This program is designed for those students who ultimately desire a bachelor of science (BS) degree in environmental sciences and/or forestry from the SUNY (State University of New York) College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) - an upper division/graduate center. Program options available within this program include environmental and forest biology, chemistry, forest resources management, dual option in forest ecosystems science and forest resources management, environmental studies, forest engineering, paper science and engineering, construction management and wood products engineering, landscape architecture, and the 1+1 forest technology program (NYS Ranger School).
After the first two years of study at Alfred State College, transfers to ESF may apply to a variety of programs at Syracuse. These include: the biological sciences (botany and forestry pathology, entomology, zoology, wildlife biology, pest management); chemistry (natural and synthetic polymers, biochemistry and natural products, environmental); forest engineering; paper science engineering; wood products engineering; and forestry (resource management, forest resource science, management science, environmental education and communications, urban forestry, world forestry, applied resource management). The program in landscape architecture leads to a bacalaureate degree after one additional year, a bachelor of landscape architecture degree (BLA). A student taking the pre-ESF 1+1 Ranger option completes required liberal arts and science courses at Alfred State College and then spends the second year at the Wanakena Campus of ESF. Successful completion of this program leads to an AAS degree in forest technology.
Due to the diverse nature of the various options, illustration of a typical four-semester course outline is not possible. Persons planning to transfer should follow the program requirements in consultation with our pre-environmental science and forestry campus adviser in the selection of all courses including electives.
Students in this program spend two years at Alfred State and then generally transfer to the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) at Syracuse. Those students who complete, with a "C" or better, the lower-division sequences prescribed by ESF, gain admission to ESF1 with full junior status.
A full-time student typically enrolls each semester in five courses, which is equivalent to 15-18 credit hours. Most three-credit-hour courses meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for 50 minutes, or Tuesday and Thursday for one hour and 15 minutes. Four-credit-hour math courses meet four times a week, while lab science courses meet three times a week, with a two-four hour lab once a week.