2025-2026 Catalog

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:

  • Ability to communicate complex Natural Resource issues to a wide variety of audiences
  • Understand the Cultural, Economic, and Political systems of tribal governments in relation to natural resource issues
  • Complete an individual project related to a forestry or wildland fire management issue that demonstrates the ability to think critically and analytically

Curriculum

Fall (Third Year)

FORS310Forest Ecology

3

HYDR101Introduction to Hydrology

3

NATR413Wildland Recreation Management

3

CHEM124Introduction to General & Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

4

CHEM125Introduction to General & Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry lab

1

Total Credit Hours:14

Winter (Third Year)

ECON211Microeconomics

3

MATH108Advanced Functions & Modeling

3

NATR342Environmental Adaptation of Plants

3

WILD202Introduction to Fisheries and Wildlife

3

ELECTIVEForestry Emphasis

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Forestry Emphasis = allows students to tailor their education to career goals with forestry or natural resources topics of their choice. Other science, historic preservation, business, & policy themed courses may substitute with advisor's approval.”  6 of the 9 elective credits must be 200+ level courses.  

Spring (Third Year)

FORS342Wildland Fuels Management

3

HMNT301Social and Environmental Ethics

3

NATR375Research and Thesis Seminar

1

ELECTIVEForestry Emphasis

3

 

MATH342Statistical Methods

3

OR

MATH109Trigonometry

3

OR

NATR343Data Processing and Visualization in Natural Resources

3

OR

NATR370Ecological Statistics

3

 

ENGL307Research Writing for STEM

3

OR

ENGL306Writing Research Papers

3

OR

GNSD350Introduction to Grant Writing

3

Total Credit Hours:16

MATH 342, Advanced Statistics, is preferred. 

ENGL 307, Writing Research for STEM, is preferred. 

Forestry Emphasis Elective allows students to tailor their education to career goals with forestry or natural resources topics of their choice. Other science, historic preservation, business, & policy themed courses may substitute with advisor's approval.”  6 of the 9 elective credits must be 200+ level courses

Fall (Fourth Year)

NATR319Soil Science

3

FORS442Fire Behavior and Meteorology

3

ELECTIVEForestry Emphasis

3

ELECTIVENASL Elective I

3

 

ECON410Economic Development on Indian Reservations

3

OR

OR

BUMG474Small Business Management

3

OR

ECON340Philosophy and Politics of Economics

3

Total Credit Hours:15

 

ECON 410, Economic Development on Indian Reservations, is preferred. 

Forestry Emphasis Elective allows students to tailor their education to career goals with forestry or natural resources topics of their choice. Other science, historic preservation, business, & policy themed courses may substitute with advisor's approval.”  6 of the 9 elective credits must be 200+ level courses

Winter (Fourth Year)

FORS420Fire Ecology

3

NATR441Conservation Biology

3

NATR460Restoration Ecology

3

NATR465Senior Research and Thesis Development

2

NATR440NEPA Process

3

ELECTIVENASL Elective II

3

Total Credit Hours:17

Spring (Fourth Year)

FORS430Issues in Tribal Forest Management

3

FORS443Fire, Fuels & Vegetation Modeling

3

NATR495Senior Thesis

3

SVLN450Service to the Environment II

1

ELECTIVEForestry Elective - Policy Law or Tribal Governance

3

Total Credit Hours:13

Total Credit Hours: 91

Total Credit Hours: 182