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Summer Bridge Program
at SUNY-ESF Ranger School, Wanakena, NY

This unique program will provide students who lack the required pre-requisite courses in Trigonometry and/or Biology the opportunity to take these courses just prior to the start of the 2012 academic year.

Classes are held Monday-Friday each week starting Monday, July 16, 2012 and ending Friday, August 12, 2012. Students will move into the dormitory on Sunday, July 15th by 12 noon and attend a mandatory orientation session that afternoon.** Please note that classes will be held on Saturday, July 21st and there will be no classes held from Thursday, August 2nd – Sunday, August 5th.

The fee for the Summer Program is $1500.00 which covers room, board, and other program related expenses such as travel and equipment. Textbooks for each course will need to be purchased at an additional cost.

The 2012 Bridge Program

• Printable program description (PDF)
• Registration Form (PDF)

Courses offered in 2012

• FTC 101 – Trigonometry for Natural Resource Technicians (3 credits) Forty hours of lecture and sixteen hours of recitation conducted over a four-week period. A review of selected geometry and algebra topics, and an introduction to trigonometry and its applications. Emphasis on pythagorean theorem, quadratic equations, rectangular coordinate systems, right triangle trigonometry, oblique triangle trigonometry, the Law of Sines, the Law of Cosines and the graphing of trigonometric functions. Graphic calculator required. Summer.
• FTC 105 – Tree and Forest Biology (4 credits) A four-week summer program having 45 hours of lecture and 45 hours of lab. An introduction to the biology of trees and the diversity of animal life commonly found in forests. Field labs concentrate on biological relationships in Adirondack forests. Summer.  Pre- or co-requisite(s): Four credits in biology.

Questions regarding this program offering should be directed to:

Christopher L. Westbrook, Director
SUNY ESF Ranger School
Wanakena, NY  13695
315-848-2566 ext. 105 or westbrook@esf.edu