Undergraduate

Forestry

Forests are important terrestrial ecosystems, with an enormous diversity of functions and values. Forest science, conservation and management are advancing rapidly, in Australia and globally. Common themes include greater public involvement in decision-making about forests, increasing emphasis on the conservation and restoration of native forests, the expansion and commercialisation of plantation and farm forestry, the emergence of new markets such as those for carbon sinks and environmental services, and technological advances in forest planning, growing and processing. Forest scientists and forest managers play leading roles in all these arenas, each of which presents new challenges and opportunities. The four-year BSc (Forestry) program, and associated five-year combined degrees, are designed to educate forest scientists and forest management professionals to meet these challenges and opportunities; graduates are also attractive to a wide range of employers in environmental science and resource management.

The curriculum is based on knowledge of the basic physical and biological sciences relevant to forest ecosystems, of the applied sciences and technologies which support forest conservation and sustainable management, and of their application in the context of the political, economic and social dimensions of resource use. First year courses introduce students to issues in resource management and environmental science, to resource biology, to ecological measurement, and to statistical techniques. Later year courses cover the fundamentals of the terrestrial environmental sciences, develop their applications in resource management and integrate science and practice in resource management projects. The BSc (Forestry) degree emphasises experiential and field-based learning, and combines broadly-based environmental education with focused professional development and opportunities for specialisation.

Forestry at ANU

School of Resources, Environment and Society

SRES Forestry Program

Undergraduate Degree Options

Course Information

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Science Faculty

Faculty of Science

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Related Web Sites

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Forestry page)

Department of Environment and Heritage