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Forestry (Silviculture)
Forestry (Silviculture)
By choosing Forestry (Forest Growing and other specializations), students will learn to:
- establish nurseries and grow seedlings for reforestation and establishment of new plantations;
- organize forest planting, maintenance and tending operations;
- form stands of different species composition and functional destination, and foresee final fellings;
- apply forest protection measures against diseases, pests and fires;
- organize logging operations applying modern technologies;
- develop businesses of wood products and wood fuel harvesting ;
- perform forest measurements and determine the value of timber resources;
- elaborate forest management plans;
- establish energy, herbs, Christmas trees and other plantations;
- organize the protection of forest fauna and rational hunting.
After completing Forestry study program, graduates will be able to work in the State Forest Enterprise (forest districts, nurseries, forest management service), State Forest Service, environmental protection institutions, private forest companies, or establish own forestry and wood processing businesses.
| Title of a subject (module) | ECTS credits |
Full-time studies semester |
Part-time studies semester |
| Healthy Lifestyle (Physical Training) | - | 1,2,3,4 | - |
| Professional Foreign Language | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Research Methodology | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Applied Mathematics | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Title of a subject (module) | ECTS credits |
Full-time studies semester |
Part-time studies semester |
| Business Economics and Accounting | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Information Technologies | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour and Civil Safety | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Law Fundamentals | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Social Psychology | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Environmental Protection | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Forest Botany | 6 | 1,2 | 2 |
|
Business Management and Marketing |
3 | 2 | 6 |
|
Geographic Information System |
4 | 3 | 6 |
| Soil Science and Farming Fundamentals | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Dendrology | 5 | 1,2 | 2 |
| Forest Mensuration | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Forest Ecology | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Forest Pests and Diseases | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Bioecology of Animals and Birds | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Tree Selection and Seed Breeding | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Afforestation | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Stand Formation and Cuttings | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Forest Economics and Management | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Forest Use (Exploitation) | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| Forest Management | 7 | 6 | 5 |
|
Forest Productivity |
3 | 6 | 6 |
| Elective subjects selected from the general study subjects (3 ECTS) or from the list of elective subjects of other higher education institutions | |||
| Elective subjects | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Practice | |||
| Introduction to specialty | 3 | 1 | 1 |
|
Practice of Biogeocoenology |
7 | 2 | 1,2 |
|
Practice of Forest Mensuration |
4 | 4 | 3 |
|
Practice of Forest Growing and Use |
9 | 4 | 4,5,6 |
| Forest Felling Using Chainsaws and Harvesters | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Specialization Practice | 12 | 5,6 | 7,8 |
| Graduation Thesis | |||
| Graduation Thesis | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Graduation Exam | 5 | 6 | 8 |
Total number of credits: 180
| Title of a subject (module) | ECTS credits |
Full-time studies semester |
Part-time studies semester |
| Forest Inventory | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Digital cartography and data Bases | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Forest Management Plan | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Hunting Science | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Title of a subject (module) | ECTS credits |
Full-time studies semester |
Part-time studies semester |
| Timber Processing and Seasoning | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Timber Harvesting Technologies | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Harvesting Machinery and Timber Transportation | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Forest Products | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Title of a subject (module) | ECTS credits |
Full-time studies semester |
Part-time studies semester |
| Primary Timber Processing Technologies | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Hydrothermic Processing and TimberProtection | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Production Technologies of Engineering Timber Products | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Furniture Planning and Production Technologies | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Title of a subject (module) | ECTS credits |
Full-time studies semester |
Part-time studies semester |
| Energy, Christmas Tree, Wicker and Raw Wood Plantations | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Growing technologies of Berry and Medicinal Plants | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Horticulture | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Fuel Production and Use | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Title of a subject (module) | ECTS credits |
Full-time studies semester |
Part-time studies semester |
| Private Forest Law | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Consultation of Forest Owners | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Organization of Forest Operations and marketing of Private Holding | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Multiple Forest Use | 3 | 5 | 8 |