Forestry, Forest Operations Concentration, B.S. MAP

Semester 1 (13-15 Units)

• GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 102 - Composition & Rhetoric A Units: 3  ^[1] OR ENGL 104 - Accelerated Composition & Rhetoric Units: 3  
• Optional: ENGL 110 - Developing Academic Literacy Lab Units: 1  
• 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 - 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: 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  

Semester 3 (16 Units)

• Major / GE Area D: Social Science GSP 101 - Geospatial Concepts Units: 2  AND GSP 101L - Geospatial Concepts Lab Units: 1  
• Major / GE Area D: Social Science ESM 105 - Natural Resource Conservation Units: 3  
• Major (Core) FOR 210 - Forest Measurements & Biometry Units: 4  
• Major (Core) SOIL 260 - Introduction to Soil Science Units: 3  
• Major (Core) FOR 250 - Introduction to Forest Operations Units: 3  

Semester 4 (16 Units)

• Lower Division GE Area A: Critical Thinking
    Units: 3
• Major (Core) GSP 216 - Introduction to Remote Sensing Units: 3  
• Major (Core) FOR 222 - Forest Health & Protection Units: 2  
• Major (Core) FOR 223 - Introduction to Wildland Fire Units: 2  
• Major (Core) FOR 331 - Silvics - Foundation of Silviculture Units: 3  
• Major (Core) FOR 365 - Forest Economics & Finance Units: 3  

Semester 5 (16 Units)

• Major / American Institutions FOR 359 - CA & US Forest & Wildland Policy Units: 3  
• Major / UD GE Area B RRS 306 - Wildland Resource Principles Units: 3  
• Major (Concentration) FOR 353 - Forest Road Location & Design Units: 3  
• Major (Core) WSHD 310 - Hydrology & 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: Arts
    Units: 3 
• Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities
    Units: 3
• Major (Core) FOR 311 - Forest Mensuration & Growth Units: 4  
• Major (Concentration) FOR 350 - Forest Harvesting Systems Units: 3  
• Major (Core) GSP 270 - Geographic Information Science (GIS) Units: 3  

Semester 7 (13 Units)

• Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
    OR 
  Humanities
    (Take a course that double-counts for DCG) Units: 3
• Major (Core) FOR 432 - Silviculture Units: 4  
• Major (Concentration) FOR 471 - Forest Administration & Ethics Units: 3  
• Major (Concentration) FOR 475 - Forest Management Decision Making Units: 3  

Semester 8 (14 Units)

• Upper Division GE Area C: Arts & Humanities
    Units: 3
• Major (Concentration) FOR 423 - Wildland Fuels Management Units: 3  OR FOR 431 - Forest Restoration Units: 3  OR WSHD 458 - Climate Change & Land Use Units: 3  
• Major (Concentration) FOR 450 - Harvesting Systems Design & Cost Analysis Units: 3  
• Major (Concentration) FOR 476 - Advanced Forest Management Units: 2 
• Major (Core) FOR 479 - Forestry Capstone Units: 3