Courses Overview

5 credits

This course explores the concepts of plant ecology and conservation as applied to the management of forest environments to achieve specific goals. Field skills from the previous year are applied to gather measurements, to evaluate the data, to develop plans and to write up the necessary reports.

3 lecture hours and 4 lab hours per week.

Prerequisites: Plant Science, Dendrology, Environmental Conservation, Mathmematical Applications, Maps & Aerial Photo Interpretation, Basic Computers.

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5 credits

In Forest Inventory, the student uses the skills learned in Forest Measurements, Maps and Aerial Photo Interpretation and NR Trig Apps. to design appropriate forest sampling schemes, including fixed radius plot, variable plot, 3-P and other inventory styles.

2 lecture hours and 6 field hours per week

Prerequisites: Trigonometric Applications to Natural Resources, Forest Measurements.

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5 credits

A basic course in GPS mapping using both recreational and mapping grade receivers. Planning, static and kinematic surveys, differential corrections, displaying maps on GIS, navigation and applications of coordinate geometry to locating points in the field are the main topics.

1 lecture hour and 4 lab hours per week.
Prerequisites: Map& Aerial Photo Interpretation, Trigonometric Applications to Natural Resources.

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5 credits

A general overview of some specific mathematical concepts as they are applied to the natural resources including descriptive statistics, graphing, table interpolation,logarithms, geometry of planes and solids and trigonometry. This course introduces specific terminology, concepts and applications to prepare students for Maps& Aerial Photo Interpretation, Forest Inventory, Surveying, Fisheries, GPS and Forest measurements.

5 lecture hours per week.
Prerequisites: Natural Resources Mathematical Applications or equivalent (basic algebra)

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5 credits

The basic techniques in reading, interpreting and using maps and aerial photos in the field are learned and practiced. Tpoics include scale; measuring distances, area, slope and elevation;coordinate systems; interpreting photo images and using maps and photos for planning and for field navigation.

2 lecture hours and 4 lab hours per week.

Prerequisites: Natural Resources Mathematical Applications

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5 credits

The techniques of measuring and evaluating surveying data as well as mapping from differential leveling and from open and closed traverses are practiced. Navigating in the field with hand compass and pace is also practiced.

2 lecture hours and 4 lab hours per week.

Prerequisites: Natural Resources Trigonometric Applications

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