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Before You
Arrive for the First Day:
Required Forester Materials (suppliers
include Forestry Suppliers
Inc. or Ben Meadows):
These are required
BEFORE the first lab. If you have
your own, please make sure they meet the following minimum
characteristics. If you do not own these items, please purchase them
BEFORE arriving at the class. Although easier to arrange the UI
bookstore charges a 70% markup, as such we recommend the suppliers shown
above.
1 Silva Ranger Compass:
Azimuth model, with sighting mirror, and declination adjustment screw.
Typical cost: up to $45
1 Bullard Fire
Helmet: We recommend a fire-fighter's helmet with Ratchet
support. Typical cost: up to $45
1 x 100 foot Spencer Loggers Tape +
nail: We recommend a 100' combination tape - this includes
distance and diameter measurements. Typical cost: up to $75
A calculator
with trigonometric functions.
Course Structure
The class format will
include:
3 x 50 min Lectures
1 x 3 hour Lab (per section).
| Time |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| 09:30-10:20 |
Lecture |
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Lecture |
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Lecture |
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| 11:30-2:20 |
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| 1:30-4:20 |
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Section 1
Laboratory |
Section 2
Laboratory |
Credits: This course is being
changed to a 4 credit course for Fall 2010. While this change is
occurring, this year an extra 1 credit 204 will be available for
registration - this 1 cr extra will not meet at any time as the material
+ work already exists within the existing class times.
Assignments: Each assignment will be available during
the week we cover the material and will be due by end of the following
Friday. Hand in assignments in my departmental mail box.
Course Duration: This course will end with the final
written exam in the first week of December . The
course is accelerated to take advantage of the fall weather for the
majority of the lectures and lab times.
Labs:
The 3 hour lab will consist
of up to 2 hours of measurements outside with the remainder of time for
inside discussion and analysis. During the inside portion, time is
set-aside to ask questions about the weekly assignments.
Special Class Lab Requirements:
Books & Resources
Required Textbook (Purchase at UI
Bookstore or Amazon.com):
Husch, Beers, and Kershaw, Forest
Mensuration, 4th
Edition
Other Material that may be Helpful:
FREE Forest Sampling: Agricultural Handbook No.
232 (PDF)
FREE USDA Book on Sampling and Measurement Methods (PDF)
Avery and Burkhart, Forest Measurements,
5th Edition
RNGE 404 - Principles of Vegetation Measurement and Assessment Online
Resource
Grading (A-F)
| Assignments |
150 |
| Measurement Quizzes |
200 |
| Spot Quizzes (2 during tutorials) |
100 |
| Stand Exam (individual) |
350 |
| Final Written Exam ** |
200 |
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| Total |
1000 |
Grades: 90+ = A, 80-89 = B, 70-79 = C, etc This class
rounds up but does not scale class scores.
** If you have a grade of 85% or above prior to the
date of the final written exam, you are exempt from the final written
exam and will be awarded that grade (85-89% = B, 90%+ = A). Those in
this upper B range (i.e. 85-89%) can elect to take the final exam to try
and improve their grade to an A, but regardless of their final exam
score they will not be awarded less than the B they have already
received from the exemption.
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