For information on the master's degree, see the graduate section of Natural Resources.
Department Chair
K. O. Fulgham, Ph.D.
Department
of Forestry and Wildland Resources
Natural Resources Sciences Building 205
(707) 826-3935
(707) 826-5634 fax
Learn to address the unique management requirements and problems of wildland
soils. Wildland soils are uncultivated, natural soils supporting herbaceous
and woody plant communities supplying timber, wildlife habitat, livestock forage,
watershed values, and other outputs.
Courses in this option cover the basic physical and biological sciences, introductory
and advanced soil science, and soil and resource management.
Classroom instruction is enhanced by the university’s soil science laboratories
and greenhouses. Research and demonstration sites on private and public lands
in Northern California enhance field studies.
Potential careers: soil conservationist, soil scientist, soil consultant, environmental
specialist, agricultural inspector, lands or natural resources specialist,
restoration specialist, or watershed manager.
In high school take courses in biology, chemistry, and mathematics.
Complete all courses in the major with a C- or better.
Thirty-six units:
BIOL 105
Principles of Biology*
BIOM 109
Introductory Biometrics
BOT 105
General Botany*
CHEM 107
Fundamentals of Chemistry*
GEOL 109
General Geology*
MATH 105 Calculus
for the Biological Sciences & Natural Resources*
NRPI 105
Natural Resource Conservation*
NRPI 277
Introduction to Remote Sensing
PHYX 106 College
Physics: Mechanics & Heat*
SOIL 260
Introduction to Soil Science
* These courses meet the lower division science GE requirement.
Twenty-three units:
BIOL 330
Principles of Ecology
CHEM 328
Brief Organic Chemistry
FOR 315
Forest Management
GEOL 350
Geomorphology
RRS 306
Rangeland Resource Principles
WSHD 310
Hydrology & Watershed Management
NRPI
470 Intermediate GISor
NRPI
377 Introduction to GIS Concepts
Fifteen units:
SOIL
360 Origin & Classification of Soils
SOIL
460 Forest & Range Soils Management
SOIL
462 Soil Fertility
SOIL
465 Soil Microbiology
SOIL
467 Soil Physics
Seven or eight units:
FOR
331 Silvics; Foundation of Silviculture or
BOT
310 General Plant Physiology
BOT
350 Plant Taxonomy or
BOT
354 Agrostology or
FOR
230 Dendrology
SOIL 260 Introduction to Soil Science
SOIL
360 Origin & Classification of Soils
SOIL
460 Forest & Range Soils Management
At least three courses (including one or more with asterisks) from the following:
GEOL
350 General Geomorphology
SOIL
462 Soil Fertility*
SOIL
465 Soil Microbiology*
SOIL
467 Soil Physics*
SOIL
/ FOR 468 Introduction to Agroforestry
WSHD
310 Hydrology & Watershed Management or
WSHD 424 Watershed Hydrology
* These courses meet the lower division science GE requirement.