 | | Course ID: | FORS 1000. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Forestry and Sustainable Resource Management | Course
Description: | An introduction to the practice of forest and natural resources
sustainability. Through the understanding of social, ecological,
cultural, and economic dimensions of forest and natural resource
sustainability, students will gain the knowledge necessary to
analyze complex forest and environmental issues and to identify
effective actions needed to address them. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Forestry | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in FORS 1000E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 1000E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Forestry and Sustainable Resource Management | Course
Description: | An introduction to the practice of forest and natural resources sustainability. Through the understanding of social, ecological, cultural, and economic dimensions of forest and natural resource sustainability, students will gain the knowledge necessary to analyze complex forest and environmental issues and to identify effective actions needed to address them. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Forestry | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in FORS 1000 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. Two lectures per week using asynchronous video presentations captured using Kaltura Capture, and one 1-hour discussion period each week live, through Zoom, to discuss the topics in these lectures. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 3010L. 1 hour. 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Dendrology Laboratory | Course
Description: | Students will complete assignments to illustrate principles and
techniques presented in Dendrology. | | Athena Title: | DENDROLOGY LAB | | Pre or Corequisite: | BIOL 1108-1108L | | Corequisite: | FORS 3010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 3010. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Dendrology | Course
Description: | Identification, classification, silvical characteristics and distribution of trees, shrubs, and other plants of importance to the management of forest resources. | | Athena Title: | DENDROLOGY | | Pre or Corequisite: | BIOL 1108-1108L | | Corequisite: | FORS 3010L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 3900. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Forestry Internship | Course
Description: | Students will work with a business, government agency, or other
organization to gain professional experience related to the
Forestry major. | | Athena Title: | Forestry Internship | | Nontraditional Format: | Internship. Students will receive 3 credit hours for eight
weeks (40 working days) of work experience. Only three hours of
credit from this course may be used towards graduation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | WASR(FORS) 4000/6000-4000L/6000L. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Forest Soil Management | Course
Description: | Morphological, physical, and chemical soil properties affecting tree growth and forest productivity; evaluation of soils and site quality; preparation of forest sites for planting, diagnosis, and correction of nutrient limitations; use of forest soil systems for waste treatment. | | Athena Title: | FOR SOIL MANAGEMENT | | Nontraditional Format: | One Friday and one Friday-Saturday field trip are required. | | Prerequisite: | CRSS 3050-3050L or CRSS(FORS) 3060-3060L or CRSS(FANR) 3060-3060L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 4010/6010-4010L/6010L. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Silviculture | Course
Description: | Theory and techniques of controlling regeneration, density, species composition, health, and quality of forest stands. Treatments studied include seeding and planting of tree species; thinning and regeneration cuts; and appropriate use of fire, pesticides, and fertilizers. | | Athena Title: | Silviculture | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | [(FANR 3000 and FANR 3000L) or (FORS 4050/6050 and FORS 4050L/6050L) or (WILD 4110/6110 and WILD 4110L/6110L)] and [(FANR 3200W and FANR 3200L) or (ECOL 3500 and ECOL 3500L) or (ECOL 3505H and ECOL 3505L)] | | Graduate Prerequisite: | [(FANR 3000 and FANR 3000L) or (FORS 4050/6050 and FORS 4050L/6050L) or (WILD 4110/6110 and WILD 4110L/6110L)] and [(FANR 3200W and FANR 3200L) or (ECOL 3500 and ECOL 3500L) or (ECOL 3505H and ECOL 3505L)] | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 4030/6030. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Regional Silviculture | Course
Description: | Silviculture is the art and science of controlling the
establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of
forests to meet diverse needs and values of landowners and
society. This course will focus on silvicultural systems and
practices used on commercially important forest and stand types
in the United States and worldwide. Artificial and naturally
regenerated silvicultural systems will be covered. We will
survey silviculture as practiced in boreal, temperate,
sub-tropical and tropical regions. | | Athena Title: | REGION SILVICULTURE | | Prerequisite: | FORS 4010-4010L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 4050/6050. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Forest Measurements and Sampling | Course
Description: | Students will collect and analyze field data, design samples, and conduct statistical analysis. Students will navigate in field environments using maps. Field data will be analyzed using spreadsheets and other software. Students will develop professional skills, including written and oral communication, and the ability to work effectively in teams. | | Athena Title: | Forest Measurements & Sampling | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in FANR 3000 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | | Pre or Corequisite: | STAT 2000 or STAT 2000E or STAT 2100H or BIOS 2010 or BIOS 2010E or FANR 2010-2010L or BUSN 3000 or BUSN 3000E or BUSN 3000H or UNIV 1108 | | Corequisite: | FORS 4050L/6050L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 4050L/6050L. 2 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Forest Measurements and Sampling Laboratory | Course
Description: | Students will collect and analyze data and complete assignments illustrating the concepts that they learn in Forest Measurements and Sampling. | | Athena Title: | Forest Measure & Sampling Lab | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in FANR 3000L | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | | Pre or Corequisite: | STAT 2000 or STAT 2000E or STAT 2100H or BIOS 2010 or BIOS 2010E or FANR 2010-2010L or BUSN 3000 or BUSN 3000E or BUSN 3000H or UNIV 1108 | | Corequisite: | FORS 4050/6050 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 4080/6080. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Management and Restoration of the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem | Course
Description: | Basic ecology, management, and restoration of the longleaf pine
ecosystem. Topics will include longleaf history, conservation
status, and fire ecology. Discussion and hands-on application
of management and restoration techniques for overstory,
understory, and wildlife. | | Athena Title: | LONGLEAF PINE | | Nontraditional Format: | The course will be taught as an intensive 6-day and 5-night
Maymester class at the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research
Center in Newton, GA. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | WASR(FORS) 4110/6110-4110L/6110L. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Forest Hydrology | Course
Description: | Multidisciplinary examination of the terrestrial components of the hydrologic cycle focusing on the qualitative analysis of precipitation, snowmelt, runoff generation, routing, infiltration, and subsurface flow and transport. Emphasis is on the definition of hydrologic processes, identification of hydrologic resources, development of environmental monitoring techniques, and application to hydrologic resources management. | | Athena Title: | Forest Hydrology | | Prerequisite: | ENVE 4435/6435 or CRSS(FANR) 3060 or GEOL 4220/6220 or GEOG 4030/6030 or ECOL 3520 or CRSS 3050 or CRSS 4600/6600 or CRSS 4600E/6600E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 4210/6210. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Forest Health and Protection | Course
Description: | Major insect and disease problems of forests, with an emphasis on
their recognition and management. Forest fire prevention,
detection, suppression and management. | | Athena Title: | FOREST HEALTH | | Prerequisite: | (BIOL 1104 and BIOL 1104L) or (BIOL 1108-1108L) or (PBIO 1210 and PBIO 1210L) or (PBIO 1220 and PBIO 1220L) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS(ECOL)(GEOG) 4250/6250. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 10 hours credit. | | Course Title: | International Forest Management | Course
Description: | Study-abroad to examine issues pertaining to the management of
forested landscapes in the visited country. Introductory
lectures on the natural and cultural history of the visited
country will be followed by extended field examination of the
country's forest resources and their management. | | Athena Title: | INTERNL FOREST MGMT | | Nontraditional Format: | Combination of lectures and field experiences in a foreign
country. | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of school | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS(ANTH) 4270/6270. 1-10 hours. Repeatable for maximum 10 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Field Studies in Conservation | Course
Description: | This experiential field program is appropriate for students of
all disciplines and for anyone with an interest in the
conservation, preservation, and natural and cultural history of
the world’s protected areas (including national parks, forests,
and marine reserves). A program fee is charged for
accommodations, transport, and meals. | | Athena Title: | Field Studies in Conservation | | Nontraditional Format: | The course will include extended field experience and a series
of lectures combined with seminars, presentations, and/or
student projects. Two field hours (excluding travel time) is
equivalent to one classroom lecture hour in which one semester
credit requires 750 minutes of classroom equivalent lectures
(hence 3 semester credits requires 3*750 (2250) minutes (37.5
hours) of classroom equivalent lectures). | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 4530/6530. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Wood Properties and Utilization | Course
Description: | General introduction to wood and wood products. Major uses of
wood, characteristics of major wood products, processes involved
in their manufacture, and properties of the raw material
affecting its quality and use. Topics covered include wood
formation, anatomy, chemistry, wood properties, and the processes
used to manufacture wood-based products. | | Athena Title: | Wood Properties Utilization | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Enrollment in Professional Program of WSFR and FORS 4650/6650 | | Graduate Prerequisite: | FORS 4650/6650 or permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 4610/6610-4610L/6610L. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Forest Mensuration | Course
Description: | Direct measurement and indirect estimation of primary and secondary forest products. Measures of stand productivity, density, and growth. | | Athena Title: | Forest Mensuration | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | (FANR 3000 and FANR 3000L) or (FORS 4050/6050 and FORS 4050L/6050L) | | Graduate Prerequisite: | (FANR 3000 and FANR 3000L) or (FORS 4050/6050 and FORS 4050L/6050L) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 4620/6620. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Timber Management | Course
Description: | Organization and management of forest properties for the production of commercial forest products. | | Athena Title: | TIMBER MANAGEMENT | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | FORS 4610/6610-4610L/6610L | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 4640/6640. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Forest Inventory | Course
Description: | Planning forest inventories and comparison of various equal and unequal probability sampling concepts; permanent and temporary forest sampling procedures; current stand and future growth estimation principles. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Forest Inventory | | Prerequisite: | FORS 4610/6610-4610L/6610L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 4650/6650. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Forestry Field Camp | Course
Description: | The forestry field camp is an off-campus field practicum for
students majoring in forestry. Field skills will be demonstrated,
practiced, and honed in the forest environment in the areas of
applied silviculture, harvesting, and forest inventory. In
addition, a series of visits to forest products manufacturing and
utilization facilities will provide first-hand knowledge of pulp,
paper, solid wood, and engineered forest products and the
resources required for their manufacture. | | Athena Title: | Forestry Field Camp | | Nontraditional Format: | The course will be offered over three weeks during the Maymester
of summer session. It will meet eight hours per day from
Monday-Friday. The course will be held in a field/forest
location. There will be one hour of lecture per day (five hours
per week) and six hours of field work per day (thirty per week). | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | [(FANR 3000 and FANR 3000L) or (FORS 4050/6050 and FORS 4050L/6050L)] and [(FANR 3200W and FANR 3200L) or (ECOL 3500 and ECOL 3500L) or (ECOL 3505H and ECOL 3505L)] | | Graduate Prerequisite: | [(FANR 3000 and FANR 3000L) or (FORS 4050/6050 and FORS 4050L/6050L)] and [(FANR 3200W and FANR 3200L) or (ECOL 3500 and ECOL 3500L) or (ECOL 3505H and ECOL 3505L)] | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 4700/6700-4700L/6700L. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Forest Economics | Course
Description: | An overview of the application of economic analyses to forest
resources. Forest resource professionals will be given a better
understanding of the economic factors that influence forest
management decisions. | | Athena Title: | FOREST ECONOMICS | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 4710/6710-4710L/6710L. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Forest Planning | Course
Description: | Analysis methods applicable to forest management planning and decision making in forestry. Particular emphasis on optimization procedures and financial analysis. | | Athena Title: | FOREST PLANNING | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 5100E/7100E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Forest Ecology | Course
Description: | Explores the fundamentals of forest ecology, including global relevance of forests; global distribution of forests in relation to their climatic controls; landscape patterns of forests in relation to local controls; temporal dynamics of forests; controls on forest structure and dynamics; forest ecosystem processes; and factors influencing forest ecosystem stability. | | Athena Title: | Forest Ecology | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. This course will be offered during eight-week summer thru semesters. | | Prerequisite: | FANR 3200W or ECOL 3500 or FANR 3505H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 5600/7600. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Wildland Fire | Course
Description: | Introduction to fire as a natural component of forest ecosystems
and as a tool for forest management. Emphasis on field experience
with prescribed burns, including formal wildland firefighter
training that will provide qualifications required for employment
as a wildland firefighter. | | Athena Title: | Wildland Fire | | Nontraditional Format: | This course emphasizes field experience and interaction with
practitioners of prescribed fire. Students will spend the first
half of the semester preparing for an intensive one-week field
course that will take place over spring break at UGA's Savannah
River Ecology Laboratory near Aiken, South Carolina. | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 5610/7610. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Prescribed Fire in the Forest Ecosystem | Course
Description: | Applications of fire as a tool for forest management, species
conservation, and ecosystem restoration in the southeastern
coastal plain. Analysis of fuels, weather, and fire behavior.
Fire effects on plants, animals, and soils in the longleaf pine
ecosystem. Emphasis on field experience with prescribed burns. | | Athena Title: | Prescribed Fire Forest Ecosyst | | Nontraditional Format: | The course will be taught as an intensive 6-day Spring Break
class at the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Center in Newton, GA. | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 5620/7620. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Prescribed Fire Dawgs | Course
Description: | Expand student opportunities to participate in prescribed fire activities on private, state, and federal lands. Emphasis on field experience with prescribed fire, including formal wildland firefighter training that will provide the qualifications required for employment as a wildland firefighter. | | Athena Title: | Prescribed Fire Dawgs | | Nontraditional Format: | Practicum. | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | FORS 5600/7600 | | Graduate Prerequisite: | FORS 5600/7600 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 5650/7650-5650L/7650L. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Aerial Photogrammetry in Forestry | Course
Description: | The theory, techniques, and tools applicable to the use of aerial
photographs in forest resource management and decision-making. | | Athena Title: | AIR PHOTOS | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 5670/7670. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Forestry Information Systems | Course
Description: | Provides students with exposure to the latest forest inventory,
measurement, and planning technology. An exploration of the
theory and tools associated with recently introduced
technology, and a focus on quantitative and computerized
methods to assist decision-making processes. This course
provides background to understand current technology and
addresses broader management issues. | | Athena Title: | FOREST INFO SYSTEMS | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 5720/7720-5720L/7720L. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Forest Harvesting and Roads | Course
Description: | Techniques and systems for harvesting and roading forests. Production, cost, quality, safety, and environmental protection measures. Field exercises stress planning of harvesting and road construction operations to achieve desired objectives. | | Athena Title: | Forest Harvesting and Roads | | Prerequisite: | (FANR 3000 and FANR 3000L) or (FORS 4050/6050 and FORS 4050L/6050L) | | Pre or Corequisite: | FORS 4010-4010L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 5750/7750. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Procurement and Management of Wood Fiber Supply | Course
Description: | Management of the wood fiber supply, program management functions, legal aspects and analysis of current issues in raw material management. | | Athena Title: | MGT WD FIBER SUPPLY | | Prerequisite: | (Enrollment in Professional Program of WSFR) or permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FANR(COFA)(FISH)(FORS)(GISC)(PRTM)(WASR)(WILD) 5950. 1-4 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Forestry and Natural Resources | Course
Description: | Special-interest or experimental courses offered on a one-time basis. Course content will vary with each offering. | | Athena Title: | Special Topics in FANR | | Nontraditional Format: | Lecture/lab hours will be determined by course instructor as appropriate to topic and credit hours assigned. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 6200-6200L. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | International Forest Business | Course
Description: | An overview of existing forest resources, their management and
utilization throughout the world's major forest regions.
Introduction to the issues of globalization, trade, exchange
rates, and foreign direct investment. | | Athena Title: | International Forest Business | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 6760-6760L. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Quantitative Models for Forest Resources Managers | Course
Description: | Model forms used to simulate tree and forest stand development as well as models used to simulate the growth of various wildlife and fish species. Parameter estimation methods and model evaluation included. | | Athena Title: | MODEL FOR RES | | Prerequisite: | STAT 6220 or permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 7070. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Forest Resources Consulting and Real Estate Practice | Course
Description: | The establishment and management of forestry, wildlife
consulting, and rural real estate practices. | | Athena Title: | FORESTRY CONSULTING | | Prerequisite: | Student in WSFR or permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 7630. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intensive Forest Management | Course
Description: | Effects of silvicultural treatments on growth, yield, and product distributions of forest stands. Effects of vegetation management at various points in the life of the stand, fertilization, thinning, pruning, and initial spacing included. Effect magnitude as an objective criterion for management decision making is emphasized. | | Athena Title: | Intensive Forest Management | | Prerequisite: | FORS 4010/6010-4010L/6010L | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 7690-7690L. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Applied Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Forest Resource Management | Course
Description: | Geographic Information Systems (GIS) methods and techniques to
solve management problems faced by forestry professionals.
Focus on the collection, organization, and analysis of spatial
and tabular information with an emphasis on big data (FIA, RPA,
census, Landsat) and their use in the decision-making process. | | Athena Title: | Applied GIS For Res Mgmt | | Prerequisite: | (FANR 3800 and FANR 3800L) or (FANR 4201/6201 and FANR 4201L/6201L) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 7700. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Southern Forestry | Course
Description: | A comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the southern
forestry sector and an understanding of how the region’s
resources and their management evolved and function at present. A
comprehensive assessment of the impacts of global climate change
and forest sustainability in the southern United States is
provided. | | Athena Title: | Southern Forestry | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 7710. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Forest Economics | Course
Description: | Microeconomic and production economics theory with forest resources applications, financial analysis of investments, social benefit-cost analysis. | | Athena Title: | ADV FOR ECONOMICS | | Prerequisite: | ECON 2106 | | Pre or Corequisite: | FORS 4710/6710-4710L/6710L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 7780. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Timberland Accounting, Finance, and Taxation | Course
Description: | Timberland accounting, financial analysis of forest products company operations, financial evaluation of timberland investment and forest management decision alternatives, linkages between financial markets and timberland, timber taxation, and strategies involving forest assets in estate planning. | | Athena Title: | TIMBERLAND ACC | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 7790. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Forest Finance Decisions | Course
Description: | Analysis of forest asset financing, acquisition, management, and disposition decisions from a financial perspective. Development of financial strategies for a forestry operation, timberland portfolio management, asset pricing models and timberland, the behavior and evolution of forest asset markets, timber access options, and entrepreneurship in forestry. | | Athena Title: | FOREST FINANCE DEC | | Prerequisite: | FORS 7780 or permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 7980. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 24 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Forestry Problems | Course
Description: | Individual student problems pertaining to forestry at the masters level. | | Athena Title: | Forestry Problems | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in COFA 7980 | | Nontraditional Format: | Formal classes are not held. Faculty assist students as needed. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 8010. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Forest Business Seminar | Course
Description: | Current and emerging issues in forest business management, including literature review and case presentations. Students will be expected to give brief presentations on assigned topics. | | Athena Title: | FORS BUS SEMINAR | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major or permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 8011. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Lidar Remote Sensing | Course
Description: | Provides the fundamentals of lidar remote sensing and provides the knowledge to process lidar point cloud data, perform data analysis, and generate models (including surface models - DEM/CHM and statistical derived predictive models). Students will learn lidar applications for forestry and natural resources. | | Athena Title: | Lidar Remote Sensing | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 8015. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar on Remote Sensing Applications to Natural Resources | Course
Description: | Topics related to the application of remote sensing science for natural resources monitoring and management, including vegetation, wildlife, water, etc. Students will have the opportunity to learn about the utilization and combination of different types of remotely sensed data (i.e., optical satellite imagery, radar, lidar) at various scales. | | Athena Title: | Seminar Remote Sensing App | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS(ENGR) 8020. 1-3 hours. | | Course Title: | Bio-Based Economy Seminar | Course
Description: | Issues and opportunities associated with generating electric
power or producing liquid fuels or other products from biomass.
Topics include the economics of bio-based products, potential
feedstock sources, alternative conversion processes for energy
or fuels, harvesting and handling issues, production cost, and
energy balances in alternative systems. | | Athena Title: | BIOECONOMY SEMINAR | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 8030. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Tree Physiology | Course
Description: | Recent research in the processes that directly or indirectly
affect carbon gain and allocation, including photosynthesis,
respiration, nutrient uptake, water relations, and growth of
trees. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Tree Physiology | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 8035-8035L. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Secondary Xylem Structure and Function | Course
Description: | Focuses on secondary xylem structure and function from a plant physiology and wood and fiber science perspective. Students will learn and discuss theories on secondary xylem structure and function and learn research techniques in these areas. | | Athena Title: | Secondary Xylem Struct Funct | | Prerequisite: | [FORS 4530/6530 and (HORT(CRSS) 4430/6430 or HORT(CRSS) 4430E/6430E)] or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 8050. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Forest Stand Dynamics | Course
Description: | Dynamics of mortality, growth, and biomass allocation in forest stands during the four stages of development (stand initiation, stem exclusion, transition, and old growth) with emphasis on silviculture of southeastern United States forests. | | Athena Title: | FOR STAND DYNAMICS | | Prerequisite: | FORS 4010-4010L or permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 8080-8080D. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 5 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Forest Health Seminar Series | Course
Description: | Seminar series delivered by invited guest speakers on topics
related to forest health and protection, such as forest
entomology, forest pathology, fire ecology, and wildfire
management. Students are required to attend all seminars, which
are offered every other week, and participate in the following
moderated discussion group. | | Athena Title: | Forest Health Seminar Series | | Nontraditional Format: | 100-minute-long classes will be offered every other week,
with a final shorter review class of 50 minutes (for a total
of 750 minutes). Class format will be the following:
50-minute seminar followed by 50 minutes of moderated
discussion in which students will have time to interact with
the speaker. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 8100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Forest Ecology | Course
Description: | Factors regulating the structure and function of forest ecosystems, forest energetics, community dynamics, and research methods. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Forest Ecology | | Prerequisite: | [(FANR 3200 or FANR 3200W) and FANR 3200L] or ECOL 3500-3500L or permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS(ECOL) 8140. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Professional Development in Ecological Careers | Course
Description: | Students will develop an understanding of the application and
interview process for these different types of opportunities,
including preparation of all application materials, pre- and
post-interview research and materials, and negotiating
considerations. Through this process, students will assess
similarities and differences across positions at career stages
and employment sectors. | | Athena Title: | Professional Development | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 8220-8220L. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Forest Entomology | Course
Description: | Provides an understanding of the impacts and interactions of
forest insects and their allies with trees. Students will learn
about their natural histories and effective management options. | | Athena Title: | ADV FOREST ENTOMOL | | Prerequisite: | FORS 4210/6210 or ENTO 4000/6000-4000L/6000L or permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 8230-8230D. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Tree Resistance Mechanisms and Plant Defense Theories | Course
Description: | Mechanical and chemical defense mechanisms of forest trees
against pests and pathogens; constitutive and induced defense
strategies; qualitative vs. quantitative resistance traits;
classes of defense compounds; plant defense theories applied to
forest environment; cutting-edge techniques for resistance
selection. Direct lectures will alternate with discussion groups
on peer-reviewed papers. | | Athena Title: | Tree Resistance Mechanisms | | Prerequisite: | FORS 4210/6210 or permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 8450. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Forest Planning | Course
Description: | This course is designed to provide students with the theory,
techniques, and tools associated with the most common, and more
recently introduced, operations research techniques used in
developing forest plans. | | Athena Title: | ADV FOREST PLANNING | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 8460. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Management and Modeling of Forest Carbon Resources | Course
Description: | An in-depth understanding of policies which are governing
forest carbon management at regional and global levels coupled
with the development of suitable quantitative modeling skills
needed to determine the cost effectiveness of forestry as a
carbon mitigation tool at the stand level. | | Athena Title: | Mgmt and Model Forest Carbon | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 8480. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Quantitative Modeling of Forest Stands | Course
Description: | Application of statistical and mathematical modeling concepts along with computer technology to develop models of forest tree and stand growth and yield. Formulation of mathematical models with proper biological behavior and estimation of parameters using compatible growth and yield structures and systems fitting methods. | | Athena Title: | QUANT MODELS FOREST | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 8600. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Forest Business Sustainability | Course
Description: | Review and analysis of contemporary topics related to the sustainability of forest businesses including structure, profitability, supply chain dynamics, logistics, bioenergy production, carbon markets, environmental impact mitigation, and social dimensions. Student analysis, critique, and presentation of current research related to the viability, success, and longevity of forest businesses. | | Athena Title: | Forest Business Sustainability | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBIO(FORS)(ECOL) 8770. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Communities and Ecosystems | Course
Description: | Advanced synthesis of physiological, population, community, and ecosystem studies in the major terrestrial plant associations of the world. | | Athena Title: | Communities and Ecosystems | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECOL(PBIO)(CRSS)(FORS) 8850-8850L. 4 hours. 2 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Terrestrial Biogeochemical Cycling | Course
Description: | Plant processes which mediate biogeochemical cycling on land. Includes survey of global element cycling, functions of essential elements, element acquisition, translocation and loss by plants, litter decomposition, and methods of estimating standing stocks of elements in and transfer rates of elements between ecosystem components. | | Athena Title: | Terrestrial Biogeochem Cycling | | Prerequisite: | ECOL 3500-3500L or STAT 4210 or STAT 4220 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FANR(COFA)(FISH)(FORS)(GISC)(PRTM)(WASR)(WILD) 8950. 1-4 hours. Repeatable for maximum 36 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Forestry and Natural Resources | Course
Description: | A selected specialized area of forestry and natural resources. The focus is on current literature and ongoing research in cutting-edge areas. | | Athena Title: | Special Topics in FANR | | Nontraditional Format: | Flexible format may include lecture, lab, and discussion, to be determined by the instructor as appropriate for the special topic. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FORS 8980. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 36 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Forestry Problems | Course
Description: | Individual student problems pertaining to forestry at the doctoral level. | | Athena Title: | Forestry Problems | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in COFA 8980 | | Nontraditional Format: | Formal classes are not held. Faculty assist students as needed. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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