North Carolina State University
2011-2012 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.
2. Skills necessary to measure, analyze, and project individual tree and forest conditions.
3. Ability to apply scientific knowledge and technical skills to manage forest resources soundly and effectively under various objectives, within a range of constraints.
4. Ability to use objective and critical thought to the solution of a variety of problems in forest resource management.
5. Ability to communicate proficiently in the kinds of writing and speaking required of forest management professionals.

6. How satisfied are you with the curriculum's ability to foster a broad perspective to forest management?

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
8. FOR 250 - Professional Development II: Communications in Natural Resources
9. FOR 350 - Professional Development III: Ethical Dilemmas in Natural Resource Management
10. FOR 450 - Professional Development IV: Leadership

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