SESSION 5, 2012-2013
Program Schedule
All courses meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Total unit load = 24 semester units
(20 units of upper division Forestry, and 4 units of lower division Forestry)
Academic advising will be provided by John Stuart of Humboldt State University. Students are encouraged to consult with the academic advisor prior to starting the program.
January 9-13, 2012:
FOR 480: Professional Writing for Natural Resources Sciences (4 semester units). FOR 480 aims to help students with the thinking and writing processes associated with clearly communicating technical information of a scientific nature.
Instructor: Christopher Lee
Location: Wildland Fire Training Center, McClellan, Calif.
March 12-18, 2012:
FOR 210: Forest Measurements (4 semester units) Class topics include: Surveying including angle and distance measurement, leveling and traverse. Public land survey. Topographic map reading and construction. Tree and forest measurements under field conditions. Math and excel refreshers will be included.
Instructor: Jeff Haag
Location: Humboldt State University, Arcata, Calif.
May 17-24, 2012:
FOR 307: California's Forests & Woodlands (3 semester units). Class topics include: Factors affecting distribution, perpetuation, and health of California's forests and woodlands. Field identification of northern California trees and shrubs. Class will meet on weekends.
Instructor: John Stuart
Location: Humboldt State University, Arcata, Calif.
May 30-June 6, 2012:
FOR 321: Fire Ecology (3 semester units). Fire as an ecosystem and physical process. Fire history, fire effects, fire regimes; interactions with abiotic and biotic ecosystem components; managing fire in California bioregions. Class will meet on weekends.
Instructor: Morgan Varner
Location: Humboldt State University, Arcata, Calif.
January 24-30, 2013:
FOR 423: Wildland Fuels Management (3 semester units). Managing wildland fuels in forests and rangelands. Advanced understanding of fuel dynamics, management strategies, and challenges facing fuels managers in fire-prone landscapes. Quantitative analysis of the effects of fuels treatments. Instructor: Phil Omi
Location:Wildland Fire Training Center, McClellan, Calif.
January 30, May 4 and May 20-21, 2013:
FOR 479: Fire Capstone (4 semester units). A forestry-related project, produced either by a team or by an individual, culminating in a public presentation. This class will meet for one day (Jan 2011) in McClellan following the FOR 423 course. The final presentations will be scheduled for May 2011 in Arcata, Calif.
Instructor: Morgan Varner
Location: Wildland Fire Training Center, McClellan, Calif.
April 28-May 4, 2013:
FOR 422: Wildland Fire Use (3 semester units). Applying prescribed fire in land management. Fire effects, prescription burning objectives, benefits and costs, plans, prescriptions, firing patterns, burn monitoring and evaluation, and smoke management.
Instructor: Phil Omi
Location: Wildland Fire Training Center, McClellan, Calif.