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Degree Requirements

First Year 
APBI_V 2003
BIOL_V 12113
CONS_V 2003
ECON_V 101 or FRST_V 1013
ENGL_V 110, 111, 112, FRST_V 150, NRES_V 150, or LFS_V 1503
CONS_V 2103
UFOR_V 1003
UFOR_V 1103
Restricted Electives26
Total Credits30

 

Second Year 
CONS_V 340 or NRES_V 2413
UFOR_V 2313
FRST_V or NRES_V 2003
FRST_V or NRES_V 2013
FRST_V or NRES_V 2103
PLAN_V 2213
UFOR_V 2003
WOOD_V or NRES_V 2253
UFOR_V 2203
Restricted Electives23
Total Credits30

 

Third Year and Fourth Year
FRST_V 443 or NRES_V 3413
CONS_V 4813
FRST_V 370 or PLAN_V 321 or CONS_V 3703
UFOR_V 3303
UFOR_V 3163
LARC_V 4443
UFOR_V 3003
UFOR_V 4019
UFOR_V 4023
UFOR_V 4953
Restricted Electives29
Minor Course Pool318
Total Credits63
UFOR_V 400 Immediately following third year3
  
1 Students without Biology 11 or 12 should take BIOL_V 111 as one of their restricted electives in order to take BIOL_V 121, a required course for all 1st year BUF students.
2 Restricted electives:
First year courses (total of 6 credits) must be chosen from: 
APBI_V 244/GEOS_V 204 (3), BIOL_V 111 (3) 1, CONS_V 101 (3), FOPR_V 264 (4), FRST_V 100 (3) or FRST_V 110, FRST_V 231 or NRES_V 231 (3), FRST_V 232 or NRES_V 232 (3), GEOS_V 102 (3), GEOS_V 103 (3), GEOG_V 250 (3), MATH_V 100 (3) or MATH_V 190 (3), or other MATH_V 100 level course. CHEM_V 121/123, and PHYS_V 100 level.  SOCI_V 101 (3) or SOCI_V 102 (3) (students who are going to the UGM minor may wish to take CHEM_V 123 or PHYS_V 100 level as one of the restricted electives).

Second year onward courses (total of 9 credits) must be chosen from: 
FRST_V 231 or NRES_V 231 (3) (Co-requisite: One of MATH_V 100/180/184/190), APBI_V 402 (3), COMM_V 388 (3), CONS_V 330 (3), CONS_V 370 (3), DES_V 130 (3), DES_V 220 (3), DES_V 230 (3), DES_V 200 (3), FRST_V 239 (3) (pre-reqs FRST_V 231 or NRES_V 231 and FRST_V 232 or NRES_V 232), FRST_V 318 (3), FRST_V 395 (3), FRST_V 399 (3), FRST_V 410 (3), FRST_V 444 (3), GEOG_V 351 (3), NRES_V 441 (3), PLAN_V 425 (3) (pre-req one of URST_V 200, GEOG_V 350), FRE_V 374 (3)
3 Students wishing to complete a Minor must take all of the courses from one of the two Minor pools listed below. Students who do not wish to select a Minor must select 6 courses from either of the pools. 

Minor in Urban Greenspace Management

FRST_V 3051 (3), FRST_V 307 (3), one of FRST_V 385 (3), EOSC_V 329 (3), or GEOS_V 3052 (3), UFOR_V 420 (3), one of FRST_V 411 (3), APBI_V 402 (3), or APBI_V 403 (3), UFOR_V 403 (3) or FRST_V 320 (3)

1Prerequisite FRST_V 201 or NRES_V 201 (3) and one of FRST_V 351 (2) and UFOR_V 400 (3)

2Prerequisites: One of GEOS_V 200, GEOS_V 204, APBI_V 244, ATSC_V 201. (And one of PHYS_V 100-level or CHEM_V 123.)

Minor in Landscape and Recreation Planning

FRST_V 490 (3), FRST_V 444 (3), FRST_V 492 (3) or PLAN_V 351 (3) or CONS_V 440 (3), LARC_V 415 (3) or UFOR_V 420 (3), CONS_V 491 (3), GEOG_V 311 (3) or PLAN_V 425 (3).


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