Forestry (FOR) at Southwest Virginia Community College
Distance Learning
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Term
- FOR 95 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - FOR 100 - Introduction to Forestry
- Develops the general concepts of forestry and forest resource use in the United States. Laboratory sessions introduce the student to the protection, management, and use of forest resource.Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5-6 hours per week.
3-4 credits - FOR 102 - Forest Protection
- Emphasizes fire control, smoke management, timber theft, major forest pests and diseases, exotic and invasive species, and other threats to forest health. Includes optional test for red or green card certification and a non-commercial pesticide applicator's license. Lecture 1 hour Laboratory 4 hours Total 5 hours per week.3 credits. Lecture 1 hour Laboratory 4 hours Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits - FOR 105 - Forest and Wildlife Ecology
- Studies the interrelationships of organisms and the natural and cultural environments with emphasis on human influences, ecological structures, survey of populations, communities, and ecosystems.Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.
4 credits - FOR 110 - Introduction to Forest and Wildlife Science
- Surveys the interrelationship between organisms in the natural and cultural environments with emphasis on human influences, ecological structures, survey of forest and wildlife populations, communities, and ecosystems.Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.
4 credits - FOR 115 - Dendrology
- Studies trees and shrubs botanically and commercially important to the forests of eastern United States. Emphasizes field characteristics of trees and common shrubs of the eastern United States.Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.
4 credits - FOR 135 - Wildlife and Fisheries Management
- Introduces the principles of wildlife and fisheries management. Emphasizes practices in the eastern United States.Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.
4 credits - FOR 190 - Coordinated Internship
- Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - FOR 195 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - FOR 197 - Cooperative Education
- Supervises in on-the-job training for pay in approved business, industrial and service firms, coordinated by the college's cooperative education office. Is applicable to all occupational- technical curricula at the discretion of the college.Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - FOR 205 - Forest Mapping
- Introduces GIS applications for Forest Management. Provides experience in creating, updating, managing, correcting geographic databases, and maps. Emphasizes adherence to legal and ethical criteria of GIS applications in Forestry.3 credits.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours Total 5 hours per week
3 credits - FOR 215 - Applied Silviculture
- Focuses on theory and practices involved in controlling the forest establishment, composition and growth. Laboratory emphasizes observation and application of various silvicultural procedures including site preparation, regeneration, and intermediate treatments.Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FOR 1154 credits - FOR 237 - Wildlife Ecology
- Studies wildlife communities and their environmental relationships.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - FOR 245 - Forest Products I
- Introduces forest products.Lecture 2 hours per week.
2 credits - FOR 295 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - FOR 298 - Seminar and Project
- Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student's occupational objectives and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - FOR 299 - Supervised Study
- Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
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