Forestry Technology is an instructional program that prepares individuals to produce, protect, and manage timber and other forest crops. Students enrolled in the program will participate in a variety of learning experiences related to land and forest measurements, growth processes of timber stands, tree identification, timber and forest products harvesting, timber stand management, forest protection, and forest products utilization.
Forestry Technology is a two-year technical program. An Associate of Applied Science degree is awarded upon successful completion of the curriculum. Enrollment is open in either the fall or spring semesters. Job openings often occur in forestry industries, state and federal agencies, and private consultants.
Graduates are qualified for forest technician jobs, including cruising timber for a private company or a private forester, as well as employment with the Mississippi Forestry Commission, a state agency, as a forest technician, or employment with the U.S. Forest Service, a federal agency.
Salaries: Beginning salaries start in the $20,000's
Graduation rate: 90-95%
Dendrology
A study of trees including their classification and commercial uses. An emphasis
on tree identification by geographic area, habitat, bark, twigs, leaves, flowers,
and fruits. Includes field work.
Forest Products
Covers wood and forest products processing. Instruction in grading hardwood and pine lumber. Includes
field work.
Forest Measurements
Designed to provide the fundamentals of forest measurements. Includes field work.
Freshman | First Semester | 16-17 Semester Hours
ENG 1113 English Composition - 3 Semester Hours
FOT 1813 Introduction to Forestry - 3 Semester Hours
FOT 1714 Applied Dendrology with Lab - 4 Semester Hours
PSY 1513 General Psychology - 3 Semester Hours
Technical Elective - 3-4 Semester Hours
Freshman | Second Semester | 15-16 Semester Hours
CSC 1113 Introduction to Computer Concepts - 3 Semester Hours
FOT 1114 Forest Measurement I with Lab - 4 Semester Hours
FOT 2424 Timber Harvesting with Lab - 4 Semester Hours
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective - 3 Semester Hours
Math/Natural Science Elective - 3-4 Semester Hours
Sophomore | First Semester | 15-16 Semester Hours
AGT 1714 Applied Soils - Conservation and Use - 4 Semester Hours
BIO 1314 Botany with Lab - 4 Semester Hours
FOT 2124 Forest Surveying and Spatial Applications - 4 Semester Hours
Technical Elective - 3-4 Semester Hours
Sophomore | Second Semester | 13-15 Semester Hours
FOT 2614 Silviculture I with Lab - 4 Semester Hours
SPT 1113 Public Speaking I - 3 Semester Hours
Technical Elective - 3-4 Semester Hours
Technical Elective - 3-4 Semester Hours
Technical Electives:
ACC 2213 Principles of Accounting I
BAD 2413 Legal Environment of Business
ECO 2113 Economics I
ECO 2123 Economics II
FOT 1124 Forest Measurement II with Lab
FOT 1314 Forest Protection with Lab
FOT 1414 Forest Products Utilization/Lab
FOT 291(1-3) Special Problem in Forestry
FOT 2624 Silviculture II with Lab
MAT 2323 Business Statistics
FOT 2213 Applications of GIS/GPS in Forestry
BIO 2434 General Zoology
FOT 292(1-6) Supervised Work Experience in Forestry Technology
Work-based Learning is available as an additional elective based on opportunity and requirements.
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Dusty Snow | Scooba Campus
dsnow@eastms.edu | 662.476.5097
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1512 Kemper St., Scooba, MS 39358
662.476.5000
8731 South Frontage Rd., Mayhew, MS 39753
662.243.1900