Academics at ESF: Undergraduate Minors
Urban Forestry Minor

Coordinator: Dr. Deborah Hilbert

The Urban Forestry minor will provide students with the opportunity to better understand complex human-dominated ecosystems where trees and people coexist in close proximity. Understanding and attempting to manage this complexity requires a basic knowledge of plant physiology, nutrition, and tending at the individual tree level (arboriculture). In addition, the urban forester also must understand the changing dynamic of groups of trees and the effects of those trees on numerous ecosystem services and human health and well-being in a city (urban forestry). Because human activity is so dominant in the urban ecosystem, it is essential that the urban forester have some understanding of ecological interactions and human motivations for sustaining and maintaining existing trees (urban ecology). The courses listed below will provide the professional knowledge required for careers in these and related fields.

The Urban Forestry minor requires fifteen (15) credit hours, nine (9) credits from the required courses and six (6) additional credits from the directed elective courses. It is the responsibility of the student to meet any prerequisites associated with any courses in the minor.

Courses