MFR Restricted Elective Courses

Highly recommended courses are denoted with an asterisk below. All courses listed in each area are approved for that area.  NOTE: Some listed courses require a petition to be submitted, and approved, to count towards degree. 

Ecology and Biology (9 credits minimum required)

  • SEFS 501 Forest Ecosystems – Community Ecology* (5 cr)
  • SEFS 507 Soils and Land Use Problems* (4 cr)
  • SEFS 514 Advanced Forest Soil Fertility and Chemistry (4 cr)
  • SEFS 535 Fire Ecology (4 cr)
  • SEFS 541 Advanced Landscape Ecology (5 cr)
  • ESRM 410 Forest Soils and Site Productivity (5 cr)
  • ESRM 441 Landscape Ecology (5 cr)
  • ESRM 450 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (5 cr)
  • ESRM 478 Plant Ecophysiology (5 cr)
  • SEFS 506 Terrestrial Invasion Ecology (5 cr) – REQUIRES PETITION
  • SEFS 510 Fundamentals of Plant-Soil Interactions (3 cr) – REQUIRES PETITION
  • SEFS 530 Introduction to Restoration Ecology (5 cr) – REQUIRES PETITION

Measurement of Forest Resources (10 credits minimum required)

  • SEFS 520 Geographic Information Systems in Forest Resources* (5 cr)
  • Q SCI 482 Statistical Inference in Applied Research* (5 cr)
  • SEFS 564 Advanced Forest Biometry (3 cr or 5 cr)
  • QSCI 480 Sampling Theory for Biologists (3 cr)
  • QSCI 483 Statistical Inference in Applied Research II (5 cr)
  • QSCI 486 Experimental Design (4 cr)
  • ESRM 430 Remote Sensing of the Environment
  • SEFS 508 Plant Process and Systems Modeling (3 cr) – REQUIRES PETITION
  • SEFS 532 Advanced Remote Sensing and Earth Observation (4 cr) – REQUIRES PETITION

Management of Forest Resources (10 credits minimum required)

  • SEFS 540 Optimization Techniques for Natural Resources* (5 cr)
  • ESRM 468 Forest Operations* (5 cr)
  • SEFS 525 Wildland Hydrology (4 cr)
  • ESRM 403 Forest and Economic Development in the Developing World (4 cr)
  • ESRM 420 Wildland Fire Management (5 cr)
  • ESRM 426 Wildland Hydrology (4 cr)
  • ESRM 428 Principles of Silviculture and Their Application (5 cr)

Forest Resource Policy, Economics, and Administration (7 credits minimum required)

  • ESRM 461 Forest Management and Economics* (5 cr)
  • ESRM 465 Economics of Conservation* (3 cr)
  • ESRM 470 Natural Resource Policy and Planning* (5 cr)
  • ESRM 400 Natural Resource Conflict Management (3 cr)
  • ESRM 423 International Trade, Marketing and the Environment (3 cr)
  • ESRM 403: Forest and Economic Development in the Developing World (4 cr) – REQUIRES PETITION
  • SEFS 590 Forestry & Environmental Consulting (2 cr) – REQUIRES PETITION

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