Applied Fire Science and Management, B.S. Transfer MAP

Year 1 (Junior Year)

Fall - Semester 1

• Major: GSP 216 - Introduction to Remote Sensing Units: 3  or GSP 270 - Geographic Information Science (GIS) Units: 3  
• Major: FIRE 321 - Fire Ecology Units: 3  
• Major: FIRE 323 - Fire Behavior and Effects Units: 3    
• Major (Interdisciplinary Requirement) Units: 3-4
• Major (Interdisciplinary Requirement) Units: 3-4

Semester 1 Total Units: 15-16

​Spring - Semester 2 

• Major and UD GE Area B: FISH 300 - Introduction to Fishery Biology Units: 3  or RRS 306 - Rangeland Management Principles Units: 3   
• Upper Division GE Area C: Arts & Humanities  Units: 3 (Take a course that double-counts for DCG Domestic or Non-Domestic)
• Major: WSHD 310 - Hydrology and Watershed Management Units: 4   
• Major: FIRE 324 - Fuel Inventory and Management Units: 3   
• Major (Interdisciplinary Requirement) Units: 3-4

​Semester 2 Total Units: 16-17

Year 2 (Senior Year)

Fall - Semester 3 

• Major: FOR 315 - Forest Management Units: 3  
• Major and UD 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

Semester 3 Total Units: 15-16

Spring - Semester 4

• Major and DCG Domestic: NAS 331 - Indigenous Natural Resource Management Practices Units: 3  
• 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

​Semester 4 Total Units: 15-16

Transfer Notes

• Complete enough units to reach the total of 120 units required for the degree.
• Complete two Diversity and Common Ground (DCG) courses, at least one course must have a domestic focus (DCG-domestic). Look for General Education courses that double-count for DCG.
• Complete 9 units upper division General Education (3 units each areas B, C and D); and any lower division GE or American Institutions (US History and US/CA Government) courses not taken prior to transfer.
• See the Cal Poly Humboldt catalog for course descriptions as well as, major, general education, American Institutions, and Diversity & Common Ground requirements.