See Natural Resources for details on the Master of Science program.
Department Chair
K. O. Fulgham, Ph.D.
Department
of Forestry and Wildland Resources
Forestry Building 205
(707) 826-3935
Humboldt State University is located in the heart of the coast redwood forest. This environment provides outdoor classrooms for more than half of the forestry courses.
Field trips illustrate lecture concepts and teach field techniques. Excellent on-campus laboratories complement the outdoor lab. Students have access to the college forest, the Schatz Tree Farm, public and private forest lands, and various production centers. Because Humboldt County also has a large forest products industry, Humboldt State is an excellent place to study the resolution of environmental issues with economic concerns.
Students and faculty interact with professional forest managers and researchers of the region both in the classroom and in the field.
Forestry is an incorporative discipline, drawing from the biological, physical, social, and managerial sciences. The curriculum aids in understanding the biological complexities of the forest and the interactions between the forest and social and economic demands.
The program provides sufficient background and depth of education to give a sound basis for professional growth within a broad range of forestry-related careers.
Our graduates often start as forest rangers, park rangers,
fire fighters, timber cruisers, or surveyors. Some hold staff
positions in the federal and state agencies, forest products industry, or with
environmental
organizations. Graduates go on to build careers in: wildland fire management,
forest management,
park management, forest protection, watershed management, forest
biology, industrial management, forest engineering, resource planning,
forest conservation, and research and education.
Visit our Web page at www.humboldt.edu/~for.
In high school, take a broad background. Biological/physical sciences, mathematics, social sciences, and the arts are helpful.
FOR 311
Forest Mensuration & Growth
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331 Silvics Foundation of Silviculture
FOR 432
Silviculture
FOR 470 Professional Forestry Ethics
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471 Forest Administration
NRPI/ENVS
309 Communication in Natural Resource Conflict Resolution
WSHD
310 Wildland Hydrology & Watershed Management I
Lower Division
GEOL
109 General Geology
MATH
205 Multivariate Calculus for the Biological Sciences &
Natural Resources
PHYX
106 College Physics: Mechanics & Heat or
PHYX
109 General Physics I: Mechanics
Upper Division
FOR 343
Forest Road Location & Design
FOR 365
Financial Forest Administration
GEOL 350
General Geomorphology
SOIL 467
Soil Physics
WSHD 410
Wildland Hydrology & Watershed Management II
WSHD 479
Forest Hydrology Capstone
WSHD 485
Forest Hydrology Seminar
This program meets the qualifications for "Forester" and for "Hydrologist"
in Federal employment.
FOR
343 Forest Road Location & Design
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350 Forest Harvesting & Utilization
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365 Financial Forest Administration
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444 Harvesting Systems Design & Cost Analysis
FOR 479
Forestry Capstone
Plus eight units of forest-based natural resource technical electives or courses in allied fields. Two or more of the courses must be in a two-course sequence or in two specialized areas of forest-based natural resources. These technical electives must be approved by the student's advisor and the department chair.
FOR 321 Fire Ecology
FOR 374 Wilderness Area Management
FOR 430 Applied Forest Ecology
FOR 479 Forestry Capstone
ECON 423 Natural Resource Economics OR
FOR 365 Financial Forest Administration
Plus 12 units of forest-based natural resource technical electives or courses in allied fields. Two or more courses must be in a two-course sequence or in two specialized areas of forest-based natural resources. These technical electives must be approved by the stu-dent’s advisor and the department chair. Qualifies as “Forester” under OEM guidelines.
GEOL 109 General Geology
RRS 306 Rangeland Resource Principles
SOIL 360 Origin & Classification of Soils
SOIL 363 Wetland Soils
SOIL 460 Forest & Range Soils Mgmt
SOIL 462 Soil Fertility, OR
SOIL 465 Soil Microbiology, OR
SOIL 467 Soil Physics
Meets requirements for “Forester,” “Soil Scientist,” and “Soil Conservationist” in federal employment.
FOR 321
Fire Ecology
FOR 323 Fire Behavior/Supression
FOR 422
Wildland Fire Use
FOR 423
Wildland Fuels Managment
FOR 424 Wildland
Fire Seminar
FOR 479
Forestry Capstone
Plus 12 units of forest-based natural resource technical electives or courses
in allied fields. Two or more courses must be in a two-course sequence or in
two specialized areas of forest-based natural resources. The student's advisor
and the deparment chair must approve these technical electives.
Required courses:
FOR 230 Dendrology, or an approved course in Plant Taxonomy
FOR 231 Forest
Ecology, or an approved course in Ecology
FOR 321 Fire
Ecology
FOR 323 Fire
Behavior/Supression
FOR 424 Wildland
Fire Seminar
Plus one of the following:
FOR 307 California’s Forests & Woodlands, or
FOR 315 Forest Management
FOR 422 Wildland Fire Use
FOR 423 Wildland Fuels Management
NRPI 430 Natural Resource Management in Protected Areas
RRS 306 Rangeland Resource Principles
SOIL 460 Forest & Range Soils Mgmt.
WLDF 300/300B Wildlife Ecology & Management, or
WLDF 301 Principles of Wildlife Mgmt.
WSHD 310 Wildland Hydrology & Watershed Management, or
WSHD 315 Watershed Management
Required courses:
FOR
210 Forest Measurements
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230 Dendrology
FOR
231 Forest Ecology
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216 Forest Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems or
FOR 220 Forest
Resource Protection
Plus two of the following, or one of the following and a second approved forestry
course:
FOR
315 Forest Management
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321 Fire Ecology
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374 Wilderness Area Management
FOR
302 Forest Ecosystems & People or
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307 California's Forests & Woodlands