Applied Fire Science and Management, B.S. MAP

Major Academic Plans

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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.

Set yourself up for academic success in challenging classes. Add a 1-unit Supplemental Instruction (SI) session. 

  options to see if there’s a match with a class you are taking.

Year 1 (Freshman Year)

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Fall - Semester 1 (15-17 Units)

• GE Area A2 Written Communication: ENGL 102 - Composition and Rhetoric A Units: 3  or ENGL 104 - Accelerated Composition and Rhetoric Units: 3    
• Optional Supplemental Instruction: ENGL 110 - Academic Literacies Support and Seminar Units: 2       
• GE Area B2/B3 Life Science: BOT 105 - General Botany Units: 4      
• GE Area B4 Mathematics: STAT 108 - Elementary Statistics Units: 3     
• GE Area E Lifelong Learning: SCI 100 - Becoming a STEM Professional in the 21st Century Units: 3     
• Major: FIRE 123 - Fundamentals of Fuel and Fire Units: 2     

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Spring - Semester 2 (16-18 Units)

• GE Area A1: COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication Units: 3   ^[1]
• Major and GE Area B1: Physical Science CHEM 107 - Fundamentals of Chemistry Units: 4   
• Major, American Institutions US History, DCG Domestic, and GE Area D: NAS 200 - Indigenous Peoples in U.S. History Units: 3   
• Major Interdisciplinary Requirement (Taxonomy): FOR 130 , BOT 350  or BOT 354  Units: 3-4
• Major Interdisciplinary Requirement (Ecology): FOR 131 , BIOL 330 , RRS 370  or WLDF 431   Units: 3-4

^[1] If you took ENGL 102 last semester take ENGL 103  in place of COMM 100. Talk with an advisor about the best time to take COMM 100.

Year 2 (Sophomore Year)

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Fall - Semester 3 (15-16 Units)

• GE Area C1: Arts   Units: 3
• GE Area D: Social Sciences GSP 101 - Geospatial Concepts Units: 3   
• Major, GE Area F: NAS 104 - Introduction to Native American Studies Units: 3   
• Major SOIL 260 - Introduction to Soil Science Units: 3    
• Major (Interdisciplinary Requirement)  Units: 3-4

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Spring - Semester 4 (15 Units)

• GE Area A3: Critical Thinking  Units: 3
• GE Area C2: Humanities   Units: 3
• Major GSP 216 - Introduction to Remote Sensing Units: 3  or GSP 270 - Geographic Information Science (GIS) Units: 3   
• Major FIRE 223 - Fire Weather Units: 3   
• Major FOR 315 - Forest Management Units: 3   

Year 3 (Junior Year)

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Fall - Semester 5 (15-16 Units)

• Major, American Institutions - US Government: FOR 359 - Forest and Rangeland Policy Units: 3  
• Major: FIRE 321 - Fire Ecology Units: 3  
• Major: FIRE 323 - Fire Behavior and Effects Units: 3  
• Major: NAS 331 - Indigenous Natural Resource Management Practices Units: 3  
• Major (Interdisciplinary Requirement) Units: 3-4

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​Spring - Semester 6 (16-17 Units)

• Major and UD GE Area B: FISH 300 - Introduction to Fishery Biology Units: 3  or RRS 306 - Rangeland Management Principles Units: 3  
• GE Area C: Arts  or Humanities    Units: 3
• Major: WSHD 310 - Hydrology and Watershed Management Units: 4  
• Major: FIRE 324 - Fuel Inventory and Management Units: 3  
• Major (Interdisciplinary Requirement) Units: 3-4

Year 4 (Senior Year)

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Fall - Semester 7 (15-16 Units)

• UD GE Area C: Arts and Humanities  Units: 3
• Major and Upper Division GE Area D: FIRE 305 - Humans and Fire Units: 3  
• Major: FIRE 422 - Applied Fire Use and Policy Units: 3  
• Major: FIRE 482 - Applied Fire Internship Units: 3  
• Major (Interdisciplinary Requirement) Units: 3-4

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Spring - Semester 8 (12-13 Units)

• Major: ESM 425 - Environmental Impact Assessment Units: 3  
• Major: FIRE 431 - Landscape Fire Modeling Units: 3  
• Major and GWAR: FIRE 479W - Applied Fire Capstone Units: 3   
• Major (Interdisciplinary Requirement) Units: 3-4