Forestry, Forest Operations Concentration, B.S. MAP

Major Academic Plans

Major Academic Plans (or MAPS) show the courses you might take each semester to meet your degree requirements in 4 years. Students at Cal Poly Humboldt follow many different paths to graduation. Your educational and career goals, as well as personal interests all contribute to determining the courses you take. We encourage you to discuss course options with an advisor.

The General Education and All-University Requirements in this MAP are in effect for students entering Cal Poly Humboldt with the catalog year of 2023-24. Refer to your degree audit for details on your major and GE catalog year.

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Year 1

Semester 1 (13-15 Units)

GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 102 - Composition and Rhetoric A Units: 3 ^[1]OR ENGL 104 - Accelerated Composition and Rhetoric Units: 3
Optional: ENGL 110 - Academic Literacies Support and Seminar Units: 2
Major / GE Area B: Life Science BOT 105 - General Botany Units: 4
Major / GE Area B: Mathematics STAT 108 - Elementary Statistics Units: 3 OR (STAT 108I - Elementary Statistics with Integrated Support Units: 3 AND STAT 8 - Support for Elementary Statistics Units: 1 ) ^[2]
GE Area E: Lifelong Learning SCI 100 - Becoming a STEM Professional in the 21st Century Units: 3

^[1] If ENGL 102 is selected, students must complete ENGL 103 in semester 2. Adjust spring courses in consultation with an advisor.

^[2] Credit earned for math support course does not count toward unit requirements for graduation, GE or major.

Semester 2 (16 Units)

GE Area A: Oral Communication COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication Units: 3
GE Area F / American Institutions / DCG Domestic NAS 200 - Indigenous Peoples in U.S. History Units: 3
Major & GE Area B: Physical Science CHEM 107 - Fundamentals of Chemistry Units: 4
Major (Core) FOR 130 - Dendrology Units: 3
Major (Core) FOR 131 - Forest Ecology Units: 3

Year 2

Semester 3 (16 Units)

Major / GE Area D: Social Science GSP 101 - Geospatial Concepts Units: 3
Major / GE Area D: Social Science ESM 105 - Natural Resource Conservation Units: 3
Major (Core) FOR 210 - Forest Measurements and Biometry Units: 4
Major (Core) SOIL 260 - Introduction to Soil Science Units: 3
Major (Core) FOR 250 - Introduction to Forest Operations Units: 3

Semester 4 (16 Units)

Lower Division GE Area A: Critical Thinking
Units: 3
Major (Core) GSP 216 - Introduction to Remote Sensing Units: 3
Major (Core) FOR 222 - Forest Health and Protection Units: 2
Major (Core) FIRE 123 - Fundamentals of Fuel and Fire Units: 2
Major (Core) FOR 331 - Silvics - Foundation of Silviculture Units: 3
Major (Core) FOR 365 - Forest Economics and Finance Units: 3

Year 3

Semester 5 (16 Units)

Major / American Institutions FOR 359 - Forest and Rangeland Policy Units: 3
Major / UD GE Area B RRS 306 - Rangeland Management Principles Units: 3
Major (Concentration) FOR 353 - Forest Road Location and Design Units: 3
Major (Core) WSHD 310 - Hydrology and Watershed Management Units: 4
Major / UD GE Area D ESM 305 - Environmental Conflict Resolution Units: 3

Semester 6 (16 Units)

Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities
Units: 3
Major (Core) FOR 311 - Forest Mensuration and Growth Units: 4
Major (Concentration) FOR 350 - Forest Harvesting Systems Units: 3
Major (Core) GSP 270 - Geographic Information Science (GIS) Units: 3

Year 4

Semester 7 (13 Units)

Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
OR
Humanities
(Take a course that double-counts for DCG) Units: 3
Major (Core) FOR 432 - Silviculture Units: 4
Major (Concentration) FOR 471 - Forest Administration and Ethics Units: 3
Major (Concentration) FOR 475 - Forest Management Decision Making Units: 3

Semester 8 (14 Units)

Upper Division GE Area C: Arts & Humanities
Units: 3
Major (Concentration) FIRE 324 - Fuel Inventory and Management Units: 3 OR FOR 431 - Forest Restoration Units: 3 OR WSHD 458 - Climate Change and Land Use Units: 3
Major (Concentration) FOR 450 - Harvesting Systems Design and Cost Analysis Units: 3
Major (Concentration) FOR 476 - Advanced Forest Management Units: 2
Major (Core) FOR 479W - Forestry Capstone Units: 3