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Offered By:	School of Art, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Asian Studies, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, ANU College of Pysical Sciences, and ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment
Academic Contact:	Professor Peter Kanowski
Areas of Interest:	Forestry

Forest science generates knowledge about natural and manmade forests, and enhances our capacity to manage these forests sustainably for conservation, environmental services, and production. The Forest Science major provides students with a sound foundation in forest science and its application to a diversity of forests. The major offers many opportunities for experiential and field-based learning, and its completion at the appropriate level is good preparation for Honours in Forestry (see the relevant section of the Undergraduate Handbook).

The Forest Science major is based on knowledge of the 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. It begins with introductions to issues in resources and environment and in Australia's forests, to ecology and zoology, and to ecological measurement. Later year courses address the fundamentals of the terrestrial environmental sciences and develop their applications in forest management. It is possible to structure the major to focus on particular aspects of forest science, and should seek advice on constructing a coherent progression of courses within the major.

Requirements

This major will consist of a minimum of 42 units of courses listed in (a), (b) and (c) and including:

(a) ENVS1004 Australia's Environment*

(b) ENVS2009 Ecological Measurement and Modelling, ENVS2010 Australia's Forests, and ENVS2019 Vegetation Ecology:  Landscape Systems 1**

(c) at least 18 units ** chosen from:

• ENVS3008 Fire in the Environment
• ENVS3014 Ecological Restoration & Management
• any ENVS 4-series non-Honours courses.
  

Note:

*may include one BIOL course with written approval of the Director of the Fenner School of Environment and Society

**may include two BIOL courses with written approval of the Director of the Fenner School of Environment and Society

First Year course advice

Students should take ENVS1004.

Notes:  Students who commenced in 2006 or before should consult the Colleges of Science Sub Deans on acceptable courses for their major.