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FOREST ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE & CONSERVATION

Suggested Schedule for Students Choosing
Forest Conservation

 

First Year - First Semester (16 credits)

¨      ENG 101 - College Composition Credits: 3

¨      FES 100 – Introduction to Forest Biology Credits: 4

¨      FTY 101 – Introduction to Forest Resources Credits: 1

¨      FTY 107 – Forest Vegetation Credits: 4

¨      MAT 122 – Pre-calculus1 Credits: 4

 

First Year - Second Semester (15 credits)

¨      INT 110 – Modern Economic Problems Credits: 3

¨      MAT 232 – Principles of Statistical Inference Credits: 3

or

¨      FTY 104 – Statistical Inference for Forest Management Credits: 3

¨      Forest Measurements Class Credits:  3

¨      General Education Requirement and/or Elective Credits: 6

 

Second Year - First Semester (14 credits)

¨      CHY 121 - Introduction to Chemistry Credits: 3

with CHY 123 – Introduction to Chemistry Lab Credits: 1

or

¨      BMB 207 - Fundamentals of Chemistry Credits: 3

with  BMB 209 – Fundamentals of Chemistry Lab Credits: 1

¨      WLE 323 – Conservation Biology Credits: 3

¨      Organism or Ecology course Credits: 3-4

¨      General Education Requirement or Elective Credits: 3-4

 

Second Year - Second Semester (15 credits)

¨      PSE 140 – Soil Science2 Credits: 3

with PSE 141 – Soil Science Laboratory2 Credits: 1

¨      Botany Course Credits: 4

¨      Organism or Evolution/Genetics Course Credits: 3-4

¨      General Education Requirement and/or Elective Credits: 3-4

 

Third Year - First Semester (15 credits)

¨      Organism or Ecology Class Credits:  3-4

¨      Forest Habitat Manipulation Class Credits: 3-5

¨      General Education Requirement and/or Elective Credits: 6-9

 

Third Year - Second Semester (15-16 credits)

¨      FTY 444 - Forest Resources Economics Credits: 3

¨      FTY 446 – Forest Resources Policy Credits: 3

¨      GIS Course Credits: 3

¨      Organism or Evolution/Genetics Course Credits: 3-4

¨      General Education Requirement &/or Elective Credits: 3

 

Fourth Year - First Semester (15-16 credits)

¨      FES 489 – Senior Paper in Forest Conservation Credits: 2

¨      Soil and Water Conservation Course Credits: 4

¨      Second Policy Course &/or General Education Requirement &/or Elective Credits: 9-10

 

Fourth Year - Second Semester (15 credits)

¨      FTY 477 – Forest Management II Credits: 4

¨      Second Policy Course &/or General Education Requirement &/or Elective Credits: 11

Footnotes

1 If a placement test indicates that MAT 122 is not needed then another elective can be scheduled.

2 PSE 250 Forest Soil Science may be substituted and taken in a fall semester.

 

 

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