The 4-year BSc(Forestry) degree offers students a challenging education in forest science and forest resource management, with wide application in environmental science and resource management in Australia and abroad. 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 sustainable forest management, and of their application in the context of the political, economic and social dimensions of resource use. Consequently, the degree emphasises field-based learning, and combines a broadly based education with specific professional development and opportunities for specialisation. Like the BSc, the BSc(Forestry) also provides training in analytical and communication skills.

The degree is directed primarily to educating forest scientists and professional foresters, but its graduates are also attractive to a wide range of employers in environmental science and resource management.

Students who have completed satisfactorily one year of an approved program at another university may apply through UAC to transfer to this University for the final three years of the forestry degree. It should be noted that the content of some first-year courses at ANU is particularly suitable for forestry students and that there is some benefit in undertaking the full degree program at this University.

Details of the Forestry program, and the normal sequence of courses for the degree, are presented in the Fenner School Handbook, available free on request from The Fenner School of Environment and Society.

There are no formal program prerequisites although students are advised to complete an ACT major in mathematics or NSW 2 unit mathematics and have at least some biology and chemistry.