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Forest Products
Your employment opportunities with a Forest Products degree are excellent. Our graduates continually find full-time employment in forest products related fields.         The future outlook is also bright. Wood use increases 2% each year which means both job security and continued professional growth. As one of our graduates, you will be challenged to develop economical, environmentally-sensitive products, as well as new production systems and manufacturing techniques.

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Your education is our first priority. Our friendly, accessible faculty bring years of field experience and the most current research findings into the classroom, giving your education depth and immediacy. You will have the opportunity to work with nationally recognized scholars on a first-name basis. 

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Some of your best lessons won't come from books. 

  • Join our student logging crew and learn the "how" and "why" of timber harvesting on our experimental forest. 
  • Gain on-the-job experience through summer employment with regional forest products industries.
  • Increase your computer literacy by working with a diverse array of computer programs including Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

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We are one of only two undergraduate programs in forest products in the western U.S. Our wood Construction and Design option, a unique combination of forest products and architecture, is the only program of its kind in the nation. 
     The Department of Forest Products programs are accredited by the Society of Wood Sciences and Technology. A degree from an accredited program packs more clout in the market place and when you apply for graduate school.

Degree Options    Up

  • Timber Harvesting
  • Wood Construction and Design
  • Business Management.  

Our graduates are hired by well known and rapidly growing companies: 

  • Weyerhauser

  • Potlatch Corp.

  • Trus Joist MacMillan

  • Hoff Industries

  • Longview Fibre

  • Boise Cascade

  • Tecton Laminates

  •  Bennett Lumber

  • Louisiana Pacific

  • Willamette Industries

 

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