Bachelor of Science in Forestry

The Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management offers the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Forestry and Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management.

Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Management

Faculty

Acting Dean: Michelle Gray, BSc, MSc, PhD
Assistant Dean (Undergraduate Studies): Jae Ogilvie, BScF, MScF
Assistant Dean (Graduate Studies): Graham Forbes, BA, MA, PhD

• Arp, Paul A., BSc (Car), PhD (McGill), Prof - 1978 

• Beckley, Thomas, AB (Boudoin), MS, PhD (Wisconsin-Madison), Prof – 2000 

• Bergeron, Yves, BSc (Montreal), PhD (Montreal), Adjunct Prof - 2023 

• Blackadar, Janet, BSc (UNB), MScF (UNB), Associate Associate Teaching Prof - 2021 

• Bourque, Charles, BSc (Dal), BSc (Alta), MScF, PhD (UNB), Prof – 1994 

• Buchkowski, Robert, HBSc (Lakehead), MESc (Yale School of Env), PhD (Yale School of Env), Adjunct Prof - 2023 

• Cameron, Stewart, BSc (Mount Allison), MScF (SUNY College of Forestry at Syracuse), PhD (Griffith Univ), Adjunct Prof - 2010 

• Curry, Allen, BES (Wat), MSc (Trent), PhD (Guelph), Prof, Canadian Rivers Institute, (Joint Biology) - 1997 

• D'Orangeville, Loic, BSc (Montreal), MSc (Montreal), PhD (McGill) Adjunct Prof - 2024 

• Diamond, Antony W., BA (Cantab), MSc, PhD (Aberd.), Prof, Atlantic Laboratory for Avian Research, (Joint Biology) Professor Emeritus – 1994 

• Forbes, Graham, BA (York), MA, PhD (Wat), Prof, (Joint Science) - 1994 

• Golding, Jason, BScBiol (Dalhousie), MScFE (UNB), BScF (UNB), Teaching Professor - 2005 

• Gong, Meng, BScE, MScE (Nanjing, China), PhD (UNB), Professor – 2007 

• Gu, Hongmei, BS (Beijing, China), MS (Virginia), PhD (Virginia), Adjunct Prof - 2022 

• Gray, Michelle, BSc (Trent), MSc (Trent), PhD (UNB), Associate Professor - 2015 

• Hanson, Alan, BSc (Mount Allison), MSc (Western), PhD (Western), Adjunct Prof – 2021 

• Furze, Shane, BSc (St. FX), MEM (UNB), PhD (UNB), Adjunct Prof – 2024 

• Hogan, Derek, BSc (Brock), PhD (Windsor), Adjunct Prof - 2023 

• Jaeger, Dirk, MSc (Gottingen), PhD (Gottingen), Adjunct Prof – 2014 

• Jia, Xin, BSc (China), MS (China), PhD (Zhejiang), PhD (Eastern Finland), Adjunct Prof - 2024  

• Kaboorani, Alireza, BSc (Iran), MSc (Iran), PhD (Iran), Adjunct Prof - 2023 

• Kershaw, John A., BS, MS (Purdue), PhD (Wash), Prof – 1991 

• Kneeshaw, Daniel, BSc (Toronto), MSc (UBC), PhD (UQAM) Adjunct Prof - 2023 

• Leblon, Brigitte, PhD (Montpellier), Adjunct Prof - 2023 

• Li, Shen, BSc (China), MSc (China), PhD (Manitoba), Adjunct Prof- 2022 

• Li, Xiu-Qing, PhD (France), Adjunct Prof -2023 

• Li, Ling, BSc (Nanjing), PhD (Nanjing), PhD (UNB), Adjunct Prof – 2021 

• Liang, Kang, BEng (China), MSc (China), PhD (UNB), Adjunct Prof - 2023 

• Linnansaari, Tommi, BSc, MSc (Helsinki), PhD (UNB), Professor  (Joint Biology) - 2017 

• MacLean, David, BSc, PhD (UNB), Professor Emeritus – 1999 

• Mayrinck, Rafaella – BFE (Brazil), MsFE (Brazil), PhD (Saskatchewan), Assistant Professor - 2024 

• Meng, Fan-Rui, BS, MS (Northeast Forestry Univ.), PhD (UNB), Prof - 1995 

• Monk, Wendy, BSc (Loughborough), PhD (Loughborough) Visiting Research Prof, Adjunct Prof 

• Nocera, Joseph, BSc (Connecticut), MSc (Acadia), PhD (UNB), Associate Professor - 2016 

• Ogilvie, Jae, BScF, MScF (UNB), Teaching Professor – 2021 

• Powell, Graham R., BSc (Edin), MSc (UNB), PhD (Edin), Prof Emeritus -– 1996 

• Qi, Junyu, BE (Beijing, China), MS (Beijing China), PhD (UNB), Adjunct Prof - 2023 

• Rajora, Om. BSc, MSc, LLB (India), PhD (Tor), Prof - 2004 

• Skinner, Marc, BSc (Cape Breton), MSc (UNB), PhD (UNB), Adjunct Prof - 2021 

• Smith, Ian, BSc (Sund Polyt), MSc (Durh), PhD, (Polyt S Bank), DSc (S Bank), PEng, Professor Emeritus – 1986 

• Smith, Ronald, BScF (UNB), MSc (Wisconsin), PhD (Maine), Adjunct Prof - 2018 

• St-Hilaire, Andre, BSc (Royal Military), MASc (Moncton), PhD (Quebec), Adjunct Prof - 2021 

• Taylor, Anthony, BSc (Memorial), MSc (Lakehead), PhD (Lakehead) - Associate Prof – 2021 

• Thiffault, Nelson, BSc (Laval), PhD (Laval), Adjunct Prof - 2023 

• Thompson, Ian, BSc (1975), MSc (York), PhD (Queens), Adjunct Prof – 2021 

• Tranquilla, Laura, BSc (UNB), MSc (Simon Fraser), PhD (MUN), Adjunct Prof - 2022 

• Wang, Brad, BSc (Nanjing, China), Meng (Nanjing, China), MSc (UBC), PhD (UBC), Adjunct Prof - 2017 

• Westwood, Alana, BSc (Winnipeg), Phd (Dalhousie), Adjunct Prof - 2023 

• Withey, Patrick, BA (Concordia), MA (Memorial), PhD (Victoria), Adjunct Prof – 2021 

• Wong, Christopher, BSc (Alberta), MSc (Alberta), PhD (Toronto), Assistant Professor – 2024. 

• Wyatt, Stephen, BScF (Australia), MSc (Laval), PhD (Laval), Adjunct Prof – 2021 

• Zhu, Xinbiao, BSc (China), MSc (China), PhD (UNB), Adjunct Prof - 2022 

General Information

Forests are a source of environmental, economic and social values for all of society. Continued maintenance of these values requires knowledge of natural dynamics at the scale of landscapes, and design skills that extend to large land areas over very long time horizons. The CFAB-accredited BScF program prepares professionals to work in complex situations where the goals of management must be determined by present society, and the actions to reach these goals must be designed for implementation over time horizons of centuries, in order that future societies will have continued enjoyment of values from forest landscapes. Graduates have the necessary skills to:

a. interact with society to define goals for the forest environment;

b. take a leadership role in the design and implementation of plans to ensure achievement of those goals;

c. help resolve social conflicts associated with issues of environmental and forested landscape management; and

d. assess changes in forested landscapes over time and present this information for public evaluation of progress and review of goals.

Regulations

Students are strongly advised to read the General University Regulations, Section B of this Calendar, for information not covered in the following:

1. A minimum of 141 credit hours is required for the BScF degree.
2. All entering students of the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental management are required to attend the orientation program organized by the Faculty.
3. Students must consult with the Student Services Co-ordinator to receive advice on course selection. Students may only register for 22 or more credit hours in a semester if they have a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the previous assessment period and have obtained permission from the Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies.
4. FOR 1001, FOR 3006, FOR 4096, and (FOR 4020 or FOR 4991) cover subject matter that is delivered in increasing degree of complexity; these courses must be taken in sequence.
5. Degree requirements must be successfully completed in not more than 16 terms during a period of 8 consecutive calendar years from the date of first registration in the program.
6. A minimum assessment grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 is required at the end of each year. Refer to the University Regulations section of this calendar, for regulations regarding the Calculation of Grade Point Averages, and standing and promotion requirements.
7. A student who has been required to withdraw from the program for academic reasons once, and who reapplies for admission following the withdrawal period, may be re-admitted to the program. If re-admitted, the student will automatically be on academic probation. Failure to meet the normal academic requirements at the next time of assessment will result in final dismissal from the program. Further applications for re-admission will not be considered.
8. C grade minimum is required for all prerequisite and core courses used for credit towards the BScF degree.

Honours Program

Students intending to take the Honours Program must declare their intent to the Assistant Deanof Undergraduate Studies prior to the end of the third year of their program and have a CGPA of at least 3.0. All students in the Honours Program are required to complete both FOR 4991 (Honours Research Project); a full-year 6-ch course which involves submitting a detailed project report and an oral defense in a seminar-style presentation, with all work done under the supervision of a relevant ForEM faculty member, and FOR 4004 (Research Methods and Scientific Communications).

To graduate in Honours, students must meet certain minimum standards in the course work beyond second year.

1. Maintain a CGPA of at least 3.0
2. Achieve a minimum grade of B- in FOR 4991
3. Achieve a minimum grade of B- in FOR 4004 

Curriculum

The core program focuses on forest ecosystem management with a blend of courses in basic, biophysical, social, and management sciences. Opportunity for students to pursue an education of substantial personal choice is provided by elective courses that can be organized in areas of concentration leading to minors. Students may also elect to follow minors offered by other faculties, or they may take a general variety of courses that does not lead to a minor. Twenty-four credit hours are required for a minor in the BScF program.

Core courses are listed below. Students are advised to incorporate electives to balance work loads to a normal load of five or six courses per term.

Observations and experimentation in a forested environment are critical to the education of professional foresters so work in natural settings is an important part of many courses. Extensive use is made of University forests which total 3,000 hectares in area, including the UNB Forest, in close proximity to the Fredericton campus. To work in these and other areas, students are advised that they will need an approved hard hat (approximate cost $10.00) and approved safety-toed work boots (approximate cost $100.00). Students taking FOR1001 will be required to purchase a “field kit” containing a hard hat, safety glasses, cruising vest, compass and forest measurement equipment. This kit will be charged directly to a student account and ranges from $350-$400.

Students will be required to pay for a portion of costs of extended field trips.

The Canadian Forest Service and the headquarters of the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development are also nearby to campus. Scientists and managers at these institutions commonly undertake collaborative projects with students which provide opportunities for students to learn from the experience of others beyond their professors.

Core Course Requirements

FOR 4101* Professional Internship in Forestry & Environmental Management 

*Alternative equivalents for course may be available with approval of the Student Services Coordinator or designated advisor.

Minors

1. Forest Environment Minor: The Forest Environment Minor is a formal way to receive recognition for completing a concentrated, introductory study on forestry issues, forest measurements, forest ecology, social values and policy, and forest management. It is available to students in all degree programs excepting BScF. It prepares students for an awareness of the multiple values that forests provide to society, as well as the processes that conserve and sustain the use of forests for habitat and biological diversity. The Minor requires 24 credit hours (approximately 8 courses) of approved courses as listed below. Credit hours of core courses in the student's major may not be counted towards the credit hour requirement of this minor. Substitutions may be made at the discretion of the faculty advisor.

Required:
FOR 1001 Introduction to Forestry
FOR 2006 Introduction to Natural Resource Management
ENVM 2004 Social and Cultural Systems

Choose one of:
FOR 2425 Autecology of Forest Vegetation
FOR 4545 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management

The remaining credit hours may be selected from the following list. Additional courses may be added to this list at the discretion of Faculty Advisor.

FOR 2113 Introduction to Wildlife and Aquatic Ecology
FOR 2425 Autecology of Forest Vegetation
FOR 2432 Forest Inventory and Growth
FOR 2505 Forest Soils: Formation and Properties
FOR 2281 GIS with Applications in Forestry & Environmental Management
FOR 3005 Silviculture and Stand Intervention Design
FOR 2703 Forest Operations
FOR 3006 Forest Management
FOR 2101 Forest Economics
FOR 3445 Ecology of Populations and Communities
ENVM 3457 Forest Watershed and Water Quality Management
FOR 4545 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management
FOR 4625 Natural Disturbance of Forests

Computer Applications Minor: This minor develops a working level of computer literacy in data handling for geographic information systems and remote sensing as applied to forest inventory and management design. The Minor requires 8 courses (minimum of 24 credit hours) of approved courses as listed below. Core courses in the student's major may not be counted towards the credit hour requirement of this minor.

Required courses:
CS 1073 Intro to Computer Programming I (in Java)
The remaining 7 courses (minimum of 20 credit hours) may be selected from the following list. Additional courses may be added to this list at the discretion of Faculty Advisor. 

2. Wildlife Conservation Minor: The Wildlife Conservation Minor is a formal way to receive recognition for focusing your education on wildlife species, their biological characteristics, management, and current environmental issues; all these areas are of increasing importance to the ways society progresses. Requirements for the Wildlife Conservation Minor are listed under the Environmental Management Program.

Wildlife Certification: Students who take a specific suite of additional courses could apply to the Wildlife Society to become a certified Associate Wildlife Biologist. The additional courses would require an extra term or two. Contact the Faculty representative for details.