Forest Resources and Conservation < University of Florida

Program Information

Director: T. “Red” Baker III
Graduate Coordinator: W. Cropper

Since 1937 the Change to School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences has prepared students for professional careers caring for natural resources. We emphasis the role of people in managing both terrestrial and aquatic systems, to produce the myriad of benefits and services they provide. Our faculty have a broad range of interests, including ecology, economics/policy, and recreation/education, and are united by an interest in environmental resources, rather than by traditional academic discipline. The School is composed of three programmatic areas: Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Forest Resources and Conservation and Geomatics which is a concentration within the Forest Resources and Conservation major. These programs offer seven different degree options (including two professional masters degrees), as well as concentrations and certificates in a diversity of specific areas. Minimum requirements for these degrees are given in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog.

The SFFGS offers graduate programs leading to the Master of Forest Resources and Conservation (professional, non-thesis), Master of Science (thesis and non-thesis), and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Forest Resources and Conservation. The Master of Science non-thesis degree may be taken entirely online. Minimum requirements for these degrees are given in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog.

The Forest Resources and Conservation program prepares students to work with the ecological, economic, and social aspects of natural resources, including the management of spatial information gathered through traditional surveying as well as remote sensing. Faculty have a wide variety of specializations, including fire ecology, land tenure, tree genetics, recreation management, environmental education, geographic information systems, silviculture, forest economics, and environmental policy. Further information, including specific degree options, faculty biographies, and information on the admissions process, is available at: https://ffgs.ifas.ufl.edu/

Degrees Offered with a Major in Forest Resources and Conservation

Doctor of Philosophy
- without a concentration
- concentration in Agroforestry
- concentration in Ecological Restoration
- concentration in Geographic Information Systems
- concentration in Geomatics
- concentration in Hydrologic Sciences
- concentration in Natural Resource Policy and Administration
- concentration in Toxicology
- concentration in Tropical Conservation and Development
- concentration in Wetland Sciences
Master of Forest Resources and Conservation
- without a concentration
- concentration in Agroforestry
- concentration in Geographic Information Systems
- concentration in Geomatics
- concentration in Natural Resource Policy and Administration
- concentration in Tropical Conservation and Development
- concentration in Wetland Sciences
Master of Science
- without a concentration
- concentration in Agroforestry
- concentration in Ecological Restoration
  - optional second concentration in Hydrologic Sciences
- concentration in Geographic Information Systems
- concentration in Geomatics
- concentration in Hydrologic Sciences
- concentration in Natural Resource Policy and Administration
- concentration in Tropical Conservation and Development
- concentration in Wetland Sciences

Requirements for these degrees are given in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog.

School of Forest Resources and Conservation Courses

Geomatics Concentration Courses

Course List by Depts
Code	Title	Credits
GIS 6103	GIS Programming and Customization	3
GIS 6116	Geographic Information Systems Analysis	3
SUR 5365	Digital Mapping	3
SUR 5385	Remote Sensing Applications	3
SUR 5386	Image Processing for Remote Sensing	3
SUR 5525	Least Squares Adjustment Computations	3
SUR 6346	Marine Geomatics	3
SUR 6377	Geospatial Application of UASs	3
SUR 6395	Topics in Geographic Information Systems	3
SUR 6502C	Foundations of UAS Mapping	3
SUR 6535	GPS-INS Integration	3
SUR 6536	Geodesy and Geodetic Positioning	3
SUR 6905	Special Problems in Geomatics	1-6
SUR 6934	Topics in Geomatics	1-4
SUR 6940C	Practicum in UAS Mapping	3

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program Courses

Course List by Depts
Code	Title	Credits
FAS 5015	Aquaculture I	3
FAS 5203	Biology of Fishes	3
FAS 5203C	Biology of Fishes	4
FAS 5255	Diseases of Warmwater Fish	3
FAS 5276C	Field Ecology of Aquatic Organisms	4
FAS 5335C	Applied Fisheries Statistics	4
FAS 5407	Biology of Fishery and Aquaculture Invertebrates	3
FAS 5901	Scientific Thinking in Ecology	2
FAS 6154	Marine Adaptations: Environmental Physiology	3
FAS 6165	Fish and Crustacean Nutrition	3
FAS 6176	Algae Biology and Ecology	3
FAS 6238	Environmental Physiology of Fishes	3
FAS 6256	Fish and Aquatic Invertebrate Histology	3
FAS 6272	Marine Ecological Processes	3
FAS 6273	Trophic Ecology of Fishes	3
FAS 6275	Freshwater Ecology	3
FAS 6337C	Fish Population Dynamics	4
FAS 6339C	Advanced Quantitative Fisheries Assessment	4
FAS 6355C	Fisheries Management	4
FAS 6356	Fisheries Enhancement	2
FAS 6357	Marine Protected Areas	3
FAS 6360	Invasion Ecology of Aquatic Animals	3
FAS 6408	Aquaculture II	3
FAS 6416	Spatial Ecology and Modeling of Fish Populations	2
FAS 6705	Fisheries and aquaculture: An economics perspective	3
FAS 6905	Individual Study	1-6
FAS 6910	Supervised Research	1-5
FAS 6932	Special Topics in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	1-4
FAS 6933	Graduate Symposium	1
FAS 6935	Contemporary Problems in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	2
FAS 6940	Supervised Teaching	1-5
FAS 6971	Research for Master's Thesis	1-15
FAS 7979	Advanced Research	1-12
FAS 7980	Research for Doctoral Dissertation	1-15

Forest Resources and Conservation Program Courses

Course List by Depts
Code	Title	Credits
FAS 6306C	Spatial Sciences for Marine Environmental Characterization	4
FAS 6356	Fisheries Enhancement	2
FNR 5072C	Environmental Education Program Development	3
FNR 5608	Research Planning	3
FNR 5625	Managing Public Lands and Waters	3
FNR 6061	Conflict and Collaboration in Natural Resources	3
FNR 6560	Intro to Bayesian Statistics for Life Sciences	3
FNR 6564	Ecohydrology	3
FNR 6628	Watershed Management and Restoration	3
FNR 6668	Natural Resources in a Changing Climate	3
FNR 6669	Policy and Economics of Natural Resources	3
FOR 5157	Ecosystem Restoration Principles and Practice	3
FOR 5159	Ecology and Restoration of Longleaf Pine Ecosystems	3
FOR 5435	Forest Information Systems	3
FOR 5626	Forest Resource Manag	3
FOR 6005	Conservation Behavior	3
FOR 6045	Science Communication & Public Education	3
FOR 6151	Forest Ecosystem Health	3
FOR 6154	Analysis of Forest Ecosystems	3
FOR 6155	Forest Ecosystem Resilience	3
FOR 6156	Simulation Analysis of Forest Ecosystems	3
FOR 6158	Management and Restoration of Invaded Ecosystems	3
FOR 6164	Silviculture: Concepts and Application	3
FOR 6170	Tropical Forestry	3
FOR 6215	Fire Paradigms	3
FOR 6340	Physiology of Forest Trees	3
FOR 6436C	Visualization of Ecological Data	3
FOR 6543	Natural Resource Economics and Valuation	3
FOR 6625	Issues in Southeastern Forest Health	3
FOR 6628	Community Forest Management	3
FOR 6665	Landscape Planning for Ecotourism	3
FOR 6670C	Urban Forestry	3
FOR 6905	Research Problems in Forest Resources and Conservation	1-6
FOR 6910	Supervised Research	1-5
FOR 6933	Seminar	1
FOR 6934	Topics in Forest Resources and Conservation	1-4
FOR 6940	Supervised Teaching	1-5
FOR 6971	Research for Master's Thesis	1-15
FOR 7979	Advanced Research	1-12
FOR 7980	Research for Doctoral Dissertation	1-15
GIS 6116	Geographic Information Systems Analysis	3
PCB 5530	Plant Molecular Biology and Genomics	3
PCB 6528	Plant Cell and Developmental Biology	3
PCB 6555	Introduction to Quantitative Genetics	3
SUR 6355	Analytical Photogrammetry	3

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
FNR 5072C	Environmental Education Program Development	3
FNR 5608	Research Planning	3
FNR 6061	Conflict and Collaboration in Natural Resources	3
FNR 6560	Intro to Bayesian Statistics for Life Sciences	3
FNR 6564	Ecohydrology	3
FOR 5157	Ecosystem Restoration Principles and Practice	3
FOR 5159	Ecology and Restoration of Longleaf Pine Ecosystems	3
FOR 5435	Forest Information Systems	3
FNR 6628	Watershed Management and Restoration	3
FNR 6669	Policy and Economics of Natural Resources	3
FOR 6005	Conservation Behavior	3
FOR 6151	Forest Ecosystem Health	3
FOR 6154	Analysis of Forest Ecosystems	3
FOR 6156	Simulation Analysis of Forest Ecosystems	3
FOR 6164	Silviculture: Concepts and Application	3
FOR 6170	Tropical Forestry	3
FOR 6215	Fire Paradigms	3
FOR 6340	Physiology of Forest Trees	3
FOR 6543	Natural Resource Economics and Valuation	3
FOR 6628	Community Forest Management	3
FOR 6665	Landscape Planning for Ecotourism	3
FOR 6905	Research Problems in Forest Resources and Conservation	1-6
FOR 6910	Supervised Research	1-5
FOR 6933	Seminar	1
FOR 6934	Topics in Forest Resources and Conservation	1-4
FOR 6940	Supervised Teaching	1-5
FOR 6971	Research for Master's Thesis	1-15
FOR 7979	Advanced Research	1-12
FOR 7980	Research for Doctoral Dissertation	1-15
PCB 5530	Plant Molecular Biology and Genomics	3
PCB 6528	Plant Cell and Developmental Biology	3
PCB 6555	Introduction to Quantitative Genetics	3
SUR 6377	Geospatial Application of UASs	3
SUR 6502C	Foundations of UAS Mapping	3
SUR 6940C	Practicum in UAS Mapping	3

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Courses

Course List by College
Code	Title	Credits
ALS 5156	Agricultural Ecology Principles and Applications	3
ALS 5905	Individual Study	1-4
ALS 5932	Special Topics	1-4
ALS 6046	Grant Writing	2
ALS 6166	Exotic Species and Biosecurity Issues	3
ALS 6921	Colloquium on Plant Pests of Regulatory Significance	1
ALS 6925	Integrated Plant Medicine	4
ALS 6931	Plant Medicine Program Seminar	1
ALS 6935	Topics in Biological Invasions	3
ALS 6942	Principles of Plant Pest Risk Assessment and Management	3
ALS 6943	Internship in Plant Pest Risk Assessment and Management	1-10
ANS 6936	Graduate Seminar in Animal Molecular and Cell Biology	1-2
BCH 5045	Graduate Survey of Biochemistry	4
STA 6093	Introduction to Applied Statistics for Agricultural and Life Sciences	3
STA 6329	Matrix Algebra and Statistical Computing	3

Forest resources & Conservation (PHD)

SLO 1 Knowledge
Describes and explains theories and concepts in major-specific and related subject matter areas relevant to the individualized focus of the degree program

SLO 2 Skills
Critically evaluates literature, analyzes and synthesizes information, applies experimental and/or descriptive research methodologies, creates new knowledge through discovery, and effectively communicates information

SLO 3 Professional Behavior
Displays honest, ethical, and culturally sensitive behavior and practices in all scholarly activities including teaching, research, and outreach

Forest resources & Conservation (MFRC)

SLO 1 Knowledge
Describes and explains theories and concepts in major-specific and related subject matter areas relevant to the individualized focus of the degree program

SLO 2 Skills
Critically evaluates literature, analyzes and synthesizes information, applies experimental and/or descriptive research methodologies, creates new knowledge through discovery, and effectively communicates information

SLO 3 Professional Behavior
Displays honest, ethical, and culturally sensitive behavior and practices in all scholarly activities including teaching, research, and outreach

Forest Resources & Conservation (MS)

SLO 1 Knowledge
Describes and explains theories and concepts in major-specific and related subject matter areas relevant to the individualized focus of the degree program

SLO 2 Skills
Critically evaluates literature, analyzes and synthesizes information, applies experimental and/or descriptive research methodologies, creates new knowledge through discovery, and effectively communicates information

SLO 3 Professional Behavior
Displays honest, ethical, and culturally sensitive behavior and practices in all scholarly activities including teaching, research, and outreach

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Forest Resources and Conservation

Program Information

Degrees Offered with a Major in Forest Resources and Conservation

School of Forest Resources and Conservation Courses

Geomatics Concentration Courses

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program Courses

Forest Resources and Conservation Program Courses

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Courses

Forest resources & Conservation (PHD)

Forest resources & Conservation (MFRC)

Forest Resources & Conservation (MS)

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