| Course ID: | FANR 4500S. 4 hours. |
| Course Title: | Senior Project in Forestry and Natural Resources Management |
Course
Description: | Advanced problems in forest resources management integrating
all courses to date. |
| Oasis Title: | Senior Project in FANR Manage |
| Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives. The course uses service-learning as the primary
pedagogical tool for teaching course objectives. Students will
work on a comprehensive project(s) and may be required to spend
considerable time outside the classroom. Students will be
engaged in the service-learning component for approximately 75-
100% of overall instructional time. Remaining hours are
scheduled by students to fulfill project requirements. Includes
substantial field work. |
| Prerequisite: | Permission of major |
| Pre or Corequisite: | FANR 3300-3300D or FORS 4700/6700-4700L/6700L or FISH 5360/7360 or WILD 4100-4100L |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1. Apply knowledge and skills learned in prior courses to
develop and implement an applied service-learning project.
2. Identify a client's needs and/or interests and frame them
into achievable management objectives.
3. Evaluate alternative means of achieving these objectives
(i.e., means for solving the problem).
4. Identify, collect, and analyze information necessary for
evaluating alternatives.
5. Summarize results and make recommendations based on the best
combination of biological, financial, legal, social, and ethical
considerations.
6. Organize and write a comprehensive report and present the
analyses and recommendations to peers, professors, and clients.
7. Provide weekly memos that are a reflection of the past week’s
achievements. |
| Topical Outline: | • Organizational meeting, introductions, project, and crew
selection
• Landowner objectives and constraints: Defining the project
• Data collection considerations; information needs, types of
data (specific measurements, general information), sources,
collection techniques, quality requirements, time and costs,
projecting responses
• Assessing and projecting habitat suitability and fish/wildlife
populations; HSI models
• Assessing and projecting growth and yield of forest stands;
model availability and data requirements
• Assessing and projecting conservation, education, recreation,
and other human uses of natural resources
• Preparation of the written report: style, references,
appendices, and grammar
• Critique of senior project examples; Class peer review
exchange
• Getting involved in professional societies
• Resume preparation and job hunting in a tight market
• How to give a truly terrible talk
• Cover letters and report formatting
• Project presentations |