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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Forest Resources B.S.
Sub-plan: Urban & Community Forestry
Sample Plan: Urban and Community Forestry
Total Credits: 120.0
The sample plan below shows you one of several possible ways to complete this degree. Your academic plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements, if you have multiple course options to choose from in your major, or if courses don't fit your schedule in a given term. Use Graduation Planner to make your customized plan, and work with your academic adviser to ensure that you are on track to graduate on time.
Year 1 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
CHEM 1015 - Introductory Chemistry: Lecture : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1017 - Introductory Chemistry: Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
FNRM 1001 - Orientation and Information Systems : 1.0 cr
FNRM 1101 - Dendrology: Identifying Forest Trees and Shrubs : 3.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives, Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
MATH 1151 - Precalculus II : 3.0 cr : MATH
BIOL 1001 - Introductory Biology: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives : 4.0 cr : BIOL
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities, Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
SOIL 2125 - Basic Soil Science : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV
HORT 1015 - Plant Families for Plant People : 4.0 cr
URBS 1001W - Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life : 3.0 cr : WI
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking : 3.0 cr : CIV
PMB 2022 - General Botany : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3241W - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy : 3.0 cr : SOCS, CIV, WI
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Summer Semester: 4.0 cr
FNRM 2101 - Identifying Forest Plants : 1.0 cr
FNRM 2102 - Northern Forests Field Ecology : 2.0 cr
FNRM 2104 - Measuring Forest Resources : 1.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
ESPM 3012 - Statistical Methods for Environmental Scientists and Managers : 4.0 cr : MATH
FNRM 3104 - Forest Ecology : 4.0 cr
ENT 4251 - Forest and Shade Tree Entomology : 3.0 cr
FNRM 3114 - Hydrology and Watershed Management : 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
FNRM 3411 - Managing Forest Ecosystems: Silviculture : 3.0 cr
FNRM 3501 - Arboriculture: Selection and Maintenance of Trees : 3.0 cr
PLPA 3003 - Diseases of Forest and Shade Trees : 3.0 cr
PMB 3002 - Plant Biology: Function : 2.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
ESPM 3261 - Economics and Natural Resources Management : 4.0 cr : SOCS, ENV
FNRM 3131 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources : 4.0 cr : TS
HORT 4141W - Scheduling Crops for Protected Environments : 4.0 cr : WI
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
FNRM 4232W - Managing Recreational Lands : 4.0 cr : WI
FNRM 4501 - Urban Forest Management: Managing Greenspaces for People : 3.0 cr
FNRM 3218 - Measuring and Modeling Forests : 3.0 cr
Elective :6.0 cr