Courses
The continuous destruction of our forest and other resources call for inspired education, research and extension programs in the field of renewable resources.
Forest Research Management
Natural Resources Conservation
Silviculture and Forest Influences
Forestry
Forest Research Management
Course Code | Description | Units | Sem Offered | Prerequisites |
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FRM 201. Planning and Evaluation of Forestry Research | Research program, project, and study planning; analysis and interpretation; critical reviews. 3 hrs (class). | 3 | 1 | COI |
FRM 204. Geospatial Methods in Natural Resources Management | Application of geographic information systems (GIS) technology in natural resources management; GIS operations and spatial analysis. 5 hrs (2 class, 3 lab). | 3 | 1 | FRM 104/NRC 140 or COI |
FRM 214. Introduction to Operations Research | Linear transformations, vector spaces, matrix; survey of operations research and mathematical decision models; fundamentals of systems modelling. 3 hrs (class). | 3 | 1 | MATH 27 or COI |
FRM 217. Advanced Forestry Economics | Microeconomic analysis of forestry. 3 hrs (class). | 3 | 1 | FRM 120/FRM 117 |
FRM 227. Economic Analysis of Forest Policy | Economic aspects and significance of major forest policies with particular emphasis on Philippine forestry. 3 hrs (class). | 3 | 1,2 | FRM 217 |
FRM 253. Advanced Watershed Management | Interception, transpiration, evaporation, and sedimentation related to the quantity, quality, and distribution of water as affected by forestry practices. 3 hrs (class). | 3 | 1,2 | FRM 153/NRC 170 |
FRM 261. Aerial Photo Mensuration | Advanced methods in the use of aerial photographs in forest inventory; photo mensurational techniques in the preparation of tree and stand volume tables; planning large-scale photo mensurational projects. 5 hrs (2 class, 3 lab). | 3 | 1 | FRM 161/NRC 142 |
FRM 264. Advanced Forest Mensuration | Analysis of forest measurements; evaluation of growth prediction methods; recent developments in forest mensuration and statistics. 5 hrs (2 class, 3 lab). | 3 | 1,2 | FRM 164/FRM 143 or COI |
FRM 286. Advanced Forest Management | Social, economic, and technical aspects of the organization of a forest for continuous (or managed) yield; forest regulation; forest management planning. 5 hrs (2 class, 3 lab). | 3 | 1 | COI |
FRM 287. Economic Analysis in Forest Management | Forest management unit as a bioeconomic system; decision-making in timber management; economic sustained yield theory; current forest management practices. 5 hrs (2 class, 3 lab). | 3 | 2 | COI |
FRM 289. Multiple-Use Forestry | Problems related to the concept and practice of multiple-use forestry; the economics of multiple-use forestry. 3 hrs (class). | 3 | 2 | FRM 189 or COI |
FRM 290. Special Problems | May be taken twice provided that the total number of units to be credited to the students program will not exceed 4 units. | 1-3 | 1,2 | |
FRM 291. Special Topics | May be taken twice provided that the total number of units to be credited to the students program will not exceed 4 units. | 1-3 | 1,2 | |
FRM 292. Log Transportation Systems | Technical and economic aspects of the design and selection of log transportation systems. 5 hrs (2 class, 3 lab). | 3 | 1,2 | FRM 192 |
FRM 294. Optimization Models in Forestry | Deterministic and probabilities mathematical decision models applied to forestry with special emphasis on forest management harvesting and wood resource allocation problems. 3 hrs (class). | 3 | 2 | FRM 214 or COI. |
FRM 299. Graduate Seminar | May be taken twice. | 1 | 1,2 |
Natural Resources Conservation
Course Code | Description | Units | Sem Offered | Prerequisites |
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NRC 201. Perspectives and Approaches to Natural Resources Conservation | Biological, geological and social dimensions of natural resources conservation. 3 hrs (class). | 3 | 1 | COI |
NRC 231. Protected Areas Management | Issues, practices and strategies in managing national parks and other protected areas. 3 hrs (class). | 3 | 1 | FRM 140 or COI |
NRC 232. Ecotourism | Planning and implementation of ecotourism programs and projects. 3 hrs (class). | 3 | 1 | FRM 140 or COI |
NRC 233. Buffer Zone Management | Land use and management planning, monitoring and evaluation, and strategies to promote social and site development activities in the buffer zone area. 5 hrs (2 class, 3 lab). | 3 | 2 | COI |
NRC 241. Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics | Structures, functions, processes and interactions in coastal ecosystems. 3 hrs (class). | 3 | 2 | FBS 36 or BIO 150 or COI |
NRC 242. Coastal Ecosystem Management | Theories, issues and approaches in managing coastal ecosystems. 3 hrs (class). | 3 | 1 | NRC 241 or COI |
NRC 299. Graduate Seminar | 1 | 1,2 | ||
NRC 300. Masters Thesis | 6 | 1,2,S |
Silviculture and Forest Influences
Course Code | Description | Units | Sem Offered | Prerequisites |
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SFI 201. Advanced Forest Soils | Physical and chemical properties of soils; soil microbiology; soil as related to the growth and development of timber stands. 5 hrs (2 class, 3 lab). | 3 | SFI 101 | |
SFI 221. Advanced Nursery and Plantation Techniques | Recent developments in nursery and forest planting techniques. 5 hrs (2 class, 3 lab). | 3 | 1 | SFI 121 or COI |
SFI 223. Advanced Silviculture | Stand improvements and regeneration methods in tropical forests. (Field trip required). 5 hrs (2 class, 3 lab). | 3 | 1,2 | SFI 121 or COI |
SFI 241. Advanced Forest Tree Improvement | Approaches to forest tree improvement, selection, species introduction, seed orchards, hybridization, mutation, and progeny testing. 3 hrs (class). | 3 | 2 | SFI 141 and FRM 167 |
SFI 261. Forest Influences | The influence of forests on local and microclimate, stream flow, and soil productivity. 5 hrs (2 class, 3 lab). | 3 | 2 | FRM 153 or COI |
SFI 271. Advanced Silvics | Analysis of the interrelation of site factors. 5 hrs (2 class, 3 lab). | 3 | 1,2 | SFI 101 and FBS 36 or COI |
SFI 290. Special Problems | May be taken twice provided that the total number of units to be credited to the students program will not exceed 4 units. | 1-3 | 1,2,S | COI |
SFI 291. Special Topics | May be taken twice provided that the total number of units to be credited to the students program will not exceed 4 units. | 1-3 | 1,2 | COI |
SFI 299. Graduate Seminar | May be taken twice. 1 hr (class). | 1 | 1,2 |
Forestry
Course Code | Description | Units | Sem Offered | Prerequisites |
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FOR 300. Master’s Thesis | 6 | 1,2,S | ||
FOR 400. Doctoral Dissertation | 1-12 | 1,2,S | ||