Undergraduate Degrees


Forestry Major in Forestry

If you are interested in becoming a professional forester or natural resource manager, a Forestry Degree will enable you to:

  • work as a timber manager, forest planner, fire specialist, forest ranger or as a range or soil conservationist.
  • learn how to use: Satellite imagery, Geographic Information Systems and state-of-the-art computer systems and models. You will spend a large part of your career working outdoors, with other natural resource professionals, with both the public and private land-owners.

Resource Conservation Major in Resource Conservation

An interdisciplinary major shared among departments in the College of Forestry and Conservation that allows students flexibility to build special expertise in a variety of conservation related program study areas. Areas of emphasis associated with faculty in our department include: environmental policy, sustainable livelihood and community conservation, and wilderness studies.

 

Certificate in GIS Sciences and Technologies Certificate in GIS Sciences and Technologies

The Certificate in GIS Sciences and Technologies is designed to provide students with broad exposure to the principles, technologies, and applications of geographic information systems (GIS). Many government and business sector careers require the employee to have a good working knowledge of GIS and related technologies. A student who has earned the Certificate will have a good understanding in general GIS theory and will possess the knowledge and skills to acquire, process, analyze, and properly display geographic data. This program is a complement to an existing major at The University of Montana-Missoula or as a complement to a bachelor’s degree obtained at another university.