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 529 Ecosystem Analysis and Modeling (3 credits)
• FOR 557 Advanced Fire Behavior (3 credits)
• REM 429 Landscape Ecology (3 credits)
• REM 440 Restoration Ecology (3 credits)
• REM 459 Rangeland Ecology (3 credits)
• REM 507 Landscape and Habitat Dynamics (3 credits)

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

• FOR 433 Fire and Fuel Modeling (2 credits)
• FOR 435 or FOR 535 Remote Sensing of Fire (3 credits)
• FOR 451 Fuels Inventory and Management (2 credits)
• FOR 472 Remote Sensing of the Environment (4 credits)
• FOR 554 Air Quality, Pollution, and Smoke (3 credits)
• REM 407 or REM 510 GIS Application in Fire Ecology and Management (2 credits)

Planning and Policy Course Group (3 credits):

• ENVS 579 Introduction to Environmental Regulations (3 credits)
• FOR 584 Natural Resources Policy Development (3 credits)
• NRS 574 Environmental Politics and Policy (3 credits)
• NRS 576 Environmental Project Management and Decision Making (2 credits)
• NRS 588 NEPA in Policy and Practice (3 credits)
• REM 456 Integrated Rangeland Management (3 credits)

Electives to total 15 for the certificate

FOR MORE INFORMATION 

For questions about courses and Certificate in Fire Ecology, Management and Technology, contact the CNR Graduate Studies Office, or call 208-885-1505.