Prescribed Courses for the Watershed Management option:
- FOR 450W - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (3)
- FOR 470* - Watershed Management (3)
- FOR 471* - Watershed Management Laboratory (1)
Additional Courses for the Watershed Management option:
- MATH 110 GQ* (4); or MATH 140 GQ* (4)
- MATH 111 GQ (2); or MATH 141 GQ (4)
- ERM 448 - Rural Road Ecology and Maintenance (3); or FOR 439 - Timber Sale Administration (3); or
FOR 475 - Principles of Forest Soils Management; or FOR 409 - Tree Physiology (2) and SOILS 102 - Introductory Soil Science Laboratory (1)
Supporting Courses for the Watershed Management option:
- 6 credits of GS social sciences from EBF 200 GS (3), ECON 302 GS (3), EGEE 211 GS (3), ENVST 100 GS (3),
GEOG 20 GS (3), GEOG 30N GS (3), GEOG 130 GS (3), GEOG 160 GS (3), PLSC 1 GS (3), PLSC 135 GS (3)
- 6 credits of physical sciences from EARTH 100 GN (3), EARTH 103 GN (3), EARTH 111 GN (3), GEOG 10 GN (3),
GEOG 110 GN (3), GEOSC 1 (3), GEOSC 10 GN (3), GEOSC 40 GN (3), METEO 3 GN (3), METEO 122 GN (3),
MICRB 106 GN (3), MICRB 201 (3)
- 6-8 credits of GN from PHYS 1 GN (3), PHYS 150 GN (3), PHYS 151 GN (3), PHYS 211 GN (4), PHYS 213 GN (2),
PHYS 250 GN (4), PHYS 251 GN (4)
- 3 credits of geospatial analysis from FOR 455 (3), GEOG 362 (3), GEOG 363 (3), GEOG 364 (3) or SOILS 450 (3)
- 6 credits of resources management from ASM 327 (3), CED 201 (3), CED 427W (3), CED 429 (3), CED 431W (3),
CED 450 IL (3), ERM 411 (3), ERM 412 (3), ERM 413W (3), FOR 410 (3), FOR 440 (3), GEOG 411W (3), GEOG 430 (3), GEOG 431 (3), SOILS 422 (3)
- 9 credits of water sciences from ASM 309 (3), CE 360 (3), CE 370 (3), CE 371 (3), ENVE 411 (3), ENVE 415 (3),
ENVSE 408 (3), ERM 435 (3), ERM 447 (3), ERM 450 (3), GEOG 310W (3), GEOG 311 (3), GEOG 412W (3), GEOSC 412 (3), GEOSC 413W (3), GEOSC 440 (3), GEOSC 452 (3), METEO 451 (3), METEO 454 (3), SOILS 405 (3), WFS 422 (3).
Three credits must be at the 400-level.
- 3 additional credits at the 300- or 400-level from the lists above.
* Courses requiring at least a C grade.
Suggested Academic Plan for FOREM - Watershed Management
Commonwealth Campuses and University Park, Effective Summer 2023
Semester 1 (Fall)
| Course |
Credits |
| First-Year Seminar |
1-3 |
| MATH 110 or MATH 140 (GQ) |
4 |
| ENGL 15 or 30 (GWS) Rhetoric & Comp |
3 |
| General Education selection* |
3 |
| AGBM 101 (GS) or ECON 102 (GS) or ECON 104 (GS) |
3 |
| credits: |
14-16 |
Semester 2 (Spring)
| Course |
Credits |
| MATH 111 or 141 (GQ) |
2-4 |
| CHEM 110 (GN) Chemical Principles |
3 |
| CHEM 111 (GN) Experimental Chem. |
1 |
| STAT 200, 240, or 250 (GQ) Statistics |
3-4 |
| CAS 100 (GWS) Effective Speech |
3 |
| credits: |
12-15 |
Semester 3
| Course |
Credits |
| FOR 200 Profession of Forestry |
1 |
| FOR 203 Field Dendrology |
3 |
| FOR 255 GPS/GIS for Natural Resources |
3 |
| SOILS 101 (GN) Introduction to Soils |
3 |
| General Education selection* |
3 |
| General Education (GHW) |
1.5 |
| credits: |
14.5 |
Semester 4
| Course |
Credits |
| FOR 266 Forest Resources Measurements |
4 |
| PHYS GN selection from list |
3-4 |
| Social Sciences (GS) selection from list |
3 |
| ENGL 202C or 202D (GWS) |
3 |
| General Education selection* |
3 |
| credits: |
16-17 |
Semester 5
| Course |
Credits |
| FOR 308 Forest Ecology |
3 |
| PHYS GN selection from list |
3-4 |
| Resources Management selection from list |
3 |
| FOR 439 Timber Sale Admin, or FOR 475 Forest Soils, or Geospatial Analysis selection from list © |
3 |
| Water Sciences selection from list |
3 |
| credits: |
15-16 |
Semester 6
| Course |
Credits |
| FOR 470 Watershed Hydrology |
3 |
| FOR 471 Watershed Measurement Techniques |
1 |
| Physical Sciences selection from list |
3 |
| ERM 448, Rural Roads, or FOR 409 Tree Physiology and SOILS 102, or Geospatial Analysis selection from list © |
3 |
| Social Sciences GS selection from list |
3 |
| General Education (GHW) * |
1.5 |
| credits: |
14.5 |
Semester 7
| Course |
Credits |
| FOR 421 Silviculture |
3 |
| Physical Sciences selection from list |
3 |
| Water Sciences selection from list |
3 |
| General Education selection* |
3 |
| Elective |
3-5 |
| credits: |
15-17 |
Semester 8
| Course |
Credits |
| Elective |
3-6 |
| Resources Management selection from list |
3 |
| FOR 450W Human Dimensions Natural Resources |
3 |
| Water Sciences selection from list |
3 |
| Three additional credits at the 300- or 400-level from selection lists |
3 |
| credits: |
15-18 |
*Refer to your degree audit to determine which General Education requirements need yet to be fulfilled.
©Refer to FOREM WMGT checksheet and your degree audit for clarification about how ERM 448, FOR 439, FOR 475, FOR 409, SOILS 102, and Geospatial Analysis selection satisfy degree requirements.
Bold type indicates courses requiring a grade of C or better; italics indicates courses that satisfy both major and General Education
Forest Ecosystem Management, Watershed Management (WMGT) Option Checksheet
