Graduate Courses

The College of Forestry and Conservation offers a diverse array of coursework at the graduate level. Many classes are inter-disciplinary or multi-disciplinary in nature and incorporate a range of dimensions from theoretical to methodological to managerial aspects of natural resource conservation and management. While no single organization scheme can adequately capture the nature of such courses, for convenience of browsing below we have organized our graduate course offerings into 4 headings: natural/physical science emphasis; social/policy science emphasis; research methods, modeling and techniques; and seminars/discussions. The courses listed below reflect our regularly scheduled graduate offerings. We also frequently offer special topics classes. Additionally some of our senior level classes are offered with a “graduate increment option” so they may be taken for graduate credit (Marked UG).

Natural/Physical Science Emphasis

Advanced Hydrology (ODD YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Woods | Next Offering: Spring 2009 | Credits: 1-3

Advanced Silviculture - UG
Instructor: Goodburn | Next Offering: Fall | Credits: 3

Advanced Timber Harvesting and Forest Roads - UG
Instructor: TBA | Next Offering: Fall | Credits: 5

Advanced Topics in Habitat Ecology (ODD YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Hebblewhite | Next Offering: Spring 2009 | Credits: 1

Applied Population Ecology (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Mills | Next Offering: Spring 2010 | Credits: 3

Conservation of Wildlife Populations - UG
Instructor: McCaffery | Next Offering: Both | Credits: 3

Ecology Grad Seminar - G
Instructor: Cleveland | Next Offering: Both | Credits: 1

Effects of Non-native Species (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Nelson | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 2

Forest Operations and Applied Restoration Capstone - UG
Instructor: Dodson | Next Offering: Spring | Credits: 3

Introduction to Biogeochemistry - UG
Instructor: Cleveland | Next Offering: Spring | Credits: 3

Range Ecology - UG
Instructor: Bedunah | Next Offering: Spring | Credits: 3

Readings in Population Dynamics (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Mills/Crone | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 1

Senior Thesis:Wolf Disease Ecology - UG
Instructor: Hebblewhite | Next Offering: Fall | Credits: 1

Snow Hydrology (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Potts | Next Offering: Spring 2010 | Credits: 3

Soil Morphology (ODD YEARS ONLY) - UG
Instructor: Cleveland | Next Offering: Spring 09 | Credits: 3

Technical Processing of Wood Products - UG
Instructor: Burke | Next Offering: Spring | Credits: 5

Timber Management 2 - UG
Instructor: Dodson | Next Offering: Fall | Credits: 3

Use of Fire in Wildland Management (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Wakimoto | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 3

Watershed Management - UG
Instructor: Woods | Next Offering: Fall | Credits: 3

Wilderness & Protected Area Management - UG
Instructor: Borrie | Next Offering: Fall | Credits: 3

Wildland Fire Use - UG
Instructor: Wakimoto | Next Offering: Fall | Credits: 2

Wildland Fuel Management - UG
Instructor: Wakimoto | Next Offering: Fall | Credits: 3

Wildlife Landscape Ecology (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Naugle | Next Offering: Spring 2008 | Credits: 3

Wildlife Physiological Ecology - UG
Instructor: Breuner | Next Offering: Spring | Credits: 3

Wildlife Urban Interface Ungulate Habitat Ecology - UG
Instructor: Hebblewhite | Next Offering: Fall | Credits: 1

Social/Policy Science Emphasis

Advanced Natural Resource Conflict Resolution (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: McKinney | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 3

Advanced Problems in Environmental Policy (ODD YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Nie | Next Offering: Fall 2009 | Credits: 3

Commercial Recreation, Marketing and Tourism - UG
Instructor: Moisey/Bosak | Next Offering: Spring | Credits: 3

Community Forestry & Conservation - UG
Instructor: Belsky | Next Offering: Spring | Credits: 3

Conceptual Foundations of Wilderness and Protected Areas (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Borrie | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 3

Ethics & the Management of Public Lands - UG
Instructor: Preston | Next Offering: Spring | Credits: 3

Geographies of Tourism (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Boask | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 3

International Wildlife Conservation Issues - UG
Instructor: Servheen | Next Offering: Spring | Credits: 2

Managing National Parks and Protected Areas (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Freimund | Next Offering: 2010 | Credits: 3

Montana Tourism Research and Practice (ODD YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Nickerson | Next Offering: Fall 2009 | Credits: 3

Natural Resource Dispute Resolution (ODD YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: McKinney | Next Offering: Spring 2009 | Credits: 3

Natural Resource Policy & Administration - UG
Instructor: Nie | Next Offering: Both | Credits: 3

Natural Resources Policy & Administration - UG
Instructor: Nie | Next Offering: Both | Credits: 3

People and Protected Areas (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Belsky | Next Offering: Spring 2010 | Credits: 3

Political Ecology (ODD YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Belsky | Next Offering: Spring 2009 | Credits: 3

Recreation Planning - UG
Instructor: Moisey | Next Offering: Fall | Credits: 4

Sociology of Environment & Development - UG
Instructor: Belsky | Next Offering: Fall | Credits: 3

Research Methods, Modeling, and Techniques

Advanced Research Methods for Social Science (ODD YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Patterson | Next Offering: Spring 2009 | Credits: 3

Combinatorial Optimizations for Forest Planning - G
Instructor: Chung | Next Offering: Intermittently | Credits: 3

Conducting Strong Inference Science (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Martin | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 1

Field Methods in Fishery Biololgy & Management - UG
Instructor: Eby | Next Offering: Spring | Credits: 1-4

Forest & Rangeland Area Planning & Design - UG
Instructor: Potts | Next Offering: Fall | Credits: 3

Forest Ecosystem Analysis (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Running | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 3

Forest Operations Evaluation and Project Planning - UG
Instructor: TBA | Next Offering: Fall | Credits: 3

Forest Planning - UG
Instructor: Chung | Next Offering: Spring | Credits: 3

GIS: Methods in Applications I (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Dobrowski | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 3

Graduate Research - G
Instructor: Burchfield | Next Offering: Both | Credits: 1

Independent Study: GIS - G
Instructor: Chung | Next Offering: Both | Credits: 1

Range Inventory and Analysis - UG
Instructor: Bedunah | Next Offering: Fall | Credits: 3

Research - G
Instructor: Moisey | Next Offering: Both | Credits: 1

Research - G
Instructor: Pletscher | Next Offering: Both | Credits: 1

Research Design (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Eby/Mitchell | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 3

Research Methods (ODD YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Six | Next Offering: Spring 2009 | Credits: 3

Sampling Methods (ODD YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Affleck | Next Offering: Spring 2009 | Credits: 3

Scientific Writing for Publication - G
Instructor: Krausman | Next Offering: Intermittent | Credits: 3

Thesis - G
Instructor: Burchfield | Next Offering: Both | Credits: 1

Thesis - G
Instructor: Pletscher | Next Offering: Both | Credits: 1

Thesis - G
Instructor: Patterson | Next Offering: Both | Credits: 1

Wildlife Habitat Modeling (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Hebblewhite | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 3

Wildlife Survival Modeling - G
Instructor: Hebblewhite | Next Offering: Fall | Credits: 1

Discussion and Seminars Classes

Frontiers in Conservation Research (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Mills/Allendorf | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 2

Graduate Seminar in Forestry - G
Instructor: Affleck | Next Offering: Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 | Credits: 1

Graduate Seminar in Recreation (ODD YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Rotates | Next Offering: Spring 2009 | Credits: 1

Graduate Seminar in Wildlife Biology (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Rotates | Next Offering: Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 | Credits: 1

International Conservation and Development - G
Instructor: Siebert | Next Offering: Spring | Credits: 1-3

Practicum in Recreation - UG
Instructor: Gunderson | Next Offering: Both | Credits: 1-15

Senior Wildlife Seminar - UG
Instructor: Pletscher | Next Offering: Both | Credits: 1

Topics in Conservation (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Berger | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 2

Topics in Fish Ecology (EVEN YEARS ONLY) - G
Instructor: Eby | Next Offering: Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 | Credits: 1