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NATRS 300 - Forest Ecology

Credits: 6
Students examine and analyze natural resource policy including environmental impact statements, environmental assessments, and habitat conservation plans. Students appraise and critique administrative behavior, as well as legislative, regulatory, legal, ethical, and personnel considerations as applied to forestry operations in Washington State and nationally. Students discuss and demonstrate applications of Washington Forest Practices.

Prerequisite: ENGL 128  and NATRS 390 ; and instructor’s permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate understanding of plant succession, soil conditions and implications for tree growth.
  2. Synthesize the science behind ecological occurrences and disturbances.
  3. Discuss the theories including biodiversity, inter- and intraspecific interactions, disturbance and succession that describe ecological processes and how they can be applied across multiple ecosystems.
  4. Demonstrate high reading and comprehension skills through reading and discussing scientific articles.
  5. Conduct an ecological research project.
  6. Write a scientific paper with their findings.

Program Outcomes
  1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
  2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
  3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.


College-wide Outcomes
  • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
  • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
  • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.



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