Forest Products

The Forest Products track is designed for graduate study specializing in areas such as: wood and fiber as raw materials; deterioration of wood; wood mechanics and structural design; wood moisture interactions and drying; processing and performance of composites; economics of manufacturing systems; technology and processing of solid wood products; marketing, design and production of housing components; and energy-efficient building construction.

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Sample Coursework

The NRSM program does not prescribe specific coursework to its students, beyond our orientation course (NR 8101) and a one-credit seminar (NR 8107). Each student, working with their advisor and exam committee, develops a program of coursework that meets the needs of their specific research project and, ultimately, their career goals. See below for a list of courses that are representative of coursework taken by students within this track. When developing a well-rounded degree plan, most students also consider coursework listed under other NRSM tracks (see other Area of Study webpages for examples of coursework within those tracks), or within other departments at the university. 

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Course Subjects A through E

  • AGRO 5121 | Applied Experimental Design | Every Spring | 4 cr
  • APEC 5031 | Methods of Economic Data Analysis | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • APEC 5032 | Economic Data Analysis for Managerial and Policy Decisions | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • APEC 8211 | Econometric Analysis I | Every Fall | 4 cr
  • APEC 8212 | Econometric Analysis II | Every Spring | 4 cr
  • BBE 5001 | Chemistry of Biomass and Biomass Conversion to Fuels and Products | Every Fall | 4 cr
  • BBE 5023 | Process Control and Instrumentation | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • BBE 5301 | Applied Surface and Colloid Science | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • BBE 5302 | Biodegradation of Bioproducts | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • BBE 5303 | Introduction to Bio-based Materials Science | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • BBE 5401 | Bioproducts Separation and Purification Processes | Every Fall | 3 cr 
  • BBE 5402 | Bio-based Products Engineering Lab I | Every Fall | 2 cr
  • BBE 5403 | Bio-based Products Engineering Lab II | Every Spring | 2 cr
  • BBE 5404 | Biopolymers and Biocomposites Engineering | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • BBE 5608 | Environmental and Industrial Microbiology | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • BBE 5713 | Biological Process Engineering | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • BBE 5733 | Renewable Energy Technologies | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • BBE 8013 | Parameter Estimation in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering | Periodic in Fall and Spring | 3 cr
  • CHEM 4214 | Polymers | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • CHEM 4221 | Introduction to Polymer Chemistry | Every Fall | 3 cr 
  • CHEM 5210 | Materials Characterization | Every Spring | 4 cr
  • CI 8149 | Qualitative Research: Coding, Analysis, Interpretation, and Writing | Periodic in Fall | 3 cr
  • DES 8103 | Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • ENTR 6041 | Initiating New Product Design and Business Development | Every Fall | 2 - 4 cr
  • EPSY 5221 | Principles of Educational and Psychological Measurement | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • EPSY 5244 | Survey Design, Sampling, and Implementation | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • EPSY 5247 | Qualitative Methods in Educational Psychology | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • EPSY 5261 | Introductory Statistical Methods | Every Fall, Spring, and Summer | 3 cr
  • EPSY 5262 | Intermediate Statistical Methods | Every Fall and Spring | 3 cr
  • EPSY 8266 | Statistical Analysis Using Structural Equation Methods | Periodic in Spring | 3 cr
  • ESPM 5211 | Survey, Measurement, and Modeling for Environmental Analysis | Every Spring |
  • ESPM 5242 | Methods for Environmental and Natural Resource Policy Analysis | Fall Even Years | 3 cr
  • ESPM 5603 | Environmental Life Cycle Analysis | Every Fall | 3 cr

Course Subjects F through S

  • FNRM 5131 | Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources | Every Fall | 4 cr
  • FNRM 8207 | Economic Analysis of Natural Resource Projects | Every Fall, Spring, and Summer | 1 - 5 cr
  • GIS 5555 | Basic Spatial Analysis | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • ME 5228 | Introduction to Finite Element Modeling, Analysis, and Design | Every Fall | 4 cr
  • NR 5021 | Statistics for Agricultural and Natural Resource Professionals | Every Fall | 4 cr
  • OLPD 5061 | Ethnographic Research Methods | Periodic Fall, Spring, and Summer | 3 cr
  • OLPD 5528 | Focus Group Interviewing Research Methods | Every Fall | 1 - 3 cr
  • PA 5002 | Introduction to Policy Analysis | Every Fall and Spring | 1.5 cr
  • PA 5031 | Statistics for Public Affairs | Every Fall | 4 cr
  • PA 5035 | Survey Research and Data Collection | Every Spring | 1.5 cr
  • PA 5041 | Qualitative Methods for Policy Analysts | Every Fall | 4 cr
  • PA 5920 | Skills Workshop | Every Fall and Spring | .5 - 4 cr
  • POL 8126 | Qualitative Methods | Fall in Even Years, Spring in Odd Years | 3 cr
  • PUBH 7250 | Designing and Conducting Focus Group Interviews | Every Spring and Summer | 1 cr
  • PUBH 7407 | Analysis of Categorical Data | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • SOC 5811 | Social Statistics for Graduate Students | Every Fall
  • SOC 8801 | Sociological Research Methods | Periodic in Fall and Spring | 4 cr
  • SOC 8811 | Advanced Social Statistics | Every Fall and Spring | 4 cr
  • SSM 5414 | Advanced Residential Building Science | Fall in Even Years | 4 cr
  • SSM 5416 | Building Testing and Diagnostics | Spring in Even Years | 2 cr
  • STAT 5021 | Statistical Analysis | Every Fall and Spring | 4 cr
  • STAT 5201 | Sampling Methodology in Finite Populations | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • STAT 5302 | Applied Regression Analysis | Every Fall, Spring, and Summer | 4 cr
  • STAT 5303 | Designing Experiments | Every Fall, Spring, and Summer | 4 cr
  • STAT 5401 | Applied Multivariate Methods | Periodic in Fall | 4 cr
  • STAT 5421 | Analysis of Categorical Data | Every Fall and Spring | 3 cr
  • STAT 5601 | Nonparametric Methods | Every Fall and Spring | 3 cr
  • STAT 8051 | Advanced Regression Techniques: Linear, Nonlinear and Nonparametric Methods | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • STAT 8052 | Applied Statistical Methods 2: Design of Experiments and Mixed-Effects Modeling | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • STAT 8053 | Applied Statistical Methods 3: Multivariate Analysis and Advanced Regression | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • STAT 8054 |  Statistical Methods 4: Advanced Statistical Computing | Every Spring | 3 cr