1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

RequirementsHoursManagement:Accounting 51, 52 Principles of Accounting 6Management 105 Management Process 3Marketing 1 1 1 Marketing 3Finance 111 Business Finance 3Wood Science 234, 235 5Production:Industrial Engineering 140, 277 4Wood Science 230, 231, 232, 234, 251 14Science:Chemistry 133, 135 Organic Chemistry and Laboratory 4Mathematics 16 Calculus 4Physics 2 Introductory Physics 4Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 41 , 42Statistics and Mechanics of Materials 6Special OpportunitiesWest Virginia University is one of two colleges in the United States withprograms that are recognized by the Architectural Woodwork Institute for preparing ourgraduates for careers in the architectural woodwork industry. These companies designand fabricate the wood components and trim in hotel lobbies, banks, and officebuildings. This opportunity can open doors for you in finding jobs in this excitingindustry.Career ProspectsJob opportunities for our wood industries graduates are outstanding.More than 95 percent of our seniors who seek employment after graduation find jobs inthe wood products industry. Salaries are generally competitive with other technicaldisciplines and opportunities for career advancement are excellent. Our graduates areemployed in all areas of the wood products industry: sawmills, furniture and cabinetmanufacturers, plywood and particleboard plants, logging and timber procurementcompanies, retail and wholesale building materials firms, research laboratories,universities, and government agencies. They have found jobs in all areas of the UnitedStates and in many foreign countries. Many of the leaders in the forest productsindustries are West Virginia graduates.Summer Field StudiesThe six hour Forest Resources Management Summer Field Practice(F. Man. 200 and 201 ) consists of two consecutive summer sessions, and is designedfor students who have completed the junior year of the forest resources managementcurriculum. Students live in Morgantown in University or privately owned housing, andtravel to the University Forest daily for field studies. The first session provides trainingin forest surveying, timber estimating, photo interpretation, forest management, andforest recreation. Occasional trips are made to wood-using industries and to otherforests to study the management of northern hardwood and spruce types. The secondsession is a one-week trip to North Carolina, where silvicurtural and managementactivities are observed in the southern pine region.The instructional program in the four hour Wood Industry Field Practice (Wd. Sc.200 and 201) consists of a three-week field course in surveying and mensurationfollowed by a one-week trip to Virginia and North Carolina to observe various commercialwood-using industries. These industries include: lumber, plywood, veneer, particleboard, furniture, glue lamination, and preservation. Recreation Internship (Re. & Pk.202) is required of students who have completed the sophomore year of the recreationresources management curriculum. Eight weeks of full-time supervised professional74 College of Agriculture and Forestry