• Understand the basic concepts and relationships between forests, carbon and climate change.
• Analyze the mechanism of climate change impacts on forests, and gain familiarity with the most current climate change scenarios and their simulated impacts on forests.
• Understand how resource management policies and regulations influence management motivations and options for adapting to and mitigating climate change.
• Evaluate options for adaptation to climate change.
• Understand carbon measurement practices in forests and gain experience with GIS and modeling tools for quantifying carbon stocks and flux over large areas.
• Assess the use of market-based approaches to managing GHG emissions, focusing on carbon trading markets, carbon credits, and off-sets.
• Identify mitigation policies at international national and local levels.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Required Core
FES 500/MNR 500	MARKET TOOLS FOR MANAGING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS	3
FES 536	CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN FORESTS	3
MNR 538	ADAPTING FORESTS TO CLIMATE CHANGE	3
MNR 550	CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON FOREST ECOSYSTEMS	3
SNR 506	INDEPENDENT PROJECT IN NATURAL RESOURCE SUSTAINABILITY	2
Electives
Select two courses from the following: 1		6
BEE 511	GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: USING DATA TO INFORM DECISIONS
FES 527	FOREST CARBON ANALYSIS FOR ASSESSMENTS AND POLICY AGREEMENTS
MNR 519	DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN NATURAL RESOURCE MGMT
SNR 530	ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCES
SNR 540	GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
Total Credits		20

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Additional elective courses will be considered in consultation with the FCC Program Director