Students in this major choose a specialization in Forestry or Natural Resource Management. The specific requirements for each specialization is outlined below. In addition to the University, campus, and college requirements, listed on the College Requirements tab, students must fulfill the below requirements specific to their major program.

General Guidelines

All courses taken to fulfill the major requirements below must be taken for graded credit, other than courses listed which are offered on a Pass/No Pass basis only. Other exceptions to this requirement are noted as applicable.
A minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 is required.
A minimum GPA of 2.0 in upper division major requirements is required.
At least 15 of the 36 required upper division units must be taken in the Rausser College of Natural Resources (except for students majoring in Environmental Economics and Policy; please see the EEP major adviser for further information).
A maximum of 16 units of independent study (courses numbered 97, 98, 99, 197, 198, and 199) may count toward graduation, with a maximum of 4 units of independent study per semester.
No more than 1/3 of the total units attempted at UC Berkeley may be taken Pass/Not Pass. This includes units in the Education Abroad Program and UC Intercampus Visitor or Exchange Programs.
A maximum of 4 units of physical education courses will count toward graduation.

For information regarding residency requirements and unit requirements, please see the College Requirements tab.

Requirements for all Ecosystem Management and Forestry Majors

Code	Title	Units
		Course List
Lower division courses
Chemistry (pick one)
CHEM 1A & 1AL	General Chemistry and General Chemistry Laboratory
CHEM 3A & 3AL	Chemical Structure and Reactivity and Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Biology
BIOLOGY 1B	General Biology Lecture and Laboratory [4]
Calculus (A-B series required)
MATH 16A & MATH 16B	Analytic Geometry and Calculus and Analytic Geometry and Calculus
MATH 1A & MATH 1B	Course Not Available and Course Not Available
MATH 10A & MATH 10B	Methods of Mathematics: Calculus, Statistics, and Combinatorics and Methods of Mathematics: Calculus, Statistics, and Combinatorics
Statistics: select one from the following
STAT 20	Introduction to Probability and Statistics [4]
STAT 21	Introductory Probability and Statistics for Business [4]
ESPM 173	Introduction to Ecological Data Analysis [3]
DATA C8 & C88S	Foundations of Data Science and Probability and Mathematical Statistics in Data Science
Economics
ENVECON C1	Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy [4] *
or ECON 1	Introduction to Economics
Physical Science
GEOG 40	Introduction to Earth System Science [4]
or EPS 50	The Planet Earth
or GEOG N1	Global Environmental Change
GIS
ESPM 72	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems [3] (offered every other year)
or GEOG 80	An Introduction to Geospatial Technologies: Mapping, Space and Power
ESPM Core Requirements
ESPM Environmental Sciences Core: Select one from the following:
ESPM 2	The Biosphere [3]
ESPM 6	Environmental Biology [3]
ESPM C10	Environmental Issues [4]
ESPM 15	Introduction to Environmental Sciences [3]
ESPM C46	Climate Change and the Future of California [4]
ESPM Social Sciences Core: Select on from the following:
ESPM C11	Americans and the Global Forest [4]
ESPM C22AC	Fire: Past, Present and Future Interactions with the People and Ecosystems of California [4]
ESPM 50AC	Introduction to Culture and Natural Resource Management [4]
ESPM C52	History of Native American Land, Colonialism, and Heritage Preservation [3]
ESPM 60	Environmental Policy, Administration, and Law [4]
Upper Division Core Courses
Upper division requirements for both specializations
ESPM 137	Landscape Ecology [3]
or ESPM C153	Ecology
ESPM 102C	Resource Management [4]
ESPM 183	Forest Ecosystem Management and Planning [4]

Forestry Specialization Requirements

The Forestry specialization provides students with the ecological, quantitative, and social foundation to be the managers and leaders in the management of forests and forest resources. The Forestry specialization is accredited by the Society of American Foresters and provides four years of qualifying education or professional experience for licensing as a professional forester in California. The goals of the Forestry specialization are very closely associated with the educational requirements of the forestry profession and prepare our students for a variety of careers in forestry or closely related natural resource fields.

Code	Title	Units
		Course List
Forestry Field Program
ESPM 105A	Sierra Nevada Ecology [4]
ESPM 105B	Forest Measurements [1]
ESPM 105C	Silviculture and Utilization [3]
ESPM 105D	Forest Management and Assessment [3]
Forestry Required Courses
ESPM 102D	Climate and Energy Policy [4]
or ESPM 60	Environmental Policy, Administration, and Law
ESPM 108A	Trees: Taxonomy, Growth, and Structures [3]
ESPM 134	Fire, Insects, and Diseases in Forest Ecosystems [3]
ESPM 182	Forest Operations Management [3] (offered every other year)
ESPM 185	Applied Forest Ecology [4]
ESPM 102B	Natural Resource Sampling [2] (&)
ESPM 102BL	Laboratory in Natural Resource Sampling [2]
or ESPM C110A	Ecological Analysis
Forestry Elective
Select two:
ESPM 116B	Grassland and Woodland Ecology	4
ESPM 120	Science of Soils [3]
ESPM 121	Development and Classification of Soils [3]
ESPM C129	Biometeorology [3]
ESPM 130A	Forest Hydrology	4
ESPM 131	Soil Microbiology and Biogeochemistry [3]
ESPM 157	Data Science in Global Change Ecology [4]
ESPM 164	GIS and Environmental Science [3]
ESPM C172	Remote Sensing of the Environment [4]
ESPM 173	Introduction to Ecological Data Analysis [3]
ESPM 174A	Applied Time Series Analysis for Ecology and Environmental Sciences	3
ESPM 181A	Fire Ecology [3]
ESPM 186	Grassland and Woodland Management and Conservation [4]
ESPM 190	Seminar in Environmental Issues	3
GEOG 180	Field Methods for Physical Geography [5]
GEOG 185	Earth System Remote Sensing [3]
GEOG C188	Geographic Information Science	4

Natural Resource Management Specialization Requirements

The Natural Resource Management specialization provides students with greater flexibility to explore subjects in ecology, physical environment, monitoring and measurement, and management and policy. Students can choose to concentrate their studies in water management, ecology, climates change or design their own concentration based on interest.

Choose One:

Choice A

Either the Forestry Field program (ESPM 105A-D) or Biology and Geomorphology of Tropical Islands (ESPM C107) AND
Three additional approved courses by and Ecosystem Management and Forestry Faculty

Choice B

Complete an approved six course resource concentration track or design your own six course concentration with EMF faculty approval with at least one elective from each of the following categories

Code	Title	Units
		Course List
Electives by Concentration for Natural Resource Management Specialization
Ecosystem Knowledge
ESPM 108A	Trees: Taxonomy, Growth, and Structures [3]
ESPM 108B	Environmental Change Genetics [3]
ESPM 111	Ecosystem Ecology [4]
ESPM 112	Microbial Ecology [3]
ESPM 113	Insect Ecology [3]
ESPM 114	Wildlife Ecology [3]
ESPM C115A	Freshwater Ecology [3]
ESPM 115C	Fish Ecology [3]
ESPM 116B	Grassland and Woodland Ecology [4]
ESPM 120	Science of Soils [3]
ESPM 121	Development and Classification of Soils [3]
ESPM C129	Biometeorology [3]
ESPM 130A	Forest Hydrology [4]
ESPM 131	Soil Microbiology and Biogeochemistry [3]
ESPM C180	Air Pollution [3]
INTEGBI 157LF	Ecosystems of California [4]
Ecosystem Measurement and Assessment
ESPM 102B & 102BL	Natural Resource Sampling and Laboratory in Natural Resource Sampling
ESPM C110A	Ecological Analysis [4]
ESPM 157	Data Science in Global Change Ecology [4]
ESPM 164	GIS and Environmental Science [3]
ESPM C172	Remote Sensing of the Environment [4]
ESPM 173	Introduction to Ecological Data Analysis [3]
ESPM 174A	Applied Time Series Analysis for Ecology and Environmental Sciences [3]
GEOG 180	Field Methods for Physical Geography [5]
GEOG C188	Geographic Information Science [4]
Ecosystems Value and Policy
ESPM 101A	The Politics and Practice of Sustainability Transitions [4]
ESPM 102D	Climate and Energy Policy [4]
ESPM 155AC	Sociology and Political Ecology of Agro-Food Systems [4]
ESPM 161	Environmental Philosophy and Ethics [4]
ESPM 162A	Health, Medicine, Society and Environment [4]
ESPM 163AC	Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Equity, and the Environment [4]
ESPM 168	Political Ecology [4]
ESPM 169	International Environmental Politics [4]
ESPM C176	CLIMATE JUSTICE [4]
Ecosystem Management
ESPM C103	Principles of Conservation Biology [4]
ESPM 106	American Wildlife: Management and Policy in the 21st Century [3]
ESPM 134	Fire, Insects, and Diseases in Forest Ecosystems [3]
ESPM 152	Global Change Biology [3]
ESPM 162	Bioethics and Society [4]
ESPM C167	Environmental Health and Development [4]
ESPM 181A	Fire Ecology [3]
ESPM 182	Forest Operations Management [3]
ESPM 185	Applied Forest Ecology [4]
ESPM 186	Grassland and Woodland Management and Conservation [4]

Possible concentrations in Natural Resource Management:

Code	Title	Units
Course List
Water & Watershed
ESPM 102D	Climate and Energy Policy [4]
ESPM 114	Wildlife Ecology [3]
ESPM 120	Science of Soils [3]
ESPM 164	GIS and Environmental Science [3]
ESPM 182	Forest Operations Management [3]
EPS 117	Geomorphology [4]
CIV ENG C103N	Terrestrial Hydrology [4]
Wildlife Conservation and Management:
ESPM 102D	Climate and Energy Policy [4]
ESPM C103	Principles of Conservation Biology [4]
ESPM 106	American Wildlife: Management and Policy in the 21st Century [3]
ESPM 114	Wildlife Ecology [3]
ESPM 115C	Fish Ecology [3]
ESPM 173	Introduction to Ecological Data Analysis [3]

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