Undergraduate Degree

The Forest Technology program provides students with the competencies and technical skills necessary to sustainably manage forested systems in Michigan and beyond. Through internships and networking opportunities, students connect with local forestry experts and employers to gain hands-on experience. The program’s curriculum incorporates a variety of in demand skills, such as tree identification and forest inventory, forest ecology and silviculture, wildland firefighting and timber harvest operations. Upon completion of the program, graduates are often in high demand by a variety of industry and agency employers, and go on to achieve careers as forest technicians; procurement foresters; consultants; wildland firefighters; and land surveyors.

Requirements for Forest Technology

Students must complete 63 credits from the following:

1.	All of the following courses (33 courses):
	AT	293	Professional Internship in Agricultural Technology						3
	CSS	143	Introduction to Soil Science						2
	ENT	110	Applied Entomology of Economic Plants						3
	FOR	115	Field Exploration of Topics in Forest Technology						1
	FOR	116	Career Development in Forestry Technology						1
	FOR	117	Natural Resources Equipment and Worker Safety						1
	FOR	130	Fundamentals of Forest Management Planning						1
	FOR	135	Forest Issues and Policy						1
	FOR	204	Forest Vegetation						3
	FOR	222	Forestry Field Methods						2
	FOR	250	Introduction to Forest Ecology and Silviculture						3
	FOR	260	Applied Forest Management						3
	FOR	265	Crew Leadership and Management of Forest Technology						2
	FOR	270	Forest Business Operations						2
	FOR	275	Timber Harvest Planning and Systems						3
	PLP	105	Fundamentals of Applied Plant Pathology						2
2.	Complete 30 credits of additional course work through Bay College. All course work must be approved by the program coordinator in the Institute of Agricultural Technology.