Course Form (revised 8-2009)
I. Summary of Proposed Changes
Dept / Program
Forestry
Course Title
Advanced Forest Roads
Short Title (max. 26 characters incl. spaces)
Summarize the change(s) proposed
Prefix and Course #
FOR UG 434
Advanced Forest Roads
The old 5-credit FOR 435 Advanced Timber
Harvesting and Roads is being split into two, 2-credit
courses: FOR 434 Advanced Forest Roads and FOR
435 Advanced Timber Harvesting. This will
decrease the number of required credits in the
program by one and will allow students outside
the Forest Operations and Applied Restoration
option (specifically graduate students) to take only
one of the two classes.
II. Endorsement/Approvals
Complete the form and obtain signatures before submitting to Faculty Senate Office
Please type / print name Signature
Requestor:
Elizabeth Dodson
Phone/ email :
5542/
Elizabeth.dodson@umontana.edu
Program Chair/Director:
Elizabeth Dodson
Other affected programs
None
Dean:
Date
Jim Burchfield
III: To Add a New Course Syllabus and assessment information is required (paste syllabus into section
V or attach). Course should have internal coherence and clear focus.
YES
NO
Common Course Numbering Review: Does an equivalent course exist elsewhere
X
in the MUS? Do the proposed abbreviation, number, title and credits align with
existing course(s)? Please indicate equivalent course/campus 
http://msudw.msu.montana.edu:9030/wfez/owa/musxfer.p_CCN_MAIN
Exact entry to appear in the next catalog (Specify course abbreviation, level, number, title, credits,
repeatability (if applicable), frequency of offering, prerequisites, and a brief description.) 
UG 434 Advanced Forest Roads 2 cr. Offered autumn. Prereqs., FOR 235, 340, 351. The purpose of this
course is to help students understand the principles and skills of forest road design and the concepts of forest
transportation planning. The course will cover the basic topics of road location, design, construction, and
maintenance and provide students with techniques to identify the combination of roads, facilities, and
transport systems which minimize costs or maximize revenue for primary and secondary road systems.
Justification: How does the course fit with the existing curriculum? Why is it needed?
By splitting the content of the old FOR 435 course into two courses it will allow students, specifically
graduate students, additional flexibility to pick up only forest road or timber harvesting knowledge and
experience. For students within FOAR, this change will decrease the number of required credits within the
program by one. Students do not need this credit to meet other college or university requirements (i.e. upper
division credits within the College) and therefore can use this additional credit for electives. By breaking up
the course content into two separate offerings, this also allows for greater instructor flexibility as there will
now be one instructor per course.
Are there curricular adjustments to accommodate teaching this course?
No, this course is already offered as part of the existing FOR 435
Complete for UG courses. (UG courses should be assigned a 400 number).
Describe graduate increment (Reference guidelines: http://www.umt.edu/facultysenate/Grad/UG.htm)
In order for students to receive graduate credit for the course, a 5-10 page term paper addressing a current
forest road issue, focusing on the use of forest operations to solve a complex natural resource problem, is
required. The paper will be of publishable quality, including an introduction, literature review, presentation of
the issue, discussion of the significance for management, conclusion, and references to literature cited.
Fees may be requested only for courses meeting specific conditions determined by the Board
of Regents. Please indicate whether this course will be considered for a fee.
If YES, what is the proposed amount of the fee?
Justification:
IV. To Delete or Change an Existing Course – check X all that apply
Deletion
Title
Course Number Change
From:
Level U, UG, G
To:
Description Change
Change in Credits
From:
To:
Prerequisites
1. Current course information at it appears in catalog
(http://www.umt.edu/catalog) 
YES
NO
X
From:
To:
Repeatability
Cross Listing
(primary program
initiates form)
Is there a fee associated with the course?
2. Full and exact entry (as proposed) 
3. If cross-listed course: secondary program & course
number
4. Is this a course with MUS Common Course Numbering? If yes, then will this change eliminate the
course’s common course status? Please explain below.
5. Graduate increment if level of course is changed to UG.
Reference guidelines at:
http://www.umt.edu/facultysenate/Grad/UG.htm
(syllabus required in section V)
Have you reviewed the graduate increment
guidelines? Please check (X) space provided.
6. Other programs affected by the change
7. Justification for proposed change
V. Syllabus/Assessment Information
Required for new courses and course change from U to UG. Paste syllabus in field below or attach and send
digital copy with form.
FOR43x
Advanced Forest Roads
Instructors:
Office:
Phone:
Email:
Office hours:
Woodam Chung
FOR 207B
243-6606
woodam.chung@umontana.edu
TR 3:00P – 5:00P, W 9:30A – 11:00A
Class Times:
Two 1.5 hour lectures (TR 1:10 – 2:30P)
One 4 hour lab (F 10:10A – 2:00P)
Optional Text:
-
Kramer, B. A Road Design Process for Low Volume Recreation and Resource
Development Roads.
Kramer, B. Forest Road Surveying Field Handbook.
1. Pre-requisite: MATH 150, FOR 235, FOR 340 or FOR 341, FOR 347
2. Course Descriptions:
The course is divided into two parts: (1) forest road design, and (2) transportation system analysis. The
purpose of this course is to help students understand the principles and skills of forest road design and the
concepts of forest transportation planning. The course will cover the basic topics of road location, design,
construction, and maintenance and provide students with techniques to identify the combination of roads,
facilities, and transport systems which minimize costs or maximize revenue for primary and secondary road
systems.
The laboratory components of this course will provide students with basic skills to survey and design forest
roads, estimate construction costs, and use some of the major software packages which can be used for
transportation system analysis.
3. Course Learning Objectives:
Forest Road Survey and Design
 Understand the principles and application of forest road location and surveying
 Understand the principles and application of forest road design, including:
o Horizontal curves
o Vertical curves
o Cross-sectional information
o Structural design considerations
 Conduct a rapid “P” line survey and design a section of road by hand
 Estimate road construction costs
 Understand road maintenance and decommissioning issues
 Understand the major roles of forest roads and their environmental impacts
 Learn how to use computer software for road design (ROADENG)
Resource Transportation Planning
 Understand road maintenance requirements
 Be able to conduct a forest road inventory
 Understand the concepts of simultaneous resource allocation and transportation planning
 Learn how to use a computer software for transportation system analysis and planning
(NETWORK2000)
 Learn skills in problem formulation and solution of transportation planning problems.
4. Grading
 Lab exercises and homework
 Road design project
 Exam

50%
25%
25%
100%
Letter grades will be based on the following. Depending upon class performance, the curve may be
shifted downward.
A
93% – 100%
C
73% – 77%
A90% – 93%
C70% – 73%
B+
87% – 90%
D+
67% – 70%
B
83% – 87%
D
63% – 67%
B80% – 83%
D60% – 63%
C+
77% – 80%
F
0% – 60%
In order for students to receive graduate credit for the course, a 5-10 page term paper addressing a current
forest road issue, focusing on the use of forest operations to solve a complex natural resource problem, is
required. The paper will be of publishable quality, including an introduction, literature review, presentation of
the issue, discussion of the significance for management, conclusion, and references to literature cited.
5. Tentative course schedules:
Week
Lectures (Tuesday/Thursday)
Labs (Friday)
1
Course introduction / Math review
Plotting a traverse line
(Lab#1: Plotting)
2
Road location I (Lab#2: Pegging) / Road location II
Lab#3: Curve design exercise
3
Road survey / Road design I (Lab#4: Switchback
design exercise)
Road design II
(Lab#5: Vertical curve design exercise)
4
Earthwork / Lab#6. Earthwork estimation
Survey of Lubrecht road
5
Road construction / Lab#7. Mass diagram
Road design project
6
In-class work on design
Road design project continued
7
Cost estimating (Lab#8. Cost estimating) / Optimal road
spacing (Lab#10. Optimal road spacing)
Lab#9. ROADENG
8
Transportation cost (Lab#11. Truck cost estimation)/
Network analysis (Lab#12. NETWORK2000)
Exam
All students must practice academic honesty. Academic misconduct is subject to an academic penalty by the
course instructor and/or a disciplinary sanction by the University.
All students need to be familiar with the Student Conduct Code. The Code is available for review online at
http://www.umt.edu/SA/VPSA/index.cfm?page?1321.
VI Department Summary (Required if several forms are submitted) In a separate document list course
number, title, and proposed change for all proposals.
VII Copies and Electronic Submission. After approval, submit original, one copy, summary of
proposals and electronic file to the Faculty Senate Office, UH 221, camie.foos@mso.umt.edu.