Staffan Lindgren, Professor Emeritus
Hugues Massicotte, Professor Emeritus
Katherine Parker, Professor Emerita

Ken Otter, Professor and Chair
Annie Booth, Professor
Philip Burton, Professor
Mark Dale, Professor
Ian Hartley, Professor
Dezene Huber, Professor
Chris Johnson, Professor
Kathy Lewis, Professor
Brent Murray, Professor
Oscar Venter, Professor, and Forest Renewal BC Endowed Chair in Growth and Yield and Forest Valuations
Ché Elkin, Associate Professor, and FRBC/Slocan Mixed Wood Ecology Chair (Ecosystem Science and Management)
Scott Green, Associate Professor
Lisa Poirier, Associate Professor
Paul Sanborn, Associate Professor
Lisa Wood, Associate Professor
Samuel Bartels, Assistant Professor
Michael Preston, Assistant Professor
Arthur Fredeen, Adjunct Professor
Marten Geertsema, Adjunct Professor
Chris Opio, Adjunct Professor
John Pousette, Adjunct Professor
Jeanne Robert, Adjunct Professor
Willard Strong, Adjunct Professor
Mark Thompson, Adjunct Professor
Jenia Blair, Senior Lab Instructor
Saphida Migabo, Senior Lab Instructor
Roy Rea, Senior Lab Instructor

Website: www.unbc.ca/forestry

The Forest Ecology and Management degree provides students with a thorough understanding of the science, philosophy, and practice of managing forested ecosystems. Through study and active learning experiences, students obtain a consistent and broad background in course work that encompasses foundational and integrative topics. Given the range of knowledge and expertise needed to effectively manage and conserve forested ecosystems, students are provided an opportunity to select a minor and pursue a specialisation consistent with the overall objectives of the degree. Although the degree is designed to expose students to contemporary knowledge and techniques drawn from a variety of disciplines in the natural and social sciences, students are encouraged to challenge conventional knowledge paradigms and approaches to forest management. The Forest Ecology and Management degree is accredited by the Canadian Forestry Accreditation Board and meets certification requirements for the Association of BC Forest Professionals. The University has two research forests (Aleza Lake Research Forest, John Prince Research Forest) available to students in this program.

Major in Forest Ecology and Management (BSc)
Major in Forest Ecology and Management (BSc Honours)
Minor in Forest Recreation
Minor in Natural Resources Planning and Operations

Major in Forest Ecology and Management

Program Requirements

 

BIOL 103-3	Introductory Biology I
BIOL 104-3	Introductory Biology II
BIOL 123-1	Introductory Biology I Laboratory
BIOL 124-1	Introductory Biology II Laboratory
CHEM 100-3	General Chemistry I
CHEM 101-3	General Chemistry II
CHEM 120-1	General Chemistry Lab I
CHEM 121-1	General Chemistry Lab II
ECON 100-3	Microeconomics
MATH 152-3	Calculus for Non-majors
NREM 100-3*	Field Skills
NREM 101-3	Introduction to Natural Resource Management and Conservation
NRES 100-3	Communications in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies

BSc Honours - Forest Ecology and Management

The Honours in Forest Ecology and Management offers students a higher level of education and research experience for proceeding to post graduate studies. Honours students are required to complete the degree requirements for the BSc Natural Resources Management (Forest Ecology and Management Major). In addition, required hours of elective credits must be at the 300 or 400 level and each student must complete a 6 credit-hour research thesis under the supervision of a faculty member.

Entry into the Honours Program takes place after the completion of 60 credit hours and requires a minimum Cumulative GPA of 3.33.  Attaining the minimum requirement does not guarantee entry into the Honours Program, which is at the discretion of the Ecosystem Science and Management Program.  Maintenance of a Cumulative GPA of 3.33 is required to remain in the Honours Program.

Elective credit hours are determined to be the number of credit hours needed to ensure completion of a minimum of 123 credit hour, not including thesis. 

NOTE: Students are responsible for finding their own undergraduate thesis research supervisor. Faculty members are under no obligation to supervise Honours students.

ORTM 100-3	Foundations of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
ORTM 200-3	Sustainable Recreation and Tourism
ORTM 300-3	Recreation and Tourism Impacts

ORTM 202-3	Ecotourism and Adventure Tourism
ORTM 305-3	Protected Area Planning and Management
ORTM 306-3	Indigenous Tourism and Recreation
ORTM 400-3	Conservation Area Design and Management
ORTM 407-3	Recreation, Tourism and Communities
ORTM 409-3	Critical Approaches to Outdoor Recreation Activities
ORTM 498-(1-3)	Special Topics
ORTM 499-(1-6)	Independent Study

Minor in Natural Resources Planning and Operations

The Natural Resources Planning and Operations minor is designed for students primarily interested in planning and operations (and their governing policies) related to the management of forested and non forested lands. Students will learn about natural resource policy, forest-management planning and operations, environmental impacts of management practices, forest productivity and timber supply, and resource sustainability along with current computer-based management tools. It is strongly recommended that students taking this minor have a background in forest ecology and management. The minor in Natural Resources Planning and Operations requires the completion of 19 credit hours, of which 12 credit hours must be upper-division (i.e., 300-or 400-level). Courses used to fulfill major requirements may not be applied toward the minor in Forest Planning and Operations. Students must ensure that all prerequisites are fulfilled prior to registering in any course.
 

Required Courses