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	Forest Operations Management Major (BS, HBS)	Print Version
	College of Forestry \| Forest Engineering, Resources and Management

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. More detailed information on the Business and Entrepreneurship minor can be found on the Web at http://catalog.oregonstate.edu/MinorDetail.aspx?minor=574&college=02 .

In addition to the listed courses, all students are required to complete a total of six months of satisfactory employment in an area related to their major. This is usually accomplished by two or more summers of work, but it may include work during the academic year. Work performance and personal conduct are thoroughly appraised by the College of Forestry.

More detailed information on the curriculum and the current undergraduate advising guide can be found on the department’s Web page at http://ferm.forestry.oregonstate.edu/.

All students pursuing the BS in Forest Operations Management must earn grades of "C–" or better in all required forestry courses (with FE, FOR, FS, WSE course designators) or approved substitutions for majors, minors and options.

First Year (44)

CCE 201. Civil and Construction Engineering Graphics and Design (3)
CH 121. General Chemistry (5)
COMM 111. *Public Speaking (3)
or COMM 114. *Argument and Critical Discourse (3)
ECON 201. *Introduction to Microeconomics (4)
FE 101. Introduction to Forest Engineering (2)
FE 102. Forest Engineering Problem Solving and Technology (3)
FE 308. Forest Surveying (4)
FOR 111. Introduction to Forestry (3)
FOR 141. Tree and Shrub Identification (3)
HHS 231. *Lifetime Fitness for Health (2)
HHS 241–HHS 248. *Lifetime Fitness: (various activities) (1)
or any PAC course (1–2)
MTH 241. *Calculus for Management and Social Science (4)
WR 121. *English Composition (3)
WSE 210. Wood Technology and Utilization (4)

Sophomore Year (46)

BA 211. Financial Accounting (4)
BA 230. Business Law I (4)
BA 260. Introduction to Entrepreneurship (4)
CSS 205. *Soils: Sustainable Ecosystems (4)
FE 309. Forest Photogrammetry (4)
FE 310. Forest Route Surveying (4)
FE 357. GIS and Forest Engineering Applications (3)
FOR 240. *Forest Biology (4)
PH 201. *General Physics (5)
ST 351. Introduction to Statistical Methods (4)
WR 327. *Technical Writing (3)
*Cultural Diversity course (3)

Junior Year (49)

BA 213. Managerial Accounting (4)
BA 390. Marketing (4)
FE 371. Harvesting Process Engineering (4)
FE 434. Forest Watershed Management (4)
FE 440. Forest Operations Analysis (3)
FE 447. Tactical and Operational Planning Techniques (3)
FE 471. Harvesting Management (3)
FOR 321. Forest Mensuration (5)
FOR 330, FOR 331. Forest Resource Economics I, II (4,4)
FOR 429. Integrated Prescriptions (3)
FOR 443. Silvicultural Practices (5)
*Western Culture course (3)

Senior Year (41)

BA 351. Managing Organizations (4)
BA 460. Venture Management (4)
FE 441. Production Planning (3)
FE 448. ^Forest Operations Planning and Scheduling (3)
FE 451. ^Forest Operations Design II (3,3)
FE 460. Forest Operations Regulations and Policy Issues (3)
FE 480. Forest Engineering Practice and Professionalism (1)
FW 325. *Global Crises in Resource Ecology (3)
or BI 349. *Biodiversity: Causes, Consequences and Conservation (3)
Forest Operations Management restricted electives (8)¹
*Literature and Arts (3)
*Science, Technology and Society course (3)
*Difference, Power, and Discrimination course (3)

Total=180

Footnotes:

* Baccalaureate Core Course
^ Writing Intensive Course
¹ Restricted electives are those approved by advisor before taking and they may include:

BA 275. Quantitative Business Methods (4)
BA 463. Family Business Management (4)
CE 461. Photogrammetry (3)
CE 463. Control Surveying (4)
CE 465. Oregon Land Survey Law (3)
CE 469. Property Surveys (3)
CEM 341. Construction Estimating (4)
FE 311. Advanced Forest Surveying (4)
FOR 420. Advanced Aerial Photos and Remote Sensing (3)
FOR 421. Advanced GIS Applications in Forestry (3)
FOR 462. Natural Resource Policy and Law (3)
FOR 463. Environmental Policy and Law Interactions (3)
IE 355. Statistical Quality Control (4)
SPAN 211. Second-Year Spanish (4)
SPAN 212. Second-Year Spanish (4)
SPAN 213. Second-Year Spanish (4)
WSE 455. Forest Products Marketing (3)

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