The Forest Resources Management Major is designed to educate adaptable professionals with a comprehensive understanding of the discipline, an ability to acquire specific knowledge and skills as required, and the confidence to play a decision-making role in a wide variety of resource management situations.
The Forest Resources Management Major offers the Community and Indigenous Forestry Concentration that is designed to educate adaptable professionals with a comprehensive understanding of the discipline of forest management, an ability to acquire specific knowledge and skills as required, and the confidence to play a decision-making role in a wide variety of resource management situations with an emphasis on community forestry and working with Indigenous peoples.
Students are provided with an introduction to the biological, physical, and social sciences upon which forest resource management is based, and a working knowledge of the characteristics of forest resources, their interactions, and the ways in which they can be managed to yield a socially desirable mix of goods and services. Students will also gain an understanding of the political and socio-economic environment in which forestry is practiced, and an appreciation for the historical and ethical foundations of the profession.
| First Year | |
| APBI_V 200 | 3 |
| ENGL_V 100-level or FRST_V 150 or NRES_V 150 | 3 |
| BIOL_V 111 and 1211 | 6 |
| CHEM_V 121 (100, 111) or PHYS_V 131 (100, 117)2 | 4/3 |
| ECON_V 101 or FRST_V 101 | 3 |
| FRST_V 100 | 3 |
| FRST_V 232 or NRES_V 2323 | 3 |
| MATH_V 100 or 1904 | 4/3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total Credits | 30/31/32 |
| Second Year | |
| CONS_V 200 | 3 |
| FOPR_V 264 | 4 |
| FRST_V 200 or NRES_V 200 | 3 |
| FRST_V 201 or NRES_V 201 | 3 |
| FRST_V 210 or NRES_V 210 | 3 |
| FRST_V 211 or NRES_V 211 | 3 |
| FRST_V 231 or NRES_V 231 | 3 |
| FRST_V 239 | 3 |
| Electives | 6 |
| Total Credits | 31 |
| FRST_V 3505,6 or FRST_V 3515,6 immediately preceding third year | 2 |
| Third Year | |
| FRST_V 305 | 3 |
| FRST_V 307 | 3 |
| FRST_V 318 | 3 |
| FRST_V 320 | 3 |
| FRST_V 339 | 3 |
| FRST_V 385 | 3 |
| FRST_V 386 | 3 |
| FRST_V 395 | 3 |
| FRST_V 452 | 2 |
| WOOD_V 365 | 3 |
| Major-specific elective7 | 3 |
| Total Credits | 32 |
| Fourth Year | |
| FRST_V 415 | 3 |
| FRST_V 422 | 3 |
| FRST_V 423 | 6 |
| FRST_V 497 | 3 |
| One of CONS_V 340, NRES_V 340, NRES_V 241 | 3 |
| WOOD_V 461 | 3 |
| Major-specific elective7 | 3 |
| Electives | 6 |
| Total Credits | 30 |
| 1 Students with Biology 12 should replace BIOL_V 111 with 3 credits of electives. | |
| 2 CHEM_V 111 and PHYS_V 100 are intended for students without CHEM 12 and Physics 12, respectively. If students do not have Grade 12 level in both sciences, they are encouraged to select a science not taken at the Grade 12 level. PHYS_V 106 or 107 or 117 can substitute for PHYS_V 131. | |
| 3 Students with strong computing skills, especially in the use of spreadsheets, can replace FRST_V 232 or NRES_V 232 with 3 credits of electives, upon approval by the program director. | |
| 4 Students may take MATH_V 180, 184, 190 (4 credits) or MATH_V 110 (6 credits) instead of MATH_V 100 (3 credits), but the credit difference cannot be applied towards program elective requirements. | |
| 5 Credit will be given for only one of FRST_V 350 or FRST_V 351. | |
| 6 Students will be assigned to the most appropriate course based on their levels of forestry and field experience as determined by the course instructors. | |
| 7 Major-specific electives are to be chosen from: APBI_V 244/GEOB_V 204 (3); CONS_V 310 (3), CONS_V 370 (3), CONS_V 412 (3), CONS_V 415 (3), CONS_V 481 (3); FOPR_V 362 (3), FOPR_V 464 (3); FRST_V 302 (3), FRST_V 370 (3), FRST_V 403 (3), FRST_V 404 (4), FRST_V 427 (3), FRST_V 439 (3), FRST_V 443 (3) or NRES_V 341 (3), FRST_V 491 (3); NRES_V 441 (3); WOOD_V 492 (3). |
Transfer Students
Students entering from first-year university or equivalent must complete all required first and second year courses that were not completed at their previous institution(s) before entering third year. The third and fourth year requirements are the same as listed above.
Canadian Forestry Technology Graduates
Students entering after graduating with a two-year Forestry Technical Diploma from an approved Canadian college or institute of technology should consult with Forestry Student Services to determine what their “revised program” might look like.