Bachelor of Science in Wild Land Restoration
In addition to special degree requirements listed previously, the
students selecting the Bachelor of Science in Wild Land
Restoration must complete the following required courses or
their equivalent, if transferred from another college or
university. Transference and equivalency will be determined by
the University and College of Forestry and Conservation.
Electives may be taken at any time, keeping in mind these
requirements as well as the University's General Education
requirements for graduation.
Wild Land Restoration (Aquatic Option)
| First Year | Credits |
|---|---|
| ENEX 101 Composition | 3 |
| BIOL 108N/109N Diversity of Life/Lab | 5 |
| GEOS 100N/101N General Geology/Lab | 3 |
| COMM 111A Intro to Public Speaking | 3 |
| CHEM 151N General and Inorganic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 152N Organic and Biological Chemistry | 3 |
| MATH 152 Calculus I | 4 |
| FOR/RECM/WBIO 180 Careers in Natural Resources | 2 |
| FOR 200 Natural Resources Measurements Camp | 2 |
| Electives and General Education | 3 |
| Second Year | |
| MATH 153 Calculus II | 4 |
| FOR 201 Forest Biometrics or WBIO 240 Intro to Biostatistics or MATH 241 Statistics | 3 |
| FOR 295 Elements of Ecological Restoration | 3 |
| FOR 220 Technical Writing or WBIO 245 Science Writing or ENEX 195 Critical Reading/Critical Writing-Natural Sciences | 3 |
| PHYS 121N Fundamentals of Physics with Calculus or PHYS 221N Fundamentals of Physics | 5 |
| BIOL 221 Cell and Molecular Biology | 4 |
| BIOL 223 Genetics and Evolution | 4 |
| Electives and General Education | 5 |
| Third and Fourth Year | |
| FOR 385 Watershed Hydrology | 3 |
| BIOL 366 Freshwater Ecology | 5 |
| FOR 489E Ethics and Management of Public Lands | 3 |
| FOR 465 Restoration Ecology | 3 |
| FOR 422 Natural Resource Policy & Administration | 3 |
| FOR 495 Integrative Restoration Ecology Capstone | 3 |
| GEOG/EVST 432 The Human Role in Environmental Change | 3 |
| Nine credits chosen from: | |
| BIOL 308 Biology and Management of Fishes | 4 |
| FOR 455 Riparian Ecology and Management | 3 |
| FOR 485 Watershed Management | 3 |
| GEOS 460 Process Geomorphology | 4 |
| GEOS 431 Environmental Geochemistry | 3 |
| Wild Land Restoration (Terrestrial Option) | |
|---|---|
| First Year | |
| ENEX 101 Composition | 3 |
| BIOL 108N/109N Diversity of Life/Lab | 5 |
| COMM 111A Intro to Public Speaking | 3 |
| CHEM 151N General and Inorganic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 152N Organic and Biological Chemistry | 3 |
| MATH 150 Calculus | 4 |
| FOR/RECM/WBIO 180 Careers in Natural Resources | 2 |
| FOR 200 Natural Resources Measurements Camp | 2 |
| Electives and General Education | 6 |
| Second Year | |
| FOR 201 Forest Biometrics or WBIO 240 Intro to Biostatistics or MATH 241 Statistics | 3 |
| FOR 295 Elements of Ecological Restoration | 3 |
| FOR 220 Technical Writing or WBIO 245 Science Writing or ENEX 195 Critical Reading/Critical Writing-Natural Sciences | 3 |
| FOR 210N Introductory Soils | 3 |
| FOR 230 Forest Fire Management | 3 |
| PHYS 121N Fundamentals of Physics with Calculus or PHYS 221N Fundamentals of Physics | 5 |
| BIOL 221 Cell and Molecular Biology | 4 |
| BIOL 223 Genetics and Evolution | 4 |
| Electives and General Education | 4-5 |
| Third and Fourth Year | |
| FOR 330 Forest Ecology or BIOL 340 Ecology | 3 |
| FOR 385 Watershed Hydrology | 3 |
| FOR 489E Ethics and Management of Public Lands | 3 |
| FOR 465 Restoration Ecology | 3 |
| FOR 422 Natural Resource Policy & Administration | 3 |
| FOR 495 Integrative Restoration Ecology Capstone | 3 |
| GEOG/EVST 432 The Human Role in Environmental Change | 3 |
| ECON 440 Environmental Economics | 3 |
| Nine credits chosen from: | |
| BIOL 350 Rocky Mountain Flora | 3 |
| FOR 395 Environmental Entomology | 3 |
| FOR 303 Intro to GIS | 3 |
| FOR 331 Fuels Management | 3 |
| FOR 415 Environmental Soil Science | 3 |
| FOR 485 Watershed Management | 3 |
| FOR 360 Range Management | 3 |
| FOR 462 Range Ecology | 3 |
| FOR 448 Terrestrial Plant Ecology | 3 |
| BIOL 448 Terrestrial Plant Ecology | 3 |
| FOR 460 Range Inventory and Analysis | 3 |
| FOR 361 Range Forage Plants | 3 |
| FOR 415 Environmental Soil Science | 3 |
| WBIO 370 Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Management | 3 |
| WBIO 470 Conservation of Wildlife Populations | 3 |
| MCB 423 Microbial Ecology: Applications | 3 |
| Electives and General Education | 26 |
Wild Land Restoration Minor
To earn a minor in Wild Land Restoration, students must fulfill the course requirements listed below (minimum of 18 credits).
| FOR 295 Elements of Ecological Restoration | 3 |
| FOR 330 Forest Ecology or BIOL 340 Ecology | 3 |
| FOR 201 forest Biometrics or WBIO 240 Introduction to Biostatistics or MATH 241 Statistics | 3 |
| GEOG/EVST 432 The Human Role in Environmental Change | 3 |
| And at least six credits chosen from: | |
|---|---|
| FOR 210N Introductory Soils | 3 |
| BIOL 308 Biology and Management of Fishes | 4 |
| FOR 485 Watershed Management | 3 |
| BIOL 350 Rocky Mountain Flora | 3 |
| FOR 335 Environmental Entomology | 3 |
| FOR 230 Forest Fire Management | 2 |
| FOR 360 Range Management | 3 |
| BIOL 448 Terrestrial Plant Ecology | 3 |
| FOR 460 Range Inventory and Analysis | 3 |
| WBIO 470 Conservation of Wildlife Population or WBIO 370 Wildlife Habitat Conservation | 3 |
Courses
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. Credits beyond this maximum do not count toward a degree.
Forestry (FOR)
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 170N International Environmental Change 2 cr. Offered
spring. An introduction to natural and anthropogenic
environmental change from ancient to contemporary times.
Exploration of the historical role and importance of ecological
disturbance on the development and maintenance of terrestrial
ecosystems around the world. Introduction to fields of study
available in the College of Forestry and Conservation.
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.
U235 Problem Solving for Forest Operations 4 cr. Offered
autumn. Prereq., MATH 150, PHYS 121, GEOS 100N
strongly recommended. Introduction to problem solving
including the fundamentals of statics and mechanics of
materials presented in the context of forest operations.
U 240 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 240. 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 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 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.
U 311 Field Studies in Ecological land Human
Communities 2-3 cr.(R-12) Offered every term. Prereq.,
consent of instr. Via extended backcountry travel,
experiential examination of the structure and function of the
ecosystems occurring within the course area. Also
investigates the relationship of those ecosystems with the
people that manage, live, and work in the area. Offered by
the Wild Rockies Field Institute.
UG 320 Forest and Environmental Economics 3 cr. Offered
autumn and spring. Prereq., MATH 150; ECON 111S. Economic
techniques to support decision making about the
allocation of scarce resources, and management of forests for
timber and other ecosystem services.
UG 330 Forest Ecology 3 cr. Offered autumn and spring.
Prereq., BIOL 120N or BIOL 108N, 109N; 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.
U 335 Environmental Entomology 3 cr. Offered autumn.
Prereq., BIOL 108 or equivalent. An introduction to the
importance of insects in ecosystem function and process, and
their use in ecological monitoring as indicators of ecological
change, degradation, and the efficacy of ecological restoration
efforts. Will also cover effects of climate change and
biological invasions in the context of both pest and beneficial
insect species.
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 240, 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
odd-numbered years. 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.
U 373 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.
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 385 Watershed Hydrology 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.
U 386 Watershed Hydrology Laboratory 1 cr. Offered
autumn Offered
autumn and spring. Coreq., FOR 385 or consent of instr. An
introduction to basic watershed measurement and analysis
techniques. Lab exercises designed around the use of
spreadsheets and computer graphics.
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 Internship Variable cr. 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 Internship
Services office. A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (198,
298, 398, 498) may count toward graduation.
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 415 Environmental Soil Science 3 cr. Offered
intermittently. Prereq., FOR 210N. A detailed analysis of
how natural and anthropogenic disturbances influence soil
processes and how those processes in turn influence our
environment. Specific topic areas include nutrient cycling,
water quality, xenobiotic compounds, metal contamination,
and the remediation of contaminated soils.
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.
U 423 Montana Wilderness Policy and Politics 2 cr.Examination of congressional legislative processes and
congressional efforts concerning wilderness and roadless
public lands management, particularly in Montana.
Consideration of economic, social and political factors
affecting how congress and the executive branch determine the
fate of roadless lands.
UG 424 Community Forestry and Conservation 3 cr. Offered spring. 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 435 Advanced Timber Harvesting and Forest Road 5
cr. Offered autumn. Prereqs., FOR 235, 347, 340, 351;
Coreq., FOR 436. This course covers the fundamentals of
logging feasibility and cost analyses of various timber
harvesting systems including the characteristics and
performance of ground vehicles, cable and aerial systems; cost
factors and cost analysis procedures; safety issues; and
environmental impacts of harvesting systems as well as forest
road location, surveying, design, construction and
maintenance, and management of existing road systems.
UG 436 Forest Operations Evaluation and Project
Planning 3 cr. Offered autumn. Prereq., FOR 320. Coreq.,
FOR 436. This course introduces sensitivity analysis; breakeven
analysis; risk analysis; multistage sequential analysis;
multiattribute analysis; project planning; and contracting.
UG 437 Forest Operations and Applied Restoration
Capstone 3 cr. Offered spring. Prereq., FOR 385, 435,
EVST 167. FOR 230 and 360 strongly recommended.
Principles of ecological restoration and techniques for
implementing restoration strategies for terrestrial and aquatic
systems.
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 College'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 455 Riparian Ecology and Management 3 cr. Offered
spring. Coreq. or prereq., FOR 385 and one introductory
ecology course or consent of instr.. Importance of
riparian/wetland areas and the complexities associated with
their management for short and long term benefits.
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 ecology. Same as EVST 465.
Philosophy and practice of restoring damaged ecosystems.
Restoration planning including improvement of degraded
soils, site preparation for revegetation, and case studies.
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.
UG 475 Sociology of Environment and Development 3 cr. Offered annually. Examines key social forces that influence
how individuals, groups and nation-states understand and live
within their bio-physical environments, especially policies and
processes relating to development, corporate capitalism,
globalization, culture, class and other forms of power and
social relations. Pays close attention to ways both indigenous
and introduced resource use and management practices
(including conservation) variably impact people of different
races, classes, genders, cultures and livelihood practices.
U 476 Managing Recreation Resources in Wilderness 3 cr.Same as RECM 476. Examination of strategies to
management recreation in a wilderness setting. Addresses
management of visitor use and experiences, measuring and
monitoring biophysical and social impacts, effective education
and interpretation, and law enforcement.
UG 480 Forest and Rangeland Area Planning and Design 3
cr. Offered autumn. 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 modeling, 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.
Prereq., FOR 385 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.
UG 489E Ethics and the Management of Public Lands 3
cr. Offered intermittently. 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 Internship Variable cr. 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 Internship Services office.
A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (198, 298, 398, 498)
may count toward graduation.
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 508 Modeling Forest Dynamics 3 cr. Offered autumn oddnumbered
years. Prereq., FOR 500 and some experience with
statistical methods and a programming language. Introduction
to the construction of simulation models for forecasting change
in forest vegetation. Survey of alternative modeling approaches
followed by construction of a simulator. Includes specification
of conceptual model, statistical analysis of data, and
programming a working simulator.
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 513 Natural Resource Dispute Resolution 3 cr. Offered
spring. Same as LAW 613 and EVST 513. Provides a
conceptual framework for understanding the history of ideas
that have shaped the policies, institutions, and strategies used to
resolve natural resource and other public policy conflicts in the
American West. Focus on natural resource and environmental
dispute resolution.
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 530 Forest Meteorology 3 cr. Offered autumn oddnumbered
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 evennumbered
years. Prereq., FOR 351 or equiv. and consent of
instr. Fundamentals of electro-optical digital remote sensors,
data compilation, preprocessing, and pattern recognition.
G 570 Political Ecology 3cr. Graduate seminar on key
theories, issues and literature in the subfield of Political
Ecology, an interdisciplinary environmental social science
approach which integrates how political, economic, cultural and
ecological processes interact and shape society-nature relations.
Case examples are drawn from both the North and South
G 571 International Conservation and Development 1 cr. (R-2) Year-long course. Students register for one credit
autumn semester and one credit spring semester. Final grade
assigned at end of the year. Prereq., graduate standing and
consent of instr. Critical review of selected international natural resource development, conservation and management
approaches and experiences.
G 579 Advanced Natural Resources Conflict Resolution 3
cr.(R-4) Offered autumn. Same as EVST 579 and LAW 679.
Prereq., FOR 513 or consent of instr. Current topics in theory
and practice. Development and discussion of research topics.
Topics vary.
G 582 Tropical Ecosystems and Management 3 cr. Offered
spring. Prereq., graduate standing or consent of instr.
Introduction to tropical forests and agroecosystems, and a
critical examination of their management and conservation
within the context of ecological, socioeconomic and political
change.
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 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
the faculty supervisor and the Internship Services office.
G 599 Professional Paper Variable cr. (R-15) Offered
autumn and spring. Preparation of Master of Ecosystem
Management professional paper.
G 622 Advanced Problems in Environmental Policy 3 cr. Offered Spring even-number years. Examines environmental
policy problems and contemporary issues in environmental
policy, law, and administration. Policy tools, concepts and
research resources introduced. Numerous problems, themes,
and issues in environmental policy analyzed. Readings-based
seminar; students lead most reviews and discussions.
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.