The NAU School of Forestry Undergraduate Fire Ecology Certificate is designed to help fire professionals meet the 401-series requirements while learning information that will be useful in their jobs. The certificate is a total of 15 credits, 9 of which must be taken at NAU. In order to satisfy the requirements of the certificate, all courses must be taken for a letter grade, and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 must be achieved in these courses. In addition, one class must be taken from each of the following areas of study:

• Fire Ecology
• Fire Science and Fuel Management
• Ecology, Biology and Environmental Science
• Measurement, Analysis and Technology
• Management, Planning and Policy

For all classes offered as part of the certificate, please see Complete Course Offerings.

Current Certificate Courses

All information for courses, including enrollment information (YOU MAY ENROLL NOW), basic course information, syllabus, and reading schedule, can be found by clicking on the course titles below.

Winter 2009
Course		Type	Prerequisites	Dates Offered
FOR 360: Natural Resources Policy (3 units)		4 Week Web	None	Dec 14, 2009 - Jan 8, 2010
Spring 2010
Course		Type	Prerequisites	Dates Offered
FOR 318: Fuel Treatments and Modeling (3 units)		6 Week Web 1 Week Classroom and Field Trip	Instructor consent	Feb 1 - Mar 19, 2010
FOR 450: Fire Ecology for Professionals (3 units)		6 Week Web 1 Week Classroom and Field Trips	FOR 310 or Instructor consent**	Jan 25 - Mar 12, 2010

Last Updated ( Friday, 06 November 2009 )