1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

College of Agriculture and ForestryRobert H. Maxwell, Ph.D., Dean; Director of the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment StationKenneth D. Mcintosh, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Academic AffairsAlfred L. Barr, Ph.D., Associate Director, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment StationPaul E. Lewis, Ph.D., Chairperson, Division of Animal and Veterinary Sciences; Professor ofReproductive Physiology.Beverly Z. Hummel-Azzaro, Ph.D., Chairperson, Division of Family Resources;Professor of Recreation and Parks.AssistantJack E. Coster, Ph.D., Chairperson, Division of Forestry; Professor of Forest Entomology.Layle Lawrence, Ph.D., Chairperson, Division of International Agriculture and Forestry; Professorof Agricultural Education.Barton S. Baker, Ph.D., Chairperson, Division of Plant and Soil Sciences; Professor ofAgronomy.Virgil J. Norton, Ph.D., Chairperson, Division of Resource Management; Professor of Agriculturaland Resource Economics.Degrees and CurriculaThe College of Agriculture and Forestry offers six baccalaureate degrees andtwelve curricula in which students may major. The degrees and curricula are:Bachelor of Science (B.S.)Animal and Veterinary Sciences CurriculumResource Management CurriculumWildlife and Fisheries Resources CurriculumBachelor of Science in Agriculture (B.S.Agr.)Agricultural Education CurriculumAnimal and Veterinary Sciences CurriculumPlant and Soil Sciences CurriculumResource Management CurriculumBachelor of Science in Family Resources (B.S. Fam. Res.)Bachelor of Science in Forestry (B.S.F.)Forest Resources Management CurriculumWood Industries CurriculumBachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture (B.S.L.A.)Landscape Architecture CurriculumBachelor of Science in Recreation (B.S.R.)Recreation and Parks Management CurriculumInformation about graduate degrees and programs is available in the WestVirginia University Graduate Catalog.Nature of ProgramThe College of Agriculture and Forestry is divided into six divisions of study:Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Family Resources, Forestry, Plant and Soil Sciences,Resource Management, and International Agriculture and Forestry. The college'sfaculty and staff are located in three major buildings on the Evansdale Campus, onfour farms owned by the College of Agriculture and Forestry in the Morgantown area,and in nearby Coopers Rock State Forest.Students in the college are offered fields of study which complement variouscareers. Emphasis can be placed on the biological sciences, animals, nutrition, plants,trees or soils; child development or home economics education; or emphasis might beon the social sciences related to resource management or recreation, or on the artisticdevelopment of landscapes, interior design or fashion merchandising. In short, thecollege and its curricula stress applied ecology, man-made structures, and relationshipsamong humans as they live and work in various environments. The student ofagriculture and forestry studies many different subjects concerned with humanbehavior, plants, animals, and microbes that interrelate with and affect our environ-54 College of Agriculture and Forestry