Academics Graduate Sample Schedule

M.S. Degree Program

First Year  

Year Two

Ph. D. in Wood Forestry

There are no set course requirements for the doctoral program, except that each student must take at least one graduate course in three of the four fields of forest biology, forest management, forest measurement and inventory, and human dimensions/policy. Specific course requirements are determined by the student and her/his advisor and guidance committee to prepare for the preliminary comprehensive exam (written and oral) and dissertation research. The comprehensive exam is usually taken at the end of the second year when courses are finished, followed by completion of dissertation research and the final dissertation exam (defense).