My Academic Plans (MAPs) are designed by faculty and displayed in a semester format showing the fastest path to finishing your certificate or degree. While this is the ideal, you can take courses as your schedule permits. Contact an academic advisor regarding your scheduling needs.
In most cases, the courses you need are available on your selected campus. However, there may be times to complete courses online or travel to another FRCC campus. Location availability is indicated at the time of registration.
My Academic Plan
Program Description
This program prepares students for a wide range of careers in natural resources. Students gain practical skills in forestry, wildlife, aquaculture, fisheries, wildland fire, and the computer analysis of natural resources. Students participate in community natural resources projects.
Forestry and Natural Resources Degrees
Natural Resources Technology AAS Degree Required Courses
Gain Field Experience:
This program offers students a variety of opportunities to apply classroom knowledge in the field. Students participate in field experiences at the following locations:
- Red Feather Lakes 100-acre school forest – Students do timber cruising, soil studies, and snowshoe hare counts for the Colorado lynx reintroduction project.
- Wellington State Wildlife area-- Students conduct wildlife habitat management research
- Horsetooth Mountain Park – Our Forestry Field Research class is taught at Horsetooth Mountain Park, where students work in 10 study plots, doing everything from deer pellet counts to entomology to studying forest management practices. The course includes sawyer training for forest management and connects students to wildland firefighting opportunities.
Unique Program Opportunities:
Other interesting opportunities available to Forestry, Wildlife, and Natural Resources students include:
- GIS Tree Inventory - Combine field observation skills with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools to support an inventory of every tree on the Larimer Campus. Students in Natural Resources GIS classes over the years will return to the field to measure and track the trees and load new information into the GIS program. Students in other disciplines also will participate to highlight certain trees through photography, art or a write-up on their history.
- Honors Introduction to Forestry – Students can take NRE 100 as an embedded honors course. The honors option requires students to conduct mountain lion research and verbenone flake research on the mountain pine beetle. Learn more about the Larimer Campus Honors Program.
- Red Card certification – Students can earn a Red Card qualification card through FRCC’s collaboration with Larimer County Emergency Services. Red Card holders may be dispatched to fight wildfires.
- Society of American Foresters – This award-winning student group offers community involvement opportunities, a fishing derby, wildlife habitat projects, and much more.
First Semester
Courses should be completed in the order listed below. If you are unable to complete the entire semester list, complete as many courses in this sequence as your schedule allows.
| NRE 100 | Foundations of Forestry | 3 |
| NRE 205 | Wildlife and Fisheries Management Principles | 3 |
| MAT- GEN | Mathematics:___________ | 3-4 |
| ENG- GEN | English: ___________ | 3 |
| NRE- EL2 | Natural Resources Elective:__________ | 1-2 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 13-15 |
Second Semester
Courses should be completed in the order listed below. If you are unable to complete the entire semester list, complete as many courses in this sequence as your schedule allows.
| GIS 101 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| SCI GEN | Science:___________ | 4-5 |
| ELC- LST | Approved Elective List: __________ | 3 |
| NRE- EL1 | Natural Resources Elective:__________ | 3 |
| NRE- EL1 | Natural Resources Elective:__________ | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16-17 |
Third Semester
Courses should be completed in the order listed below. If you are unable to complete the entire semester list, complete as many courses in this sequence as your schedule allows.
| NRE 204 | Range Management and Restoration | 4 |
| NRE- EL1 | Natural Resources Elective:__________ | 3 |
| NRE- EL1 | Natural Resources Elective:__________ | 3 |
| NRE- EL1 | Natural Resources Elective:__________ | 3 |
| NRE- EL1 | Natural Resources Elective:__________ | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Fourth Semester
Courses should be completed in the order listed below. If you are unable to complete the entire semester list, complete as many courses in this sequence as your schedule allows. You should have no less than 60 credits. You should not exceed 62 credits. You may want to check with your advisor to monitor your completion progress.
| ELC- LST | Approved Elective List: __________ | 3 |
| NRE- ELC | Natural Resources Elective:__________ | 4-5 |
| NRE- EL1 | Natural Resources Elective:__________ | 3 |
| NRE- EL1 | Natural Resources Elective:__________ | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 13-14 |