I took two semesters of engineering calculus in undergrad before deciding that I wasn't interested in becoming an engineer, but a forester, instead. Even though I never felt like I mastered calculus, it was a great help in understanding the theory underpinning economics, physiology, and statistics. It also gave me the background to get involved in coding some growth and yield models as a grad student, and an understanding of population dynamics in my landscape ecology classes.
You can certainly do forestry without calculus, and about 90% of graduate students probably do... but if you take it, you'll have a leg up on the 90%. Andrew -- Andrew D. Bailey - Data Manager Wildland Fire Management RD&A Rocky Mountain Research Station - DOI OWF National Interagency Fire Center, Boise ID o. 208-387-5248 c. 208-407-6711 On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Joseph McElligott <[email protected]> wrote: > How important is Calculus for an environmental studies/science or forestry > graduate degree? >
