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Academic Program Calendar - 2011-2012
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Natural Resources - Forest Ecosystem Management Technician

2-year, Ontario College Diploma Program

Program Courses

First Semester
Course Number/ Title Credits
CS 007 Persuasive Writing 3
NR 100 Natural Resource Measurements 4
NR 110 Tree & Shrub Identification 4
FW 120 Forest Mechanization I 4
NR 130 Soils & Geomorphology 4
FW 150 Wood Products & Utilization 3
NR 180 Fall Field School (2 weeks)  
MC 155 Microsoft Office 2007 Applications 3
MA 115 Pre-Technology Mathematics I 4
  Total 29
     
Second Semester
Course Number/ Title Credits
CS 219 Communications for Technology 3
NR 213 Geographical Information Systems I 3
FW 214 Forest Operations 4
NR 215 Forest Plant Biology 4
NR 216 Introductory Ecology 4
MA 215 Pre-Technology Mathmatics II 4
  Total 22
     
Third Semester
Course Number/ Title Hours
FW 355 Forestry Technician Co-op Placement (16 weeks) 640
  Total 640
     
Fourth Semester
Course Number/ Title Credits
CE 130 Surveying 3
FW 400 Forest Inventory 3
FW 410 Photogrammetry & Mapping 3
FW 411 Geographical Informations Systems II 3
FW 412 Silviculture 3
FW 414 Forest Pathology/Entomology 3
FW 415 Fall Field School (2 weeks)  
GE 060 Supervisory Skills & Conflict Resolution 3
  Total 21
     
Fifth Semester
Course Number/ Title Credits
FW 510 Fish & Wildlife Management 3
FW 511 Forest Fire Management 4
FW 512 Forest Management Planning 5
FW 513 Forest Business Management 3
GE 059 People & the Forest 3
GE ... General Education Elective 3
  Total 21
     
Sixth Semester
Course Number/ Title Hours
FW 655 Forestry Technician Co-op Placement (16 weeks) 640
  Total 640
     

 

*Students are assesssed at the beginning of the semester for their mathematics skills. Students may test out of MA115 and MA215 into a one-semester mat, MA131, offered second semester.

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