Institute of Land and Food Resources : Guide to courses

16. Bachelor of Forestry/Bachelor of Commerce

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 16. Bachelor of Forestry/Bachelor of Commerce

This combined course is offered at the Parkville and Creswick campuses of the university. It takes five years of full-time study to complete.

The course provides students with the opportunity to combine more specialist training in economics and commerce with their Bachelor of Forestry degree. Students can choose a combination of economics, econometrics, accounting, finance and management subjects in order to design a course which fits an intended career path.

 16.1. Course objectives

Students who have completed this course should have acquired:

• an understanding of the basic concepts, institutional and regulatory arrangements operating in the Australian economy and the Australian forest industries, including principal factors that determine location, environmental impact, sustainability, profitability, and international cost-competitiveness forest industries;

• an ability to communicate effectively on matters of commerce and forestry and have a capacity for commercial advice and technology transfer;

• skills in applying basic quantitative methods and scientific knowledge to the study of economy, commerce and forestry;

• skills in analysing and solving problems and in the acquisition and interpretation of data in commerce and forestry;

• a critical understanding of the economy and business and of the need to manage the economy for all groups in society;

• an understanding of principles of sound practice in relation to health, safety, animal welfare, and the environment in forestry and forest industries.

 16.2. Career opportunities

Career opportunities exist for those graduates who wish to specialise in the commerce and business aspects of forestry and wood-based industries. Graduates could expect to find employment in industrial forestry and pulp and paper companies, as well as within land management agencies.

 16.3. Course outline

To be eligible to graduate students must obtain 500 credit points. Of these, 300 must be from Bachelor of Forestry and 200 from the Bachelor of Commerce. Typically students will spend third and fourth year at Creswick, but it is possible to spend second and third year at Creswick instead.

Forestry points must include:

• 21 Institute and degree core subjects including 50 credit point Industry Research Project and Resource Industry Economics 209201 (Exempting Economics of Resource Use and Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis)

• 16 weeks of compulsory work experience - 202-001 Work Experience

Commerce points must include:

• at least 50 points from 100 level subjects

• at least 50 points from 300 level subjects

• compulsory subjects: 316-101 Introductory Macroeconomics, 316-102 Introductory Microeconomics, 316-130 Quantitative Methods 1 and 316-205 Introductory Econometrics or 316-206 Quantitative Methods 2 (or approved equivalent subjects in mathematics/statistics).

A typical combined degree structure is as follows:

First year
Semester 1		Points
	202-101 Chemistry for Land and Food Resources	12.5
	202-103 Biology for Land and Food Resources	12.5
	316-102 Introductory Microeconomics	12.5
	One commerce elective (100 level)	12.5
Semester 2
	316-101 Introductory Macroeconomics	12.5
	316-130 Quantitative Methods 1	12.5
	600-142 Genetics & The Evolution of Life	12.5
	610-142 Chemistry	12.5
	Sub total	100.0

Second year
	316-201 Intermediate Macroeconomics1	12.5
	316-316 Basic Econometrics1	12.5
	One of:
	316-205 Introductory Econometrics or	12.5
	316-206 Quantitative Methods 2	12.5
Elective subjects
	Five commerce electives	62.5
	Sub total	100.0

Third year
	202-201 Plant Function	12.5
	202-203 Soil and Water Resources	12.5
	209-201 Resource Industry Economics I	12.5
	211-261 Wood Science	12.5
	211-262 Forest Mensuration and Surveying	12.5
	211-263 Forest Ecology	12.5
	211-264 Field Studies and Dendrology	12.5
	211-265 Forest Inventory and GIS	12.5
	Sub total	100.0

Fourth year
	211-321 Timber Management and Harvesting	12.5
	211-322 Forest Products	12.5
	211-323 Native Forest Silviculture	12.5
	211-324 Plantation Silviculture	12.5
	211-325 Field Studies II	12.5
	211-326 Forest Entomology and Pathology	12.5
	211-405 Fire Ecology and Management	12.5
Elective subject
	One forestry elective	12.5
	Sub total	100.0

Year 5
	202-401 Industry/Research Project	50
Elective subjects
	Four commerce electives	50.0
	Sub total	100.0

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