Program Map

Four Year Forest Operations Program Map (Non Co-op option)

Term 1
Sept – Dec
Term 2
Jan – Apr
Summer
May – Aug
Year 1 Basic Sciences, Economics, English, Math, Soil Science, Introduction to Forestry, Biometrics, & Computer Applications, Pathways in Natural Resources, First-year Integrative Seminar Summer
Year 2 Forest Plant Biology & Ecology
Forest Measurements, Hydrology, Operations Conservation Theory
Summer Fall Interior Field School*
Year 3 Silviculture, Entomology, Pathology, Fire, Wildlife/Fish, Mechanics of Wood Forest Economics, Operations Planning & Management, Forest Measurement, Soil Mechanics, Forest Engineering Spring Coastal Field School* Summer
Year 4 Forest Policy, Forest Machinery & Engineering, Business of Forest Operation, Wood Properties & Manufacturing, Mathematical Modeling, Geographic Information Systems Sustainable Integrated Forest Management, Business Management, Professional Communication and Ethics

* Field Schools are one week in duration. They are scheduled immediately before or after regular classes.

Five Year Forest Operations Program Map (Co-op option)

Term 1
Sept – Dec
Term 2
Jan – Apr
Summer
May – Aug
Year 1 Basic Sciences, Economics, English, Math, Soil Science, Introduction to Forestry, Biometrics, & Computer Applications, Pathways in Natural Resources, First-year Integrative Seminar Summer
Year 2 Forest Plant Biology & Ecology, Forest Measurements, Hydrology, Operations, Conservation Theory Co-op 1 (Junior) Fall Interior Field School*
Year 3 Silviculture, Entomology, Pathology, Fire, Wildlife/Fish, Mechanics of Wood Co-op 2
(Intermediate)
Co-op 3
(Intermediate)
Year 4 Co-op 4
(Intermediate)
Forest Economics, Operations Planning & Management, Forest Measurement, Soil Mechanics, Forest Engineering, Geographic Information Systems Spring Coastal Field School* Co-op 5
(Senior)
Year 5 Forest Policy, Forest Machinery & Engineering, Business of Forest Operation, Wood Properties & Manufacturing, Mathematical Modeling Sustainable Integrated Forest Management, Business Management, Professional Communication and Ethics

* Field Schools are one week in duration. They are scheduled immediately before or after regular classes.

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