Department of Forestry and Natural Resources All Aboard Purdue Orientation
Welcome to Forestry and Natural Resources at purdue!
This page contains information for incoming students in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University. We are excited you will be joining us this fall and we look forward to helping you pursue your next giant leap as a Purdue Boilermaker!
Contact Us
FNR Student Services
joinfnr@purdue.edu
715 Mitch Daniels Blvd., PFEN G003
West Lafayette, IN 47907
(765) 494-3591
Connect With Us
Meet Your Advising Team
Now that you have completed Purdue 101, an FNR advisor will soon send an email to your Purdue email address that asks you to schedule an advising appointment. Please follow the link in the email to schedule your appointment in the BoilerConnect system. You will be scheduled for a virtual (Zoom) appointment by default, but you can request an in-person appointment when you schedule.
Remember: Check your Purdue email regularly. It is the official method Purdue (and your advisor) will communicate with you.
More Information
In Purdue 101, you completed a student information form, or SIF.
Before you meet with your advisor, be sure to write down any credit you think you may have earned from AP tests or from college credit courses. For AP tests, please include the test name and your test score (for example: Calculus AB, 4). For college credit courses, please include the name of the institution, its location, and the course number (for example: Ivy Tech, Indiana, MATH 201).
If you have questions about transfer credit, please see Purdue Admissions Transfer Credit Guidelines.
FNR offers three majors: Aquatic Sciences, Forestry, and Wildlife.
Aquatic Sciences has two concentrations: Fisheries and Freshwater and Marine Biology.
Forestry has four concentrations: Forest Management, Forest Science, Sustainable Biomaterials, and Urban Forestry.
Wildlife does not have any concentrations.
FNR also offers seven minors. Talk with your advisor if you are interested in any minor.
Explore FNR majors and minors — links on this page will show you course requirements
Students in all our majors attend the summer practicum to complete part of their degree requirements. Students usually attend practicum in the summer between their second and third years. It is a concentrated, hands-on experience that takes place in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
This video previews what you can expect.
More details about practicum (including financial aid information and FAQs)
You have access to many student and professional organizations from the department, the College of Agriculture, and Purdue University.
Each one of our majors has a student chapter of national professional organization: American Fisheries Society (AFS), Society of American Foresters (SAF), and The Wildlife Society (TWS).
If there’s something you like to do, there’s a good chance Purdue has a student organization for it.
Explore FNR student/professional organizations
Explore Purdue College of Agriculture Student Clubs & Organizations
Explore Purdue University Organizations on BoilerLink
Where Can a Purdue FNR Degree Take Me?
Our world-class expertise in forestry, wildlife, fisheries & aquatic sciences, natural resources social science, and interdisciplinary ecology is helping solve some of the most important natural resource problems around the globe.
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