Level I Program Form
I Summary of Proposed Changes
Forestry
Department/program
Course requirement modification; Simplify option name: “Forest Operations”
Summary
II Endorsements and Approvals
Please obtain approval from the Program Chair/Director, the Dean and the Associate Provost.
Requestor:
Phone:
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Signature
Date
Dean’s Signature
Date
Program Chair/Director:
_____________________________________
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Signature
Date
Initial Review in Provost’s Office
date
Other affected programs:
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Date
Faculty Senate Review
date
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Signature
Date
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Provost
date
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Signature
Date
Are other departments/programs affected by this modification
Please obtain signature(s) from the Chair/Director of any
because of
such department/ program (above) before submission
x(a) required courses incl. prerequisites or corequisites,
(b) perceived overlap in content areas
(c) cross-listing of coursework
III Type of Level I Proposal (please check the appropriate space)
(a) Re-titling existing majors, minors, options, or certificates
x
(b) Eliminating existing majors, minors, or options. (submit with BOR program termination checklist)
(c) Adding new minors or certificates where there is a major*
(d) Adding new minors or certificates where there is an option in a major*
(e) Departmental mergers and name changes
(f) Program revisions –for minor modifications use the program modification form*
x
(g) Distance delivery of previously authorized degree program
(h) Adding option within an existing major or degree *
(i) Eliminating organizational units such as departments, divisions and colleges or schools *
(j) Consolidating existing programs and/or degree *
*Requires BOR Curriculum Proposal Form submitted to the Provost’s Office (refer to
http://www.umt.edu/provost/policy/curriculum/default.aspx)
IV Catalog Language
If you are proposing a change to an existing program or major, Please provide the proposed copy as you wish it to appear
please cut and paste the requirements as they appear in the
in the catalog. 
current catalog below. www.umt.edu/catalog 
Forestry
Forestry
Bachelor of Science in Forestry
Bachelor of Science in Forestry
Forest Operations and Applied
Restoration Option
Beth Dodson, Associate Professor, Program
Director
The Bachelor of Science in Forestry is a professional
In addition to special degree requirements listed previously,
the students selecting the Forest Operations and Applied
Restoration option must complete the following required
courses or their equivalent, if transferred from another college
or university. Transference and equivalency will be determined
by the University and College of Forestry and Conservation.
Electives may be taken at any time, keeping in mind these
requirements as well as the University's General Education
requirements for graduation.
First Year
Credits
3
Writing I
3
M 151 (MATH 121) Precalculus
4
BIOO 105N (BIOL 120N)
Introduction to Botany
3
M 162 (MATH 150) Applied Calculus
4
PHSX 205N and 206N (PHYS 111N
and PHYS 113N) College Physics
Credits
FORS 130 Introduction to
Forestry Field Skills
WRIT 101 (ENEX 101) College
I and Lab
Core Requirements
First Year
CHMY 121N (CHEM 151N)
Introduction to General Chemistry
degree accredited by the Society of American Foresters
that provides students interested in the management of
forested systems a solid basis in the art and science of
forest management. The BS Forestry degree prepares
students for employment in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. All students in the BS Forestry Program
will take a core of required courses and select from one of
two options: Forest Operations or Forest Resources
Management.
2
CHMY 121N Introduction to
General Chemistry
3
WRIT 101 College Writing I
3
M 151 Pre-calculus*
4
BIOB 160N Principles of Living
Systems
4
M 162 Applied Calculus –OR-
4
5
PHSX 205N and 206N College
ECNS 201S (ECON 111S)
Introduction to Microeconomics
Physics I and Lab
5
COMX 111A Speech –OR-
3
THTR 120A Intro to Acting
3
3
NRSM 180 (FOR 180) Careers in
Natural Resources or NRSM 121S
(RSCN 121S) Nature of Montana
2
Electives and General
FORS 200 (FOR 200) Forest
Resources Measurements Camp
Electives and General Education
Second Year
Education
7/8
Second Year
Credits
FORS 201 Forest Biometrics
3
2
4
Credits
NRSM 210N Soil, Water, and
FORS 235 (FOR 235) Problem
Solving for Forest Operations
Climate
3
FORS 240 Tree Biology
2
4
FORS 201 (FOR 201) Forest
Biometrics
FORS 241N Dendrology
3
3
NRSM 200 Natural Resources
ENSC 245N (FOR 210N)
Introductory Soils
Professional Writing
3
3
FORS 202 Forest Mensuration
3
NRSM 200 Natural Resources
Professional Writing
3
FORS 284 Introduction to GIS
and Cartography
3
FORS 241N (FOR 241N)
Dendrology
3
ECNS 201S Introduction to
Microeconomics
3
GPHY 284 Introduction to GIS and
Cartography
3
Electives and General
Education
6
Credits
NRSM 265 (FOR 265) Elements of
Ecological Restoration
3
Third and Fourth Years
Nature and Society Elective
3
FORS 320 Forest
Electives and General Education
3
Third and Fourth Years
Environmental Economics
3
FORS 330 Forest Ecology
3
Credits
NRSM 385 Watershed
FORS 302 (FOR 302) Forest
Mensuration
Hydrology
3
3
FORS 340 Forest Products
FORS 320 (FOR 320) Forest
Environmental Economics
Manufacturing
2
3
FORS 341 Timber Harvesting
FORS 330 (FOR 330) Forest
Ecology
and Roads
3
3
FORS 349 Multiple Resource
NRSM 385 (FOR 385) Watershed
Hydrology
Silviculture
3
3
FORS 440 Forest Stand
FORS 340 (FOR 340) Forest
Products Manufacturing
Management
3
2
NRSM 422 Natural Resources
FORS 341 (FOR 341) Timber
Harvesting and Roads
FORS 347 (FOR 347) Multiple
Resource Silviculture
Policy & Administration
3
Option and Electives
37
3
3
*The M151 requirement may also be satisfied with the
sequence of M121 College Algebra AND M122 College
Trigonometry
FORS 351 (FOR 351)
Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing
3
Students in the BS Forestry program must choose one of
two options: Forest Operations or Forest Resource
Management.
NRSM 422 (FOR 422) Natural
Resources Policy & Administration
3
Required Courses
FORS 434 (FOR 434) Advanced
Forest Roads
Forest Operations
Credits
2
FORS 434 Advanced Forest
Roads
FORS 435 (FOR 435) Advanced
Timber Harvesting
3
2
FORS 435 Advanced Timber
FORS 436 (FOR 436) Forest
Harvesting
3
FORS 436 Project Appraisal
3
Operations Evaluation and Project
Planning
3
Forest Management Elective
FORS 437 (FOR 437) Forest
(one course from the
Operations and Applied Restoration
Capstone
3
NRSM 455 (FOR 455) Riparian
following)
Credits
FORS 230 Fire Management
2
2
Ecology and Management
3
FORS 232 Insects and Disease
Electives and General Education
22
NRSM 265 Elements of
Ecological Restoration
The following courses satisfy the
nature and society elective
PTRM 217 Parks and Outdoor
requirement:
ENST 230H (EVST 167H) Nature
and Society
3
Recreation Management
3
WILD 275 Wildlife Conservation
2
3
Resource Protection Elective
ENST 225 (EVST 225) Community
and Environment
(one course from the
3
PHL 422 (PHIL 427E)
Environmental Philosophy
following)
Credits
NRSM 455 Riparian Ecology
3
Forest Resources Management Option
In addition to special degree requirements listed previously,
the students selecting the Forest Resources Management
option must complete the following required courses or their
equivalent, if transferred from another college or university.
and Management
3
FORS 485 Watershed
Management
3
3
Transference and equivalency will be determined by the
University and College of Forestry and Conservation. Electives
may be taken at any time, keeping in mind these requirements
as well as the University's General Education requirements for
graduation.
First Year
NRSM 415 Environmental Soil
Science
NRSM 360 Range Management
3
Credits
FORS 331 Wildland Fuels
Management
BIOO 105N (BIOL 120N)
Introduction to Botany
3
3
Ethics and Social Science
Elective (one course from the
CHMY 121N (CHEM 151N)
Introduction to General Chemistry
3
following)
COMX 111A (COMM 111A)
NRSM 379 Collaboration n
Introduction to Public Speaking OR
Natural Resource Decisions
Credits
3
THTR 120A (DRAM 111A) Acting for
Non-Majors
3
NRSM 489E Ethics, Forestry
and Conservation
3
ECNS 201S (ECON 111S)
Introduction to Microeconomics
3
NASX 303E Ecological
Perspectives in Native
WRIT 101 (ENEX) College Writing I
3
American Traditions
M 151 (MATH 121) Precalculus
4
NRSM 424 Community Forestry
M 162 (MATH 150) Applied Calculus
4
Electives and General Education
5
Second Year
Credit
3
and Conservation
3
FORS 425 Natural Resource
3
Forest Resources Management
FORS 201 (FOR 201) Forest
Biometrics
and Environmental Economics
3
Students selecting a minor must include an increment
of at least 6 credits beyond the major and option
requirements.
NRSM 200 Natural Resources
Professional Writing
3
Required Course
Credits
ENSC 245N (FOR 210N)Soils
3
FORS 481 Forest Planning
3
FORS 240 (FOR 240) Tree Biology
2
Professional Electives: at least 18 credits from the
following must be selected.
FORS 241N (FOR 241N)
Biophysical Sciences (at least
Dendrology
3
one course from the
GPHY 284 Introduction to GIS and
3
following)
Credits
Cartography
BIOE 390 General Ecology
3
Social Science Restricted Elective
BIOO 335 Rocky Mountain Flora
3
BIOO 433 Plant Physiology
3
(Select one course from the
following list)
FORS 342 Wood Anatomy,
SOCI/ENST 225 (EVST 225)
Community and Environment
3
ENST 230H (EVST 167H) Nature
and Society
3
NRSM 370S (RSCN 370S) Wildland
Properties, and Identification
3
FORS 430 Forest Meteorology
3
NRSM 418 Ecosystem Climatology
3
NRSM 335 Environmental Entomology
3
Conservation Policy and
Governance
3
WILD 370 Wildlife Habitat
Conservation and Management
3
Management Applications
Restricted Elective (Select at least
Management Applications (at
five credits from the following list)
least two courses from the
following)
Credits
FORS 230 (FOR 230) Forest Fire
Management
2
FORS 232 (FOR 232) Forest Insects
and Diseases
2
FORS 232 Forest Insects and
2
NRSM 360 (FOR 360) Range
Management
FORS 230 Fire Management
Diseases
2
FORS 331 Wildland Fuel Management
3
FORS 434 Advanced Forest Roads
3
3
PTRM 217S (RECM 217S) Wildland
Recreation Management
3
FORS 435 Advanced Timber
Harvesting
3
WILD 275 (FOR 275) Wildlife
Conservation
2
FORS 447 Advanced Silviculture
3
Electives and General Education
4
NRSM 360 Range Management
3
Third and Fourth Years
Credits
NRSM 455 Riparian Ecology and
Management
3
FORS 302 (FOR 302) Forest
Mensuration
3
NRSM 485 Watershed Management
3
FORS 320 (FOR 320) Forest
3
WILD 275 Wildlife Conservation
2
Policy and Social Science (at
Environmental Economics
least one course from the
FORS 330 (FOR 330) Forest
Ecology
following)
Credits
3
ENST 230H Nature and Society
3
FORS 340 (FOR 340) Forest
Products Manufacturing
2
NRSM 425 Natural Resource and
Environmental Economics
3
FORS 436 Project Appraisal
3
FORS 341 (FOR 341) Timber
Harvesting and Roads
3
FORS 347 (FOR 347) Multiple
Resource Silviculture
NRSM 370 Wildland Conservation
3
Policy and Governance
FORS 351 (FOR 351)
NRSM 379 Collaboration n Natural
Photogrammetry and Remote
Resource Decisions
Sensing
3
3
3
NRSM 424 Community Forestry and
NRSM 385 (FOR 385) Watershed
Hydrology
Conservation
3
NRSM 426 Climate and Society
3
3
NRSM 422 (FOR 422) Natural
Resource Policy/Administration
3
NRSM 475 Environment and
Development
3
FORS 440 (FOR 440) Timber
Management I
3
NRSM 489E Ethics of Forestry and
Conservation
3
FORS 481 (FOR 481) Forest
Planning
Professional Electives
Electives and General Education
3
PTRM 217 Parks and Outdoor
Recreation Management
3
PTRM 300 Recreation Behavior
3
15
26
PTRM 310 Natural Resource
Professional Electives: Students
Interpretation and Communication
3
must select at least five courses
among the three areas of
PTRM 380 Administration and
emphasis listed below so that at
Leadership
least 15 total professional elective
credits are included in the degree
3
PTRM 451W Tourism and
Sustainability
3
program.
PTRM 482W Wilderness and
Biophysical Sciences (select at
Protected Area Management
3
least one course)
SOCI 225 Community and the
Environment
3
WILD 373 (WBIO 373) Wildlife
Techniques
2
NASX303E Ecological Perspectives in
Native American Traditions
3
WILD 370 (WBIO 370) Wildlife
Habitat Conservation &
Management
Measurement and Analysis
3
(at least one course from the
following)
Credits
NRSM 335 (FOR 332)
Environmental Entomology
3
FORS 350 Forestry
Applications of GIS
3
FORS 342 (FOR 342) Wood
Anatomy, Properties and
Identification
FORS 351 Environmental
3
BIOO 320 (BIOL 316) Plant Form
and Function
5
4
BIOB 272 (BIOL 223) Genetics and
Evolution
4
PHSX 205N and 206N (PHYS 111N
and PHYS 113N) College Physics
I and Lab
5
FORS 430 (FOR 430) Forest
Meteorology
3
FORS 350 (FOR 350) Forestry
Applications of GIS
3
Management Applications (select
at least one course)
FORS 230 (FOR 230) Fire
Management*
Models
3
WILD 373 Wildlife Techniques
3
GEO 421 Hydrology
3
3
BIOO 433 (BIOL 444) Plant
Physiology
3
FORS 307 Forest Vegetation
BIOO 335 (BIOL 350) Rocky
Mountain Flora
Remote Sensing
2
NRSM 360 (FOR 360) Rangeland
Management*
3
PTRM 217S (RECM 217S) Wildland
Recreation Management*
3
NRSM 455 (FOR 455) Riparian
Ecology and Management
3
FORS 307 (FOR 307) Forest
Vegetation Management Models
3
FORS 447 (FOR 447) Advanced
Silviculture
3
FORS 331 (FOR 331) Wildland Fuel
Management
3
NRSM 385 (FOR 485) Watershed
Management
3
FORS 441 (FOR 441) Timber
Management II
3
FORS 480 (FOR 480) Forest and
Rangeland Area Planning and
Design
3
PTRM 310 (RECM 310) Natural
Resources Interpretation
3
Policy and Social Sciences
(select at least one course)
SOCI/ENST 225 (EVST 225)
Community and Environment*
3
ENST 230H (EVST 167H) Nature
and Society*
3
NRSM 424 (FOR 424) Community
Forestry and Conservation
3
NRSM 379 (FOR 379) Collaboration
in Natural Resources Decisions
3
NRSM 475 (FOR 475) Environment
and Development
3
NRSM 425 (FOR 425) Natural
Resource and Environmental
Economics
3
NRSM 370S (RSCN 370S) Wildland
Conservation Policy and
Governance*
3
PTRM 482 (RECM 482) Wilderness
and Protected Area Management
3
PTRM 485 (RECM 485) Recreation
Planning
3
*If these courses are selected as
restricted electives they may not
be used to fulfill professional
electives
Please explain/justify the new proposal or change. 
The changes proposed here are primarily to simplify the requirements and to increase student flexibility within the program
while still maintaining a strong professional forestry program:
-Introduction of a “core” required of all Forestry students no matter their option. The primary change here is only in the
presentation of required courses. Courses included in the “core” were previously requirements within the options or are
replacing former requirements.
-Simplification of option name from “Forest Operations and Applied Restoration” to “Forest Operations”. This simplified
option name will minimize confusion with other degree offering within CFC while still adequately describing the option.
The inclusion of “Applied Restoration” is needlessly confusing and, while highlighting a strength of the program, presents a
too-narrow focus for students within the option.
-Expanded and refined lists of restricted electives for both options. Within the Forest Operations option individual course
requirements have been replaced with restricted elective lists containing a wider selection of courses for students to select
from. Within the Forest Resources Management option the lists of Professional Electives have been updated to reflect
current offerings.
What other programs are affected by your proposal? Obtain
DBS, Native American Studies, Geosciences
signatures as requested below.
V Department Summary Required if several proposals are submitted. In a separate document list program title and
proposed change for all proposals.
Revised 7/13