Minor: Forest Products

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OVERVIEW OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum number of credits required to earn minor: 18

Minimum Cumulative GPA required to earn minor: 2.0

Minimum Grade requirements for courses to count toward minor: None.

Other GPA requirements to earn minor: None.

Contact Information: William H. Livingston, Associate Director for Undergraduate Programs, 201b Nutting Hall, 581-2990, WilliamL@maine.edu

Forestry majors already choose between WSC 212/213 and WSC 314, so the total requirement of this minor for Forestry majors is 18 credits; for others it is 22.

Students minoring in Forest Products must be assigned an academic advisor from the faculty of Wood Science and Technology in the School of Forest Resources and must obtain that advisor’s signature when registering for WSC courses.

Required Courses:

WSC 212 - Introduction to Wood Science and Technology Credits: 3
See Footnote 1
WSC 213 - Hand Lens Identification of Wood Laboratory Credits: 1
See Footnote 1
WSC 314 - Wood and Wood-Fiber Processing Credits: 4
See Footnote 1
WSC 318 - Wood and the Environment Credits: 3
WSC 319 - Biomaterials Deterioration, Protection, Bioconversion Credits: 3
WSC 425 - Mechanical Properties of Wood Credits: 3
Footnote 1: Forestry majors already choose between WSC 212/213 and WSC 314, so the total requirement of this minor for Forestry majors is 18 credits; for others it is 22.

Plus a minimum of 5 credits from the following courses:

FTY 540 - Forest Products Marketing Credits: 3
WSC 345 - Special Problems Credits: Ar
WSC 416 - Functional Structure of Woody Plants Credits: 3
WSC 430 - Wood Composites Credits: 3
WSC 440 - Adhesion and Adhesives Technology Credits: 4