Sample Forestry Curriculum with Wildlife Minor
Sample Forestry Curriculum with Wildlife Biology and Management Minor
Freshman
Year 1 Fall
- FOR 100 Forests and Forestry (3 credit hours)
- FOR 285 Communication & Prof. Dev. in For. & N.R. I (1 credit hour)
- MA 109 College Algebra (Quantitative Foundations) (3 credit hours)
- Citizenship - U.S. (AFE 100 Issues in Ag., Food & Env.) (3 credit hours)
- CIS/WRD 110 (Composition and Communication) (3 credit hours)
- Humanities (3 credit hours)
Forestry Credit Hours: 4
Total Credit Hours: 16
Year 1 Spring
- FOR 255 Forest Fire (1 credit hour)
- BIO 148 Introductory Biology I (3 credit hours)
- CHE 104 or CHE 105 (4 credit hours)
- FOR 101 Intro to Wildlife Conservation (3 credit hours)
- CIS/WRD 111 (Composition and Communication) (3 credit hours)
Forestry Credit Hours: 1
Total Credit Hours: 14
Sophomore
Year 2 Fall
- FOR 200 Basics of Geospatial Technology (3 credit hours)
- FOR 219 Dendrology (4 credit hours)
- FOR 250 Statistics and Measurements (Stat. Inferential Reasoning) (4 credit hours)
- FOR 245 Tree Biology (2 credit hours)
- FOR 320 Forest Valuation & Economics (3 credit hours)
Forestry Credit Hours: 16
Total Credit Hours: 16
Year 2 Spring
- FOR 310 Intro to Forest Health and Protection (3 credit hours)
- FOR 330 GIS and Spatial Analysis (3 credit hours)
- PLS 366 Fundamentals of Soil Science (4 credit hours)
- Social Sciences (3 credit hours)
- Arts and Creativity (3 credit hours)
Forestry Credit Hours: 10
Total Credit Hours: 16
Junior
Year 3 Fall
- FOR 260 Forest Products & Wood Sci. (2nd half of semester) (1 credit hour)
- FOR 340 Forest Ecology (3 credit hours)
- FOR 350 Silviculture (4 credit hours)
- FOR 370 Wildlife Biology and Management (4 credit hours)
- FOR 460 Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management (3 credit hours)
Forestry Credit Hours: 15
Total Credit Hours: 15
Year 3 Spring
- FOR 221 Winter Dendrology (1 credit hour)
- FOR 286 Communication & Professional Dev. in For. & N.R. II (1 credit hour)
- FOR 356 Forest Soils and Hydrology (1 credit hour)
- FOR 357 Inventory and Measurements (2 credit hours)
- FOR 358 Silvicultural Practices (3 credit hours)
- FOR 359 Forest Operations (2 credit hours)
- FOR 360 Forest Products Utilization (2 credit hours)
- FOR 365 Wildlife Assessment (2 credit hours)
Forestry Credit Hours: 14
Total Credit Hours: 14
Senior
Year 4 Fall
- FOR 400 Human Dimensions of Forestry & Nat. Resources (Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement) (3 credit hours)
- FOR 502 Forest Entomology (3 credit hours)
- FOR 425 Forest Management (4 credit hours)
- FOR 520 Mammals of Eastern US (option) (4 credit hours)
- Minor Elective FOR 570 (option) (3 credit hours)
Forestry Credit Hours: 10
Total Credit Hours: 17
Year 4 Spring
- FOR 435 Conservation Biology (Global Dynamics) (3 credit hours)
- FOR 440 Forest Policy and Law (3 credit hours)
- FOR 480 Integrated Forest Resource Management (Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement) 5 credit hours)
- FOR 510 Herpetology (option) (4 credit hours)
- FOR 515 Bird Ecology and Management (option) (4 credit hours)
Forestry Credit Hours: 11
Total Credit Hours: 19
Questions?
For questions or additional information on the undergraduate forestry program, contact Laura Robinson, Forestry Academic Coordinator at 859-257-8718 or L.Robinson@uky.edu. Also, email Laura if you would like to arrange an in-person visit or a Zoom meeting. Let us know how we can help!
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