1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

six week summer field practice; this period, along with laboratories in several of ourcourses, gives you ample opportunity to gain field experience in the University forests.Overall, we have designed the curriculum to give you the needed blend of scientific,technical, and managerial knowledge you will need to manage public or private forestresources. You may use elective hours to develop additional professional competencein specialized areas.This curriculum is accredited by the Society of American Foresters.Curriculum RequirementsHoursEnglish 1 and 2 Composition and Rhetoric 6Chemistry 11 and 12 Survey of Chemistry (orequivalent) 8Biology 1 and 3, and Plant Science 52 8Mathematics 128 Introduction to Calculus* 3Forestry 1 Forest Meteorology 3Agronomy 2 Soil Science 4Forestry 5 Dendrology 3Civil Engineering 5 Land Surveying 4Economics 54 and 55 Principles of Economics 6English 105, 108, or 208 Business English, AdvancedComposition, or Scientific and Technical Writing 3Statistics 101 Elementary Statistical Inference 3Computer Science 5 Introduction to Computer Applications 4Forestry 1, 220, and 226 6Forest Management 12, 122, 151, 211, 230, 233, 234 24Forest Management 200 and 201** 6Forest Hydrology 244 3Speech Pathology and Audiology 80 Speech Improvement 3Recreation and Parks elective*** 3Wildlife Management 131 3Wood Science 121 and 132 5Additional LSP requirements, not elsewhere covered 18Electives ..12Total 138•Students may elect to take Math. 15.**F. Man. 200 and 201 are summer field practice courses. See description of "Summer FieldStudies," elsewhere in this section.•"Consult academic adviser for recommended courses.Career OpportunitiesOur graduates find a variety of career opportunities. Many are professionalforesters with governmental agencies, such as the United States Forest Service andstate forestry services, and many others are employed by private wood industries suchas lumber and wood products companies and pulp and paper companies. Some of ourgraduates work in private forestry consulting or have established their own businesses.A significant number of our students go on to graduate school, studying a wide rangeof scientific and technical specializations to prepare them for research, teaching, oradvanced managerial careers.Bachelor of ScienceWildlife and Fisheries Resources CurriculumThe wildlife and fisheries management curriculum, consisting of 136 hours isdesigned to prepare you for professional positions as wildlife and fish biologists,wildlife managers, planners of wildlife/fisheries conservation programs, wildlife orfisheries communication specialists, and wildlife and fish toxicologists. The curriculumDivision of Family Resources 71