Forestry Environmental Management

WHAT YOU’LL STUDY

As a biology major focusing on forestry and environmental management, you become proficient in biological concepts from multiple branches of the field. You also gain a solid foundation in math and chemistry, along with laboratory equipment and procedures.

PC’s forestry / environmental management program is part of a dual “3 + 2 degree” offered in cooperation with Duke University’s School of the Environment. You’ll complete a minimum of 88 hours of credit from PC. These include your general education requirements. After you’ve successfully completed the first year of the master of forestry (MF) or master of environmental management (MEM) at Duke, you’ll be awarded your BS degree from PC.

Your undergraduate major coursework totals 52-53 hours, depending on which elective you choose. During your first two years you’ll take core courses and labs like Biological Concepts and Organismal Biology. You’ll choose one course each from three categories – cell/molecular biology, evolution/ecology, and plant biology. Required related courses include Genetics, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and General Physics. In addition to a biology elective, you’ll select one calculus and one statistics course, such as Data Analysis and Statistical Computing. Before your undergraduate program ends, you’ll also take Scientific Writing & Presentation – a course on writing scientific reviews and presenting a short seminar. If eligible, you can earn marks of distinction on your transcript and diploma by conducting an honors project.

The biology department at PC also offers concentrations in pharmacy and computational biology.