FOREST CONSERVATION CURRICULUM

Forestry Department, Michigan State University

  • UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS

COURSE

CREDITS
Freshman Writing ATL (Tier 1) 4
General Chemistry CEM141 4
Chemistry Laboratory I CEM 161 1
Survey of Organic Chemistry CEM 143 4
Organisms and Populations BS 110 4
Arts & Humanities IAH 201, or 202, or 206 4
Arts & Humanities IAH 2XX 4
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences ISS 2XX 4
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
ISS 3XX
4
  • COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES REQUIREMENTS
College Algebra & Trigonometry MTH 116 5
Introduction to Macroeconomics EC 202 3
  • DEPARTMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
Tenets of Forestry FOR 201 1
Forest Vegetation FOR 204 4
Fundamentals of Soil & Landscape Science CSS 210 3
Forest & Agricultural Ecology FOR 404 3
Forest & Agricultural Ecology Lab FOR 404L 1
Forest Conservation Thesis FOR 410 3
Ecology ZOL 355 3
One course from the following list:
Stream Ecology FW 420 3
Limnology FW 472 3
Disease & Insects of Forest & Shade Trees PLP 407 4
Plant Ecology PLB 441 3
Biology of Birds ZOL 360 4
One course from the following list:
Forestry in International Development FOR 450 3
Natural Resource Economic & Social Science FOR 464 3
Law & Resources RD 430 3
Two courses from the following list:
Silviculture FOR 406 4
Forest Management FOR 408 4
Arboriculture FOR 460 3
Urban Forestry FOR 461 3
Upland Ecosystem Management FW 410 4
Wetland Ecosystem Management FW 412 3
Conservation Biology FW 444 3
Mgt. of Natural Resource Based Recreation PRR 449 3

Subtotal

71-74

Electives

46-49

Total Credit

120

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