Master
In Aberdeen
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Aberdeen (Scotland)
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Duration
12 Months
The aims of the programme are to provide expertise relevant to multiple-use forestry. Suitable for: Professional foresters wanting to upgrade their knowledge in the fields of forest management planning, tropical forestry and environmental issues, or the interests of graduates wishing to obtain a broad introduction to forestry.
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About this course
Candidates for the programmes should have either a degree (second-class Honours or above) in Forestry, or an equivalent degree in a related discipline, allied with some forestry experience. In exceptional cases it is possible for non-graduates with a wide forestry experience to be accepted on to the programme with the possibility of progressing on to the Masters degree.
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Course programme
Syllabus
Eight modules are taken, four in each semester, chosen from the following:
- Silviculture
- Applied Forest Ecology
- Tropical Forest Ecology & Management
- Forest Measurement
- Rural Development Forestry
- Environmental Economics
- Wood-Structure, Harvesting & Utilisation
- Forest Health
- Trees and the Urban Environment
- Forest Resource Management
- Plant Ecology
- Ecosystem Processes
- Global Soil Geography
- Nature Conservation in Britain
- Biological Conservation in the Tropics
- Special Topics in Forestry
- European Forestry Field Course
- Remote Sensing and GIS in the Environment
- Ecological Modelling
Where timetabling permits, other courses at this level within the University may be included.
Assessment
Assessment is carried out through coursework and a research project.
Teaching
Teaching uses a range of media: lectures, seminars and discussions, case studies, practical and field exercises. Each student must participate in four modules in each semester, the choice being made following discussion with the programme organiser. Considerable use is made of computers. Students go on a study tour in the Easter vacation; in recent years the study tour has been to forests near Frieberg, Germany.
Research towards the thesis may be field or laboratory based. These field studies may be within Scottish forests although students from overseas are encouraged, where appropriate, to select a topic for which the field work can be carried out in their own country.
Dedication
Full-time.
Additional information
Forestry