Subjects - Master of Forest Ecosystem Science
The following table lists subjects available in the Master of Forest Ecosystem Science. It also provides examples of subjects that can be taken as electives from other courses in the Melbourne School of Land and Environment and from other Schools and Faculties across the University of Melbourne. Subjects available through the National Forest Masters Program are also listed.
For further information about the way these subjects are structured within the MFES see www.forests.unimelb.edu.au/delivery.html
| Students Commencing 2008 | Students Commencing 2009 | |
| Students Commencing in 2010: Core Subject | ||
| 220-405 Forest Ecosystems | Core | Core |
| Students Commencing in 2010: Table A Subjects | ||
| 220-408 Trees in a Changing Climate | Core | Core Option - select 7 from 10 |
| 220-410 Bushfire Planning and Management | Core | Core Option - select 7 from 10 |
| 220-413 Forest Resource Assessment | Core | Core Option - select 7 from 10 |
| 220-414 Silviculture and Forest Dynamics | Core | Core Option - select 7 from 10 |
| 220-415 Sustainable Forest Management | Core | Core Option - select 7 from 10 |
| 220-416 Forests and Water | Core | Core Option - select 7 from 10 |
| 220-418 Forest Planning and Business Management | Core | Core Option - select 7 from 10 |
| 220-504 Tree Growth and Development | Elective | Elective |
| 220-511 Ecological Restoration | Elective | Core Option - select 7 from 10 |
| Students Commencing in 2010: Table B Subjects | ||
| 220-503 Bushfire and Biodiversity | Elective | Elective |
| 220-507 Forests in the Asia Pacific Region | Elective | Elective |
| 220-508 Timber in the Built Environment | Elective | Elective | 220-509 Forests, Carbon and Climate Change | Elective | Core Option - select 7 from 10 |
| 220-510 Farm Trees and Agroforestry | Elective | Elective |
| Students Commencing in 2010: Project Subjects | ||
| 220-512 Forest Internship Project (25pts) | Elective | Elective |
| 220-513 Forest Research Project (50pts) | Elective | Elective |
| Subjects not offered in 2010; next offered in 2011 | ||
| 220-412 Wood Science and Technology | Core | Core Option - select 7 from 10 |
| 220-417 Forest Health | Elective | Elective |
| 220-501 Wood Quality | Elective | Elective |
| 220-502 Bushfire and Climate | Elective | Elective |
| 220-505 Advanced Plantation Silviculture | Elective | Elective |
| 220-720 Forest Operations | Elective | Elective |
| Examples of electives from the Melbourne School of Land and Environment | ||
| 208-615 Fundamentals and Management of GIS | Core | Elective |
| 207-513 Community Natural Resource Management | ||
| 207-501 Management of Plant and Animal Invasions | ||
| 207-508 Conservation Genetics | ||
| 208-723 Human Resource Management | ||
| 208-730 Project Management | ||
| 207-512 Social Research Methods | ||
| 208-725 Business Strategy | ||
| 207-505 Global Environment and Sustainability | ||
| 208-721 Agribusiness Management Economics | ||
| Examples of electives from other University of Melbourne schools and faculties | ||
| 600-654 Global Environmental Change |
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| 600-653 Environmental Monitoring and Audit | ||
| Environmental Modelling (commencing 2010) | ||
| Graduate Seminar: Environmental Science (commencing 2010) | ||
| 600-602 Problem Solving in Environmental Science | ||
| 654-608 Conservation Biology | ||
| 950-603 Environmental Risk Assessment | ||
| 730-720 Environmental Law: Science and Regulation | ||
| 730-854 International Environmental Law | ||
| 208-411 Research Philosophies and Statistics | ||
| 950-600 Transdisciplanary, Thinking and Learning | ||
| 950-601 Sustainability, Policy and Management | ||
| 730-683 Environmental Law | ||
| 730-876 Native Title Law and Practice | ||
| 121-548 Climate Change Politics and Policy | ||
| 705-624 Indigenous Conceptions of Landscape | ||
| 121-532 Environmental Impact Assessment | ||
| Subjects offered as part of the National Forest Masters Program | ||
| Listed are subjects currently offered with NFM program partner institutions. All of these subjects will be delivered in intensive mode. MFES students involved in the NFM must complete the two joint subjects and at least one other partnership subjects from another institution. Students may choose subjects from the list below (if not already an MFES core subject) or may elect to take other subjects from these institutions. Refer to the handbook for each institution for a selection of subjects. Further information about the National Forestry Masters Program is available at www.forestry.org.au/masters | ||
| Joint NFM subjects | ||
| Forest Ecosystems (also MFES core subject) | ||
| Forests in the Asia Pacific Region (also MFES elective subject) | ||
| Partnership NFM subjects | ||
| Sustainable Forest Management (Also MFES core subject) | ||
| Forest Operations(also MFES elective subject) | ||
| Participatory Resource Management: Addressing Environmental Conflict (Australian National University, Canberra) | ||
| Forests and Water(also MFES core subject) | ||
| Silviculture and Forest Dynamics(also MFES core subject) | ||
| Plantations and the Environment (University of Tasmania, Hobart) | ||
| Business of Forestry (University of Queensland, Brisbane) | ||
| Modern Techniques of Forest Inventory (Australian National University, Canberra) | ||
| Tree Breeding (University of Tasmania, Hobart) | ||
| Subjects offered by other institutions | ||
| Students may take up to 25% of total subjects from another university nationally or internationally, subject to approval by the Course Coordinator. This may include subjects from the National Forestry Master Program partner universities or any other university. Refer to the postgraduate handbook of the relevant institution for a list of subjects. | ||