Both masters and doctoral programs provide a strong foundation in economic theory and quantitative methods. Students can enroll in a concurrent degree program to obtain an MA in Economics or International Studies. Forest Engineering is the profession in which knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences gained by study and experience is applied with judgment to design systems and processes to meet society's many demands from forest landscapes. Our program focuses upon the analysis and design of forest management activities to produce the multiple forest resources of timber, wildlife, fish, recreation, and water. Graduate course work is flexible, but the focus is on analytical skills and their subsequent application to the analysis and design of forest practices at the watershed scale.
Research projects cover the entire range between field and modeling studies.
Students gain an understanding of how marketing concepts can be applied to the forest products industry through courses like Fundamentals of Business, Forest Products Marketing, and International Marketing of Forest Products . The Paper Science and Engineering program covers areas of interest ranging from process engineering studies to wood and pulping chemistry. Specializations within the program are pulp and paper engineering, wood chemistry, and fiber science. Forest biometrics is the study and application of quantitative skills to develop sampling designs for forest inventory, to estimate parameters for forest growth and yield models, and to develop and evaluate timber growth and yield prediction models. These tools include mathematical programming, simulation, decision theory, and dynamic programming.