EESC 675 - Fire Ecology and Management

Units: 3
Investigation of human-fire relationships across cultures worldwide. Application of field methods for studying fire ecology with the aim to improve fire management and policy in California.

Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Explain and apply essential terms in fire ecology, political ecology, and environmental governance;

2. Explain how historical and contemporary social and ecological policies affect Indigenous peoples, fire regimes, and ecological communities;

3. Explain how culture and worldview affect human behavior related to fire;

4. Apply and integrate social and ecological research methods to evaluate fire management decisions.