Forestry, Tribal Forestry 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: Mathematics STAT 108 - Elementary Statistics Units: 3 OR (STAT 108I AND STAT 8 ) ^[2]
Major / GE Area B: Life Science BOT 105 - General Botany Units: 4
GE Area E: Lifelong Learning SCI 100 - Becoming a STEM Professional in the 21st Century Units: 3

^[1] If ENGL 102 is selected, you will need to complete ENGL 103 in semester 2. Adjust spring courses in consultation with an advisor.

^[2] Credit earned for math support course (STAT 8) does not count toward unit requirements for graduation, GE or major.

Semester 2 (15-16 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)

Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities
Units: 3
Major / GE Area D: Social Science GSP 101 - Geospatial Concepts Units: 3
Major (Core) FOR 210 - Forest Measurements and Biometry Units: 4
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 OR GSP 270 - Geographic Information Science (GIS) 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) SOIL 260 - Introduction to Soil Science Units: 3

Year 3

Semester 5 (16 Units)

Major / UD GE Area D ESM 305 - Environmental Conflict Resolution Units: 3
Major / UD GE Area B FISH 300 - Introduction to Fishery Biology Units: 3
Major (Concentration) FIRE 321 - Fire Ecology Units: 3
Major (Concentration) NAS 364 - Federal Indian Law I Units: 4 OR NAS 365 - Federal Indian Law II Units: 4
Major (Concentration) NAS 361 - Tribal Sovereignty, Tribal Citizens Units: 3 ORNAS 362 - Tribal Governance and Leadership Units: 3

Semester 6 (17 Units)

Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
OR
Humanities
(take a course that double-counts for DCG) Units: 3
Major (Core) FOR 311 - Forest Mensuration and Growth Units: 4
Major (Core) FOR 365 - Forest Economics and Finance Units: 3
Major (Core) WSHD 310 - Hydrology and Watershed Management Units: 4
Major / GE Area D: Social Science ESM 105 - Natural Resource Conservation Units: 3

Year 4

Semester 7 (13 Units)

Upper Division GE Area C: Arts & Humanities
Units: 3
Major / American Institutions FOR 359 - Forest and Rangeland Policy Units: 3
Major (Core) FOR 432 - Silviculture Units: 4
Major (Concentration) NAS 331 - Indigenous Natural Resource Management Practices Units: 3

Semester 8 (12 Units)

Major / GE Area D: Social Science ANTH 104 - Cultural Anthropology Units: 3
Major (Concentration) NAS 304 - Native Tribes of California Units: 3 OR NAS 468 - Tribal Justice Systems Units: 3
Major (Core) FOR 479W - Forestry Capstone Units: 3
Elective Units: 3