Dept. of Forest Resources
University of Minnesota
115 Green Hall
1530 Cleveland Ave. N.
St. Paul, MN  55108-6112

612.624.3400
612.625.5212
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Courses

The following is a list of courses taught by faculty in the Department of Forest Resources. Some of the courses have links to syllabi, schedules, and other materials.

Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management (ESPM)
Forest Resources (FR) (also for Urban and Community Forestry)
Recreation Resources Management (RRM)
Field Sessions at Cloquet Forestry Center

General Purpose Materials
       -  Paper and literature format.
       -  Writing resources.
       -  Academic Integrity.

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Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management (ESPM)

ESPM 1002  Transfer Orientation Seminar (co-taught), 1 credit.
ESPM 1003H  Honors Colloquium, 1 credit.
ESPM 1011  Issues in the Environment (co-taught), 3 credits.
ESPM 1145  Quantitative Methods for Environmental Scientists and Managers I, 4 credits.
ESPM 1480  Topics in Natural Resources, 1 credit.
ESPM 1901  Freshman Seminar, 1 credit.
ESPM 1905  Freshman Seminar, 1 credit.
ESPM 2021  Environmental Sciences: Integrated Problem Solving, 3 credits.
ESPM 3021/5021  Ecological Vegetation Management:  A Consulting Approach, 3 credits.
ESPM 3031/5031  Applied Global Positioning Systems for Geographic Information Systems (Applied GPS for GIS), 3 credits.
ESPM 3101/5101  Conservation of Plant Biodiversity, 3 credits.
ESPM 3202W/5202  Environmental Conflict Management, Leadership, and Planning, 3 credits.
ESPM 3207/5207  Emerging Issues in Tropical Agriculture and Forestry:  Costa Rica, 3 credits.
ESPM 3211/5211  Survey, Measurements and Modeling for Environmental Analysis, 3 credits.
ESPM 3241W/5241  Natural Resources and Environmental Policy: History, Creation, and Implementation, 3 credits.
ESPM 3245/5245  Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy, 3 credits.
ESPM 3251/5251  Natural Resources in Sustainable International Development, 3 credits.
ESPM 3261W/5261  Economics and Natural Resources Management, 4 credits.
ESPM 3271  Human Environmental Behavior and Policy, 3 credits.
ESPM 3480  Topics in Natural Resources, 3 credits.
ESPM 3703/5703  Agroforestry in Watershed Management, 3 credits.
ESPM 4041W  Problem Solving and Planning in Natural Resources, 4 credits.
       * Past class products
ESPM 4096  Experience and Training in a Field Setting, 1-3 credits.
ESPM 4242/5242  Analysis of Environmental and Natural Resource Policy, 3 credits.
ESPM 4256/5256  Natural Resource Law and the Management of Public Lands and Waters, 3 credits.
ESPM 4295W/5295  GIS in Environmental Science and Management, 4 credits.
ESPM 4811/5811  Environmental Interpretation, 3 credits.

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Forest Resources (FR)
(also for Urban and Community Forestry)

FR 1001  Orientation and Information Systems (co-taught), 1 credit.
FR 1101  Dendrology, 3 credits.
FR 1901  Freshman Seminar, 1 credit.
FR 2101  Identifying Forest Plants, 1 credit. 
FR 2102  Northern Forests Field Ecology, 2 credits.
FR 2104  Measuring Forest Resources, 1 credit.
FR 3104/5104  Forest Ecology, 4 credits.
FR 3105/5105  Forest Ecosystem Health and Management, 3 credits.
FR 3114/5114  Hydrology and Watershed Management, 3 credits.
FR 3131  Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources, 4 credits.
FR 3203/5203  Forest Fire and Disturbance Ecology, 3 credits.
FR 3204/5204  Landscape Ecology and Management, 3 credits.
FR 3205/5205  Productivity and Ecology of Forest Soils, 3 credits.
FR 3218/5218  Measuring and Modeling Forests, 3 credits.
FR 3262/5262  Remote Sensing of Natural Resources and Environment, 4 credits.
FR 3411/5411  Managing Forest Ecosystems (Silviculture), 4 credits.
FR 3431/5431  Timber Harvesting and Road Planning, 2 credits.
FR 3471/5471  Forest Planning and Management, 3 credits.
FR 3501  Arboriculture:  Selection and Maintenance of Trees, 3 credits.
FR 3612/5612  Silviculture and Timber Harvesting Practices in Minnesota, 1 credit.
FR 4118/5118  Trees: Structure and Function, 3 credits.
FR 4501/5501  Urban Forest Management: Managing Greenspaces for People, 3 credits.
FR 5131  Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources, 4 credits.
FR 5142  Tropical Forest Ecology, 3 credits.
FR 5146  Science and Policy of Global Environmental Change, 3 credits.
FR 5153  Forest and Wetland Hydrology, 3 credits.
FR 5161  Northern Forest Field Course, 2 credits.
FR 5228  Advanced Assessment and Modeling, 3 credits.
FR 5264  Advanced Forest Management Planning, 3 credits.
FR 5412  Digital Remote Sensing, 3 credits.
FR 5413  Managing Forest Ecosystems:  Silviculture Lab, 1 credit.
FR 5480  Topics in Natural Resources - Biosphere and Atmosphere Interactions, 1 credit.
FR 5611  Field Silviculture, 2 credits.
FR 5615  Field Remote Sensing and Resource Survey, 2 credits.
FR 5621  Field Timber Harvesting and Road Planning, 2 credits.
FR 8107  Forest Resources Seminar.
          *Evaluation form.
          *Scientific Ethics paper.

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Recreation Resources Management (RRM)

RRM 1001  Orientation and Information Systems (co-taught), 1 credit.
RRM 1101  Recreation and the Quality of Life, 3 credits.
RRM 1901  Freshman Seminar, 1 credit.
RRM 1905  Freshman Seminar, 1 credit.
RRM 3101/5101  Nature and Heritage Based Tourism, 3 credits.
RRM 3201/5201  Introduction to Travel and Tourism, 3 credits.
RRM 4200H  Honors Seminar, 1 credit.
RRM 4232W/5232  Managing Recreational Lands, 4 credits.
RRM 5259  Visitor Behavior Analysis, 3 credits.

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