Jan. 24, 2019 – UConn & CTPA Announce Plans for a New Degree Program. At a recent meeting of the CT Tree Protective Association, CTPA and the University of Connecticut announced that they will work together to initiate a two-year degree program in Arboriculture & Urban Forestry at UConn.
This program will be housed within the Dept. of Natural Resources, within UConn’s College of Agriculture, Health & Natural Resources. Once fully implemented, students will be able to graduate with an associate degree in Arboriculture & Urban Forestry. This degree program is intended to prepare students for direct entry into the working world of professional tree care. It will also, for students so motivated, prepare these students for continuing their studies in a four degree in a related natural resource field.
The establishment of this program involves designing a series of required courses for these students. Several of these courses already exist, such as those in plant pathology and integrated pest management. New courses, relating to Arboriculture and to Urban and Community Forestry, are in the process of being created.
As this plan moves forward, the Dept. of Natural Resources will work with the university to ensure that all requirements are met and that it has gained all of the necessary curriculum approvals. The department will seek to implement this new program in stages, with the Arboriculture course and a Dendrology course to be added to the department’s course offerings in the fall of 2019. A Fundamentals of Urban and Community Forestry course will be offered in the spring semester 2020 and the full degree program announced for new students in the fall of 2020.
For more info, go to ctpa.org
