North Carolina State University
2010-2011 Graduating Senior Survey
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
Forest Management Program

INSTRUCTIONS:

The Forest Management program is very interested in your opinions, and believes that you can provide it with useful information to help us evaluate and improve our programs. We appreciate you taking the time to answer these questions.

To answer a question, click on the bubble for the answer you are choosing. Once you have answered all the questions, you must hit the SUBMIT button at the end of the form to submit your answers.

In the first column, please select the appropriate bubble to indicate to what extent you think the Forest Management program prepared you in each of the following areas. In the second column, indicate how important you expect the area will be in your future profession.

	HOW WELL WERE YOU PREPARED BY YOUR PROGRAM OF STUDY?					HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU EXPECT THIS WILL BE IN YOUR PROFESSION?
	Very Well Prepared	Well Prepared	Somewhat Prepared	Poorly Prepared	Very Poorly Prepared	Very Important	Important	Moderately Important	Of Limited Importance	Not At All Important
1. An understanding of ecological and biological concepts, principles, and processes.	Very well prepared	Well prepared	Somewhat prepared	Poorly prepared	Very poorly prepared	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited important	Not at all important
2. Skills necessary to measure, analyze, and project individual tree and forest conditions.	Very well prepared	Well prepared	Somewhat prepared	Poorly prepared	Very poorly prepared	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited important	Not at all important
3. Ability to apply scientific knowledge and technical skills to manage forest resources soundly and effectively under various objectives, within a range of constraints.	Very well prepared	Well prepared	Somewhat prepared	Poorly prepared	Very poorly prepared	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited important	Not at all important
4. Ability to use objective and critical thought to the solution of a variety of problems in forest resource management.	Very well prepared	Well prepared	Somewhat prepared	Poorly prepared	Very poorly prepared	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited important	Not at all important
5. Ability to communicate proficiently in the kinds of writing and speaking required of forest management professionals.	Very well prepared	Well prepared	Somewhat prepared	Poorly prepared	Very poorly prepared	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited important	Not at all important

6. How satisfied are you with the curriculum's ability to foster a broad perspective to forest management?
Very satisfied
Moderately satisfied
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
Moderately dissatisfied
Very dissatisfied
Not required in major

Please rate how useful each of the following courses in the Professional Development Series were to your education.	Very Useful	Somewhat Useful	Not Very Useful	Not at all Useful	I did not take this core course
7. FOR 150 - Professional Development I: Critical Thinking in Natural Resources	Very useful	Somewhat useful	Not very useful	Not at all useful	I did not take this core course
8. FOR 250 - Professional Development II: Communications in Natural Resources	Very useful	Somewhat useful	Not very useful	Not at all useful	I did not take this core course
9. FOR 350 - Professional Development III: Ethical Dilemmas in Natural Resource Management	Very useful	Somewhat useful	Not very useful	Not at all useful	I did not take this core course
10. FOR 450 - Professional Development IV: Leadership	Very useful	Somewhat useful	Not very useful	Not at all useful	I did not take this core course

11. What improvements could be made to enhance the quality of the Professional Development Series?

Thank you for your time and assistance!