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Master of Forestry in Siviculture
Requirements
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Silviculture
and Related Courses
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FOR
534
FS 543
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Economics
of the Forest Resource
Advanced Silviculture
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3
4
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Two
of the following courses or their equivalent:
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FE
530
FS 544
FS 545
FS 646
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Watershed
Processes
Forest Genetics
Advanced Forest Community Ecology
Ecosystem Analysis and Application
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4
4
4
4
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Forest
Protection and Environmental Sciences
Three
of the following courses or their equivalent:
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BOT/ENT
515
CE 556
CSS 540
FE 532
FE 535
FS 548
FS 550
FS 553
FW 581
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Forest
Insect and Disease Management
Environmental Assessment
Weed Control
Forest Hydrology
Water Quality and Forest Land Use
Biology of Invasive Plants
Integrated Forest Protection
Forest Wildlife Habitat Management
Wildlife Ecology
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5
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
3
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Analytical
Skills
One
of the following courses is recommended:
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BA
558
BA 571
FOR 521
FOR 524
FOR 525
FS 521
FS 523
ST 511, 512, 513
ST 521,522
ST 531
ST 551, 552, 553
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Innovation
and Product Management
Information Management
Advanced GIS Applications in Forestry
Forest Biometrics
Forest Modeling
Natural Resource Research Planning
Natural Resource Data Analysis
Methods of Data Analysis
Intro to Mathematical Statistics
Sampling Methods
Statistical Methods
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4
3
3
3
3
2
4
4,4,4
4,4
3
4,4,4
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Communication
and Integrative Skills
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FOR
507
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Seminars |
2
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Practicum
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A
written silvicultural prescription for a forest management
situation
is required:
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FOR
506
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Special
Project: Silvicultural Prescription
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Business
Management or Social Science Options
The Business Management Option is designed for students with an interest in
legal, financial, and managerial aspects of forest business enterprises. The
Social Sciences Option is intended to serve students with an interest in issue
management and policy development in the context of Forest Resource Management.
Three courses, or courses pertaining to similar topics, in either of the two
options listed below are recommended:
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Business
Management Option
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BA
536
BA 550
BA 562
BA 571
FOR 557
FOR 559
PSY 596
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Financial
Risk Management
Organizational Management
Managing Projects
Information Management
Techniques for Forest Resource Analysis
Forest Resource Planning & Decision Making
Industrial and Occupational Psychology
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4
3
3
3
4
4
3
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Social
Sciences Option
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AREC
550
ECON 539
FOR 532
FOR 537
FOR 551
FOR 544
FOR 558
FOR 559
FOR 593
HSTS 513
HSTS 516
HSTS 521
PHL 540
PHL 570
PS 514
PS 515
PS 524
PS 572, 573
PS 574
PS 575
PS 576
SOC 556
SOC 575
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Environmental
Economics
Public Policy Analysis
Economics of Recreation Resources
Forest Recreation Economics
History & Cultural Aspects of Recreation
Ecological Aspects of Park Management
Concepts of Forest Recreation Planning and Management
Forest Resource Planning and Decision Making
Environmental Interpretation
History of Science
Science & Society
Technology and Change
Environmental Ethics
Philosophy of Science
Interest Groups
Politics and the Media
Administrative Law
Public Administration
Bureaucratic Politics
Environmental Politics & Policy
Science and Politics
Science & Technology in Social Context
Rural-Urban Sociology
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3
4
4
3
4
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4,4
4
4
4
3
3
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Additional
Coursework
The student and advisory committee will select at least 13 credit hours of
additional courses to either broaden the student's knowledge of management
methods or to specialize in a particular subject area such as Economics, Biometrics,
or Silviculture.
Special
Project - Silvicultural Presciption
To provide experience in the communication of technical information and in
synthesis of material researched from the scientific literature, the student
will complete one professional paper. The topic is decided by the advisory
committee. The paper should be of sufficient quality and depth to earn, by
unanimous agreement of the advisory committee, a grade of B or better in a
3-credit course, FOR 506 Projects.
Final
Oral Examination
Given the broad educational objectives of the M.F. program, the oral examination
is intended as a comprehensive evaluation of the candidate's ability to integrate
knowledge from diverse areas of Forest Management. Consideration of the professional
paper may catalyze the discussion, but because it is not designed to be a
work of original and innovative research, the topic of the paper usually will
not dominate the examination.
Work
Experience
Because practical experience complements academic education, the student is
strongly encouraged to work at least one summer in forestry or for a forestry-related
organization while earning the M.F. degree, if such experience was not obtained
previously.
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