Wood Products Marketing Minor

The Wood Products Marketing minor offers students in other majors, especially those oriented toward business, science, or engineering,  an opportunity to develop a basic competency in wood products marketing and processing. Students will obtain knowledge and skills particularly helpful for employment in sales, as a specifier of wood-based materials for construction and design, or in other related fields in the wood products industries.

Requirements
Students must complete 15 credits in prescribed courses and 3 or more credits in additional Wood Products courses, for a minimum total of 18 credits. A grade of C or better is required for all courses in the minor.

Prescribed Courses

W P 411 (4) Wood-Environmental Relationships
W P 417 (4) Wood Products Manufacturing Systems and Processes
W P 435 (3) Wood Products Production and Sales Management
W P 437W (4) Wood Industries Marketing Management

An additional 3 credits are to be selected from the following list:

W P 200W (3) Professional Careers in Forest Resources
W P 203 (1) Anatomical Properties of Wood
W P 337 (2) Wood Technology
W P 412 (3) Wood in Structures
W P 413 (3) The Chemistry of Wood
W P 418 (4) Chemical Processing of Wood
W P 423 (2) Deterioration and Protection of Wood Products
W P 460 (3) Wood Products Industrial Environmental Control
W P 490 (1) Wood Products Colloquium
FOR 203 (2) Field Dendrology

Procedures of Enrollment
Students may apply for admission to the Wood Products Marketing minor by submitting an Application for Admission to a Minor form in 114 Forest Resources Building. The approval of the student's major program adviser is also required. For additional information, contact the School of Forest Resources at 814-865-4237.

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