WHERE FORESTRY CAN BE STUDIED 



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gree of master of Science in Forestry. This 

 school has a good equipment, the nucleus 

 of a forest museum, and is in the heart 

 of a great timber country near extensive 

 national forests. 



UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE COURSES 



A number of colleges, especially the 

 land grant institutions, have instituted 

 undergraduate forestry courses of four 

 years. The facilities of these institu- 

 tions vary considerably and the courses 

 are not standardized as yet, but they 

 represent useful beginnings and provide 

 opportunities for forestry study for 

 many who cannot meet the require- 

 ments of the higher schools. Some of 

 them are well equipped and have com- 

 petent instructors. 



Colorado. College, Colorado Sorings. 

 School of Forestry (established 1905). A 

 four years course leading -to the degree of 

 Forest Engineer, and a graduate course of 

 one year leading to the degree of Master of 

 Forestry. Has a demonstration forest of 13,- 

 ooo acres and is near the natural forests. 

 There is a summer course and a special 

 twelve weeks' course for forest rangers and 

 guards. 



Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Col- 

 lins. The four years courses in the division 

 of agriculture differentiate in the junior 

 year, and for the course in forestry the 

 junior and senior years are given to tech- 

 nical subjects. The degree is Bachelor of 

 Science. 



University of Georgia, Athens, College of 

 Agriculture. School of Forestry. A four 

 years degree course and a summer course. 



University of Idaho, Moscow. A four 

 years course leading to the degree of Bache- 

 lor of Science in Forestry. Has good 

 equipment and demonstration forest of 640 

 acres. 



Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. 

 Arranged as one of the four years courses 

 in science leading to the degree of Bachelor 

 of Science. The forestry course are classi- 

 fied under the department of biology. 



lozva State College, Ames. Department 

 of Horticulture and Forestry. Special at- 

 tention is given to farm forestry under 

 Iowa conditions. A mixed course, not to 

 be regarded as a technical course in forestry. 



University of Maine, Orono. A complete 

 undergraduate course in forestry is ar- 

 ranged, which may serve as the basis not 

 only of practical work in forestry, but also 

 of a liberal education. A knowledge of the 

 principles of forestry in its different branches 

 is given to the student, and some practical 



work is done in the forest. Degree of Bache- 

 lor of Science. 



Michigan Agricultural College, East Lan- 

 sing. Forestry course (established 1902). 

 Four years course, the work of the fresh- 

 man and sophomore years practically the 

 same as for agricultural students; strictly 

 technical work begins, in junior year. De- 

 gree of Bachelor of Science. 



University of Montana, Missoula. Four 

 years course leading to degree of Bachelor 

 of Science. "The courses of study as at 

 present outlined are designed to prepare stu- 

 dents in the fundamental subjects of fores- 

 try. From one to two years of graduate 

 work will be necessary for those desiring to 

 become professional foresters." There is a 

 short course for forest rangers in January, 

 February and March. The location in Mis- 

 soula of the headquarters of District No. I 

 of the United States Forest Service is noted 

 as one of the advantages of this institution. 



University of Nebraska, College of Agri- 

 culture. A four years course leading to the 

 degree of Bachelor of Science. For a fifth 

 year of approved work the degree of Master 

 of Forestry may be obtained. 



Oregon Agricultural College. Corvallis. 

 "To meet the needs of the State in conser- 

 vation and development of its forest re- 

 sources, the College has provided a regular 

 course of four years, which will be supple- 

 mented with a whiter short course." De- 

 gree of Bachelor of Science in Forestry. 



Pennsylvania State. College. State College. 

 "The course in forestry is planned to give 

 students a thorough and practical training, 

 so .that upon graduation they may take up 

 professional forest work." Degree of Bache- 

 lor of Science for four years course. 



State College of Washington, Pullman 

 This college announces a four years course 

 in forestry leading to the degree of Bachelor 

 of Science. 



In a class by itself because of its or- 

 ganization, methods, and purposes, i- 

 the unattached 



BUtmorc Forest School. This is a school 

 of "purely technical forestry," now in its 

 thirteenth year. The course of one year, 

 supplemented by six months of practical 

 work, leads to the degree of Bachelor of 

 Forestry. After two years experience and 

 the presentation of a thesis a Bachelor of 

 Forestry may receive the degree of Forest 

 Engineer. The school holds ;\ winter session 

 in Germany, a spring session in Adirondacks 

 and southern Appalachians, and during tin- 

 autumn months in tin- Lake Slat 



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The following colK-^vs and universi- 

 ties give one or more courses in fores- 



