About Forestry Spring Camp
The Forestry Spring Block is taken during the spring semester of Junior year. It is an intensive set of classes that must be taken at the same time. No other classes can be taken during the Spring Block. The program consists of long days in the class room and in the field. The last month of the semester is spent in field studies at Ames Plantation and possibly, a week in Colorado.
The purpose of Spring Camp is to provide indepth training in forestry. The majority of the learning is hands-on which provides an invaluable learning environment. The class work is different than any other class environment offered at The University of Tennessee, except for the Wildlife Spring Block, which is modeled off the Forestry Spring Block. Instead of students going to their next class, the classes come to the students. These classes are not like other classes in that they do not have set semester-long syllabi. Instead, the classes are scheduled around other classes and the field work. All classes are taught intensivly, so students will focus almost exclusivly on one class.
Students will receive hands-on training in Prescribed Burning, Forest Measurements, Statistical Layout and Analysis, Team-Building Skills and a wide variety of forestry skills. These skills are explained in the classroom and taught in the field. Past block students feel that Spring Camp was the most important part of their education in forestry.
					Last Updated On: 11-29-2003