Education

Undergraduate Education - Degree Programmes in Forestry
 
 B.Sc Forestry - Four Year Duration
 

B.Sc. (Forestry) - Syllabus 2011

  

S.No.

Course No.

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

I SEMESTER

1.

FSA 101

Principles of Silviculture

2+1

2.

FEE 101

Geology and Soil Science

1+1

3.

AGR 102

Fundamentals of Agricultural Meteorology

1+1

4.

FTB 101

Forest Botany and Ethnobotany

1+1

5.

SAC 101

Principles of Analytical Chemistry

1+1

6.

BIC 101

Fundamentals of Biochemistry

2+1

7.

ENG 101

English for Effective Communication

0+1

8.

MAT 101

Applied Mathematics

1+1

9.

COM 101

Fundamentals of Information Technology

1+1

10.

PED 101

Physical Education

0+1

11.

NSS 101

National Service Scheme (NSS)

0+1

Total

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








S.

No.

Course No.

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

II SEMESTER

1.

FEE 102

Forest Ecology and Biodiversity

2+1

2.

FSA 102

Practices of Silviculture

2+1

3.

AGR 1XX

Production Technology of Field Crops

1+1

4.

FSA 103

Elements of Entomology

1+1

5.

AEC 101

Principles of Agricultural Economics

1+1

6.

FRM 101

Forest Surveying

1+2

7.

FTB 102

Tree Physiology

2+1

8.

PBG 102

Principles of Genetics and Cytogenetics

2+1

9.

FRM 102

Study Tour to Southern Tamil Nadu

0+1

10

PED 101

Physical Education (contd.)

0+1

11.

NSS 101

National Service Scheme (NSS) (contd.)

0+1

Total

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 










S.

No.

Course No.

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

III SEMESTER

1

FSA 201

Silviculture Systems

1+0

2

FRM 201

Forest Engineering

1+1

3

FSA 202

Silviculture of Economic Trees

2+0

4

FEE 201

Forest Microbiology

2+1

5

FTB 201

Tree Seed Technology

2+1

6

FSA 205

Fundamentals of Forest Pathology

1+1

7

FSA 204

Forest Entomology

1+1

8

FTB 202

Ecophysiology of Forest Vegetation

1+1

9

FSA 203

Tree Nursery Technology

0+1

10

AMP 201

Livestock, Poultry Production and Management

2+1

11

PED 101

Physical Education (contd.)

0+1

12

NSS 101

National Service Scheme (NSS) (contd.)

0+1

Total

21

 

S.

No.

Course No.

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

IV SEMESTER

1

FSA 207

Forest Mensuration and Inventory

2+1

2

FRM 202

Forest Management and Working Plan

2+1

3.

FWB 201

Wildlife Biology

1+1

4.

FSA 208

Applied Forest Pathology

1+1

5.

FSA 206

Forest Nematology and Plant Quarantine

0+1

6.

FRM 203

Study Tour to Northern Tamil Nadu

0+1

7.

 ARM 201

Fundamentals of Agribusiness Management

1+1

8.

FTB 203

Dendrology

2+1

9.

STA 201

Applied Statistics

1+1

10.

PED 101

Physical Education (contd.)

0+1

11.

NSS 101

National Service Scheme (NSS) (contd.)

0+1

 

 

Total

19






 

S.No.

Course No.

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

V SEMESTER

1

FWB 301

Wildlife and Protected Area Management

2+1

2

FSA 301

Social Forestry and Agro Forestry

2+1

3.

NST 301

Fundamentals and Applications of Nanotechnology

1+0

4.

FTB 301

Tree Breeding and Improvement

2+1

5.

FPU  302

Wood Science and Technology

2+1

6.

FRM 301

Principles of Hydrology and Watershed Management

2+1

7.

FRM 304

Forest Production Economics and Marketing

2+1

8.

FPU 301

Logging and Ergonomics

1+1

9.

HOR 331

Production Technology of Horticultural Crops

1+1

10

PED 101

Physical Education (contd.)

0+1

 

 

Total

23

 

 

S.No.

Course No.

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

VI SEMESTER

1

FPU 303

Wood Products and Utilization

2+1

2

FPU 304

Non Wood Forest Products and Utilization

1+1

3.

FRM 302

Forest Policies and Legislation

1+0

4.

FPU 305

Wood Seasoning and Preservation

1+1

5.

FRM  303

Tribology

0+1

6.

ENG 301

Soft Skills for Career Development

0+1

7.

  FEE 301

Soil Chemistry, Fertility and Management of Problem Soils

2+1

8.

FTB 302

Clonal Forestry

1+1

9.

FRM  305

Study Tour to Southern India

0+1

10.

PED 101

Physical Education (contd.)

0+1

11.

  EXP 301

Experiential Learning – I 

0+5

Total

21








 

S.

No.

Course No.

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

VII SEMESTER

1.

FWE 401

Forest Work Experience

0+6

2.

FPW 401

Project Work

0+4

3.

FRM 404

Study Tour to Northern India

0+1

Total

11

 

S.No.

Course No.

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

VIII  SEMESTER

1

FRM 401

Remote Sensing and GIS in Forestry

1+1

2

FRM 402

Forestry Extension and Communication Methods

1+1

3.

FRM 403

Finance and Project Analysis in Forestry

1+1

4.

FTB 401

Forest Biotechnology

1+1

5.

FEE 401

Environmental Science and Climate Change

1+1

6.

FTB 402

Forest Genetic Resources and Conservation

1+1

7.

FSA 401

Plantation Forestry

1+1

8.

FWB 401

Ornithology

1+1

9

 TAM 401/ ENG 401

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0+1

10.

FPW 401

Project Work (contd.)

0+4

11.

 EXP 401

Experiential Learning – II 

0+5

 

 

Total

22

 




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