BS FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES – 2005-07 Catalog
Natural Resources Management Department
Agricultural Sciences Bldg. (11), Room 217
(805) 756-2702

o 60 units upper division	o GWR
o 2.0 GPA	o USCP
* = Satisfies General Education requirement
MAJOR COURSES
FNR 140 Careers in Forestry and Environ. Mgmt.		1
FNR 201 Introduction to Forest Ecosystem Mgmt		3
FNR 208 Dendrology		4
FNR 215 Land and Resource Measurements		1
FNR 260 Forest Practices and Environ. Protection		4
FNR 306 Natural Resource Ecology & Habitat Mgt		4
FNR 307 Fire Ecology		3
FNR 315 Measuremts & Sampling in Forested Env.		4
FNR/LA/GEOG 318 Applications in GIS		3
FNR 326 Natural Resources Econ. & Valuation		4
FNR 335 Conflict Mgmt. in Natural Resources		4
FNR 365 Silviculture and Vegetation Management		4
FNR 402 Forest Health		4
FNR 412 Forest and Natural Resources Senior Assessment Project or FNR 461 Sr. Project I		3
FNR 414 Sustainable Forest Management		4
FNR 416 Environmental Impact Analysis & Mgmt.		4
FNR 419 Watershed Management		4
FNR 435 Natural Resources Policy Analysis		4
FNR 465 Ecosystem Management		4
Concentration courses		31-33
		_____ 97-99
SUPPORT
AGB 212 Agricultural Economics		4
ASCI 329 Principles of Range Mgmt. or BIO 427 Wildlife Management		3-4
BOT 121 General Botany (B2&B4)*		4
BRAE/FNR 247 Forest Surveying		2
BRAE 345 Aerial Photogram. & Remote Sensing		3
CHEM 111 Survey of Chemistry (B3)*		5
MATH 161 or MATH 221 Calculus (B1)*		4
SS 121 Introductory Soil Science		4
STAT 217 or STAT 218 Statistics (B1)*		4
Advisor approved science course BOT 313, CHEM 312, or PHYS 121		4-5
Note: If Support Courses total 37 (39) units, then take 33 (31) units in concentration
		_____ 37-39
GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)
72 units required; 16 units are in Support.
®Minimum of 12 units required at the 300-400 level.
Area A Communication (12 units)
A1 Expository Writing		4
A2 Oral Communication		4
A3 Reasoning, Argumentation, and Writing		4
Area B Science and Mathematics (no additional units are required)
B1 Mathematics/Statistics * 8 units in Support		0
B2 Life Science * 4 units in Support		0
B3 Physical Science * 4 units in Support		0
B4 One lab taken with either a B2 or B3 course
Area C Arts and Humanities (20 units)
C1 Literature		4
C2 Philosophy		4
C3 Fine/Performing Arts		4
C4 Upper-division elective		4
Area C elective (Choose one course from C1-C4)		4
Area D/E Society and the Individual (20 units)
D1 The American Experience (40404)		4
D2 Political Economy		4
D3 Comparative Social Institutions		4
D4 Self Development (CSU Area E)		4
D5 Upper-division elective		4
Area F Technology Elective (upper division) (4 units)		4
		__ 56
ELECTIVES		0-2
		___ 192

CONCENTRATIONS (Select one)

Environmental Planning and Assessment Concentration
CRP 212 Introduction to Urban Planning	4
ENVE 330 Environmental Quality Control	4
FNR 339 Internship	6
FNR/CRP 404 Environmental Law or FNR 408 Water Resource Law and Policy	3
FNR 425 Applied Resource Analysis	4
Restricted electives, advisor's prior written approval	10-12
	_____ 31-33
Forest and Environmental Practices Concentration
FNR 339 Internship	6
FNR 475 Forest and Environmental Practices	15
Restricted electives, adviser's prior written approval	10-12
	_____ 31-33
Natural Resources Recreation Concentration
FNR 311 Environmental Interpretation	4
FNR 339 Internship	6
FNR 350 Urban Forestry	3
FNR 410 Resource Recreation Management	4
FNR 417 Resource Recreation Planning	3
REC 101 Intro Recreation Parks and Tourism or FNR 112 Parks and Outdoor Recreation	3
Restricted electives, advisor's prior written approval	8-10
		_____ 31-33
Urban Forestry Concentration
CRP 212 Introduction to Urban Planning		4
EHS 421 Arboriculture		4
EHS 422 Adv. Arboriculture or FNR 311 Environmental Interpretation		2/4
FNR 339 Internship		6
FNR 350 Urban Forestry		3
FNR 450 Community Forestry		3
Restricted electives, advisor's prior written approval		9-11
		_____ 31-33
Watershed Management and Hydrology Concentration
FNR 420 Advanced Watershed Hydrology		4
SS 321 Soil Morphology		4
SS 440 Forest and Range Soils		4
Restricted electives, advisor's prior written approval		19-21
		_____ 31-33
Wildland Fire and Fuels Management Concentration
FNR 204 Resource Fire Control		3
FNR 339 Internship		6
FNR 340 Resource Fire Management		2
FNR 455 Urban-Wildland Interface Fire Protection		3
Restricted electives, advisor's prior written approval		17-19
		_____ 31-33
Individualized Course of Study
4 units of FNR coursework plus 6 units in FNR 339. Advisor and department head pre-approval required		31-33