Education

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. Forestry

BSc. Wood Technology and Value Addition

BSc. Bee Resource Management

BSc. Wildlife Management

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