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Twin Cities Campus
Forest Resources Minor
Forest Resources
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
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Minor Related to a Major
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Requirements for this program are current for Spring 2010.
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Required credits in this minor: 18.
The forest resources minor helps students in natural resources and other areas gain deeper understanding of the scientific foundations of forestry, the management of forest resources, and the importance of forest resources to society. Students select from an array of courses in forest assessment, forest biology and management, and forest economics and policy. Students may include a three-week, hands-on field session at the Cloquet Forestry Center as part of their minor. Students interested in the minor should contact the CFANS Student Services Office.
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Minor Requirements
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The sequence of courses in the Cloquet Forestry Center may be used to either meet the minor courses requirement or as an elective, but they cannot be used to satisfy both requirements. Minor Courses
FR 3104 - Forest Ecology (4.0 cr)
FR 3411 - Managing Forest Ecosystems: Silviculture (3.0 cr)
Take one of the following field experiences.
FR 1101 - Dendrology: Identifying Forest Trees and Shrubs (3.0 cr)
or Cloquet Forestry Session
Take all of the following in the same term:
FR 2101 - Identifying Forest Plants (1.0 cr)
FR 2102 - Northern Forests: Field Ecology (2.0 cr)
FR 2104 - Measuring Forest Resources (1.0 cr)
Electives
Take 8 or more credit(s) from the following:
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Forest Policy, Management, and Planning
If student takes the Cloquet Forestry Session, only 7 credits are required.
Take 3 or more credit(s) from the following:
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ESPM 3241W - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy: History, Creation, and Implementation, C/PE, SSCI, WI (3.0 cr)
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ESPM 3261 - Economics and Natural Resources Management, ENVT, SSCI (4.0 cr)
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FR 3471 - Forest Planning and Management (3.0 cr)
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FR 4501 - Urban Forest Management: Managing Greenspaces for People, C/PE (3.0 cr)
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RRM 4232W - Managing Recreational Lands, ENVT, WI (4.0 cr)
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Resource Assessment
Take 0 or more credit(s) from the following:
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FR 3131 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources (4.0 cr)
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FR 3218 - Measuring and Modeling Forests (3.0 cr)
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FR 3262 - Remote Sensing of Natural Resources and Environment (4.0 cr)
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Management of Vegetation, Wildlife, Water and Soil Resources
Take 0 or more credit(s) from the following:
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ESPM 3703 - Agroforestry in Watershed Management (3.0 cr)
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ENT 4251 - Forest and Shade Tree Entomology (3.0 cr)
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FR 3501 - Arboriculture: Selection and Maintenance of Trees (3.0 cr)
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FR 3114 - Hydrology and Watershed Management (3.0 cr)
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FR 3431 - Timber Harvesting and Road Planning (2.0 cr)
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FR 5142 - Tropical Forest Ecology, ENVT (3.0 cr)
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FR 5413 - Managing Forest Ecosystems: Silviculture Lab (1.0 cr)
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PLPA 3003 - Diseases of Forest and Shade Trees (3.0 cr)
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Cloquet Forestry Session
Take all of the following in the same term:
FR 2101 - Identifying Forest Plants (1.0 cr)
FR 2102 - Northern Forests: Field Ecology (2.0 cr)
FR 2104 - Measuring Forest Resources (1.0 cr)
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