Fire Sciences and Management Minor

Minor - Fire Sciences & Management

Degree Specific Credits: 24

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Lower-Division Required Courses		3
Upper-Division Required Courses		3
Ecology Courses		3
Practicum or Planning Course		3
Meteorology or Climate Course		3
Measurements & Analysis Electives		3
Natural/Management Science Electives		3
Social Science Electives		3
Total Hours		24

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following course:
FORS 230	Fire Management & Environmental Change	3
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following course:
FORS 333	Fire Ecology	3
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
BIOE 370	General Ecology
FORS 330	Forest Ecology
NRSM 462	Rangeland Ecology
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Note: FORS 498 must be approved by fire minor advisor prior to registration and taken for 3 credits

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
FORS 440	Forest Stand Management
FORS 495	Wildland RxFire Practicum
FORS 498	Internship (must be approved by fire minor advisor)
NRSM 495	Ecosystem Science and Restoration Practicum
PTRM 485	Recreation Planning
WILD 480	The Upshot--Appld Wildlife Mgt
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:
ERTH 303N	Weather and Climate
NRSM 418	Ecosystem Climatology
Total Hours		0

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
FORS 202	Forest Mensuration
FORS 350	Forestry Apps of GIS
FORS 351	Env Remote Sensing
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Rule: Complete one course from the following, but if one of these courses is required for the major a second elective must be taken

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
FORS 331	Wildland Fuel Management
FORS 347	Multiple Resource Silviculture
FORS 349	Practice of Silviculture
GPHY 317	Geomorphology
NRSM 385	Watershed Hydrology
NRSM 465	Foundations of Restoration Ecology
WILD 370	Wildlife Habitat Cons & Mgmt
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Rule: Complete one course from the following, but if one of these courses is required for the major a second elective must be taken

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
FORS 320	Forest Environmental Economics
NASX 303E	Ecological Perspectives in Native American Traditions
NRSM 379	Collab in Nat Res Decisions
NRSM 389E	Ethics and Sustainability
NRSM 422	Nat Res Policy/Administration
PTRM 482	Wilderness & Protected Area Management
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-