MFR in Forest Business Management

Program requirements or equivalent which must be completed before or during the MFR Program

The requirement for the degree of Master Forest Resources are met by the completion of an approved program of a minimum of 33 semester hours of graduate course work, of which 12 semester hours must be in courses taken inside the School. There are three major areas of course work in the MFR program: Forest Resources core, Forest Resources electives, and other electives. Each area is described in greater detail below. In addition, students must complete a final oral examination.

1. Forest Business Core (12 semester hours)

FORS 7750

Procurement and Management of Wood Fiber Supply (3 - credit hours)

FORS 7780

Timberland Accounting, Finance and Taxation (3 - credit hours)

ACCT 6000

Financial Accounting (3 - credit hours)

FINA 7010

Financial Management (or higher level FINA course) (3 - credit hours)

2. Forest Business Electives (Choose 9 semester hours)

FORS 7630

Intensive Forest Management (2 - credit hours)

FORS 7640

Advanced Forest Management(3 - credit hours)

FORS 7710

Advanced Forest Economics (3 - credit hours)

FORS 7720

Forest Harvesting and Roads (3 - credit hours)

FORS 7760

Forest Products Marketing (3 - credit hours)

FORS 7790

Forest Finance Decisions (3 - credit hours)

FORS 7860

Resource Economics and Management (3 - credit hours)

FORS 7900

Forest Operations Management and Planning (3 - credit hours)

FORS 8010

Forest Business Seminar (1 - credit hours)

FORS 8060

Advanced Forest Policy and Law (3 - credit hours)

3. Other Electives (Choose 12 semester hours)

Students may choose courses to form a logical concentration in:

Accounting (ACCT), Economics (ECON), Banking and Finance (FINA), Forest Resources (FORS), Legal Studies (LEGL), Management (MGMT), Management Science and Information Technology (MSIT), Marketing (MARK), Real Estate (REAL), Risk Management and Insurance (RMIN), Spatial Analysis and Planning (GIS), Statistics (STAT).

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