MS FORESTRY
SCIENCES – 2005-07 Catalog
Natural Resources Management Department
Agricultural Sciences Bldg. (11), Room 217
(805) 756-2702
The Master of Science degree program in Forestry Sciences
has the following objectives:
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To provide the forestry and environmental
profession in
ecosystem
management in the oak woodland, chaparral, Sierran and Pacific Coastal forest
types;
economics and
valuation in the urban interface forest;
forest
management using an integrated ecosystem approach;
watershed
hydrology and restoration;
fire ecology and management;
environmental economics and policy;
and
urban and
community forestry.
· To
develop characteristics and qualities that transcend job-specific skills and
knowledge including:
critical thinking/problem solving;
communications
and related social skills;
quantitative
systems/information management;
independent
thought and research methods; and
preparation for
study leading to the Ph.D. degree.
Prerequisites.
For admission as a classified graduate student, an applicant will have
completed a bachelor’s degree in forestry at an accredited forestry four-year
college or a related B.S. degree area such as environmental sciences with a
minimum grade point average of 2.75 in the last 90-quarter units. An applicant
who meets these standards but lacks prerequisite coursework may be admitted as
a conditionally classified student and must make up any deficiencies before
advancement to classified graduate standing.
Program
of Study. Graduate
students must file a formal study plan with their major professor, graduate
committee, department, college and university graduate
studies office no later than the end of the quarter in which the 12th unit of
approved courses is completed.
The formal program
of study must include a minimum of 45 units (at least 23 of which must be at
the 500 level). The broad curriculum for the Master of Science degree in
Forestry Sciences is:
a) a minimum of 26 units
in the required core;
b) a minimum of 19 units
of restricted electives approved by the student’s major professor and
department head;
c) completion of a thesis or scholarly
project, and an oral and written examination. At the discretion of the graduate
committee, the written examination may consist of submitting an article for
publication to a referred journal.
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Required courses |
26 |
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SS 501 Research Planning
(4) or equivalent |
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FNR 530 Social Systems/Natural
Resources Mgmt (3) |
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FNR 532 Applications in
Biometrics and Econometrics (4) |
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FNR 534 |
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FNR 581 Graduate Seminar in Forestry and Env. Sciences (3) |
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FNR 599 Thesis (9) |
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Restricted electives |
19 |
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Determined by the
student’s graduate committee from forestry subdisciplines (400–500 level) |
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For more information, contact Doug Piirto, Department Head.