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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN FORESTRY

COURSE STRUCTURE

The program shall be by coursework, examination and thesis.  Candidates may specialize in any of the following areas of specialization: (i) forest biology and silviculutre, (ii) forest economics and management, (iii) agroforestry, (iii) forest health, and (iv) biodiversity conservation. Consequently, each candidate will take the core courses in the chosen area of specialization as part of course requirements.  In addition, candidates may take any of the listed elective courses or from any other department in the University on approval by the candidate’s supervisory committee.  Candidates without a forestry background shall be required to take other remedial courses in forestry as recommended by the supervisory committee.

SCHEDULE OF COURSES

 

Code

Course

Units

Year 1

Semester I

 

FOR 900:

Emerging Issues in Forestry

2

FOR 901:

Advanced Forest Biometrics/ or

2

FOR 902:

Advanced Econometrics

2

FOR 999:

Thesis Research

3

 

Core course

3

 

Core Course

3

 

Elective course

3

 

Sub-Total

17

 

 

 

Year 1

Semester II

 

FOR 901:

Advanced Forest Biometrics / or

2

FOR 902:

Advanced Econometrics

2

FOR 998:

Research Proposal

1

FOR 999:

Thesis research

5

 

Core course

3

 

Elective course

3

 

Elective course

3

 

Sub-Total

19

 

 

 

Year 2

 

 

FOR 999:

Thesis research

15

 

 

 

Year 3

 

 

FOR 999:

Thesis research

15

 

Grand Total

66

 

 

 

 

REQUIRED COURSES

 

 

 

 

Code

Course

Units

FOR 900:

Emerging Issues in Forestry

2

FOR 901:

Advanced Forest Biometrics / or

4

FOR 902:

Advanced Econometrics

4

FOR 998:

Research Proposal

1

FOR 999:

Thesis Research

38

 

 

 

 

CORE COURSES

 

 

 

 

 

Tropical Forest Biology and Silviculture

 

 

 

 

Code

Course

Units

FOR 920:

Advances in Silviculture

3

FOR 921:

Advanced Forest Ecophysiology

3

FOR 922:

Ecosystem Analysis and Methods

3

 

 

 

 

Forest Health

 

 

 

 

Code

Course

Units

FOR 930:

Forest Phytopathology

3

FOR 931:

Methods in Forest Pest and Disease Management

3

FOR 932:

Genetic Control of Forest Pests and Diseases

3

 

 

 

 

Forest Economics and Management

 

 

 

 

Code

Course

Units

FOR 940:

Environmental and Resource Economics

3

FOR 941:

International Forestry Development and Trade 

3

FOR 942:

Forest Resource Analysis

3

 

 

 

 

Agroforestry

 

 

 

 

Code

Course

Units

FOR 950:

Advances in Agroforestry

3

FOR 951:

Analysis of Agroforestry Systems

3

FOR 921:

Advanced Forest Ecophysiology

3

 

 

 

 

Biodiversity Conservation

 

 

 

 

Code

Course

Units

FOR 960:

Biodiversity and Germplasm Conservation

3

FOR 961:

Socio-economics of Biodiversity Conservation

3

FOR 922:

Ecosystem Analysis and Methods

3

 

 

 

 

ELECTIVE COURSES

 

 

 

 

Code

Course

Units

FOR 910E:

Modeling and Simulation in Forestry

3

FOR 911E:

Digital Image Acquisition and Analysis

3

FOR 912E:

GIS in Forestry

3

FOR 923E:

Forest Nutrition Management

3

FOR 924E:

Advances in Tree Genetics and Improvement

3

FOR 925E:

Tree Biotechnology         

3

FOR 943E:

Comparative Natural Resource Economics

3

FOR 944E:

Development Economics and Forest Planning

3

FOR 945E:

Forest Fire Ecology and Management

3

FOR 962E:

Conservation of Tropical Forests and Woodlands

3

FOR 963E:

Conservation of Wetland Ecosystems.

3

FOR 964E:

Ecology of Environmental Pollution

3

FOR 980E:

Directed Studies in Forestry

3

 

(Elective courses may also be taken from other departments in the University on approval by the candidate’s supervisory committee)

 

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