​This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of surveying as it relates to the field of forestry. Additionally, this course partially fulfills Student Learning Objective 4 (perform boundary surveys) and Objective 14 (apply mathematics to forestry and related disciples) of the Applied Forest Management Program.

Course introduces and explores the basic measurement tools and skillsets required for undergraduate students. The topics covered in the course include measurement of stand parameters such as DBH, height, crown parameters, log rules, wood identification, and logistics. The course also teaches the students to solve mathematical calculations related to the measurements data collected and estimate the final values required.

​The course teaches the basic timber harvesting methods, equipment used in timber harvesting, prescription, logistics, trucking, best management practices, rules and regulations for timber harvesting, harvesting standards, and logistics. This course will also address the basic components of a forest operations plan from road location, environmental aspects, administration, and production analysis.

​Teaches the ecology of trees and interaction of different species of trees in the state. The course also introduces the various skillsets required for future forest managers such as thinking at a landscape scale and broader level planning for forest management. Topics discussed include but are not limited to changes across scales of space and time, the development of individual trees and forest communities, silvics properties of trees, the interaction of trees and forests with their physical environment, disturbance regimes, and climate change.

​This undergraduate level course is designed to introduce the principles of planning industrial forest operations in the United States with specific emphasis on the logging industry in Maine. This course addresses the basic components of a forest operations plan from equipment selection, implementation of best management practices, road planning and layout.

​This is an undergraduate level course that provides the students with field experiences on conducting forest inventory of vegetation, regeneration, downed woody debris, and commercial harvesting stands. Emphasis is placed on forest measurements, sampling techniques, proper data handling, and preparing technical reports. Forest land measurement and techniques used to quantify growth are included. Field laboratories provide practice in measuring land, products, trees, and stands.

​The course provides field level practical experiences with broadly used tools in forest management such as GPS, Avenza maps, Trimble, ArcGIS Collector, and others. The topics covered in the course include traversing using compass, recording tracks, working with GIS software, organizing maps, and preparing relevant materials for the final report.

​Online course prepares the students for handling Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. The course provides fundamental skills such as data sorting, organizing, analysis, and synthesis of results, required to manage large datasets and to prepare tables for final reports.