Forest and Natural Areas Management

Forest and Natural Areas Management

Diploma
24 months
Processing time: 30 days
Application fee: CA$154
Full-time
Intakes: September
International tuition: CA$19,281
Domestic tuition: CA$6,439

Program overview

Management of forest resources in today’s world means managing forest ecosystems. Forestry practices must integrate field skills, scientific knowledge and technology in an ecological framework, to produce various goods and services. Graduates learn such skills as to: identify, describe, measure and interpret ecosystems and associated components including landforms, vegetation, soils, geomorphology, aquatic ecosystems, forest stand attributes and wildlife habitat Collect field data in both urban and rural environments and create technical reports, spreadsheets and digital maps using industry standard software (such as GIS & GPS) including the use of leading technology Apply vegetation management techniques for application in wildland and urban silviculture areas Analyze vegetation symptoms that relate to insects and diseases Design and implement sampling plans and techniques for resource inventories

Study options

Study options
This program can be done
On campus

Requirements

Exams:

  • IELTS
  • PTE
  • TOEFL iBT
2 years of education in English in an English-speaking country with English 12 (67%) or 3.0 credits of post-secondary English, humanities or social sciences (67%) from a recognized institution. Or one of the following: IELTS 6.5 TOEFL 86 PTE 60 Math: one of the following: Principles of Mathematics 11 (60%) or Applications of Mathematics 11 (67%) or Pre-Calculus 11 (60%) or Foundations of Mathematics 11 (67%) Science: two of the following with minimum high school grade 11 (60%): Biology Chemistry Physics or Applied Physics Earth Science Geology Recognized Resource Science 12 Geography Forestry

Career opportunities

Graduates work for the municipal, regional, provincial and federal governments, the environmental consulting sector, and various natural resource industry sectors. Alternatively, graduates may work as a natural area technologists in a city in fields as: Invasive species management Arboriculture Urban interface management In addition, graduates will be qualified to work in areas of the traditional forestry sector which include: Forest Measurements and Inventory Forest Protection and Forest Health Forest Engineering Silviculture

Campus location

Burnaby , Canada