The first curriculum synthesizes scientific and academic thinking of its founders, which is naturalism. The natural
sciences provide the scientific basis for establishing the principles and techniques of forest management. The
significant workload devoted to practical work clearly entails that direct observation, experimentation and the direct
application of knowledge in the field should prevail over hypotheses and theories without experimental base and
reality observation. The first major change to the Study Plan conducted through RD on the 20 October 1858,
consisted only on modifying entry conditions.