Forestry, Forest Hydrology Concentration, B.S. MAP

Major Academic Plans

Students at Cal Poly Humboldt follow many different paths to graduation. Your educational and career goals, as well as personal interests all contribute to planning the courses you take.

Major Academic Plans or MAPs show what courses you might take each semester in order to meet university and major program requirements and graduate with a degree in four years. Discussing course options with an advisor will best serve you in planning a customized schedule to meet your individual academic needs.

Additionally, you may build your personalized plan in DARS planning tools using a program MAP as a resource. Meet with your advisor each semester to assist in planning and to review your progress.

Year 1

Semester 1 (13-15 Units)

Major / GE Area B: Life Science BOT 105 - General Botany Units: 4
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 - 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: Written Communication: ENGL 103 - Composition and Rhetoric B Units: 3 ^[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
GE Area A: Oral Communication COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication Units: 3

^[3] If ENGL 104 was taken last semester, take NAS 200 - Indigenous Peoples in U.S. History Units: 3 in place of ENGL 103. (NAS 200 fulfills GE Area F / American Institutions / DCG Domestic)

Year 2

Semester 3 (16 Units)

Major / GE Area D: Social Science ESM 105 - Natural Resource Conservation 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
Major (Core) SOIL 260 - Introduction to Soil Science Units: 3

Semester 4 (15-19 Units)

Lower Division GE Area A: Critical Thinking
Units: 3
Prerequisite or placement: MATH 102 - Algebra and Elementary Functions Units: 4
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

Year 3

Semester 5 (17 Units)

Major (Concentration) MATH 105 - Calculus for the Biological Sciences and Natural Resources Units: 3
Major (Concentration) GEOL 109 - General Geology Units: 4
Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
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: Humanities
Units: 3 (Take a course that double-counts for DCG)
Major (Core) FOR 311 - Forest Mensuration and Growth Units: 4
Major (Core) FOR 365 - Forest Economics and Finance Units: 3
Major (Core) GSP 270 - Geographic Information Science (GIS) Units: 3
Major (Concentration) WSHD 333 - Wildland Water Quality Units: 3 OR WSHD 424 - Watershed Hydrology Units: 3

Year 4

Semester 7 (16 Units)

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
Major (Concentration) / UD GE Area B GEOL 306 - General Geomorphology Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
OR
Humanities
Units: 3

Semester 8 (16 Units)

Major (Concentration) PHYX 106 - College Physics: Mechanics and Heat Units: 4 OR PHYX 109 - General Physics A: Mechanics Units: 4
Major (Concentration) SOIL 467 - Soil Physics Units: 3
Upper Division GE Area C: Arts & Humanities
Units: 3
Major (Core) FOR 479W - Forestry Capstone Units: 3
GE Area F / American Institutions / DCG Domestic: NAS 200 - Indigenous Peoples in U.S. History Units: 3 (if not already taken)