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 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 652 Wood: Structure and Function |
Brodersen | |||
| ENV 671 Dendrology: Woody plant Taxonomy & Identification |
Duguid W 1:00-5:00 |
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| ENV 679 Plant Ecophysiology |
Brodersen Tu 1:00-3:50 |
b. Forest Ecology, Forest Dynamics
| Course | Fall 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 660 Forest Dynamics |
Duguid Tu,Th 10:30-11:50 |
c. Ecosystem and Community Ecology
| Course | Fall 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 717 Tropical Field Ecology |
Comita | |||
| ENV 723 Wetlands Ecology, Conservation & Management |
Freidenburg Tu,Th 9:00-10:15 |
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| ENV 752 Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Forests |
Comita M,W 10:30-11:50 |
d. Forest Health/Restoration
| Course | Fall 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 650 Fire Ecology and Management of the US West |
Faculty Tentative |
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| ENV 677 Ecological Restoration |
Duguid | |||
| ENV 683 Seminar in Tropical Forest Restoration |
Ashton |
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 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 709 Lectures, Discussions and Applications of Soil Science |
Bradford W 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 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 712 Water Management |
Anisfeld |
c. Biometeorology and Climate
| Course | Fall 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 594 Global Carbon Cycle |
Denning M,W 9:00-10:20 |
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| ENV 630 The Physical Science of Climate Change |
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 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 685 Engaging Landholders and Communities in Conserving and Restoring Tropical Forest Landscapes |
Garen Tentative |
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| ENV 742 Fundamentals of Working with People |
DeCew | |||
| ENV 759 Power, Knowledge, and the Environment: Social Science |
Dove M 1:00-3:50 |
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| ENV 764 American Cosmologies |
Farrell Th 9:00-11:50 |
b. Policy Science and Law
| Course | Fall 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 760 Conservation in Practice: An International Perspective |
Vedder | |||
| ENV 775 Federal Indian Law |
Faculty | |||
| ENV 821 Environmental Policymaking: From Local to Global |
Sanford M,W 1:00-2:20 |
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| ENV 824 Environmental Law and Policy |
Klee |
B. Frameworks and Skills
One course from each category1. Economics
One course.| Course | Fall 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 795 Nature as Capital: Merging Ecological and Economic Models |
Fenichel |
2. Silviculture
One course.| Course | Fall 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 659 The Practice of Silviculture: Principles in Applied Forest Ecology (Friday field trips) |
Ashton |
3. Measurement
One course.| Course | Fall 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 751 Sampling Methodology and Practice |
Reuning-Scherer | |||
| ENV 758 Multivariate Data Analysis in the Environmental Sciences |
Reuning-Scherer |
4. GIS
One course strongly recommended.| Course | Fall 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 726 Observing Earth from Space |
Lee | |||
| ENV 755 Modeling Geographic Space |
Kelly | |||
| ENV 756 Modeling Geographic Objects |
Kelly Th 1:00-3:50 |
C. Synthesis and Analysis
One course from each category1. Management of Forest Resources
One course.| Course | Fall 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 688 Forest Management and Operations |
Orefice | |||
| ENV 954 Management Plans for Protected Areas (includes Friday and Saturday Field trips) |
Ashton M,W 1:00-2:20 |
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 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 573 Urban Ecology for Local and Regional Decision Making |
Grove W 1:00-3:50 |
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| ENV 760 Conservation in Practice: An International Perspective |
Vedder | |||
| ENV 767 Tools for Conservation Project Design & Management |
Vedder | |||
| ENV 956 Strategies for Land Conservation |
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 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 626 Writing for Publication in the Natural Sciences |
Queenborough | |||
| ENV 955 Seminar in Research Analysis, Writing and Communication in Forest Ecology |
Ashton W 4:00-6:50 |
Ashton |
E. Field Trips
One week-long field trip.| Course | Fall 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall | Spring |
| ENV 668 Field Trips in Forest Resource Management and Silviculture |
Ashton Tentative |
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| ENV 670 Southern Forest and Forestry Field Trip |
Faculty Tentative |
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ENV 005 Forest Apprenticeship |
Western Forests | Southern Forests |
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