Academics Undergraduate Requirements

Program Requirements - BMATWT Major

Revised 11/2006 - Requirements checklist in PDF form .

In addition to University general education requirements, the Building Materials and Wood Technology major requires completion of the following:

Major Requirements:

• BMATWT 201 Introduction to Wood Science (fall - BSL) - syllabus
• BMATWT 211 Energy Efficient Housing (fall) - syllabus
• BMATWT 313 Light-Frame Structures (fall) - syllabus
• BMATWT 314 Architectural Blueprint Reading and Estimating (spring) - syllabus
• BMATWT 352 - Building Materials and Forest Products Marketing (fall) - syllabus
• BMATWT 353 Business of Building (spring) - syllabus
• BMATWT 390M Intro to CAD in Construction & Architechture (fall) - syllabus OR
  • ART 397C Autocad
• BMATWT 390N Construction Materials & Methods (spring) - syllabus
• BMATWT 452- Building Materials Computing (spring) - syllabus OR
  • Approved Computer Course
• BMATWT 492 Building Materials Seminar (spring - 1cr.) - syllabus
• BMATWT 497 Special Topics Advanced Topics in CAD (spring)
• BMATWT 530 Mechanics of Building Materials for Construction (fall) - syllabus
• BMATWT 540 Design of Wood Structures - syllabus
• ECON 103 Introduction to Microeconomics (SB) OR
  • RES-ECON 102 Introduction to Resource Economics (SB)
• ECON 104 Introduction to Macroeconomics (SB)
• FOREST 492 Verbal Communications Skills (fall) OR
  • COMM 260 Public Speaking
• NRC 100 Society & Environment (I) (fall)

Major - Science Requirement
(3 Classes: 2 Physics + 1 Chemistry):

• Physics
  PHYSICS 131/133 Intro to Physics I (Lab)
  PHYSICS 132/134 Intro to Physics II (Lab)
• Chemistry
  CHEM 110 General Chemistry (Lab)

Professional Electives:

Choose any 4 on list below or consent of advisor for substitutes.

• Accounting
  ACCTG 221 - Introduction to Accounting I
• Architecture & Design
  ARCHDES197E - Design Investigations (Fall)
  ARCHDES 211 - The City (Spring)
  ARCHDES 397G - Great Spaces (Fall)
• Art History
  ARTHIST - 191A History of Architecture (Spring)
  ARTHIST - 342 19th Century Architecture (Fall)
  ARTHIST - 343 20th Century Architecture (Spring)
  ARTHIST - 344 Vernacular Architecture (Fall)
• Civil & Environmental Engineering
  CE-ENGIN 240 - Statics
  CE-ENGIN 241 - Strength of Materials
  CE-ENGIN 290B - History & Heritage of Engineering
• Economics
  ECON 330 Labor in the American Economy
• Environmental Design
  ENVIRDES 205 - Dynamics of Human Habitation
  ENVIRDES 291A - Introduction to Env. Design (Spring)
• Environmental Science
  ENVIRSCI 213 - Introduction to Environmental Policy (Fall)
• Landscape Architecture
  LANDARCH 294A - Construction Materials
  LANDARCH 397E - Site Engineering Construction
  LANDARCH 397F - Special Topics – Site Structure
• Management
  MANAGMNT 260 - Introduction to Law
  MANAGMNT 301 - Principles of Management
  MANAGMNT 314 - Human Resources Management
• Resource Economics
  RESEC 162 - The Consumer in Our Society (Fall)
  RESEC 112 - Computing: Foundations to Frontiers
  RESEC 211 - Introductory Statistics
• Statistics
  STATISTIC 111 - Elementary Statistics (R-2)
• Physics
  PHYSICS 190E Energy and Society (Spring)
• Plant and Soil Science
  PLSOILIN 115 Plants, Soils and the Environment (Spring)
  PLSOILIN 285 Sustainable Living (Spring)