Forestry: Wildland Fire Emphasis, Bachelor of Science
Career Opportunities
Completion of the Bachelor of Science degree will prepare the student to enter graduate school and also provides the student with the credentials to seek employment as a professional forester.
Requirements
A student must receive a “C” or better in all required courses while maintaining an overall grade point average of 2.0 to graduate. Students transferring into the program after completing an Associate of Science from another college may substitute equivalent courses within the first two years of the degree plan. These students must have completed all basic math and science courses. New and transferring students should consult with an advisor to plan a program to meet their specific goals and requirements for this program.
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the Bachelor of Science in Forestry, a student, will, in addition to the goals listed for the A.S. in Forestry, be able to:
- Demonstrate broad-based theoretical and technical knowledge of forestry sciences or wildland fire sciences.
- Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and a knowledge base of the role of forestry in tribal life, and develop an approach to forest research and management or wildland fire research and management that honors a tribe’s cultural values.
- Understand the economic and political systems of tribal governments and those agencies that interact with tribes.
- Apply techniques in communication that build support among tribal and non-tribal members for strong and sustainable forest and wildland fire management policies.
- Complete an individual research problem related to a forestry or wildland fire management issue.
Curriculum
Fall (Third Year)
| CHEM110 | Fundamentals of General Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM111 | Fundamentals of General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| FORS310 | Forest Ecology | 3 |
| HYDR101 | Introduction to Hydrology | 3 |
| NATR413 | Wildland Recreation Management | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 14 |
Winter (Third Year)
| ECON211 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| MATH108 | Advanced Functions & Modeling | 3 |
| NATR342 | Environmental Adaptation of Plants | 3 |
| WILD202 | Introduction to Fisheries/Wildlife | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | Forestry Elective - Upper Division Natural Resources | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Spring (Third Year)
| ENGL306 | Writing Research Papers | 3 |
| FORS342 | Wildland Fuels Management | 3 |
| HMNT301 | Social and Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| MATH342 | Statistical Methods | 3 |
| NATR375 | Research And Thesis Seminar | 1 |
| ELECTIVE | Forestry Elective - Upper Division Natural Resources | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Fall (Fourth Year)
| ECON410 | Economic Development on Indian Reservations | 3 |
| NATR319 | Introduction to Soil Science | 3 |
| NATR320 | Introduction to Soil Science Lab | 1 |
| FORS442 | Fire Behavior and Meteorology | 3 |
ELECTIVE
| NASL Elective I | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | Forestry Elective - Upper Division Natural Resources | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Winter (Fourth Year)
| FORS420 | Fire Ecology | 3 |
| NATR440 | NEPA Process | 3 |
| NATR441 | Conservation Biology | 3 |
| NATR460 | Restoration Ecology | 3 |
| NATR465 | Senior Research and Thesis Development | 2 |
ELECTIVE
| NASL Elective II | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
Spring (Fourth Year)
| FORS430 | Issues in Tribal Forest Management | 3 |
| FORS443 | Fire, Fuels & Vegetation Modeling | 3 |
| NATR495 | Senior Thesis | 3 |
| SVLN450 | Service to the Environment II | 1 |
| ELECTIVE | Forestry Elective - Policy Law or Tribal Governance | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 13 |
Total Credit Hours: 91
Total Credit Hours: 186