.University of Alberta

Bachelor of Science in Forest Management

or Forest Business management

Forestry ?

Role of a Forester ?

Forest Ecology

Study of plants, animals, their environment … and how all these components

interact

– Soils, climate, and disturbance

Forest Land Reclamation

Conservation Ecology

Study of plants, animals, their environment … and how all these components

interact

Forest Economics and Social Forestry

• Use of forests for humans

Core Curriculum

• *6 English or writing• *3 chemistry, * Intro Ecology• *3 Micro-Economics• *3 Linear Modelling, *3 Bus.

Management• *3 Statistics, *3 Math• *3 Forest Econ, *3 Forest Policy• *3 Sociology of Environment and

Develop.

Core Curriculum (continued)

• *0 Intro Field School, *3 Spring field school• *3 Basic measurements*3 Forest

Mensururation• *3 Dendrology *3 Fire, *3 Soil Science• *3 Wildlife, *3 Natural Diversity Management• *3 For. Ecology, *3 Tree Physiol,*3 Silv.• *3 Hydrology, *3 Ent/Path, *3 Geomatics• *3 Forest Manage, *3 Integrative Planning

Removals

• Macroeconomics• Half of Ent/Path• Intro Plant Science• Forest Engineering (harvest and trans)• Wood quality and products

Electives

• *12 Forestry Electives• *15 Approved Program Electives• *9 Free Electives

Certificates (*15 credits)

• Foundations in Conservation Biology• Foundations in Land Reclamation• Foundations of Forest Economics and

Business• Foundations of Human Dimensions in

Environmental Management

• Foundations of Forest Management

More Flexible Curriculum

ForestryCore

Land Reclamation

Conservation Biology

Human Dimensions &

Environ

Economics and Business

Registered Professional Forester