University Transfer Guide by Major

Oregon State University

Forestry 2008-2009

Degree:: Bachelor of Science

Students planning to transfer to Oregon State University's College of Forestry should concentrate on college-level courses that fulfill the first and second year requirements for the major of interest as well as OSU's baccalaureate core. This includes especially coursework in basic biological and physical sciences, mathematics, writing, speech, health, and economics. Contact the departments below for more information about degree requirements. PCC does not offer all freshman and sophomore requirements for transfer.

Forest Engineering: www.forestry.oregonstate.edu/cof/fe/undergrad.php

Become proficient in the tools, methods, and skills to conduct cost-effective and environmentally sensitive forest resource operations. Forest Engineering graduates are highly sought after by private timber companies, state and federal public land agencies, and forestry consultants. Some graduates pursue advanced studies with a goal of university teaching or becoming a specialist in a particular discipline, such as forest hydrology or forest operations.

Forest Engineering students get a sound general education in basic science, math, communication skills, forest biology, along with work in surveying, engineering mechanics, harvesting processes, watershed management, operations analysis, economics and computer programming.

Forest Engineering/Civil Engineering: www.forestry.oregonstate.edu/cof/fe/undergrad.php

Combine two degrees in this challenging five-year program to apply civil engineering techniques to both urban and wildland regions. Students may complete a double degree in both Forest Engineering and Civil Engineering.

Forest Operations Management: www.forestry.oregonstate.edu/cof/fe/pdf/fomugguide.pdf

The Bachelor of Science in Forest Operations Management is designed as a professional degree that blends elements of the forest engineering and forest management degrees with business management and entrepreneurship. This unique new degree will prepare graduates to support the needs of an evolving forest sector in Oregon and globally.

This degree program is in collaboration with the College of Business. The 180-credit program includes a minor from the College of Business.

Forest Management: www.forestry.oregonstate.edu/cof/fr/uguide/fm.php

Become a professional forester applying modern techniques to plan, establish, and maintain forests and forest ecosystems in a systematic and sustainable way to meet global demands.Forest Management graduates find employment in a variety of settings, such as private timber companies or state or federal agencies charged with managing public forest lands, or forested community or city parks or other urban greenways. They may work as forestry consultants or forest economists. They may work for forest tax agencies or legislative bodies concerned with forest policy and law, or for environmental organizations, the Peace Corps, or natural resource education providers.

Coursework is broad, including basic sciences, math, communication skills, social science and policy, management and planning, technical forestry applications/ecology/

Recreation Resource Management: http://www.forestry.oregonstate.edu/cof/fr/uguide/rrm.php

Plan and manage land and water resources for people's enjoyment, especially focusing on the sustainable stewardship of wildland, wilderness, and appropriate nature-based tourism.

Forest Recreation graduates find employment as recreation planners or managers for federal land-management agencies such as the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land management, and the Army Corps of Engineers, or for national state, or city parks. Some are self-employed as recreation guides or consultants, others as educators in outdoor natural history museums or interpretive centers. Typical job titles include park ranger, naturalist, environmental educator, whitewater river guide, wildland law enforcement officer, wilderness manager, backcountry guide, and nature-based tourism specialist.

The program includes strong general education with broad coursework in ecology, conservation, wilderness management, recreation planning and management, resource economics, policy analysis, and social behavior.

Natural Resources: http://naturalresources.oregonstate.edu/

There is a transfer guide available for this major

Acquire a working knowledge of a broad span of natural resources, their diversity and interdependence, and the critical relationships between humans and their natural environments.

Natural Resources graduates work for public land management agencies in a wide variety of settings, including environmental organizations, legislative bodies concerned with land use policy and laws, public relations organizations, and a wide range of public education activities.

The curriculum requires a set of core courses in basic sciences, math, statistics, economics, biology and ecology.

Tourism and Outdoor Leadership: http://www.osucascades.edu/academics/orlt/

The mission of the Outdoor Recreation Leadership and Tourism (ORLT) program is to help students, practitioners, and others excel in the fields of tourism, commercial recreation, and outdoor education. We will succeed through instilling in our students the skills, ethics, creativity, and critical thinking needed to prosper in a competitive environment. The program is offered through the OSU Cascades campus in Bend Oregon in cooperation with Central Oregon Community College.

Wood Sciences & Technology: http://woodscience.oregonstate.edu/ugprog.php

WS&T is a discipline that deals with one of the most complex, renewable and useful materials in the world---wood. The field is a blend of the sciences involving the anatomical, physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of wood, the sophisticated technology used to efficiently make thousands of different kinds of wood products, and the marketing and business practices used by the private sector to meet society’s growing need for wood. Because wood is essential to human existence, and demand for the thousands of wood products we consume each year is growing, career opportunities that start with a WS&T education are expanding.

Most important is a focus on innovative new products and uses for wood or materials that we can derive from wood and new business strategies that help keep our domestic industry globally competitive. That requires scientists and technologists who understand wood as a renewable composite material and how it can be used.

Course requirements vary for each major in Forestry. Please refer to OSU catalog or the Forestry Department website for more information. Also contact a PCC Academic Advisor for help with OSU's Baccalaureate Core courses.
For information on pre-requisite courses, please contact the OSU Forestry Department:
Student Services Office - College of Forestry, 140 Peavy Hall Corvallis, OR 97331-5710

Phone: 541-737-2004, Email: forestinfo@oregonstate.edu Website: www.cof.orst.edu

Additional Requirements

For PCC courses that transfer to OSU, refer to Transfer Equivalencies above. If you plan to get an AAOT degree, all OSU Baccalaureate Core Requirements will be met by AAOT degree requirements. Be sure to take all other required courses.

PCC endeavors to create accurate transfer guides for students; however, requirements may change without notice. Students are responsible for working with PCC advisors and their transfer institution to ensure that their academic plan will meet requirements and timelines.

Last updated: July, 2008