Graduate Courses
Core Courses
Core Courses
Course Number | Course Title | Course Description | Units | Semester Offered | Pre-requisites |
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WST 201 | Tree Growth and Wood Quality | Developmental morphology of trees; internal and external control of wood formation; wood quality and variability | 3 | 2 | FPPS 111 and FBS 31 |
WST 202 | Wood Quality Evaluation | Patterns of variation of wood quality indicators; sampling strategies and biomathematical methods of wood quality assessment | 3 | 1 | COI |
WST 203 | Wood Chemistry 2 | Chemistry and physics of cellulose and other components of the cell wall | 3 | 2 | FPPS 131 |
WST 204 | Wood and Bark Extractives | Chemistry of extraneous components of wood and bark | 3 | 2 | FPPS 131 |
WST 205 | Paper Properties | Evaluation of chemical, physical, and optical properties of paper and their significance to the end use of paper | 3 | 1 | FPPS 132 |
WST 211 | Instrumentation for Research | Design and operation of instrumentation systems in wood science research | 3 | COI | |
WST 212 | Advance Quality Control in Wood Processing | Sampling plans for acceptance inspection and for the control of wood production processes. Introduction to the application of reliability techniques and life testing | 3 | 1 | FPPS 181 |
WST 221 | Wood Physics 2 | The physics of wood and wood-based materials. Practical considerations with respect to moisture and heat movement and their application to wood drying processes | 3 | 2 | FPPS 121 |
WST 222 | Elasticity of Wood and Wood-based Materials | Theory of elasticity as applied to wooden structural members and other wood-based materials | 3 | 2 | MATH 27 or its equivalent |
WST 223 | Strength Properties of Timber and Glued Wood Products | Test methods and specimen geometry; effects of defects, basic stresses, grading and working stresses | 3 | 1 | FPPS 124 |
WST 225 | Wood Moisture Relations | Theories and thermodynamics of water absorption by wood; mechanisms of moisture movement through wood below and above the fiber saturation point | 3 | 1,2 | WST 221 |
WST 241 | Wood Machining 2 | Industrial woodworking machines and processes. Selection and maintenance of cutting tools | 3 | 2 | FPPS 144 |
WST 260 | Wood-Resins Relations | Physical and physicochemical aspects of wood adhesion | 3 | 2 | FPPS 171 |
WST 262 | Advanced Wood Preservation | Theories of fluid penetration in wood and design of wood treating plant | 3 | 1 | FPPS 161 |
WST 270 | Advanced Kiln Drying | Design of lumber kilns, moisture control, seasoning and dry kiln problems of wood-using industries | 3 | 2 | FPPS 151 |
WST 282 | Analysis of Decision Alternatives | Application of linear programming to management problems in the wood industry | 3 | 2 | FRM 214 |
WST 290 | Special Problems | May be taken twice provided that total number of units to be credited to the student’s program will not exceed 4 units | 1-3 | 1,2 | None |
WST 291 | Special Topics | May be taken twice provided that the total number of units to be credited to the student’s program will not exceed 4 units | 1-3 | 1,2 | COI |
WST 299 | Graduate Seminar | May be taken twice | 1 | 1,2,M | None |
FOR 300 | Master’s Thesis | 6 | 1,2,M | None | |
FOR 400 | Doctoral Dissertation | 12 | 1,2,M | None | |
FPPS 235 | Forest Products Biotechnology | Application of biotechnology to improve the quality and utilization of wood; bio-processing operations in forest-based and related industries | 3 | 2 | FPPS 131 or COI |