Required Courses

Note: A grade of 'B' or higher is required in all coursework for this academic certificate.

Fire Core (8 credits):

• FOR 526 Fire Ecology (3 credits)
• FOR 546 Science Synthesis and Communication (3 credits)
• FOR 587 Wildland Fire Policy (2 credits)

Ecology and Management Course Group (2-3 credits):

• FOR 427 Prescribed Burning Lab (3 credits)
• FOR 451 Fuels Inventory and Management (3 credits)/li>
• FOR 529 Forest Ecosystem Analysis (3 credits)
• FOR 531 Invasion Biology (3 credits)
• FOR 557 Advanced Fire Behavior (3 credits)
• REM 429 Landscape Ecology (3 credits)
• REM 440 Wildland Restoration Ecology (3 credits)
• REM 459 Rangeland Ecology (2 credits)
• REM 507 Landscape and Habitat Dynamics (3 credits)

Tools and Technology Course Group (2-4 credits):

• FOR 435 Remote Sensing of Fire (3 credits)
• FOR 535 Remote Sensing of Fire (3 credits)
• FOR 472/REM 472 Remote Sensing of the Environment (4 credits)
• REM 510 GIS Application in Fire Ecology and Management (2 credits)

Planning and Policy Course Group (3 credits):

• FOR 584 Natural Resource Policy Development (3 credits)
• NRS 573 Planning & Decision Making for Watershed Management (3 credits)
• REM 456 Integrated Rangeland Management (3 credits)

Electives to total 15 for the certificate

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For information regarding the Master of Natural Resources Program, email MNR@uidaho.edu or call the MNR Director at 208-885-0118.

For questions about courses and Certificate in Fire Ecology, Management and Technology, contact fire@uidaho.edu, or call 208-885-7952.