The Department of Forest and Environmental Economics is responsible for provision of undergraduate training with about 15 courses (Core and electives) being taught to BSc. Forestry, BSc. Wildlife Management, Bachelor of Tourism Management, BSc. Environmental Science and Management and Bachelor of Art in Rural Development in the Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Science and Development Studies Institute. The Department in the process of developing two Bachelor of Science degree programmes. The Programmes are BSc in Natural Resource Economics and BSc in Petroleum and Gas Economics. Implementation of these programmes shall start immediately after launching of the College to replace Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation.
BSc. Wood Technology and Value Addition
Bachelor of Tourism Management
BSc. Environmental Science and Management
Bachelor of Art in Rural Development
Postgraduate Degree Programmes
Master of Science in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Master of Science in Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Agriculture
Postgraduate Diploma in Result Based Monitoring and Evaluation Techniques
In terms of postgraduate training, the Department has two programmes (MSc ENAREC and MSc MNRSA) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Result-based Monitoring and Evaluation. The courses taught in the respective degree programmes are presented in the tables below:
MSc ENAREC Programme Structure
Course Ante | Course title | Credit hours |
SEMESTER I | ||
AEA 600 | Statistics | 8 |
WM 601 | Research Methods, Planning and Management | 8 |
FO 601 | Research Papers and Reports | 8 |
FO 602 | Computer Applications in Management of Natural Resources | 6 |
FOE 600 | Natural Resource Economics | 8 |
FOE 605 | Applied Production Analysis | 7 |
Elective courses Semester I | ||
FOE 606 | Entrepreneurship in Natural Resources | 7 |
FOE 610 | Applied Microeconomic Analysis | 8 |
FOE 645 | Marketing | 8 |
SEMESTER II | ||
FOE 642 | Forecasts and Consumption Surveys | 8 |
FOE 643 | Applied Quantitative Techniques | 8 |
FOE 604 | Economic Growth and Development | 8 |
FOE 601 | Environmental Economics | 8 |
IPM 601 | Indigenous Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property | 10 |
FO 633 | Research proposal development and presentation | 15 |
Elective courses Semester II | ||
FOE 646 | Project Planning and Evaluation | 7 |
FOE 607 | Trade and International Cooperation | 8 |
FOE 611 | Environmental Impact Assessment | 8 |
FMM 604 | Climate Change and Forestry | 7.5 |
FOE 602 | Macroeconomics | 6 |
FO 633 | Research and Dissertation (To be done in Year two) | 45 |
MSc Management of Natural Resources and Sustainable Agriculture
Course Ante | Course title | Credit hours | ||
SEMESTER I | ||||
AEA 600 | Statistics | 9.5 | ||
AEE 600 | Research Planning and Management | 7.5 | ||
MN 601 | Management of Natural Resources in the Tropics | 8 | ||
MN 602 | Resource and Environmental Economics | 8 | ||
MN 603 | Tropical production systems and Sustainable Agricultural | 8 | ||
MN 604 | Seminar preparation and presentation skills | 7.5 | ||
Elective courses Semester I | ||||
FOE 606 | Entrepreneurship in Natural Resources | 7 | ||
MN 611 | Policy Frameworks and Conventions | 7 | ||
FOE 645 | Marketing | 8 | ||
SEMESTER II | ||||
MN 605 | Resource assessment | 8 | ||
MN 606 | Ecology and Tropical Biology | 8 | ||
MN 607 | Applied Social Anthropology | 7 | ||
MN 608 | Project Appraisal, Monitoring and Evaluation | 7 | ||
MN 609 | Computer Application in Management of Natural Resources | 7 | ||
IPM 601 | Indigenous Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property | 10 | ||
Elective courses Semester II | ||||
MN 612 | Emerging Cross-cutting Issues in Natural Resources Management | 7 | ||
FOE 611 | Environmental Impact Assessment | 8 | ||