Forestry, Forest Soils 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 B2: Life Science / B3: Lab Activity 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 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, 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: 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)

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 (16 Units)

Lower Division GE Area A: Critical Thinking
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
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) GSP 216 - Introduction to Remote Sensing Units: 3

Year 3

Semester 5 (14 Units)

Major (Concentration) GEOL 109 - General Geology Units: 4
Major / UD GE Area B GEOL 306 - General Geomorphology Units: 3 OR RRS 306 - Rangeland Management Principles Units: 3
Major (Concentration) SOIL 360 - Origin and Classification of Soils Units: 3
Major (Core) WSHD 310 - Hydrology and Watershed Management Units: 4

Semester 6 (16 Units)

Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities
Units: 3
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) SOIL 363 SOIL 462 SOIL 465 SOIL 467

Year 4

Semester 7 (13 Units)

Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
OR
Humanities
Units: 3 (Take a course that double-counts for DCG)
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 (15 Units)

Upper Division GE Area C: Arts & Humanities
Units: 3
Major (Concentration) SOIL 460W - Wildland Soil Management and Erosion Control Units: 3
Major (Concentration) SOIL 363 OR SOIL 462 OR SOIL 465 OR SOIL 467
Major (Core) FOR 479W - Forestry Capstone Units: 3
Major / UD GE Area D ESM 305 - Environmental Conflict Resolution Units: 3