Natural Resources Conservation Courses

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The Courses

Some courses are required by several of the programs in the department. These are scheduled under a general departmental rubric (NRC).

100 Environment and Society (I) (1st sem)
197A Conservation in the United States (1st sem) 2 cr
211 Animal Sampling and Identification (1st sem) 1 cr
212 Forest Botany (1st sem) 2 cr
297S Introduction to Spatial Information Technologies (2nd sem)
382 Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management (1st sem) 4 cr
397A Professional Writing in Natural Resources (both sem)
409 Natural Resources Policy and Administration (2nd sem)
592G Information to GIS (1st sem)
597C Case Studies in Land Conservation (2nd sem)
597G GIS Lab (1st sem) 1 cr
597M Ecosystem Management (2nd sem) 2 cr
597N Ecosystem Management Project (2nd sem)
597T Advanced Human Dimensions of NRC (1st sem) 2 cr

Building Materials and Wood Technology Courses

201 Introduction to Wood Science (BSL) (1st sem)
211 Energy Efficient Housing (1st sem)
220 Introduction to CAD in Construction and Architecture (1st sem)
304 Properties of Wood (2nd sem)
313 Light-Frame Structure Technology (1st sem)
314 Architectural Blueprint Reading and Estimating (2nd sem)
352 Building Materials and Forest Products Marketing (2nd sem)
353 The Business of Building (1st sem)
390N Construction Materials and Methods (2nd sem)
492 Building Materials Seminar (2nd sem) 1 cr
530 Mechanics of Building Materials for Construction (1st sem)
540 Design of Wood Structures (2nd sem)

Forestry Courses

(All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise noted.)

102 Aerial Techniques (both sem) 2 cr
191 Seminar in Arboriculture and Park Management (2nd sem) 2 cr
197A Forest Fire Control (2nd sem) 1 cr
198 Cooperative Work Training 4 cr
297 Forests and People (2nd sem)
305 Private Tree Business (1st sem)
310 Urban Forestry (2nd sem)
332 Principles of Arboriculture (1st sem)
492 Seminar: Verbal Communication Skills (1st sem) 2 cr
515 Forest Fire Management (2nd sem odd yrs)
521 Timber Harvesting (2nd sem odd yrs)
526 Silviculture (1st sem even yrs) 4 cr
528 Forest and Wetland Hydrology (1st sem)
534 Forest Measurements (1st sem odd yrs) 4 cr
540 Forest Resources Management (2nd sem) 4 cr
577 Ecosystem Modeling and Simulation (1st sem odd yrs)
587 Introduction to Digital Remote Sensing (2nd sem) 4 cr

Natural Resource Studies

(All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise noted.)

05 Introduction to Outdoor Recreation (1st sem even yrs)
264 Park Maintenance Management (2nd sem)
391A Curriculum Planning (1st sem)

Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Courses

(All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise noted.)

120 Basic Scuba 2 cr
121 Advanced Scuba­—Warm Water 2 cr
122 Advanced Scuba­—Cold Water 2 cr
260 Fisheries Conservation and Management (1st sem)
261 Wildlife Conservation (2nd sem)
470 Fish Ecology (2nd sem even yrs) 4 cr
564 Wildlife Habitat Management (1st sem) 4 cr
565 Dynamics and Management of Wildlife Populations (1st sem) 4 cr
571 Fisheries Science and Management (1st sem even yrs) 4 cr
577 Ecosystem Modeling and Simulation (2nd sem)
587 Digital Remote Sensing (2nd sem)
597E Endangered Species Management(2nd sem) 2 cr
597R Watershed Science and Management (2nd sem)
597W Wetlands Assessmentand Field Techniques (2nd sem odd yrs) 2 cr

Natural Resources Conservation | Courses | Faculty