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Master of Forest Resources (MFR) in Forest Business Management

The Center for Forest Business offers a graduate-level educational program leading to a Master of Forest Resources (MFR) in Forest Business Management. To view the course requirements please scroll down or download the file below.

The MFR in Forest Business is designed to help students develop the necessary skills for positions of leadership in forest operations management, timberland investing, or education in the private or public sector. This degree program combines the principles of:

  • Finance
  • Economics
  • Leadership
  • Marketing
  • Silviculture
  • Mensuration
  • Statistics
  • Operations Research

Thanks to a unique partnership, all business courses are taken through the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business.

In addition to rigorous academic preparation, our MFR students participate in a range of formative experiences including internships, forestry operations tours, and forest investment conferences. Many of these opportunities are international, reflecting the global nature of today’s forest business environment.

Photo Caption - "Graduate Students with Dean Clutter at The Timberland Asset 2009 conference."

 

Assistantships are available for qualified students. To learn more, contact Bob Izlar at +1.706.542.6819 or bizlar@warnell.uga.edu.

For University of Georgia Graduate School admission requirements, please click here.

Master of Forest Resources Requirements

Program Requirements or equivalent which must be completed before or during the MFR Program:

FORS 3010 Dendrology or FORS 6610 Forest Mensuration
FORS 3020 Forest Ecology or FORS 6620 Timber Management
FORS 4010 Silviculture      

The requirements for the degree of Master of Forest Resources are met by the completion of an approved program of a minimum of 33 semester hours of graduate course work, of which 13 semester hours must be in courses taken inside the School of Forest Resources and 9 semester hours must be in courses taken outside of the School. There are three major areas of course work in the MFR program: Forest Resources core, Forest Resources electives, and other electives. Each area is described in greater detail below. In addition, students must pass a final oral examination.

1. Forest Business Core (13 semester hours)
FORS 7750 Procurement and Management of Wood Fiber Supply 3 semester hours
FORS 7780 Timberland Accounting, Finance and Taxation 3 semester hours
ACCT 6000 Financial Accounting 3 semester hours
FINA 7010 Financial Management (or higher level FINA course) 3 semester hours

2. Forest Business Electives (Choose 9 semester hours)
FORS 6570 Practical Wood Identification 2 semester hours
FORS 7070 Forest Resource Consulting and Real Estate Practices 3 semester hours
FORS 7550 Contemporary Forest Products 3 semester hours
FORS 7630 Intensive Forest Management 3 semester hours
FORS 7640 Advanced Forest Management 3 semester hours
FORS 7710 Advanced Forest Economics 3 semester hours
FORS 7720 Forest Harvesting and Roads 3 semester hours
FORS 7760 Forest Products Marketing 3 semester hours
FORS 7790 Forest Finance Decisions 3 semester hours
FORS 7860 Resource Economics and Management 3 semester hours
FORS 7900 Forest Operations Management and Planning 3 semester hours
FORS 8010 Forest Business Seminar 1 semester hour
FORS 8020 Bioeconomy Seminar 1 semester hour
FORS 8060 Advanced Forest Policy and Law 3 semester hours

3. Other Electives (12 hours)
Student may choose courses to form a logical concentration in: Accounting (ACCT), Economics (ECON), Banking and Finance (FINA), Forest Resources (FORS), Legal Studies (LEGL), Management (MGMT), Management Science and Information Technology (MSIT), Marketing (MARK), Real Estate (REAL), Risk Management and Insurance (RMIN), Spatial Analysis and Planning (GIS), Statistics (STAT).