Forest Resources Graduate Major (MF, MS, PhD)	Print Version
	College of Forestry | Forest Engineering, Resources and Management

Graduate and research programs in the Department of Forest Resources focus on forest management, forest economics, forest policy, forest measurements and models, remote sensing and GIS, forest social science and recreation, natural resource education and Extension, and silviculture. Programs lead to the Master of Forestry, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The department also participates in the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) program. Specific information about graduate degree programs is available on the department Web site at http://ferm.forestry.oregonstate.edu/.

Students enrolling in graduate programs in forest resources usually have undergraduate degrees in forestry or related fields. Applicants without forestry backgrounds are required to achieve competence in forestry and appropriate subjects by taking undergraduate courses, through independent study, or by other means decided by each student’s graduate advisory committee. All graduates must be knowledgeable in the broad aspects of forest resource management and policy, as well as in their specialties.

Beyond certain minimum requirements, students have considerable flexibility in designing a curriculum to achieve a desired blend of theory and practice in one or more specialized areas. All degree programs include course work in other departments. Thesis research typically draws on the strengths of these related departments, which may include the Departments of Forest Science, Forest Engineering, Wood Science and Engineering, Economics, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Statistics, Business Administration, Computer Science, Fisheries and Wildlife, Rangeland Ecology and Management, Political Science, History, Sociology, Anthropology, Botany and Plant Pathology, and other departments.