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Design of Courses of Undergraduate Program of Forest Products Technology To meet a minimum of 144 credits hours, students must completes various kind of courses. In the undergraduate program of forest product technology, courses are classified as (1) preparative courses (36 credits), (2) interdepartmental (within Faculty of Forestry) courses (35 credits), (3) major in forest product technology (59 credits), (4) optional minor or supporting courses (13-15 credits), (5) undergraduate seminar (1 credit) and (6) undergraduate research project (6 credits). Undergraduate research project must be defended by students in final oral comprehensive examination. In this examination, students will be examined by her/his supervisor/s and representative examiners from each department in Faculty of Forestry. The four-years recommended courses sequence to be taken by students of forest product technology is presented in Appendix 2 and the description of each course is presented in Appendix 3. Background courses necessary for students to meet the core competencies are Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics, Calculus, Statistics, and Method in Scientific Writing. 1. 1. Preparative Courses Preparative courses as listed in Table 1 are compulsory for all undergraduate students of Bogor Agricultural University and must be completed during the first year of study. Courses that closely related to forest products technology are chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, and calculus. These courses are coordinated by the Directorate of Preparative Program at university level. 2. 2. Interdepartmental Courses Interdepartmental courses are compulsorily taken by second year undergraduate students of forest product technology (see Table 2). The courses are offered by other departments within the Faculty of Forestry. These courses are required to provide students with knowledge of forestry sciences that important for their understanding on utilization of forest products based on sustainable forest resources. 3. 3. Major Courses in Forest Products Technology Major courses listed in Table 3 are mandatory for all undergraduate students of forest products technology. The courses are blend of fundamental science and more applied forest products technology that meet the minimum requirement of SWST on wood basic science and wood processing and manufacturing. 4. 4. Minor Courses/Supporting Courses Minor and supporting courses are optional for all undergraduate students of IPB. Minor courses are supplemental courses of at least 14 credit hours offered by a study program from other departments as a minor specialist. Supporting courses are independent courses offered by other study programs that can be selected in accordance with student’s interest. Supervision from academic advisor to determine minor or supporting courses is very important. Second, third and fourth year students choose minor and supporting courses based on their academic and career interests.
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