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 - G
Instructor: Woods | Next Offering: Spring 2009 | Credits: 1-3

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

Advanced Topics in Habitat Ecology - G
Instructor: Hebblewhite | Next Offering: Spring 2009 | Credits: 1

Animal Nutrition - UG
Instructor: Bedunah | Next Offering: Fall | Credits: 3

Applied Population Ecology - G
Instructor: Mills | Next Offering: Spring 2010 | Credits: 3

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

Effects of Non-native Species - 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: | Next Offering: | Credits:

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

Readings in Population Dynamics - G
Instructor: Mills/Crone | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 1

Snow Hydrology - G
Instructor: Potts | Next Offering: Spring 2010 | Credits: 3

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

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

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

Use of Fire in Wildland Management - G
Instructor: Wakimoto | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 3

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

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

Wildlife Landscape Ecology - G
Instructor: Naugle | Next Offering: Spring 08 | Credits: 3

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

Social/Policy Science Emphasis

Advanced Natural Resource Conflict Resolution - G
Instructor: McKinney | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 3

Advanced Problems in Environmental Policy - G
Instructor: Nie | Next Offering: Fall 2009 | Credits: 3

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

Conceptual Foundations of Wilderness and Protected Areas - 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 - 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 - G
Instructor: Freimund | Next Offering: 2010 | Credits: 3

Montana Tourism Research and Practice - G
Instructor: Nickerson | Next Offering: Fall 2009 | Credits: 3

Natural Resource Dispute Resolution - G
Instructor: McKinney | Next Offering: Spring 2009 | Credits: 3

Natural Resourse Policy & Admin - UG - UG
Instructor: Nie | Next Offering: Both | Credits: 3

People and Protected Areas - G
Instructor: Belsky | Next Offering: Spring 2010 | Credits: 3

Political Ecology - G
Instructor: Belsky/Yung | Next Offering: Spring 2009 | Credits: 3

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

Social Forestry - UG
Instructor: Siebert | Next Offering: Spring | Credits: 3

Wildlife Policy and Biopolitics - UG
Instructor: Patterson | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 3

Research Methods, Modeling, and Techniques

Advanced Research Methods for Social Science - G
Instructor: Patterson | Next Offering: Spring 2009 | Credits: 3

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

Conducting Strong Inf. Science - 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 - 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 - G
Instructor: Dobrowski | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 3

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

Research Design - G
Instructor: Eby/Mitchell | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 3

Research Methods - G
Instructor: Six | Next Offering: Spring 2009 | Credits: 3

Sampling Methods - G
Instructor: Affleck | Next Offering: Spring 2009 | Credits: 3

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

Wildlife Habitat Modeling - G
Instructor: Hebblewhite | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 3

Discussion and Seminars Classes

Collaboration in Natural Resource Decisions - UG
Instructor: Burchfield | Next Offering: Spring | Credits: 3

Frontiers in Conservation Research - G
Instructor: Mills/Allendorf | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 2

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

Graduate Seminar in Recreation - G
Instructor: Rotates | Next Offering: Spring 2009 | Credits: 1

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

International Conservation and Development - G
Instructor: Siebert | Next Offering: Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 | 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 - G
Instructor: Berger | Next Offering: Fall 2008 | Credits: 2

Topics in Fish Ecology - G
Instructor: Eby | Next Offering: Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 | Credits: 1