Forest Engineering, Forest/Civil Engineering, Forestry, and Wood Innovation for Sustainability majors are required to complete a six-month work experience practicum prior to graduation.
Students from all College of Forestry undergraduate majors are encouraged to seek out work and internship experiences.
The following principles provide guidance and outline the goals for required work experience.
- Promote learning and development.
- Connect in-class education with on-the-job training through paid (or unpaid) employment.
- Provide the opportunity for students to “test-run” a type of job, an agency or business prior to entering the workforce in that specific area.
- Engage students in active practice of their chosen field of work with the benefit of a seasoned professional’s guidance.
Requirements
- Students must complete work equal to six months of employment.
- Work does not need to be consecutive six months and can be completed in shorter periods (i.e., two 3-month summer periods, etc.) as long as the duration totals six months.
- Work experiences can be either paid or unpaid; full-time, part-time, seasonal, internships and volunteer positions all count towards this requirement.
- One month of work equals approximately 150 hours; six months equals approximately 900 hours of certified work experience.It is the student's responsibility to track dates and hours worked. You may wish to confirm this information with your supervisor prior to submitting the work experience form in order to ensure consistency and accuracy.
- Work should be related to your area of study. If you have questions about the type of work that is acceptable, please make an appointment to speak with your Advisor.
- Work experience forms should be submitted NO LATER THAN ONE TERM BEFORE YOUR ANTICIPATED GRADUATION TERM.This allows supervisors, Department Designees and Advisors sufficient time to evaluate and certify your work.