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SKOG300 Forest Planning

Credits (ECTS):10

Course responsible:Per Kristian Kåreson Lobenz Rørstad

Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås

Teaching language:Norsk

Course frequency:Annually

Nominal workload:Structured teaching 70 hrs.180 hrs own work in the form of reading, preparations for exercises and seminars and handins.

Teaching and exam period:This course starts in Autumn parallel. This course has teaching/evaluation in Autumn parallel.

About this course

The course is divided into seven different themes in sustainable forest management. Learning activites include lectures, exercises, and seminars. The course starts with an introduction to "Planning theory" and some "Topics in resource economics". Subsequently, three themes, that to a large extent build on lectures from previous courses and that also partly are closely linked, are brought up. These themes are "Development and application of models and tools for planning and decision-support", "Forestry planning, decision-oriented resource inventories and the value of information" and "Strategic planning for forest properties". Finally, an introduction to the themes "Forest sector models for national and international market and policy analyses" and "Global forest resources and management" are given.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

  • The students should have knowledge of planning theory, topics in resource economics, forest sector models, and of global forest resources and sustainable management.
  • The students should have comprehensive knowledge of development and application of models and tools for planning and decision-support, forestry planning, decision-oriented resource inventories and the value of information, and strategic planning for forest properties.

Skills:

  • The student should be able to analyse, synthesize and critically relate to important questions when planning the management of forest areas.
  • The students should be able to communicate interdisciplinary topics and research results both in writing and orally.

General competence:

  • The student should achieve a conscious and balanced attitude on the management of forests at different geographical levels
  • Lectures, exercises, seminars.
  • Canvas. Individual supervision for excercises.
  • MATH100, SKOG100, SKOG205, SKOG230, SKOG250
  • SKOG210, SKOG220, SKOG240, LAD102

  • Combined assessment:

    • Portfolio of three exercises counts 40%
    • Written exam (3 hours) counts 60%

    All parts must be passed to pass totally in the course.



  • External examiner evaluates all final exam papers. External examiner approves activities related to the exercises. Course responsible and relevant teacher evaluate the exercises. Course responsible approves seminar activities.
  • Exercises and seminars. Seminar participation, presentation and seminar reports must be approved to pass the course.
  • 40 hours lectures, 18 hours exercise, 12-18 hours seminar
  • Special requirements in Science