Autumn Quarter 2026 Course Offerings

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST RSRCS
(COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT )

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Restr   SLN  ID Cred    Meeting Times                                              Status Enrl/Lim   Grades  Fee Other
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SEFS 500 GRAD ORIENT SEMINAR

Restr  20725 A  1       MW     930-1020                                            Open      0/  25  CR/NC               
                        REQUIRED FOR ALL INCOMING SEFS                              
                        GRADUATE STUDENTS. NEW SEFS                                 
                        GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY.                                     
                        ***                                                         
                        ONE ADDITIONAL ORIENTATION DATE IN                          
                        SEPTEMBER BEFORE QUARTER STARTS,                            
                        DATE TBA:                                                   
                        SEFS SEMINAR RUNS 8:30AM-12:00PM.                           
                        LUNCH PROVIDED 12:30PM-1:30PM.                              
                        BREAK 1:30PM-3:30PM.                                        
                        COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT ORIEN-                           
                        TATION AT 3:30PM.

SEFS 501 FOREST ECOLOGY

Restr  20726 A  5       TTh    830-950                                             Open      0/  20          $182  J     
                        Th     1030-1120                
                        COURSE FIELD TRIP DATES TBA,                                
                        USUALLY IN MID-TO-LATE OCTOBER.                             
                        ATTENDANCE ON FIELD TRIP IS                                 
                        RECOMMENDED, NOT REQUIRED.                                  
                        ***                                                         
                        THURSDAY LAB MEETING IS REQUIRED                            
                        FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS.

SEFS 504 SOC SCI RSRCH MTHDS

Restr  22686 A  3       T      130-420                                             Open      0/  15                      
                        THIS COURSE WILL FOCUS ON A RANGE                           
                        OF QUALITATIVE APPROACHES FOR                               
                        COLLECTING, ANALYZING, INTERPRETING                         
                        AND REPORTING SOCIAL DATA (E.G.,                            
                        INTERVIEWS, FOCUS GROUPS, SURVEYS,                          
                        FIELD OBSERVATION, CIVIC/CROWD-                             
                        SOURCED SCIENCE AND MONITORING,                             
                        PARTICIPATORY AND COMMUNITY                                 
                        ENGAGED RESEARCH, ETC.) STUDENTS                            
                        WITH INTERESTS IN TRADITIONAL                               
                        RESEARCH AS WELL AS APPLIED                                 
                        PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT WILL HAVE                           
                        OPPORTUNITIES TO PRACTICE TECH-                             
                        NIQUES, DEVELOP SKILLS AND                                  
                        MATERIALS, COMMUNICATE TO INTER-                            
                        DISCIPLINARY AUDIENCES, AND GAIN A                          
                        DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF ETHICAL AND                         
                        POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS.                                   
                        GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM ALL UW                               
                        PROGRAMS ARE WELCOME TO ENROLL.

SEFS 506 TERR INVASION ECOL

Restr  20727 A  5       TTh    930-1050                                            Open      0/   5                J

SEFS 508 PLANT MODELING

Restr  20728 A  3       WF     1030-1220                                           Open      0/  10                J     
                        THIS COURSE INVITES INTERESTED                              
                        SENIOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE                           
                        STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT QUAN-                               
                        TITATIVE MODELING OF PLANT PHYSIO-                          
                        LOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES.                           
                        HANDS-ON COMPUTER LABS ARE AN                               
                        IMPORTANT PART OF THIS COURSE, IN                           
                        WHICH STUDENTS WILL WORK ON MODEL                           
                        BUILDING, EVALUATION, AND                                   
                        APPLICATION EXERCISES IN                                    
                        JUPYTERLAB. SOME CODING EXPERIENCE                          
                        IS HELPFUL BUT NOT REQUIRED.                                
                        UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS REGISTER IN                          
                        ESRM 490 B SECTION.

SEFS 520 GEOG INFO SYSTEMS

Restr  20729 A  5       MW     830-1120                                            Open      0/   5                J     
                        SEFS GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY                                 
                        DURING PERIODS 1 & 2.

SEFS 521 CURR TOPICS FOR RES

      >20730 A  3       Th     300-450                                                       0/   6           $91  J     
                        COURSE TOPIC: ROLE OF CULTURE AND                           
                        PLACE IN NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARD-                          
                        SHIP - YAKAMA NATION EXPERIENCE.                            
                        FIELD TRIP TO YAKAMA NATION IN                              
                        EARLY OCTOBER, LEAVING EARLY AM ON                          
                        THURSDAY AND RETURNING FRIDAY                               
                        EVENING. DATES TBA. NINE DISCUSSION                         
                        MEETINGS OCCUR THROUGHOUT QUARTER                           
                        AS SCHEDULED HERE.                                          
                        ***                                                         
                        ENROLLMENT REQUIRES A SHORT PARA-                           
                        GRAPH ADDRESSING RATIONALE FOR                              
                        TAKING THE COURSE.                                          
                        REQUEST REGISTRATION HERE:                                  
                        HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/YAKAMACOURSE

SEFS 523 ENVIRO APPL PLANTS

Restr  20731 A  3       TTh    830-950                                             Open      0/  10                J     
                        GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY THIS IN                              
                        THIS SECTION. UNDERGRADS SEE                                
                        ESRM 325 A.

SEFS 530 INTRO REST ECOL

Restr  20732 A  5       MWF    1030-1120                                           Open      0/   5           $30  J     
                        GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY. THIS                                
                        SECTION INCLUDES THE LAB SESSION.

Restr  20733 AA  LB     W      130-420                                             Open      0/   5                J

Restr  20734 B  3       MWF    1030-1120                                           Open      0/   5                J     
                        GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY. THIS                                
                        SECTION DOES *NOT* INCLUDES THE                             
                        LAB SESSION.

SEFS 595 TEACHING PRACTICUM

 IS   >20736 A  1-5     to be arranged                                                       0/  10E CR/NC               
                        AN INDEPENDENT STUDY FORM MUST BE                           
                        SUBMITTED TO ENROLL IN THIS                                 
                        SECTION. ADVISING WILL THEN                                 
                        REGISTER YOU AFTER THE FORM                                 
                        (SIGNED BY YOUR FACULTY SUPERVISOR)                         
                        IS SUBMITTED. THE FORM CAN BE                               
                        FOUND AT: HTTPS://SEFS.UW.EDU/                              
                        STUDENTS/GRADUATE-DEGREES/GRAD-                             
                        STUDENT-RESOURCES-FORMS/

SEFS 600 INDEPNDNT STDY/RSCH

 IS   >20737 A  1-10    to be arranged                                                       0/  10E                     
                        SEFS 600 ONLY TO BE USED FOR WORK                           
                        *NOT* DIRECTLY RELATED TO YOUR                              
                        THESIS OR DISSERTATION ACTIVITY.                            
                        AN INDEPENDENT STUDY FORM MUST BE                           
                        SUBMITTED TO ENROLL IN THIS                                 
                        SECTION. ADVISING WILL THEN                                 
                        REGISTER YOU AFTER THE FORM                                 
                        (SIGNED BY YOUR FACULTY SUPERVISOR)                         
                        IS SUBMITTED. THE FORM CAN BE                               
                        FOUND AT: HTTPS://SEFS.UW.EDU/                              
                        STUDENTS/GRADUATE-DEGREES/GRAD-                             
                        STUDENT-RESOURCES-FORMS/

SEFS 601 INTERNSHIP

 IS   >20738 A  3-9     to be arranged                                                       0/  10E CR/NC               
                        AN INDEPENDENT STUDY FORM MUST BE                           
                        SUBMITTED TO ENROLL IN THIS                                 
                        SECTION. ADVISING WILL THEN                                 
                        REGISTER YOU AFTER THE FORM                                 
                        (SIGNED BY YOUR FACULTY SUPERVISOR)                         
                        IS SUBMITTED. THE FORM CAN BE                               
                        FOUND AT: HTTPS://SEFS.UW.EDU/                              
                        STUDENTS/GRADUATE-DEGREES/GRAD-                             
                        STUDENT-RESOURCES-FORMS/

SEFS 700 MASTERS THESIS

 IS   >20739 A  1-10    to be arranged                                                       0/  45E                     
                        SEFS 700 TO BE USED FOR ALL MS AND                          
                        PRE-QUALIFYING EXAM PHD RESEARCH                            
                        AND THESIS RELATED ACTIVITIES.                              
                        AN INDEPENDENT STUDY FORM MUST BE                           
                        SUBMITTED TO ENROLL IN THIS                                 
                        SECTION. ADVISING WILL THEN                                 
                        REGISTER YOU AFTER THE FORM                                 
                        (SIGNED BY YOUR FACULTY SUPERVISOR)                         
                        IS SUBMITTED. THE FORM CAN BE                               
                        FOUND AT: HTTPS://SEFS.UW.EDU/                              
                        STUDENTS/GRADUATE-DEGREES/GRAD-                             
                        STUDENT-RESOURCES-FORMS/

SEFS 800 DOCTORAL DISSERTATN

 IS   >20740 A  1-10    to be arranged                                                       0/  40E                     
                        SEFS 800 TO BE USED BY PHD STUDENTS                         
                        AFTER QUALIFYING EXAM PASSED AND                            
                        NOTED ON PROGRAM OF STUDY.                                  
                        AN INDEPENDENT STUDY FORM MUST BE                           
                        SUBMITTED TO ENROLL IN THIS                                 
                        SECTION. ADVISING WILL THEN                                 
                        REGISTER YOU AFTER THE FORM                                 
                        (SIGNED BY YOUR FACULTY SUPERVISOR)                         
                        IS SUBMITTED. THE FORM CAN BE                               
                        FOUND AT: HTTPS://SEFS.UW.EDU/                              
                        STUDENTS/GRADUATE-DEGREES/GRAD-                             
                        STUDENT-RESOURCES-FORMS/

Autumn Quarter 2026 Course Offerings

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST RSRCS(COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT )

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST RSRCS
(COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT )