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MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN FORESTRY

 

STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME

 

MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY (M. PHIL FORESTRY) STUDY PROGRAMME:

 

(1)                 Tropical Forest Biology and Silviculture

 

 

(2)                 Forest Economics and Management

 

 

(3)                 Tropical Forest soils and Hydrology

 

 

 

 

 

Course

Units

SEMESTER 1

 

 

(a)

I Core Course

3

(b)

I Required Course

3

(c)

I Elective Course

3

(d)

Thesis Research

1

 

Sub-Total

10

 

 

 

SEMESTER II

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

I Core Course

3

(b)

I Required Course

3

(c)

I Elective Course

3

(d)

Thesis Research

1

 

Sub-Total

10

 

 

 

 

Long Vacation Field Training/Group projects

2

 

 

 

SEMESTER III

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

I Required Course

3

(b)

1 Elective Course

3

(c)

Seminar

1

(d)

Thesis Research

3

 

Sub-Total

10

 

 

 

SEMESTER IV

 

 

 

 

 

Thesis Research

 

4

 

Total

36

 

 

 

MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY (M. PHIL FORESTRY) STUDY PROGRAMME

 

Agroforestry

 

 

 

 

SEMESTER I

 

 

(a)

1 Core Course

3

(b)

2 Required Courses

4

(c)

2 Electives

4

(d)

Thesis Research

1

 

Sub-Total

12

 

 

 

SEMESTER II

 

 

(a)

1 Core Course

3

(b)

2 Required Coerces

4

(c)

2 Electives

4

(d)

Thesis Research

1

 

Sub-Total

12

 

 

 

SEMESTER II

 

 

(a)

1 Core Course

3

(b)

2 Required Courses

4

(c)

2 Electives

4

(d)

Thesis Research

1

 

Sub-Total

12

 

 

 

 

Field Training /Group Project

2

 

 

 

SEMESTER III

 

 

 

1 Required Course

2

 

1 Electives Course

2

 

Seminar

1

 

Thesis

1

 

Sub-Total

6

 

 

 

SEMESTER IV

 

 

 

Thesis Research

4

 

Total

36

 

SCHEDULE OF COURSES

 

MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY (M. PHIL FORESTRY) STUDY PROGRAMME

 

 

 

 

COMMON CORE COURSES

 

 

 

 

FOR 800C

RESEARCH METHOLOLODY AND FIELD EXPERIMENTATION

 

FOR 810C

STATISTICAL METHODS IN NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

 

FOR 802C

PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF RESEARCH

 

 

 

 

 

Tropical Forest Biology and Silviculture

 

 

 

 

 

REQUIRED COURSES

 

 

 

 

FOR 810R

FORESTRY GENETICS AND IMPROVEMENT

 

FOR 811R

TREE PHYSIOLOGY AND FOREST ECOLOGY

 

FOR 812

FOREST NURSERY AND PLANTATION TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

 

 

ELECTIVE COURSE

 

 

 

 

FOR 813E

BIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF FOREST PESTS

 

FOR 814E

BIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF FOREST DISEASES

 

FOR 815

FIRE ECOLOGY AND CONTROL

 

FOR 816E

ARID LANDS FORESTRY

 

 

 

 

 

Forest Economics and Management

 

 

 

 

 

REQUIRED COURSES

 

 

 

 

FOR 820R

MICRO ECONOMIC THEORY

 

FOR 821R

MICROECONOMICS THEORY

 

FOR 822R

ADVANCED FOREST MANAGEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

ELECTIVE COURSES

 

 

 

 

FOR 823E

NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS

 

FOR 824E

FOREST POLICY AND LAW

 

FOR 825E

BENEFIT - COST ANALYSIS

 

FOR 826E

DIRECTED STUDIES IN FOREST MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS

 

FOR 826

DIRECTED STUDIES IN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS

 

FOR 827E

ECONOMETRICS

 

 

 

 

 

Courses in Tropical Forest Soils and Hydrology

 

 

 

 

 

REQUIRED COURSES

 

 

 

 

FOR 830R

FOREST SOILS

 

FOR 831R

SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION ENGINEERING

 

FOR 832R

SOIL SURVEY AND LANDS USE

 

 

 

 

 

ELECTIVE COURSES

 

 

 

 

FOR 833E

SOIL WATER PLANT RELATIONSHIP

 

FOR 834E

SOIL MICROBIOLOGY

 

FOR 834

PRACTICALS

 

FOR 835E

APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING

 

FOR 836E

ADVANCED TOPIC IN FOREST SOIL AND HYDROLOGY

 

 

 

 

 

Courses in Agroforestry

 

 

 

 

 

REQUIRED COURSES

 

 

 

 

FOR 840R

CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES OF AGROFORESTRY

 

FOR 841

LAND EVALUATION AND CLASSIFICATION

 

FOR 842R

SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF AGROFORESTRY

 

FOR 843R

AGROFORESTRY DIAGNOSIS AND DESIGN

 

FOR 844R

AGROFORESTRY RESEARCH TECHNIQUES

 

FOR 845R

MULTIPURPOSE TREES AND SHRUBS (MPTS) IN AGROFORESTRY

 

 

 

 

 

ELECTIVE COURSES

 

 

 

 

FOR 846E

EXTENSION METHOLOLODY

 

FOR 847E

RURAL SOCIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

 

FOR 848E

RURAL AND URBAN ENERGY REQUIREMENTS AND PROVISION

 

FOR 849E

SMALL SCALE FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES

 

FOR 850E

PRINCIPLES OF RANGE WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

 

FOR 851E

FUNDAMENTALS OF CROP PRODUCTION AND FARMING SYSTEMS

 

FOR 852E

FUNDAMENTALS OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

 

FOR 853E

INTRODUCTION TO FORESTRY

 

FOR 890

FIELD WORKS (6 WEEKS)

 

FOR 891

THESIS

 

 

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