While studying Forest Sciences, you’re developing interdisciplinary skills to analyze issues impacting complex forest ecosystems, the ecology of living organisms, and how they interact with non-living elements. You’re also exploring how people can live in a more sustainable way from a scientific perspective.
Project and experimental design
- Hypothesis formulation and testing
- Laboratory experimentation
- Field trial design and implementation
- Safety protocols
Data gathering in the field and laboratory
You’ll learn field sampling techniques in disciplines such as:
- Forest and landscape ecology
- Disturbance ecology (entomology, pathology, fire ecology)
- Below-ground ecology
- Wildlife and fish ecology and management
- Tree physiology and genetics
- Climate change
You may also gain laboratory and analytical techniques such as:
- Quantitative chemical analyses
- Genetic/genomic analyses
- Data manipulation and analyses
- Remote sensing and geographic information systems
- Statistics and biometry
- Computer programming and modeling
- Writing and interpretation
- Critical thought and quantitative reasoning
- Contextualization/synthesis with scientific literature
- Interdisciplinary application of biological theories, practices and ethics
- Technical report writing