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As an incoming student, you are joining a community that values hands-on learning, innovative research, and real-world experience, all while preparing you for a career that makes a difference. Whether you want to restore ecosystems, manage wildlife populations, work with timber, or lead in conservation efforts, CFR has a path for you.
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Majors & Concentrations
Forestry
The undergraduate major in forestry is a science-based program leading to the Bachelor of Science degree. Our program will prepare you for a professional career in forest resource management and use. Customize your learning experience with one of the following major concentrations: Environmental Conservation, Forest Business, Forest Management, Urban Forestry, and Wildlife Management. This major is accredited by the Society of American Foresters (SAF).
Forestry
Concentrations
Natural Resource and Environmental Conservation
The undergraduate major in natural resource and environmental conservation is a science-based program leading to the Bachelor of Science degree. Our program will prepare you to address complex environmental and conservation challenges, and prepare you for impactful careers in public, private and non-profit sector natural resource conservation and management. Customize your learning experience with one of the following concentrations: Natural Resource Law and Administration, Natural Resource Technology, and Resource Conservation Science. This major is accredited by the Society of American Foresters (SAF).
Sustainable Bioproducts
As a Sustainable Bioproducts major, you will develop a strong foundation in the manufacturing of wood and fiber-based products, their physical and mechanical properties, environmental implications, marketing, sales, and trading of wood and composite materials composed of agricultural resides and other natural fibers. Your courses will also familiarize you with specialty chemicals such as polymers and adhesives from natural resources, and bioenergy such as bio-oils, alcohols, and pelletized fuels, which are increasingly important to sustainable industrial production.
Wildlife, Fisheries, & Aquaculture
Students may select one of six academic concentrations each of which requires completion of a specified major core curriculum. These concentrations include Conservation Biology; Conservation Law Enforcement; Human-Wildlife Interactions; Wildlife Agriculture Conservation; Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science; and Wildlife Veterinary Medicine. Over 40 undergraduate courses in ecology, organismal biology and taxonomy, habitat evaluation and management, wildlife and fisheries management, human dimensions, policy, biometrics, landscape ecology, and special topics are offered by over 20 departmental faculty and instructors. Curriculum in each of the academic concentrations will prepare students for employment in natural resource professions within private, federal, and state wildlife, fisheries, or aquaculture sectors. Successful completion of curriculum ensures that graduates are eligible for employment or post-graduate studies upon graduation.
