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Degree Requirements

First Year 
APBI 2003
BIOL 12113
CONS 2003
ECON 101 or FRST 1013
ENGL 110, 111, 112, FRST 150, or LFS 1503
CONS 2103
UFOR 1003
UFOR 1103
Restricted Electives26
Total Credits30



 

Second Year 
CONS 340 or NRES 2413
UFOR 2313
FRST or NRES 2003
FRST or NRES 2013
FRST or NRES 2103
PLAN 2213
UFOR 2003
WOOD or NRES 2253
UFOR 2203
Elective3
Total Credits30


 

Third Year and Fourth Year
FRST 443 or NRES 3413
CONS 4813
FRST 370 or PLAN 321 or CONS 3703
UFOR 3303
UFOR 3163
LARC 4443
UFOR 3003
UFOR 4019
UFOR 4023
UFOR 4953
Electives39
Minor Course Pool418
Total Credits63
UFOR 400 Immediately following third year3
1 Students without Biology 11 or 12 should take BIOL 111 as one of their restricted electives in order to take BIOL 121, a required course for all 1st year BUF students.
2 Restricted elective courses must be chosen from: 
APBI 244/GEOS 204 (3), BIOL 111 (3) 1, CONS 101 (3), FOPR 264 (4), FRST 100 (3) or FRST 110, FRST 231 (3), FRST 232 (3), GEOS 102 (3), GEOS 103 (3), GEOG 250 (3), MATH 100 (3) or MATH 190 (3), or other MATH 100 level course. CHEM 121/123, and PHYS 100 level.  SOCI 101 (3) or SOCI 102 (3) (students who are going to the UGM minor may wish to take CHEM 123 or PHYS 100 level as one of the restricted electives).
3 Recommended electives: 
FRST 231 (3) (Co-requisite: One of MATH 100/180/184/190), APBI 402 (3), COMM 388 (3), CONS 330 (3), CONS 370 (3), DES 130 (3), DES 220 (3), DES 230 (3), DES 200 (3), FRST 239 (3) (pre-reqs FRST 231 and FRST 232), FRST 318 (3), FRST 395 (3), FRST 399 (3), FRST 410 (3), FRST 444 (3), GEOG 351 (3), NRES 441 (3), PLAN 425 (3) (pre-req one of URST 200, GEOG 350), FRE 374 (3)
4 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 3051 (3), FRST 307 (3), one of FRST 385 (3), EOSC 329 (3), or GEOS 3052 (3), UFOR 420 (3), one of FRST 411 (3), APBI 402 (3), or APBI 403 (3), UFOR 403 (3) or FRST 320 (3)

1Prerequisite FRST 201 (3) and one of FRST 351 (2) and UFOR 400 (3)

2Prerequisites: One of GEOS 200, GEOS 204, APBI 244, ATSC 201. (And one of PHYS 100-level or CHEM 123.)

Minor in Landscape and Recreation Planning

FRST 490 (3), FRST 444 (3), FRST 492 (3), or PLAN 351 (3), CONS 440 (3), LARC 415 (3) or UFOR 420 (3), CONS 491 (3), GEOG 311 (3) or PLAN 425 (3).

 


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