Forestry

FOR 425 - Field Dendrology
Credits: 4.00
Students will study forest trees in natural communities and urban settings. Identification and nomenclature of important North American trees and shrubs will be emphasized. Environmental factors influencing tree growth, combined with study of disturbance history, will provide the context for understanding why tree species grow where they do. Students will be introduced to the major forest regions of North America. Restricted to NR majors; others by permission. Special fee.

FOR 426 - Wood Science and Technology
Credits: 4.00
Wood microstructure and identification: physical, chemical, and mechanical properties; characteristics of wood including those produced by growth and form (i.e., knots, cross-grain) and those produced by degradation (i.e., stain, decay); log and lumber processing and quality evaluation; preparation of wood for use, including drying, gluing, and protection against degradation. Special fee. Lab.

FOR 500 - Work Experience
Credits:
Work in forestry or closely related field; must be performed under professional supervision or approved by natural resources faculty. Students are responsible for arranging their own experience. (Forestry majors only.) May be repeated. Credit/Fail.

FOR 502 - The Endangered Forests
Credits: 4.00
Discussion of the two major international problems in forestry: dying of forests due to air pollution in developed countries; and loss of forests due to clearing and heavy cutting in tropical countries; the value of forests and their importance to people. Guest speakers and field trip. Special fee. lab. Writing Intensive.

FOR 506 - Forest Entomology
Credits: 4.00
Especially for forest majors. Structure, development, classification, and control of representative forest insects. Insect collection required. Special fee. Lab. Writing Intensive.

FOR 527 - Forest Ecology
Credits: 4.00
An introduction to basic and applied ecology of forests, with emphasis on ecosystems processes, including water, energy and nutrient cycles; biological interactions, including biodiversity and plant-plant, plant-animal, and plant-microbe relationships; and human impacts, including forest management, land-use/land cover-change, and changes in atmospheric chemistry. Prereq: PBIO 412 or BIOL 411; and FOR 425. (Open only to EC, FOR, PBIO, SOIL, WARM, and WILD majors.) Special fee. Lab.

FOR 542 - Forestland Measurement and Mapping
Credits: 2.00
Elementary measuring equipment and techniques; preparation of maps; public land survey; court-house deed search. Two-week field session following spring semester. (FOR, WARM, and WILD majors only.) Special fee.

FOR 544 - Forest Biometrics
Credits: 3.00
Sampling techniques basic to forest inventory, regression estimation used in deriving volume equations and predicting forest growth and yield. Field labs include plot and point sampling. Analyses made using microcomputers. Special fee. Lab.

FOR 629 - Silviculture
Credits: 3.00
Application of ecological knowledge to the control, establishment, composition, and growth of forest stands for economic purposes. Prereq: FOR 425 and 527. Special fee. Lab.

FOR 630 - Forest Harvesting and Silviculture
Credits: 2.00
Harvesting and silvicultural practices. Prereq: FOR 629 or permission. Limited enrollment. Credit/Fail. (Not offered every year.)

FOR 643 - Economics of Forestry
Credits: 4.00
Intermediate-level analyses of supply and demand for forest-based goods and services, managerial economics, taxation, capital investments. Prereq: EREC 411 or ECON 402.

FOR 652 - Forest Resources Assessment
Credits: 2.00
Aerial photo type mapping and forest resources inventory: type identification and delineation, map construction, cruise design, and forest resources inventory. Two-week field session following the spring semester. (NR majors, others by permission.) Prereq: FOR 527 and 544. Special fee.

FOR 660 - Forest Fire Protection
Credits: 2.00
Forest fire prevention, behavior, and effective control; weather phenomena; other aspects of forest damage; fire effects and use. Prereq: FOR 527 or 629; SOIL 501. Special fee. Lab.

FOR 722 - Advanced Silviculture
Credits: 3.00
Intensive silviculture of forest stands. Regeneration (e.g., alternative regeneration methods and site preparation); stand management (e.g., thinning schedules, and fertilization). Prereq: FOR 629 or equivalent; permission. Special fee. (Not offered every year.)

FOR 725 - Ecology and Management of Tropical Forests
Credits: 4.00
An introduction to basic and applied ecology in tropical forest environments, with emphasis on biological diversity, successional dynamics, nutrient cycling, climate change and human impacts and interactions. Short papers based on assigned readings and an independent research project are required. Prereq: FOR 527 or BIOL 541. Writing Intensive.

FOR 734 - Forest Protection Seminar
Credits: 3.00
Discussion and special problems based on principles and techniques of forest protection. Prereq: permission. (Not offered every year.)

FOR 745 - Forest Management
Credits: 4.00
Forest land ownership; management objectives; forest inventory regulation and policy; forest administration; professional responsibilities and opurtunities. Prereq: completion of junior year in forestry curriculum. Special fee. Lab.

FOR 754 - Wood Products Manufacture and Marketing
Credits: 4.00
Wood products from harvesting and procurement of raw materials to finished product processes, management decisions, marketing, and promotion problems. Case-study approach backed up by weekly all-day field trips to wood products manufacturing plants in the region. Prereq: FOR 426 or permission. Special fee. Lab. (Not offered every year.)

FOR 755 - Regional Silviculture and Forest Management
Credits: 2.00
Extended field trip to another forest region. Prereq: senior standing; FOR 745;/or permission. Limited enrollment. Credit/Fail. (Not offered every year.)

FOR 799 - Honors/Senior Thesis
Credits: 4.00
Students design and conduct individual research projects under the direction of an honors thesis committee. The research should address a real issue in forestry related to students' interests. The resulting written thesis is defended in an oral presentation to committee members. Open to Forestry majors and is required for Honors in major. Restricted to seniors. Two semester sequence; grade of IA (continuous grading) given at end of first semester. Prereq: permission. Writing Intensive.