The summer field study of seven weeks is required for all students, usually between the second and third years.
| HOURS | FIRST SEMESTER |
|---|---|
| 2 | AGR 100--Contemporary Issues in Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Systems |
| 4 | CHEM 101--General Chemistry |
| 5 | MATH 120--Calculus and Analytic Geometry |
| 4 | RHET 105--Composition |
| 3 | FOR 101--Introduction to Forestry |
| 18 | Total |
| HOURS | SECOND SEMESTER |
| 4 | CHEM 102 or CHEM 103--General Chemistry |
| 4 | GEOL 101--Principles of Geology |
| 4 | PLBIO 100--Plant Biology |
| 3 | SPCOM 101--Principles of Effective Speaking |
| 15 | Total |
| HOURS | FIRST SEMESTER |
|---|---|
| 4 | BIOL 104--Animal Biology |
| 3 | ECON 102--Microeconomic Principles, or ECON 103--Macroeconomic Principles |
| 4 | FOR 220--Dendrology |
| 3-5 | PHYCS 101--General Physics (Mechanics, Heat, and Sound), or PHYCS 140--Practical Physics see footnote 1 |
| 14-16 | Total |
| HOURS | SECOND SEMESTER |
| 4 | SOILS 101--Introduction to Soils |
| 3 | Statistics see footnote 2 |
| 6 | Social sciences, humanities, or other electives see footnote 3 |
| 3 | Composition II see footnote 4 |
| 16 | Total |
2. Select from STAT 100--Statistics, AG EC 261--Agricultural Economic Statistics, or ECON 172--Economic Statistics
3. Social sciences and humanities: A minimum of 9 hours from two departments in the social sciences, including ECON 102 and ECON 103 and 6 hours from the humanities. See the College of Agriculture Student Handbook for the approved lists.
4. Students should consult the College of Agriculture for an approved list of Composition II courses.
| HOURS | SUMMER FIELD STUDIES |
|---|---|
| 1 | FOR 201--Wildland Recreation |
| 2 | FOR 211--Forest Ecology |
| 2 | FOR 221--Forest Measurements |
| 1 | FOR 231--Wood Utilization, I |
| 2 | FOR 281--Introduction to Forest Resource Management |
| 8 | Total |
| HOURS | REQUIRED COURSES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | FOR 213--Silviculture | ||||||||||
| 3 | Choose from: | ||||||||||
| FOR 232--Wood Utilization, II | |||||||||||
| FOR 236--Physical Properties of Wood and Wood-Base Materials | |||||||||||
| FOR 271--Wood Anatomy and Its Applications | |||||||||||
| 4 | FOR 351--Forest Resource Economics | ||||||||||
| 4 | FOR 381--Forest Resource Management | ||||||||||
| 3-4 | PL PA 204--Introductory Plant Pathology,
see footnote 1 or FOR 120--Introduction to Applied
Entomology | 3 | FOR 316--Advanced Forest Ecology | 4 | FOR 321--Forest Biometrics | 3 | FOR 277--Interpretation of Aerial Photography | 3-4 | C S 101, C S 103, C S 105, or C S 121--Introduction to Computers | 130
| Additional elective courses must be completed to yield this total for
graduation. Included within the total must be 5 credit hours chosen from a
list of restricted electives in the College of
Agriculture Student Handbook. |
|
| HOURS | REQUIRED COURSES |
|---|---|
| 3 | FOR 232--Wood Utilization, II |
| 3 | FOR 236--Physical Properties of Wood and Wood-Base Materials |
| 3 | FOR 271--Wood Anatomy and Identification |
| 3 | FOR 273--Adhesives and Laminates |
| 3-4 | FOR 340--Introduction to Applied Statistics, or FOR 321--Forest Biometrics |
| 4 | FOR 351--Forest Resource Economics |
| 3 | FOR 372--Mechanical Properties of Wood and Wood-Base Materials |
| 130 | Additional elective courses must be completed to yield this total. At least 20 of the elective hours must be from a group of restricted electives in such areas as accountancy, business administration, chemistry, finance, forestry, and mathematics. Consult the College of Agriculture Student Handbook for the complete list. |
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