FOR 100. Critical Thinking and Social & Environmental Responsibility (3). How to think critically. Argument identification and evaluation. Formal and informal fallacies. The use of critical thinking methods with application to questions of environmental and social responsibility.
FOR 100R. Critical Thinking and Social and Environmental Responsibility (3). How to think critically. Argument identification and evaluation. Formal and informal fallacies. The use of critical thinking methods with application to questions of environmental and social responsibility. Limited to undergraduate. For Humboldt Connections cohort. [GE.]
FOR 150. Logging Conference Field Trip (1). Field trip to regional logging conference to observe professional demontrations of forest operations equiment and to hear presentations by experts in forest managment operations. Does not count towards forestry major. Rep. CR/NC.
FOR 170. Conclave: Logging Sports Competition (1). Local or regional logging sports competition. Safe use of traditional and modern forest operations equiment. Does not count towards forestry major. Rep. CR/NC.
FOR 116. The Forest Environment (4). The forest and its complexity. Identify trees, plant communities, and wildlife and understand their interdependence. Multicultural perspectives of historical and topical conservation issues. Role and ethical responsibilities of the forester. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 1 hr disc, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 210. Forest Measurements (4). Forest engineering, public land survey, distance direction, and elevation measuring; topographic map reading and construction; log scaling and tree measurements under field conditions. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 1 hr disc, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 216. Forest Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems (4). Use aerial photographs and satellite imagery to interpret, recognize, and delineate forest types, land management practice, wildlife habitat, and other significant environmental parameters. Map and spatially analyze these landscape features using computerized geographic information systems (GIS). Weekly: 3 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 220. Forest Resource Protection (4). Management of forests for sustained health and productivity. Effects and symptomatic identification of biotic and abiotic forest disturbance agents. Silvicultural strategies for increasing resistance and decreasing susceptibility to damage. Prereq: FOR 116 and FOR 230 (C), or IA. Weekly: 3 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 230. Dendrology (3). US trees and shrubs. Ranges, botanical characteristics, commercial and noncommercial uses, growth rates, and relation of plants to their total environment. Identify under field conditions and using herbarium specimens. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 231. Forest Ecology (3). Ecological principles applied to forest management. Production ecology, biogeochemistry, disturbances, environmental factors, populations, community ecology, forest succession, and forest classification and description. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 302. Forest Ecosystems & People (3). Interaction between forest science principles of different forest ecosystems and social expectations and needs. Evolution of how people use the forests of California, from wilderness to city parks. California as the leading edge of forest users. Nonmajors only.
FOR 307. California's Forests & Woodlands (3). Factors affecting distribution, perpetuation, and health of California's forests and woodlands. Field identification of northern California trees and shrubs. Prereq: completed area B lower division GE. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, weekend field trips in northern California.
FOR 311. Forest Mensuration & Growth (4). Sampling techniques in forest inventory, timber cruising, and site index determination. Develop volume tables and predict stand growth. Use growth models and computer applications. Prereqs: FOR 210, 230 (C); BIOM 109. Weekly: 3 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 313. Forest Land Surveying (3). Direct and indirect leveling, solar observation, transit traverse, public land survey, triangulation. Plot and draft field data; determine areas; read and construct topographic maps. Prereqs: computer skills, FOR 210. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 315. Forest Management (3). Managing forest-covered landscapes to meet a variety of objectives by applying economic, sociological, ecological, silvicultural, and operational principles. Nonmajors only. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 321. Fire Ecology (3). 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. Prereq: Course in Ecology, or IA. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 323. Fire Behavior / Suppression (3). Effects of weather, topography, and fuels on fire behavior. Fire effects on fuels and smoke. Fire behavior models, prevention, supression planning, control tactics, incident command system, wildland fire situation analysis. Prereq: FOR 220 (C) or IA.
FOR 331. Silvics Foundation of Silviculture (4). Woody plant interaction with environmental stresses. Factors influencing vigor and growth. Changes to stand structure caused by humans (thinning, harvesting, fertilization), nature (wind, soil, climate) or time. Selection using genetic principles for improved growth. Seedling production methods in stock types in relation to their effect on morphology/survival. Prereqs: FOR 231, BIOM 109, SOIL 260. Weekly: 3 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 333. Forest Tree Improvement (3). Principles and practices of tree improvement. Obtaining genetically better trees for forest reproduction. Prereqs: FOR 331, BIOM 109. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 343. Forest Road Location & Design (3). Road design procedures, standards, and techniques for forest management. Reconnaissance, route surveying, office and field design and location, geometrics, drainage systems, soil engineering, construction sequencing and techniques, erosion control, and maintenance. Prereqs: FOR 216, SOIL 260. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 350. Forest Harvesting & Utilization (4). Harvesting systems and methods, including operating characteristics and environmental impacts. Wood anatomy, utility, and processing. Wood as biological material and structural member. Prereqs: FOR 210, 216, 231. Weekly: 3 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 365. Financial Forest Administration (4). Capital budgeting; benefit/cost analysis; forest appraisal and taxation; welfare economics, management decision making; uncertainty and risk. Prereq: FOR 311 (may be concurrent). Weekly: 3 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 374. Wilderness Area Management (3). Paradox of "managing" wilderness; scientific, legislative, and philosophical frameworks; managing human use of, and influences on, wilderness. Weekly: 2 hrs lect; weekend field trips.
FOR 400. Forestry in Modern Society (3). “Humans are moral creatures” as a model for human integration. Role of professional forestry to serve society and conserve the landscape. Social and environmental reasoning for integrating layers of moral obligation. GE.
FOR 422. Wildland Fire Use (3). 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. Prereq: FOR 321and FOR 323, or IA. Evening presentations or weekend field trips may substitute for class meeting.
FOR 423. Wildland Fuels Management (3). Students placed in fire management agencies for exposure to problems, decisions, and practices. Fuel evaluation and management, pre-attack planning, fire use, and other managerial practices. Individual and team work on projects.
FOR 424. Wildland Fire Seminar (1-3). Review literature on wildland fire. Variable topics, including native American Fire Use, Fire Management History, Wildfire Case Studies. Rep to 6 units.
FOR 430. Applied Forest Ecology (1-3). Application of ecological principles in the management of forests to conserve, enhance, or restore biological diversity and ecosystem complexity. Ecological, economic, and social aspects of forest sustainability and ecosystem management. Prereq: FOR 231.
FOR 430L. Applied Forest Ecology Lab (1).
FOR 431. Forest Restoration (3). Forest restoration at multiple spatial scales from stand to landscape level. Goals for biological conservation, carbon sequestration, economic viability. Restoration techniques and case studies. Managing invasive plant species. Prereq: Junior or Senior standing and a course in ecology; or Ia.
FOR 432. Silviculture (4). Theory and practice of controlling forest establishment, composition, and growth. Fundamentals of forest stand development and dynamics. Forest stewardship techniques to satisfy a range of possible objectives (biological, economic, and social). Prereqs: FOR 220, 311 (C). Weekly: 3 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 434. Regional Silviculture (2). Case studies of forest use procedures. North American/worldwide patterns of forest lands as determined by climate and topography. Coreq: FOR 432 or IA.
FOR 444. Harvesting Systems Design & Cost Analysis (4). Design tractive and suspended harvesting systems based on vector mechanics, economics, and silviculture. Forest cost analysis, appraisal, valuation, benefit/cost analysis, cost derivation, economics of road location and construction, taxation, ownership, equipment costs, break-even analysis. Prereqs: FOR 343, 350, 365; MATH 105. Weekly: 3 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 458. Orientation to Overseas Study (1). Orientation to educational methods and cultural differences for students in the exchange program. Critical reflection on experience in written report under faculty guidance. Team taught using distance learning. Prereq: 1A. CR/NC
FOR 465 / RRS 465. Forestland Grazing (2). Role of livestock as a silvicultural tool to replace or supplement existing methods, such as mechanical and herbicidal, in managing tree plantations and second-growth forests. Prereq: RRS 306 or FOR 116.
FOR 470. Professional Forestry Ethics (1). Students will review and discuss literature and case studies focusing on the integration of the forestry profession and environmental ethics.. Weekly: 2 hrs seminar.
FOR 471. Forest Administration (3). Policy making; administrative behavior; legislative, regulatory, legal, ethical, and personnel considerations as applied to forestry operations.
FOR 476. Advanced Forest Management (1-3). Discussion, student presentations, and papers on contemporary issues such as forestry operations research, wood lot management, international forestry, and organizational structure of the forest products industry. Prereq: IA.
FOR 476L. Advanced Forest Management Lab (1).
FOR 479. Forestry Capstone (4). A forestry-related project, produced either by a team or by an individual, culminating in a public presentation. Prereq: must be in final term prior to graduation.
FOR 480. Selected Topics in Forestry (.5-4). Topics as demand warrants. Rep.
FOR 480L. Selected Topics in Forestry Lab (1-2).
FOR 482. Internship (1-3). Students reflect critically upon work experience and report their critical reflections in a written report under faculty guidance. Prereq: FOR 210, FOR 231, and FOR 220 or 1a.
FOR 486. Honors Seminar (1). Seminar at Schatz Tree Farm to evaluate topics of current interest. Consultation with faculty advisors required. Prereq: admission to honors program.
FOR 499. Directed Study (1-4). Individual study at upper division level. Directed reading, conference, field research, or problems. Rep. Prereq: IA.
FOR 506. Advanced Principles of Remote Sensing & GIS (3). Forest ecosystem measurements using remote sensing. Spectral signature analysis and computer classification of multispectral data from satellites. Raster data conversion to vector-based geographic information systems (GIS). Rep. Prereq: NRPI 277 or FOR 216 or IA. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 530. Applied Forest Ecology (1-3). Application of ecological principles in the management of forests to conserve, enhance, or restore biological diversity and ecosystem complexity. Ecological, economic, and social aspects of forest sustainability and ecosystem management. Rep. Prereq: FOR 331 or IA. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 532. Advanced Principles in Silviculture (3). Control establishment, composition, and growth of forest stands. Improve growth, habitat, aesthetics, or other management goal. Rep. Prereq: FOR 432 or IA. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 550. Review for California Forester Licensing Exam (3). Review of past exams through presentation of model answers by experts in the various fields represented on the California Forester Licensing Exam. Designed for professional preparation for the licensing examination. Not intended for degree requirement credit.
FOR 561. Advanced Principles of Forest Economics (3). Macroeconomic concepts of the forest resource. Role in international, national, and regional economics. Rep. Prereq: FOR 365 or IA. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.
FOR 597. Mentoring & Teaching Associate Training (1-4). Training in course preparation and delivery for advanced majors and grad students. Take prior to or concurrent with teaching-assistant or teaching-associate assignments.
FOR 680. Advanced Topics in Forestry (.5-4). Topics as demand warrants. Rep with different topics.
FOR 685. Forestry Graduate Seminar (1). Review important current literature. Rep.
FOR 695. Advanced Field Problems (1-4). Directed field experience in individual problems. Rep.
FOR 699. Independent Study (1-4). Direct-ed
reading, conference, field research, demonstration of writing proficiency,
or problems. Preq: IA. Rep.
activ = activity section
(C) = may be concurrent
CAN = California articulation number (for a more complete explanation, see section 3 under Transfer Requirements).
coreq = corequisite(s)
CR/NC = credit/no credit grading
DA = department approval
DCG = diversity & common ground elective course
disc = discussion section
d = domestic
F, S, Su = fall, spring, summer. To help in long-range academic planning, these letters signify that a course is regularly offered in a fall, spring, or summer term.
GE = general education elective course
IA = instructor approval
lect = lecture section
n = non-domestic
prereq = prerequisite(s)
rec = recommended preparation
rep = may be repeated