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Academics Undergraduate Sample Schedule

Sample Schedule

Freshmen | Sophomore | Junior | Senior


Freshman Year  

Fall Semester

 

Spring Semester

MATH 104

Algebra, Geometry and Trigonometry
3 credits

MATH 121

Linear Methods and Probability for Business
3 credits

BMATWT 201

Introduction to Wood Science
3 credits

RESEC 102

Microeconomics
3 credits

GEN ED

Elective
3 credits

GEN ED

Elective
3 credits

NRC 100

Society and the Environment
3 credits

GEN ED

Elective
3 credits

ENGLWP 112

Freshman Writing
3 credits

GEN ED

Elective
3 credits

CHEM 110 Chemistry
4 credits
     

Total credits:  15 Total credits:  15


Sophomore Year  

Fall Semester

 

Spring Semester

ELECTIVE Elective
3 credits
  BMATWT 390N

Understanding Building Materials and Structures
3 credits

BMATWT 211

Energy Efficient Housing
3 credits

  GEN ED

Elective
3 credits

GEN ED

Elective
3 credits

  MANAGMT 260

Introduction to Law
3 credits

PHYSICS 131/133

Physics 1
4 credits

  PHYSICS 132/134

Physics II
4 credits

BMATWT 390M

Intro to CAD
3 credits

  ECON 104

Macroeconomics
3 credits


Total credits:  16

Total credits:  16


Junior Year 

Fall Semester

 

Spring Semester

NRC 397

Professional Writing
 3 credit

  BMATWT 314

Architectural Blueprint Reading and Estimating
3 credits

BMATWT 313

Light Frame Structures
3 credits

  BMATWT 353

Business of Building
3 credits

BMATWT 352

Building Materials Marketing
3 credits

  BMATWT 492

Professional Seminar
1 credits

ELECTIVE

Professional Elective
3 credits

  ELECTIVE

Professional Elective
3 credits

FOREST 492

Public Speaking
3 credits

  GEN ED

Elective
3 credits

      NRC 150 Fund. of Applied Ecology
3 credits

Total credits:  15

Total credits:  16



Senior Year

Fall Semester

 

Spring Semester

BMATWT 397

Independent Study
 3 credit

 
BMATWT 492

Senior Seminar
1 credit

ELECTIVE

Professional Elective
3 credits

 
BMATWT 452

Bldg. Mat. Computing
3 credits

BMATWT 530

Mechanics of Building Materials for Construction
3 credits

 
ELECTIVE

Professional Elective
3 credits

ELECTIVE

Professional Elective
3 credits

 
BMATWT 396

Independent Senior Project
3 credits

BMATWT 492

Public Speaking
1 credits

   Design of  Wood Structures
3 credits

Total credits:  15

Total credits:  13




Contact Information:
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Building Materials and Wood Technology
120 Holdsworth Natural Resources Center
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
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