2019-2020 Forestry CurriculumDepartment of Natural Resource Ecology and Management

REQUIRED COURSES (21 credits)A ECL 365 4cr Vertebrate BiologyA ECL 366 3cr Natural History of Iowa VertebratesBIOL 366 4cr Plant SystematicsENT 370 3cr Insect BiologyFOR 452 3cr Ecosystem ManagementNREM 303 1cr Internship in Interpretation NREM 330 3cr Principles of Interpretation

OPTION ELECTIVESEarth Sciences (3 credits)AGRON 206 3cr Introduction to Weather & ClimateASTRO 120 3cr The Sky and the Solar SystemGEOL 100 3-4cr The EarthGEOL 101 3cr Environmental GeologyGEOL 108 3cr Introduction to OceanographyBotany (3 credits minimum)BIOL 474 3cr Plant EcologyFOR 356 3cr DendrologyPolicy Elective (3 credits minimum)NREM 385 3cr Natural Resource PolicyNREM 460 3cr Controversies in Natural Resources

THIRD YEARSemester 1 Semester 2

A ECL 365 4 FOR 302 4ENT 370 3 FOR 451 4Earth Sci. Elective 3 NREM 330 3Int. P. Elective 3 A ECL 366 3Free Elective 3 Free Elective 3

16 credits 17 credits

FOURTH YEARSemester 1 Semester 2

FOR 452 3 FOR 454 3NREM 303 1 Policy Elective 3Botany Elective 3 BIOL 366 4Adv. Com. Elective 3 Ethics Elective 3Free Elective 6 Free Elective 3

16 credits 16 credits

Interpretation of Natural Resources30 Total Credits