该课程面向打算在公共部门和私营部门从事林地和木材管理专业职业的学生。学生可以从各种各样的选修课中进行选择，以满足特定的职业目标，例如，重点关注林业和相关科学领域的业务，通讯和地理信息系统。林业专业是基于科学的课程，可获得林业科学学士学位，由环境保护，环境保护，森林管理，林产品，城市林业和野生生物管理等五个专业组成。所有浓度均经美国林务员协会（SAF）认可。林产品浓度也得到了木材科学技术协会（SWST）的认可。
This concentration allows you to explore a wide range of electives to meet your specific career objectives, emphasizing areas such as business, communications, and geographical information systems in forestry and related sciences.Through its Cooperative Education program, Mississippi State University encourages students to receive practical on-the-job training along with their academic studies. Typically, students in this program accumulate one year of work experience in their chosen fields before graduation by alternating between studying at Mississippi State for a semester and working with a cooperating organization for a semester.