Spring 2026
ESPM 181A 001 - LEC 001
Fire Ecology
Scott L Stephens
Class #:28602
Units: 3
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
0
Enrolled: 31
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 31
Waitlist Max: 20
Open Reserved Seats:
2 reserved for Environmental Science, Policy, & Management: Graduate Students
Hours & Workload
3 hours of laboratory per week, 2 hours of lecture per week, and 4 hours of outside work hours per week.
Final Exam
WED, MAY 13TH
07:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Wellman 306
Other classes by Scott L Stephens
+ 1 Independent Study
Course Catalog Description
Fundamentals of wildland fire including fire behavior modeling, fire history methods, prescribed fire techniques, fire ecology, fire management, fire in the urban-wildland intermix, wildland fire, and ecosystem sustainability. Laboratories on inventory methods, fire history, modeling of fire behavior and risk, and prescribed burning.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Biological Science, L&S Breadth
Meets Physical Science, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Reserved Seating For This Term
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
Terms in Attendance:
Undergraduate Classifications Information
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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