This course is an introduction to the practice of forestry, and forest inventory. Students will gain introductory to intermediate level knowledge of common tree and plant species in eastern Canada, their basic structure and distinguishing characteristics, basic forest mensuration, data collection and interpretation, and application of these concepts to applied forestry and other natural resource-related fields. Remember, forests aren’t just relevant to “forestry”; their structure informs wildlife habitat, their persistence provides protection to rivers & streams, and they provide a host of other socially and culturally important values; too many to name. The secondary goal is for students to gain experience questioning, observing, and evaluating the living world. Students completing this course should gain hard skills and knowledge, as well as the ability to apply these concepts on a large scale and think critically. This course will combine lectures, guided labs, class discussions, and data collection to teach these concepts.

Equips Graduate students with the skills to move beyond conducting research and to effectively communicate and apply their findings. Students will explore the philosophy of science, research design, hypothesis testing, and both qualitative and quantitative methods. Emphasis is placed on writing scientific articles, thesis, and proposals; delivering presentations to diverse audiences; and translating science into policy. The course fosters critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills.

This course is the grad level of FOR 3005 – taught in conjunction

Takes a designed-based approach to silviculture. Students develop stand intervention plans for the main stages of stand development integrating the biology of growing trees, engineering of conducting operations and economics of costing operations. This course uses growth and yield concepts as they relate to forestry, but also introduces students to the application of silviculture to contemporary forest values. Students apply the practice of silviculture to goals and objectives as they relate to, but not limited to, timber production, tolerant hardwood management, aesthetics, recreation, wildlife or climate change.

This course introduces students to core GIS terminology, tools and workflows using practical examples before proceeding to more advanced spatial analysis techniques. Material is presented in an online platform, with lab-based tutorial sessions and assumes no prior GIS knowledge. While the majority of the course format is online, there is an in-person final examination on the Fredericton campus.

The course teaches advanced GIS via the industry-standard ArcGIS Pro and emphasizes learning GIS through applied environmental management scenarios; specifically, applications in land base inventory and mapping using data for the UNB Woodlot. The introductory module provides an accelerated refresher on core assumed GIS knowledge. The second (primary) learning module consists of three lessons; Forest Inventory Analysis, Landscape Analysis, and Non-Timber Forest Values. The lessons are not presented as an exhaustive treatment of their topics, but simply ones that present some obvious applications in forestry, in logical groupings. Forest Inventory Analysis introduces forest reclassifying and characterizing concepts and broadly applicable geoprocessing methods. Landscape Analysis and Non-Timber Forest Values, on the other hand, are theme-based lessons that employ the array of spatial analysis techniques introduced in Forest Inventory Analysis. While the majority of the course format is online, there is an in-person final examination on the Fredericton campus.

Provides an introduction to LiDAR technology, including sensor types, platforms and acquisition parameters before springing into the use of airborne laser scanning (ALS) data for environmental management and planning. Students will use ArcGIS Pro, FUSION, and LAStools software to explore 3D point cloud data and generate useful derivative surfaces and analysis workflows including point cloud measurement & reclassification, DEM and DSM creation, point cloud stratification for landscape modelling and habitat suitability, as well as enhanced forest inventory (EFI) creation via linear regression and random forest methods. While the majority of the course format is online, there is an in-person final examination on the Fredericton campus.

Provides students with an overview of field forestry skills through collection and analysis of basic stand-level inventory data. Emphasis is on developing mensuration and computation skills through a series of laboratory exercises and solving practical problems. Students learn how to quantify stand structure and to use quantitative information to make informed and objective decisions. Enrollment is limited to students in the MF-RPF stream or permission of the instructor.

This course introduces the principles and codes relating to the structural design in timber. The software Design Office 11 will be used to design individual elements (such as beams and columns), and latral load carrying systems (such as shearwalls and roof diaphragms).

All ForEM students enrolled full-time or part-time in Master of Science in Environmental Management, Master of Science in Forestry and Master of Science in Forest Engineering. Students must register in this course until they fulfill all its requirements. The goal of the course is to prepare students for presenting thesis results to examiners and to the public. Improved public presentation skills is one of the outcomes. Equally important is familiarization with projects of other graduate students in the same graduate unit. Credit for the course will be given upon fulfilling course requirements.

A Directed Studies course allows the student to gain awareness in a specific subject matter that may not be covered in existing graduate courses. The course is catered to a subject area of interest or relevant to the graduate report or thesis. Actual content and grading are specific to each course. The instructor of the course must submit a Directed Studies course form outlining title, expectations, and grading format to School of Graduate Studies for acceptance.

This course allows for the exploration of a subject of interest to the graduate student, and will vary in content and design for each student. Any member of the FOREM faculty can be the instructor. Permission to enroll requires a syllabus to be accepted by SGS. The syllabus must include course title, objective, deliverables, and grading scheme.