FOR 101 Michigan's Forests
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Ecological, social and economic roles of Michigan's forests in historic and contemporary context. Geographic similarities and differences in forest resources.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
FOR 110 Contemporary Issues in Forests and the Environment
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1
Description:
Role of forests in environmental quality and human well-being.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 111 Field Explorations of Urban and Community Forestry
Semester:
Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students.
Description:
Introduction to urban and community forestry, including networking, equipment operations, and tree identification. One week summer course.
Effective Dates:
US22 - Open
FOR 112 Career Development in Urban and Community Forestry
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students.
Description:
Preparation for academic success and professional careers in urban and community forestry. Effective communication, problem solving, and time management.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 113 Urban Tree Care Equipment and Worker Safety
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2 Lab Hours: 4
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students and open to undergraduate students in the Forestry Major.
Description:
Equipment use, maintenance, and safety standards in the tree care industry.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 114 Introduction to Climbing and Aerial Tree Work
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lab Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students and open to undergraduate students in the Forestry Major.
Description:
Practices and techniques of tree climbing and aerial tree work.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 115 Field Exploration of Topics in Forest Technology
Semester:
Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students.
Description:
Introduction to forest technology careers and opportunities in Michigan.
Effective Dates:
US22 - Open
FOR 116 Career Development in Forest Technology
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students.
Description:
Preparation for academic success and professional careers in forest technology. Effective communication, problem solving, and time management.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 117 Natural Resources Equipment and Worker Safety
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lab Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students.
Description:
Introduction to the power equipment commonly used in the field of Natural Resources.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 120 Survey of Urban and Community Forestry
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students.
Description:
Introduction to core concepts related to urban and community forests.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 125 Methods of Engagement in Urban and Community Forestry
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
FOR 120 or approval of department
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students and open to undergraduate students in the Forestry Major.
Description:
Engaging with community members, stakeholders, and partners to share in decision making processes that benefit the urban community landscape.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 128 Practical Computing and Data Science Tools
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Description:
Foundational skills to work efficiently in a computing environment. Introduction to exploratory data analysis, spreadsheets, and R programming language.
Effective Dates:
SS23 - Open
FOR 130 Fundamentals of Forest Management Planning
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students.
Description:
Introductory course to emerging elements of forest technology and the forest management plan.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 135 Forest Issues and Policy
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students.
Description:
Ethical and legal issues, policy, and law from a scientific viewÂpoint, with emphasis on the environmental, ecological, social, and economic factors of a working forest.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 150 Foundations of Forestry Field Skills
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1
Restrictions:
Open to undergraduate students in the Department of Community Sustainability or in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife or in the Department of Forestry and open to students in the Lyman Briggs Fisheries and Wildlife Coordinate Major or in the Lyman Briggs Forestry Coordinate Major.
Description:
Introduction to the power equipment commonly used in the field of Forestry. The course will focus on safety, operation, and maintenance.
Effective Dates:
FS23 - Open
FOR 175 Tree Biology
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to undergraduate students in the Forestry Major or approval of department.
Description:
Introduction to the foundational biological principles in forest trees. Biological factors responsible for tree growth form and function.
Effective Dates:
SS24 - Open
FOR 202 Introduction to Forestry
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Historical development of forestry. Forest growth, protection, management, and products. Relationship of national and world economy and policy to forestry. Emphasis on multiple uses of forests.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
FOR 204 Forest Vegetation
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 3
Description:
Identification of common forest trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. Field trip required.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
FOR 212 Introduction to Sustainable Bioproducts
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Sustainable bioproducts derived from biomass, and their importance for sustainable societies.
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
FOR 215 Introduction to Wildland Fire
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2
Description:
Fundamental processes of wildland fire behavior and management consistent with the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) curriculum. Field trips required.
Effective Dates:
SS25 - Open
FOR 222 Forestry Field Methods
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 3
Description:
Basic field techniques including forest survey methods, tree and forest measurements, GPS land navigation and orienteering.
Effective Dates:
FS23 - Open
FOR 225 Urban Forestry Information Technology
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 4
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students.
Description:
Urban and community forestry data acquisition, data management and spatial analysis through a series of hands-on projects.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 235 Urban Tree Care Practicum
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 4
Prerequisite:
HRT 213 and FOR 113 and FOR 114
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students and open to undergraduate students in the Forestry Major.
Description:
Practice of skills associated with urban tree care work.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 240 Crew Leadership and Management in Arboriculture
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
Completion of a majority of the IAT Urban Forest Management courses or established background with working in the urban and community forestry industry.
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students and open to undergraduate students in the Forestry Major.
Description:
Aspects of crew leadership and communication in arboriculture.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 245 Capstone Experience in Urban and Community Forestry
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
FOR 125 and (FOR 225 or concurrently) and FOR 235
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students and open to undergraduate students in the Forestry Major.
Description:
Applications of urban forestry to improve green infrastructure for cities, towns and communities. Tree selection, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, landscape planning, values and perceptions.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 250 Introduction to Forest Ecology and Silviculture
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
FOR 204 and FOR 222
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students.
Description:
Biological principles and environmental factors governing the natural establishment, development, care, and harvesting of forest trees and stands. Field trips required.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 260 Applied Forest Management
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 4
Prerequisite:
FOR 130 and FOR 250
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students.
Description:
Hands on experience working with field data and databases, inventories, mapping, and drone technology to manage forest resources.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 265 Crew Leadership and Management in Forest Technology
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
FOR 260 or approval of department
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students.
Description:
Aspects of crew leadership in forest technology.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 270 Forest Business Operations
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
FOR 260 and (FOR 265 or concurrently) or approval of department
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students.
Description:
Basic human relations, business structures, and accounting practices used in forest management.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 275 Timber Harvest Planning and Systems
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 4
Prerequisite:
FOR 260 and (FOR 270 or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to agricultural technology students.
Description:
Preparation for, and administration of, timber harvest and sales.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 330 Human Dimensions of Forests
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(ISS 210 or ISS 215 or ISS 220 or ISS 225) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen.
Description:
Social factors underlying human decisions about and conflicts over forest resources. Societal and citizen values, knowledge and behavior with respect to forest resources. Forest governance, public participation, collaboration, conflict management and communication.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
FOR 335 Business Innovation Toward a Sustainable BioEconomy
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
FOR 212
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen.
Description:
Role of forest bioproducts in developing sustainable communities. Resource planning and availability for value added bioproducts. Bioproducts supply-chains analysis and principles of life cycle implementation.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 340 Forest Ecology
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
((CSS 210 or GEO 206) and completion of Tier I writing requirement) and (PLB 105 or BS 162 or LB 144 or FOR 175)
Recommended Background:
IBIO 355
Description:
Ecological interactions crucial to the sustainable management of forest ecosystems. Plant resources, species interactions, succession, biodiversity, productivity, nutrient and carbon cycling, ecosystem structure and function, exotic species, global environmental change.
Effective Dates:
FS25 - Open
FOR 340L Forest Ecology Laboratory
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2 Lab Hours: 6
Prerequisite:
FOR 340 or concurrently
Recommended Background:
IBIO 355
Description:
Field studies and data analysis of ecological processes central to the sustainable management of forest ecosystems. Field exercises cover primary production, community structure, soil resources, biodiversity, succession, nutrient cycling, critiques of primary literature. Pre-semester field camp required.
Effective Dates:
FS25 - Open
FOR 360 Forest Ecosystems, Carbon and Climate Change
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Forest ecosystem analysis and measurement, with a focus on policy and science of the global carbon cycle and climate change.
Effective Dates:
FS20 - Open
FOR 372 Ecological Monitoring and Data Analysis
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(MTH 103 or concurrently) and FOR 128
Description:
Design of ecological monitoring systems and analysis of resulting ecological data sets. Monitoring system design, model specification and implementation, and computational considerations from both a design- and model-based perspective. Hands-on introduction to statistical software.
Interdepartmental With:
Geography
Administered By:
Forestry
Effective Dates:
SS25 - Open
FOR 406 Applied Forest Ecology: Silviculture
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
((FOR 340 or concurrently) or (IBIO 355 or concurrently)) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen or sophomores.
Description:
Ecophysiology of tree growth and reproduction. Stand structure, composition and growth. Intermediate stand treatments. Natural and artificial reproduction. Silvicultural techniques.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 406L Applied Forest Ecology: Silviculture Laboratory
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lab Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(FOR 204 and FOR 222 and (FOR 406 or concurrently)) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen or sophomores.
Description:
Experiential learning about forest dynamics and their management. Field trips required.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
FOR 407 Diseases and Insects of Forest and Shade Trees
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(PLB 105 or BS 162 or LB 144) and Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement
Description:
Diseases, insects, and environmental problems affecting trees in forests, parks, suburbs, and nurseries. Methods of control.
Interdepartmental With:
Plant Pathology, Entomology, Plant Biology
Administered By:
Plant Pathology
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
FOR 411 Fire and Environmental Quality
Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(CSS 210) and (CEM 141 or LB 171 or CEM 181H)
Recommended Background:
BS 162 or BS 172 or BS 182H or PLB 105 or LB 144
Description:
The role of fire in cultivated and natural environments. Use of fire by humans. Combustion reactions, fire effects on soil health, and air and water quality, and impacts on human communities around the world. Local field trip required.
Interdepartmental With:
Crop and Soil Sciences
Administered By:
Crop and Soil Sciences
Effective Dates:
SS21 - Open
FOR 413 Wildland Fire Ecology and Management
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
{(FOR 340 or concurrently) or (IBIO 355 or concurrently)} and FOR 215
Recommended Background:
FOR 204
Description:
Role of fire in regulating forest ecosystem distribution, composition, structure, and function. Field trips required.
Effective Dates:
SS25 - Open
FOR 414 Renewable Wood Products
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(CEM 141) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen or sophomores.
Description:
Renewable wood products with focus on wood and wood based products. Tree growth and production of woody tissues, wood structure and identification, wood processing and utilization as timber, fiber and pulp product, composites and biofuel for energy. Physical and mechanical properties of wood and relations with practical applications.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
FOR 419 Applications of Geographic Information Systems to Natural Resources Management
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 4
Prerequisite:
FOR 128 or FW 293
Recommended Background:
GEO 221
Description:
Application of geographic information systems, remote sensing, and global positioning systems to integrated planning and management for fish, wildlife, and related resources.
Interdepartmental With:
Fisheries and Wildlife, Geography
Administered By:
Forestry
Effective Dates:
SS25 - Open
FOR 420 Forestry Field Studies
Semester:
Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3
Prerequisite:
FOR 204 and FOR 222 and FOR 340 and FOR 406 and CSS 210
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Description:
Integration of tree biology, forest ecology, soil science, silviculture, forest mapping and inventory methods in a variety of forest ecosystems in Michigan. Quantitative and qualitative assessments of forests, defining silvicultural alternatives and executing a stand management plan. Field trips required.
Effective Dates:
US22 - Open
FOR 427 Biomass and Bioproducts Chemistry
Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
CEM 141 or CEM 151 or LB 171
Recommended Background:
FOR 212
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen.
Description:
Chemistry of wood, engineered composites and bioproducts. Chemical characterization of biopolymers from woody biomass and bioproducts. Analytical methods related to bioproducts chemistry.
Effective Dates:
SS22 - Open
FOR 438 Forest Resource Economics
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
((EC 201) and completion of Tier I writing requirement) and (STT 201 or STT 224 or STT 231 or STT 421)
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen or sophomores.
Description:
Basic economic and social science principles and techniques that govern human consumption and production of forest resources, including investment and benefit-cost, and regional impact analysis, and social impact assessment.
Semester Alias:
FOR 464, FOR 462
Effective Dates:
SS25 - Open
FOR 441 Plant Breeding and Biotechnology
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(CSS 350 or concurrently) or (IBIO 341 or concurrently)
Description:
Plant improvement by genetic manipulation. History of plant breeding. Traditional and biotechnological means of improving plant cultivars by genetic manipulation. Importance of plant breeding to our food system, economy, and environment.
Interdepartmental With:
Crop and Soil Sciences, Horticulture
Administered By:
Crop and Soil Sciences
Effective Dates:
SS21 - Open
FOR 451 Biotechnology Applications for Plant Breeding and Genetics
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
CSS 350 or IBIO 341
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students.
Description:
Principles, concepts, and techniques of agricultural plant biotechnology. Recombinant DNA technology, plant molecular biology and transformation in relation to plant improvement.
Interdepartmental With:
Crop and Soil Sciences, Horticulture
Administered By:
Crop and Soil Sciences
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open
FOR 461 Urban and Community Forestry
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
HRT 213 and HRT 213L
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen or sophomores.
Description:
Biological, physical, administrative, managerial, legal and social concepts unique to managing urban and community forests.
Effective Dates:
SS17 - Open
FOR 465 Environmental and Natural Resource Law
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
CSUS 200 or AFRE 265
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students.
Description:
Legal principles and process related to the environment and natural resources. Common law, constitutional law, statutory and administrative law.
Semester Alias:
ESA 430, RD 430
Interdepartmental With:
Community Sustainability, Environmental Economics and Management
Administered By:
Community Sustainability
Effective Dates:
SS24 - Open
FOR 466 Natural Resource Policy
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen or sophomores.
Description:
Natural resources policy-making in the context of scientific, environmental, social, and legal-institutional factors. Historical evolution of policies and case studies of contemporary policy issues.
Interdepartmental With:
Fisheries and Wildlife
Administered By:
Forestry
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
FOR 467 BioEnergy Feedstock Production
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
MTH 103 or MTH 116 or MTH 124 or MTH 132 or LB 118 or MTH 152H or MTH 133 or MTH 153H or LB 119
Recommended Background:
CSS 101 and CSS 210
Description:
Agronomic, economic, technological, and environmental principles involved in bioenergy feedstock production. Cultivation, harvest, transportation, and storage of agricultural and forest biomass.
Interdepartmental With:
Crop and Soil Sciences, Biosystems Engineering
Administered By:
Crop and Soil Sciences
Effective Dates:
SS14 - Open
FOR 468 Forest Management Planning
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
((FOR 419 or concurrently) and FOR 420 and FOR 438) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen or sophomores.
Description:
Management of forests for timber production in a multiple-use context. Analytical techniques, forecasting models, and financial analysis to support forest resource management decisions.
Effective Dates:
FS23 - Open
FOR 471 Consulting Forestry
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
FOR 419 or concurrently
Description:
Basics of running a consulting forestry business. Ethics, business establishment, marketing, and taxes. Field trip required.
Effective Dates:
SS22 - Open
ENT 478 Integrated Pest Management (W) (Interim Change)
Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(ENT 404 or ENT 470 or PLP 405) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Description:
Theory, philosophy and application of pest management focusing on agricultural and natural systems.
Interdepartmental With:
Entomology, Horticulture, Crop and Soil Sciences
Administered By:
Entomology
Effective Dates:
SS25 - Open
FOR 486 Biotechnology in Agriculture: Applications and Ethical Issues
Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
BS 161 or PLB 105
Recommended Background:
CSS 350 or ZOL 341
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen or sophomores.
Description:
Current and future roles of biotechnology in agriculture: scientific basis, applications. Environmental, social, and ethical concerns.
Interdepartmental With:
Horticulture, Philosophy, Crop and Soil Sciences
Administered By:
Horticulture
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
FOR 490 Independent Study in Forestry
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 8 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open to seniors. Approval of department.
Description:
Special problems course for students qualified for advanced study in some phase of forestry.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
FOR 491 Special Topics in Forestry
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 4
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 8 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen.
Description:
Selected topics of current interest and importance in forestry.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
FOR 493 Professional Internship in Forestry
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 3 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Prerequisite:
Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Department of Forestry. Approval of department; application required.
Description:
Supervised professional experiences in agencies, organizations and businesses related to forestry.
Effective Dates:
SS13 - Open
FOR 802 Forest Science Research
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2
Description:
The philosophy, nature, and procedures of research in the forestry sciences.
Effective Dates:
FS99 - Open
FOR 804 Forest Ecology
Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
FOR 404
Description:
Processes controlling population, community, ecosystem, landscape, and global ecology of forested systems. Extrapolation across scales, succession, spatial models of forest dynamics, causes and consequences of biodiversity, nutrient cycling, sustainability of managed ecosystems and human-accelerated environmental change.
Effective Dates:
FS19 - Open
FOR 810 Forestry Field Techniques
Semester:
Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2 Lab Hours: 4
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Forestry .
Description:
Introduction to professional forestry field techniques, including tree biology, forest ecology, soil science, silviculture, forest inventory and forest management in a variety of forest ecosystems across Michigan. Offered second half of semester. Field trips required.
Effective Dates:
US21 - Open
FOR 812 Forest Measurements and Inventory
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 2
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Forestry .
Description:
Land measurement, units of timber measure, estimating volume of standing trees, sampling methods for forest inventory, integrating remotely-sensed and ground-based inventory. Offered first half of semester.
Effective Dates:
FS21 - Open
FOR 814 Tree Biology
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 2
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Forestry .
Description:
Systematics and identification of trees; ecophysiology of tree growth, allocation and water relations; reproductive biology of trees including, sexual and asexual reproductive strategies. Offered first half of semester.
Effective Dates:
FS21 - Open
FOR 816 Forest Ecosystem Processes
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
FOR 812 and FOR 814
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Forestry .
Description:
Climate, physiography and soils; disturbance regimes; stand dynamics and succession; element cycling within forest ecosystems and between forest ecosystems and the atmosphere. Offered second half of semester.
Effective Dates:
FS21 - Open
FOR 818 Advanced Silviculture
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
FOR 812 and FOR 814 and (FOR 816 or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Forestry.
Description:
Application of prescriptions to manage the composition, growth and health of forest stands, including techniques for establishment, thinning, timber stand improvement, and regeneration. Offered second half of semester.
Effective Dates:
FS21 - Open
FOR 819 Advanced Plant Breeding
Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
STT 422 and ZOL 341
Description:
Genetic expectations resulting from breeding strategies with cross- and self-pollinated crop plants. Germplasm collections, mapping populations, and modifications of reproductive biology useful for crop improvement.
Interdepartmental With:
Horticulture, Crop and Soil Sciences
Administered By:
Horticulture
Effective Dates:
FS08 - Open
FOR 826 International Development: Theory and Practice
Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Evolution of international development theory across disciplines. Changing conceptualizations, measurements, processes and effects of development and poverty. Ethnicity, social class, gender, and community influences on socioeconomic processes. Current issues, concerns, and strategic alternatives.
Semester Alias:
ACR 826, RD 826
Interdepartmental With:
Community Sustainability, Anthropology, Political Science, Social Science
Administered By:
Community Sustainability
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 829 Economics of Environmental Resources
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
Undergraduate intermediate microeconomics, calculus, and statistics
Description:
Economic principles, theoretical models, and empirical methods related to environmental problems and policy interventions. Applications to air, land, water, forests, energy, fish and wildlife, and climate change, including in developing countries.
Interdepartmental With:
Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Economics, Fisheries and Wildlife, Community Sustainability
Administered By:
Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 831 Forest Biogeochemistry and Global Climate Change
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 1
Recommended Background:
Background course in ecology
Description:
Biogeochemical cycling of carbon and nutrients within forest ecosystems. Disturbance, harvesting and forest management effects on the exchange of greenhouse gases between forest ecosystems and the atmosphere.
Effective Dates:
FS12 - Open
FOR 833 Human Dimensions of Forest Carbon Management
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Social dimensions associated with the development and implementation of forest-based climate change mitigation projects, including: valuation of trees and forests by local communities vs. international community; community decision making; public participation; community engagement.
Effective Dates:
SS15 - Open
FOR 835 Forest Carbon Policy, Economics and Finance
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Policy, economic and financial dimensions of the development and implementation of forest-based climate change mitigation projects, including: the role of forests in international agreements and policy, finance and investment approaches to forest carbon sequestration; emissions trading; biofuels; and valuation of ecosystem services.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
FOR 837 Measurement and Monitoring of Forest Carbon
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Description:
Skill-based training in forest carbon inventory and carbon accounting methods. National and international monitoring of forest carbon stocks. Applications of remote sensing and geospatial technologies to forest carbon inventory.
Effective Dates:
FS12 - Open
FOR 858 Gender, Justice and Environmental Change : Issues and Concepts
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
Background in social science, environmental science, or natural resources.
Description:
Issues and concepts related to gender, ecology, and environmental studies. Key debates and theoretical approaches to addressing environmental issues from a gender and social justice perspective. Gender and environment issues and processes from a global perspective.
Interdepartmental With:
Community Sustainability, Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Fisheries and Wildlife, Geography, Sociology, Women's Studies
Administered By:
Community Sustainability
Effective Dates:
US16 - Open
FOR 859 Gender, Justice, and Environmental Change: Methods and Application
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
Background in social science, environmental science, or natural resources.
Description:
Methods and case studies related to gender, ecology, and environmental studies. Methodological and fieldwork issues from a feminist perspective in international and intercultural contexts. Qualitative and quantitative methods for integrating social and environmental data.
Interdepartmental With:
Anthropology, Fisheries and Wildlife, Geography, Sociology, Women's Studies, Community Sustainability
Administered By:
Anthropology
Effective Dates:
US19 - Open
FOR 861 Applied Urban Forest Management
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
FOR 461
Description:
Applications of software for integrated planning and management of urban forest resources.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 870 Spatial Ecology
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Recommended Background:
(ZOL 851 or concurrently) or Equivalent
Description:
Science of understanding and predicting ecological patterns in space.
Interdepartmental With:
Integrative Biology, Fisheries and Wildlife
Administered By:
Integrative Biology
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open
FOR 875 R Programming for Data Sciences
Semester:
Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Programming in R and use of associated open source tools. Addressing practical issues in documenting workflow, data management, and scientific computing.
Interdepartmental With:
Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Forestry
Effective Dates:
US17 - Open
FOR 890 Special Problems
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 5
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 7 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Approval of department; application required.
Description:
Advanced individual study in an area of forestry.
Effective Dates:
FS92 - Open
FOR 891B Selected Topics in Plant Breeding and Genetics
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 2
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open only to graduate students in the Plant Breeding and Genetics major or Genetics major. Approval of department.
Description:
Selected topics in plant breeding.
Interdepartmental With:
Horticulture, Crop and Soil Sciences
Administered By:
Horticulture
Effective Dates:
FS92 - Open
FOR 892 Plant Breeding and Genetics Seminar
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 8 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Description:
Experience in review, organization, oral presentation, and analysis of research.
Interdepartmental With:
Horticulture, Crop and Soil Sciences
Administered By:
Horticulture
Effective Dates:
FS92 - Open
FOR 898 Master's Professional Project
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 6
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 10 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Master's project, non-thesis research, practicum or other professional development capstone experiences.
Effective Dates:
FS17 - Open
FOR 899 Master's Thesis Research
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 10
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 99 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Description:
Master's thesis research.
Effective Dates:
US97 - Open
FOR 923 Advanced Environmental Economics
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
(AFRE 829 or concurrently) and EC 812A
Description:
Advanced economic theory of environmental management and policy. Treatment of externalities and market and non-market approaches to environmental improvement. Applications to research and policy.
Interdepartmental With:
Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Economics
Administered By:
Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
Effective Dates:
FS19 - Open
FOR 941 Quantitative Genetics in Plant Breeding
Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Recommended Background:
CSS 819 and STT 464
Description:
Theoretical and genetic basis of statistical analysis of quantitative traits using genetic markers. Computational tools for the study of quantitative traits.
Interdepartmental With:
Crop and Soil Sciences, Horticulture
Administered By:
Crop and Soil Sciences
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
FOR 999 Doctoral Dissertation Research
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 24
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 36 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open to doctoral students in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources or in the Department of Forestry or in the Forestry Major. Approval of department; application required.
Description:
Doctoral dissertation research.
Effective Dates:
SS16 - Open