MF Curriculum Courses
Students are required to choose courses from the lists in each category, as indicated in the program outline below The capstone course is a requirement.
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Program Courses
A. Basic Knowledge
1. Biological Sciences
Three courses from three different topic areas. Substitutions for individual courses are allowed, but must be approved.a. Tree Physiology, Morphology, and Taxonomy
| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 652 Wood: Structure and Function |
Brodersen | |||
| ENV 654 Structure, Function, and Development of Trees |
Berlyn Tu,Th 4:00-6:50 |
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| ENV 671 Temperate Woody Plant Taxonomy and Dendrology |
Duguid Th 1:00-5:00 |
Duguid | ||
| ENV 679 Plant Ecophysiology |
Brodersen M 9:00-11:50 |
Brodersen | ||
| ENV 731 Tropical Field Botany |
Michelangeli |
b. Forest Ecology, Forest Dynamics
| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 660 Forest Dynamics |
Duguid Tu,Th 10:30-11:50 |
Duguid | ||
| ENV 752 Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Forests |
Harris |
c. Ecosystem and Community Ecology
| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 602 Ecosystems and Landscapes |
Bradford M,W 9:00-10:20 |
Faculty | ||
| ENV 717 Tropical Field Ecology |
Comita W 10:30-11:50 |
Comita | ||
| ENV 723 Wetlands Ecology, Conservation & Management |
Freidenburg M,W 1:00-2:15 |
Freidenburg |
d. Forest Health/Restoration
| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 650 Fire Ecology and Management of the US West |
Faculty | |||
| ENV 674 Forest Ecosystem Health and Stability in a Changing Climate |
Trotter III M,W 4:00-5:20 |
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| ENV 677 Ecological Restoration |
Duguid Tu,Th 10:30-11:50 |
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| ENV 683 Seminar in Tropical Forest Restoration |
Ashton M,W 1:00-2:20 |
Ashton Tentative |
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| ENV 694 Invasive Species: Ecology, Policy, and Management |
Duguid |
2. Physical Sciences
Two courses from two different topic areas. Substitutions for individual courses are allowed, but must be approved.a. Soils and Geology
| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 709 Lectures, Discussions and Applications of Soil Science |
Bradford Th 9:00-11:50 |
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EPS 110 Dynamic Earth |
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EPS 342a
An introduction to earth and environmental physics
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b. Hydrology
| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 712 Water Management |
Anisfeld Tu,Th 1:00-2:20 |
Anisfeld |
c. Biometeorology and Climate
| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 630 The Physical Science of Climate Change |
Raymond Tu,Th 10:30-11:50 |
Raymond |
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EPS 101 Climate Change |
3. Social Sciences
Two courses, one from each topic area. Substitutions for individual courses are allowed, but must be approved.a. Social and Political Ecology & Anthropology
| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 618 Anthropology of Smallholder Agriculture in Developing Countries |
Carpenter W 1:00-3:50 |
Carpenter | ||
| ENV 685 Engaging Landholders and Communities in Conserving and Restoring Tropical Forest Landscapes |
Garen M,W 10:30-11:50 |
Garen Tentative |
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| ENV 742 Fundamentals of Working with People |
DeCew Tu,Th 8:30-9:50 |
DeCew | ||
| ENV 759 Power, Knowledge, and the Environment: Social Science |
Dove M 1:00-3:50 |
Dove | ||
| ENV 764 Sociology of Sacred Values: Modernity, Ecology, and Policy |
Farrell | |||
| ENV 839 Power in Conservation |
Carpenter W 1:00-3:50 |
Carpenter |
b. Policy Science and Law
| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 642 Environmental Justice/Climate Justice |
Torres M,W 10:30-11:50 |
Torres | ||
| ENV 760 Conservation in Practice: An International Perspective |
Vedder Tu,Th 5:30-6:50 |
Vedder | ||
| ENV 775 Federal Indian Law |
Torres M,W 1:35-3:00 |
Torres Tentative |
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| ENV 820 Land Use Law and Environmental Planning |
Shansky M,W 4:00-5:20 |
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| ENV 821 Environmental Policymaking: From Local to Global |
Sanford M,W 2:30-3:50 |
Sanford | ||
| ENV 824 Environmental Law and Policy |
Klee M,W 1:00-2:20 |
Klee |
B. Frameworks and Skills
One course from each category1. Economics
One course.| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 684 Forest Finance |
Spalding M,W 6:00-7:20 |
Spalding Tentative |
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| ENV 795 Nature as Capital: Merging Ecological and Economic Models |
Fenichel |
2. Silviculture
One course.| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 659 The Practice of Silviculture: Principles in Applied Forest Ecology (Friday field trips) |
Ashton M,W 8:30-10:20 |
Ashton |
3. Measurement
One course.| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 728 Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis in the Environmental Sciences |
Reuning-Scherer Tu,Th 2:30-3:50 |
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| ENV 751 Sampling Methodology and Practice |
Gregoire M,W 10:30-11:50 |
Gregoire | ||
| ENV 753 Regression Modeling of Ecological and Environmental Data |
Gregoire M,W 10:30-11:50 |
Gregoire | ||
| ENV 758 Multivariate Data Analysis in the Environmental Sciences |
Reuning-Scherer Tu,Th 1:00-2:15 |
Reuning-Scherer | ||
| ENV 781 Applied Spatial Statistics |
Gregoire Tu,Th 10:30-11:50 |
Gregoire |
4. GIS
One course strongly recommended.| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 726 Observing Earth from Space |
Lee Tu,Th 9:00-10:15 |
Lee | ||
| ENV 755 Modeling Geographic Space |
Tomlin Th 1:00-3:50 |
Tomlin | ||
| ENV 756 Modeling Geographic Objects |
Tomlin Th 1:00-3:50 |
Tomlin |
C. Synthesis and Analysis
One course from each category1. Management of Forest Resources
One course.| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 688 Forest Management and Operations |
Orefice M,W 2:30-3:50 |
Orefice | ||
| ENV 954 Management Plans for Protected Areas (includes Friday and Saturday Field trips) |
Kuebbing Tu 1:00-3:50 |
Ashton |
2. Professional Skills - Concentration Area
Students can take three electives or more (if they can qualify out of bin requirements from prior coursework) — electives are up to the student but encouragement is given to focus on a concentration area of the students own design. The examples of courses given online are just that — they tend to be ones taken by students as electives.| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 573 Urban Ecology for Local and Regional Decision Making |
Grove W 1:00-3:50 |
Grove | ||
| ENV 760 Conservation in Practice: An International Perspective |
Vedder Tu,Th 5:30-6:50 |
Vedder | ||
| ENV 767 Tools for Conservation Project Design & Management |
Vedder M,W 2:30-3:50 |
Vedder | ||
| ENV 817 Urban, Suburban, and Regional Planning Practice |
Kooris Tu 4:00-6:50 |
Kooris | ||
| ENV 956 Strategies for Land Conservation |
Gentry Tu 2:30-5:20 |
Gentry |
3. Professional Ethics
Required.| ENV 009 | Professional Ethics |
4. Workshops and Skill Modules
PSC Short CourseD. MF Capstone
The MF capstone course is a requirement.| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 955 Seminar in Research Analysis, Writing and Communication in Forest Ecology |
Ashton Tu 4:00-6:50 |
Ashton Th 4:00-6:50 |
Ashton | Ashton |
E. Field Trips
One week-long field trip.| Course | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ENV 668 Field Trips in Forest Resource Management and Silviculture |
Ashton Tentative |
Ashton Tentative |
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| ENV 670 Southern Forest and Forestry Field Trip |
Faculty Tentative |
Faculty Tentative |
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ENV 005 Forest Apprenticeship |
Western Forests | Southern Forests |
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