N, 104N; prereq. or coreq., FOR
210N. Examination of physical and biological factors affecting
forest structure, composition, and function, including biodiversity,
disturbance, and nutrient cycling. Field labs throughout Northern
Rockies including developing skills in field observation, data
interpretation and problem solving.
UG 331 Wildland Fuel Management 3 cr. Offered autumn.
Prereq., FOR 230 or equiv. Fire ecology, western vegetation
types; planning for prescribed use of fire; fuel management
objectives and techniques: mechanical, chemical, prescribed
fire; smoke management considerations.
UG 332 Forest Entomology 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Prereq., FOR 232. Classification, identification, life cycles,
and control of insects which injure forests and forest products.
UG 340 Timber Harvesting and Forest Products Manufacturing
4 cr. Offered autumn. Prereq., junior standing or consent
of instr. Survey of ground, cable and aerial timber harvesting
techniques and the subsequent manufacture of wood based products
from this harvest. Laboratory field trips to timber harvesting
operations and several local manufacturing facilities.
UG 342 Wood Anatomy, Properties and Identification 3 cr.
Offered spring. Prereq., BIOL 120N or FOR 240N, 241N. Lecture
and laboratory investigation of the structure, identification
and physical and mechanical properties of the commercial tree
species of North America.
UG 347 Multiple Resource Silviculture 3 cr. Offered autumn
and spring. Prereq., FOR 330 or BIOL 340 or equiv. An introduction
to the concepts and application of silvicultural techniques
to forest ecosystems to meet multiple resource objectives.
UG 351 Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 3 cr. Offered
spring. Prereq., MATH 121. The theory and application of photo
and electro optical remote sensing for mapping resources and
developing information systems.
UG 360 Range Management 3 cr. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq.,
junior standing or consent of instr. An introduction to rangelands
and their management, grazing influences, class of animal, grazing
capacity, control of livestock distribution, improvements, competition
and interrelationships with wildlife. Laboratory exercises to
gain on site experience on topics and concepts presented in
lectures.
U 361 Range Forage Plants 3 cr. Offered autumn. Prereq.,
FOR 360 and BIOL 165N. Description, identification, forage value
and ecology of forage plants of the western United States; important
weed species, management of grazing lands, and the relationship
of ecophysiology and morphology to grazing response.
U 362 Range Livestock Production 3 cr. Offered spring. Prereq.,
FOR 360 or consent of instr. An introduction to livestock production
in natural systems and the role of livestock production in the
world food situation; emphasizes selection, production and management
principles of beef cattle systems.
UG 380S Environmental Conservation 3 cr. Offered autumn.
Prereq., junior standing. The interrelationships of resource
conservation problems and programs; management and conservation
in the context of an expanding economy.
U 381 International Social and Environmental Change 3 cr.
Offered spring even-numbered years. Prereq., SOC 370, FOR 210,
FOR 330 recommended. Same as SOC 381. Case study approach to
developing interdisciplinary and critical perspectives on social
and environmental change. Cultural, political and economic processes
which affect and are affected by ecological change are examined
and related to sustainable development and natural resource
management.
U 382 Field Studies in International Social and Environmental
Change 3 cr. Offered spring odd-numbered years. Prereq.,
FOR 381. Same as SOC 382. Examination of social and environmental
change, its management implications through an experiential
learning, interdisciplinary field research experience.
UG 389 Riparian/Wetland Management 3 cr. Offered autumn.
Coreq. or prereq., one introductory ecology course. Importance
of riparian/wetland areas and the complexities associated with
their management for short and long term benefits.
U 395 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 12) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental
offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
U 396 Independent Study 1 3 cr. (R 10) Offered every
term. Prereq., consent of instr. Individual study or research
problems.
U 398 Cooperative Education Internship Variable cr. (R
12) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of department. Extended
classroom experience that provides practical application of
classroom learning during placements off campus. Prior approval
must be obtained from the faculty supervisor and the Center
for Work-Based Learning.
UG 410 Soil Morphology, Genesis and Classification 3 cr.
Offered spring odd-numbered years. Prereq., FOR 210N. The morphological
characteristics of soils, how the horizons formed and an introduction
to the Soil Taxonomy classification system used in this country.
Field trips will be included.
UG 422 Natural Resources Policy and Administration 3 cr.
Offered autumn and spring. Policy formation in the United
States and a survey of the major resource policies interpreted
in their historical and political contexts.
UG 424 Social Forestry 3 cr. Offered spring even-numbered
years. Same as SOC 424. A review of agroforestry, community
forestry, and opportunities and constraints to the use of trees
in rural development and protected areas management.
UG 441 Timber Management 3 cr. Offered autumn. Prereq.,
FOR 320, 347. Management of forest stands for timber production,
including review of factors influencing physical and value growth;
use of growth and yield projections; economic evaluation of
alternative stand management strategies; classical forest regulation;
fundamentals of timber harvest scheduling; stumpage appraisal
and timber sales.
UG 442 Technical Processing of Wood Products 5 cr. Offered
spring. Prereq., FOR 340 and 342. Lecture, discussion, laboratory
manufacture, and evaluation of solid and composite wood products.
Exercises include lumber manufacture and drying at School's
sawmill; plywood, laminated beam manufacture and strength testing;
particle board and flakeboard manufacture and testing.
UG 447 Advanced Silviculture 3 cr. Offered autumn. Prereq.,
FOR 347. Examination of silvicultural topics such as regeneration
practices, thinning/stand density concepts, and silvicultural
systems at an advanced level.
UG 460 Range Inventory and Analysis 3 cr. Offered autumn.
Prereq., FOR 360 and one course in statistics. Methods of measuring
range and shrub land vegetation at individual and community
level for determining plant composition, changes following treatments,
and carrying capacity of range livestock and native ungulates.
UG 461 Animal Nutrition 3 cr. Offered spring. Prereq.,
FOR 360 or consent of instr. Elements of animal nutrition, physiology
of ruminant nutrition, nutritional characteristics of forage
plants related to nutrition requirements of livestock and wildlife,
and nutritional strategies of free roaming animals.
UG 462 Range Ecology 3 cr. Offered spring. Prereq., FOR
360 and one course in plant ecology. Applied ecology of rangeland
uses by various biota, synecological response to grazing, fire,
herbicides, fertilizers and mechanical treatments, structural
and functional responses of grassland systems to disturbance.
UG 463 Range Improvement 3 cr. Offered autumn. Prereq.,
FOR 360. Methods of improving rangelands, including grazing
systems, control of weeds, controlled burning, seeding, fertilization
and mechanical soil treatments.
UG 465 Restoration Ecology 3 cr. Offered spring. Prereq.,
senior standing and a course in forest ecology or plant ecology.
Philosophy and practice of restoring damaged ecosystems. Restoration
planning including improvement of degraded soils, site preparation
for revegetation, and case studies.
U 471 Natural Resource Management Core Behaviors 3 cr. Offered
intermittently. Same as HFD 471. Development of basic skills
in communication, decision-making, evaluation, and conflict
resolution using examples from the natural resources arena.
U 472 Building Knowledge on an Integrative Theme 3 cr. Offered
intermittently. Interdisciplinary learning combining the arts,
humanities, and sciences around a given theme. Possible themes
include living with fire, water in the American west, growth
property and land use, hunting and subsistence, forest communities.
UG 473 Collaboration in Natural Resources Decisions 3 cr.
Offered intermittently. Same as EVST 473. Political and
social processes affecting natural resource decisions. Examination
of cases of multi-party collaboration in forestry, range, and
watershed management issues.
U 478 Montana Community Analysis 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Conducting community-based assessments. Combining history, culture,
economics, demographics, and ecology to create integrated profiles
of communities to identify trends affecting current community
development.
U 479 Nature and Democracy Synthesis 2 cr. Offered intermittently.
In-depth evaluation of community/forest relationships as a follow-up
to student internships.
UG 480 Forest and Rangeland Area Planning and Design 3 cr.
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., senior standing, WBIO 370,
RECM 310, FOR 347 or FOR 360; senior or graduate standing; or
consent of instr. A multidisciplinary planning team approach
to developing detailed, site specific resource management planning
for units of forest and rangeland at the area or watershed level.
Includes use of geographic information systems, computer modelling,
and linear programming.
UG 481 Forest Planning 3 cr. Offered spring. Prereq.,
FOR 422 or consent of instr. Integrated multiple use planning
at the forest wide level: defining multi resource management
goals, generating management alternatives, projecting outcomes,
assessing environmental impacts, and implementing preferred
option.
UG 485 Watershed Management 3 cr. Offered autumn and
spring. An introduction to physical and biological controls
over water movement and storage in the environment, and how
those controls are affected by land management practices.
UG 486 Forest Hydrology Laboratory 1 cr. Offered autumn
and spring. Coreq., FOR 485 or consent of instr. An introduction
to basic watershed measurement and analysis techniques. Lab
exercises designed around the use of spreadsheets and computer
graphics.
UG 489E Ethics and the Management of Public Lands 3 cr.
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., lower division course in
Perspective 5 or consent of instr.; senior standing. Theoretical
and practical ethical issues affecting the management of natural
resources in national forests and on other public lands.
UG 495 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 12) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental
offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
U 496 Independent Study 1 3 cr. (R 10) Offered every
term. Prereq., consent of instr. Individual study or research
problems.
U 497 Senior Thesis 3 cr. Offered autumn and spring.
Prereq., senior standing and consent of instr. Preparation of
a major paper based on study or research in a field selected
according to the needs and objectives of the student.
UG 498 Cooperative Education Internship Variable cr. (R
15) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. Extended
classroom experience which provides practical application of
classroom learning during placements off campus. Prior approval
must be obtained from faculty advisor and Center for Work-Based
Learning.
G 500 Forest Growth and Yield 3 cr. Offered spring.
Prereq., FOR 202 or consent of instr. Offered alternate years.
Theory and methods for projecting quantitative measures of tree
and stand growth over time; includes analysis of computer growth
and yield models used in the region.
G 501 Research Methods 3 cr. Offered autumn. Prereq.,
a course in statistics or consent of instr. The nature of scientific
research, planning research projects, organization and presentation
of research results. Emphasis on the development of study plans
for specific research projects.
G 503 GIS: Methods and Applications I 3 cr. Offered autumn.
Prereq., consent of instr. General principles of geographic
information systems. Instruction and lab use of specific software
packages used for management decision making in natural resources
management. Students have hands on experience in digitizing,
mapping, spatial analysis and data base creation.
G 504 GIS: Methods and Applications II 3 cr. Offered
spring. Prereq., FOR 503. Continuation of 503.
UG 505 Sampling Methods 3 cr. Offered spring. Prereq.,
FOR 201 or equiv.; consent of instr. Definitions, sampling with
and without replacement, equal and unequal probability sampling,
sample size and allocation, estimates and their variances, simple
random sampling, stratification, double sampling, two stage
sampling, PPS and 3P sampling uses and precision.
G 511 Soil Chemistry 3 cr. Offered spring odd-numbered
years. Prereq., FOR 210N, 330. A series of lectures on soil
chemistry in the beginning of the semester, emphasizing water
and nutrient movement, followed by a series of laboratory and
lecture classes on soil chemistry, emphasizing data interpretation
and problem solving.
G 520 Forest Resource Economics 3 cr. Offered autumn.
Prereq., FOR 320 or equiv., an upper division or graduate level
course in microeconomics, and consent of instr. The demand for,
and supply of, commodity products from the forest, including
characteristics of demand for stumpage, logs and processed products,
forest management and harvesting decisions, and the supply of
stumpage, intermediate and processed products.
G 524 Resource Policy and Administration Seminar 3 cr. Offered
spring even-numbered years. Prereq., graduate standing or consent
of instr. Theory and practice of environmental dispute resolution.
G 530 Forest Meteorology 3 cr. Offered autumn odd-numbered
years. Prereq., graduate standing or consent of instr. A brief
introduction to synoptic and mesoscale meteorology, followed
by more intense study of physics in the forest environment:
transfers of heat, light and momentum and their influences on
plant structure, function, productivity and survival.
G 532 Forest Ecosystem Analysis 3 cr. Offered autumn. Prereq.,
FOR 330 or equiv. Current research on important processes in
forest ecosystems, including carbon, water and nutrient cycles,
with emphasis on recent computer simulation models.
G 533 Use of Fire in Wildland Management 3 cr. Offered
autumn even-numbered years. Prereq., consent of instr. Western
fire ecology and the planned use of fire. Wildlife, range and
forestry applications of prescribed fire. Seminars and discussions;
research applications.
G 545 Silviculture Research 1 cr. (R-6) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., graduate standing and consent of instr.; prereq. or
coreq., FOR 347 or equiv. Reading and discussion of scientific
literature related to silvicultural practice and science. Different
topic each semester. Students become familiar with silviculture
literature, develop skills for scrutinizing scientific literature,
and examine silvicultural topics in detail.
G 547 Forest Vegetation Dynamics 3 cr. Offered autumn.
Prereq., consent of instr. Role of disturbances, plant interactions,
tree architecture, and structure on forest stand development.
Laboratory provides experience with vegetation development reconstruction.
Discusses even aged, uneven aged, single and mixed species stand
development as well as landscape linkages.
G 548 Forest Stand Dynamics and Culture 1 cr. Offered intermittently.
Prereq., FOR 347 or equiv. One-week continuing education course
designed to present emerging concepts in stand dynamics and
stand culture to practicing silviculturists. Topics include
even- and uneven-aged stand dynamics and density control, fire
management, fertilization, and stand health.
G 551 Digital Image Processing 4 cr. Offered autumn.
Prereq., FOR 351 or equiv. and consent of instr. Fundamentals
of electro-optical digital remote sensors, data compilation,
preprocessing, and pattern recognition.
G 571 International Resource Management 3 cr. Offered
spring. Prereq., enrollment in Peace Corps Masters Program or
intention of working in international resource management. Critical
review of selected natural resource development, conservation
and management approaches and experiences in developing societies.
G 582 Tropical Forest Management 3 cr. Offered spring. Prereq.,
graduate standing or consent of instr. Introduction to the ecology,
use, management and conservation of moist tropical forests with
an emphasis on Southeast Asia.
G 585 Advanced Watershed Management 3 cr. Offered spring.
Prereq., FOR 485 or consent of instr. Effects of land management
practices on water and sediment yields from wildland watersheds.
Introduction to statistical methods in hydrology. Introduction
to water yield and sediment modeling techniques.
G 586 Snow Hydrology 3 cr. Offered spring. Prereq., graduate
standing or consent of instr. The physics of snow formation,
distribution and ablation. Snow and forest management in the
subalpine zone.
G 594 Graduate Seminar in Forestry 1 cr. (R 3) Offered
autumn and spring. Prereq., graduate standing. Presentation
by students, staff and visitors of issues and topics in their
fields.
G 595 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 12) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental
offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
G 596 Independent Study 1 3 cr. (R 10) Offered every
term. Prereq., consent of instr. Individual study or research
problems.
G 598 Cooperative Education Experience Variable cr. (R-15)
Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. Extended classroom
experience which provides practical application of classroom
learning during placements off campus. Prior approval must be
obtained from the faculty supervisor and the Center for Work-Based
Learning.
G 599 Professional Paper Variable cr. (R 15) Offered
autumn and spring. Preparation of Master of Ecosystem Management
professional paper.
G 697 Graduate Research Variable cr. (R 15) Offered
every term. Independent graduate research in forest management,
wood science, soils, wildlife management, silviculture, recreation
and other topic areas.
G 699 Thesis Variable cr. (R 15) Offered every term. Preparation
of thesis/dissertation.