The PhD is frequently required for research and staff specialist positions, and is nearly always required for university faculty positions. The degree is often regarded as specialized education within a relatively narrow field of expertise. Choose from among several disciplinary areas:
- Community Forestry and Arboriculture*
- Environmental Education
- Fisheries Science
- Forest Biology*
- Forest Business
- Forestry
- Geospatial Information Science (GIS)*
- Parks, Recreation and Tourism
- Policy and Sustainability
- Water and Soil Resources
- Wildlife Science
*can be declared as official Area of Emphasis
Curriculum
The PhD requires a dissertation and a minimum of 30 hours of consecutive course work but additional courses may be required by the student’s Advisory Committee.