Curriculum

Refer to the CSU catalog for course descriptions and prerequisites.

Course Overrides
 
For any regular course (those with a set number of credits and a listed instructor), please request an override from the person teaching the course.

For non-regular courses (those with variable credits) please complete the Variable Credit Override Form  and return to the Forest and Rangeland Stewardship main office in Forestry room 123.

Forestry undergraduate students are required to attend a one-week session (F230) at Pingree Park that covers material specific to forestry. In addition, undergraduate students with majors in fishery biology, natural resource management, rangeland ecology, and wildlife biology are required to attend a four-week summer session (NR220) at Pingree Park, typically in the summer between their Sophomore and Junior years.
Forestry Courses
 Course/Syllabus  Title Instructor(s)
 F 230  Forest Field Measurements  Rocky Coleman
 F 310  Forest & Rangeland Ecogeography  Rocky Coleman & Sonya Le Febre
 F 311  Forest Ecology  Dan Binkley
 F 312  Dendrology  Rocky Coleman
 F 321  Forest Biometry  Robin Reich
 F 322  Economics of the Forest Environment  Douglas Rideout
 F 324  Fire Effects and Adaptations  Bill Romme
 F 325  Silviculture  Yvette Dickinson
 F 330  Timber Harvesting and the Environment  Kurt Mackes
 F 421  Forest Stand Management  Fredrick 'Skip' Smith, Yu Wei & Wayne Shepperd
 F 422  Quantitative Methods in Forest  Management  Yu Wei
 F 424  Wildland Fire Behavior & Management  Chad Hoffman
 F 425  Advanced Wildland Fire Management  Chad Hoffman
 F 430  Forestry Field Practices  Kurt Mackes & Jamie Dahl
 F 487  Professional Forestry Internship  All department faculty
 F 495  Independent Study  All department faculty
 F 524  Forest Fire Meteorology and Behavior  Monique Rocca
 F 525  Silvicultural Practices  Yvette Dickinson & Sarah Bisbing
 F 580A2  Sustainable Use of Forest Resources in the West  Kurt Mackes
 F 580A3  Principles of Wood Utilization for Foresters  Kurt Mackes
 F 624  Fire Ecology  Bill Romme
 F 693  Forest & Rangeland Stewardship Seminar  Sonya Le Febre
 F 695  Independent Study  All department faculty
 F 698  Master's Research  All department faculty
 F 699  Thesis  All department faculty
 F 721  Forest Policy  Tony Cheng
 F 798  Ph.D. Research  All department faculty
 F 799  Dissertation  All department faculty

 

Natural Resources Courses   (only the NR courses taught by FRS faculty)
 Course/Syllabus  Title   Instructor(s)
 NR 130  Global Environmental Systems  Erin Berryman
 NR 150  Oceanography  Ursula Quillmann
 NR 220  Natural Resource Ecology and Measurements  Rocky Coleman
 NR 319  Geospatial Applications in Natural Resources  Rocky Coleman 
 NR 320  Natural Resource History and Policy  Courtney Schultz
 NR 322  Introduction to Geographic Information Systems  Randall Boone
 NR 326  Forest Vegetation Management  Yvette Dickinson
 NR 400  Public Relations in Natural Resources  Katherine Trimm
 NR 420  Integrated Ecosystem Management  Rick Knight 
 NR 421  Natural Resource Sampling  Robin Reich
 NR 422  GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management  Yu Wei
 NR 423  Applications of Global Positioning Systems  Rocky Coleman
 NR 425  Natural Resource Policy & Sustainability  Courtney Schultz
 NR 444  Fire Economics & Policy  Doug Rideout
 NR 479  Restoration Case Studies  Tony Cheng & Mark Paschke
 NR 493  Seminar-GIS & Remote Sensing Applications  
 NR 512  Spatial Statistical Modeling-Natural Resources    Robin Reich
 NR 520  Applied Optimization in Resource Management  Yu Wei
 NR 523  Quantitative Spatial Analysis  Robin Reich
 NR 578  Ecology of Disturbed Lands  Mark Paschke
 NR 621  Design of Geographic Information Systems  
 NR 622  Analysis of Environmental Impacts  Tony Cheng & Courtney Schultz
 NR 625  Community-Based Natural Resource Management  Maria Fernandez-Gimenez
 NR 678  Advanced Ecological Restoration  Mark Paschke
 NR 693  Natural Resources Stewardship Seminar  Sonya Le Febre

 

Range Courses
Course/Syllabus  Title  Instructor(s)
 RS 300  Rangeland Conservation and Stewardship  Paul Meiman                 
 RS 310  Forest and Rangeland Ecogeography  Rocky Coleman & Sonya Le Febre
 RS 312  Rangeland Plant Identification Lab  Rocky Coleman, Christine Bern & Nancy Hastings
 RS 329  Rangeland Assessment  Casey Matney & Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez
 RS 351  Wildland Ecosystems in a Changing World       Cameron Aldridge
 RS 432  Rangeland Measurements and Monitoring  Maria Fernandez-Gimenez
 RS 452  Rangeland Herbivore Ecology and Management  Paul Meiman
 RS 478  Restoration Ecology  Mark Paschke
 RS 495  Independent Study  All department faculty
 RS 496  Group Study  All department faculty
 RS 500  Advanced Rangeland Management  Larry Rittenhouse
 RS 531  World Grassland Ecogeography  Bob Woodmansee
 RS 532  Range Ecosystem Sampling  Maria Fernandez-Gimenez
 RS 552  Range Animal Production and Management  Larry Rittenhouse
 RS 565  Riparian Ecology and Management  Paul Meiman
 RS 693  Forest & Rangeland Stewardship Seminar  Sonya Le Febre
 RS 695  Independent Study  All department faculty
 RS 696  Group Study  All department faculty
 RS 698  Research  All department faculty
 RS 699  Thesis  All department faculty
 RS 795  Independent Study  All department faculty
 RS 798  Research  All department faculty
 RS 799  Dissertation  All department faculty

 

Other courses taught by FRS faculty
Course/Syllabus Title Instructor
 ANTH 415  Indigenous Ecologies and the Modern World  Sonya Le Febre
 BSPM 365  Integrated Tree Health Management  William Jacobi
 IU 193  Exploring Careers in Forest Resources  Jamie Dahl
 WR 304  Principles of Watershed Management  John Stednick
 
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