2023-2024 Cal Poly Humboldt Catalog

Nov 29, 2024

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2023-2024 Cal Poly Humboldt Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Forestry, Fire Management 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 (13-14 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 ) ^[2]
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 Units)

GE Area A2: ENGL 103 - Composition and Rhetoric B Units: 3 OR GE Area A1:COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication Units: 3
Major / GE Area B1 Physical Science: CHEM 107 - Fundamentals of Chemistry Units: 4
Major (Core): FOR 130 - Dendrology Units: 3
Major (Core): FOR 131 - Forest Ecology Units: 3
Major (Core): FIRE 123 - Fundamentals of Fuel and Fire Units: 2

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) FOR 250 - Introduction to Forest Operations Units: 3
Major (Core) SOIL 260 - Introduction to Soil Science Units: 3

Semester 4 (17 Units)

American Institutions; GE Area F and DCG Domestic: NAS 200 - Indigenous Peoples in U.S. History Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area A: Critical Thinking
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
OR
Humanities
Units: 3
Major (Core) GSP 216 - Introduction to Remote Sensing Units: 3
Major (Core) FOR 222 - Forest Health and Protection Units: 2
Major (Concentration): FIRE 223 - Fire Weather Units: 3
Major (Core) FOR 331 - Silvics - Foundation of Silviculture Units: 3

Year 3

Semester 5 (16 Units)

Major / UD GE Area B RRS 306 - Rangeland Management Principles Units: 3 or FISH 300 - Introduction to Fishery Biology Units: 3
Major / UD GE Area D ESM 305 - Environmental Conflict Resolution Units: 3
Major (Concentration) FIRE 321 - Fire Ecology Units: 3
Major (Concentration) FIRE 323 - Fire Behavior and Effects Units: 3
Major (Core) WSHD 310 - Hydrology and Watershed Management Units: 4

Semester 6 (16 Units)

Lower Division GE Area C: 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) FOR 331 - Silvics - Foundation of Silviculture Units: 3
Major (Concentration): FIRE 324 - Fuel Inventory and Management Units: 3

Year 4

Semester 7 (13 Units)

Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
Units: 3
Major / American Institutions FOR 359 - Forest and Rangeland Policy Units: 3
Major (Core) FOR 432 - Silviculture Units: 4
Major (Concentration) FOR 471 - Forest Administration and Ethics Units: 3

Semester 8 (14 Units)

Upper Division GE Area C: Arts & Humanities
Units: 3
Major and American Institutions: FOR 359 - Forest and Rangeland Policy Units: 3
Major (Concentration) FOR 476 - Advanced Forest Management Units: 2
Major (Core) FOR 479W - Forestry Capstone Units: 3
Major (Concentration): FIRE 422 - Applied Fire Use and Policy Units: 3 , FIRE 431 - Landscape Fire Modeling Units: 3 OR FIRE 482 - Applied Fire Internship Units: 3