Degree: Associate in Agriculture Technology
Major: FORESTRY MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (FOR3)
Emphasis: Wildlife Management (WLM)
 Credit Requirements: 79 semester credit hours

The Forestry Management Technology program with emphasis in Wildlife Management will train students for natural resource technician positions to work jointly with a graduate forester, wildlife biologist or other land management professional. Graduates will be qualified for entry-level positions with state and federal land management agencies, natural resource consulting firms and others involved in on-the-ground stewardship where skills of forest and wildlife management are needed. Students have the opportunity to become certified in the following areas: TOP Logger, South Carolina Commercial Pesticide License and S.C. Prescribed Burning Certification.

FIRST SEMESTER (FALL)

 

 

 

 

 

ENG 155

COMMUNICATIONS I

 

3.0

 

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OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENG 101

ENGLISH COMPOSITION I

 

 

 

_______

AND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPC 205

PUBLIC SPEAKING

 

 

 

 

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FOR 102

MULTIPLE USE OF FOREST LANDS

3.0

 

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NRM 230

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

 

3.0

 

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FOR 130

DENDROLOGY

 

 

3.0

 

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FOR 154

MENSURATION

 

 

3.0

 

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MAT 101

BEGINNING ALGEBRA

 

3.0

 

_______

OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAT 110

COLLEGE ALGEBRA

 

 

 

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18.0

 

 

SECOND SEMESTER (SPRING)

 

 

 

 

CPT 101

INTRO TO COMPUTERS

 

3.0

 

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ENG 160

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS

3.0

 

_______

OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENG 102

ENGLISH COMPOSITION II

 

 

 

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FOR 121

WOODLAND SAFETY & FIRST AID

1.0

 

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FOR 156

TIMBER CRUISING AND MARKING

4.0

 

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NRM 235

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

3.0

 

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MAT 168

INTRO TO GEOMETRY & TRIGONOMETRY

3.0

 

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17.0

 

 

THIRD SEMESTER (SUMMER)

 

 

 

 

 

FOR 220

SCWE IN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT

8.0

 

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8.0

 

 

FOURTH SEMESTER (FALL)

 

 

 

 

 

NRM 151

VERTEBRATE NATURAL HISTORY

 

 

3.0

 

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NRM 130

OUTDOOR RECREATION MGMT.

 

3.0

 

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NRM 250

WETLAND ECOLOGY

3.0

 

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FOR 269

FOREST STATISTICS & DATA PROCESSING

3.0

 

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FOR 271

SILVICULTURE

 

 

4.0

 

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PSY 103

HUMAN RELATIONS

 

 

3.0

 

_______

OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSY 201

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

 

 

 

_______

 

 

 

 

19.0

 

 

FIFTH SEMESTER (SPRING)

 

 

 

 

 

FOR 240

MAPPING & PHOTO INTERPRETATION

3.0

 

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FOR 263

FOREST MANAGEMENT

 

4.0

 

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FOR 268

FOREST PROTECTION PRACTICES

4.0

 

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PHI 110

ETHICS

 

 

 

3.0

 

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NRM 201

SOIL FERTILITY & PLANT PRODUCTION

 

 

 

3.0

 

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17.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL HOURS:  79.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

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