Programme Name | Diploma in Forestry (Level 5) |
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Programme Description | The programme is two years full-time programme. The graduates will be equipped with technical expertise and skills in the area of forest conservation and biodiversity, climate change adaptation and mitigation, forest protection, nursery management and propagation, agroforestry, harvesting operations, non-timber forest products and value adding, forest business and entrepreneurship. The graduates will acquire an education at a level that will equip them for employment, self-employment and lay the foundations for a lifetime of continuous learning and personal development. |
Majors | Forestry |
Minimum Requirement | 1. A pass in Fiji Year 12 Certificate Examination or equivalent with a pass in English and a minimum aggregate mark of 200 out of 400 including Biology, and/or Agriculture Science and completion of any other subject (s): Mathematics (Pure/Life), Chemistry/ Geography/ Food & Nutrition Technology/ Physics/Computer Science/ Economics/ Accounting/ Introduction to Technology or 2. Applicants who have passed Advanced Certificate in Forest Management or Advanced Certificate in Wood Craft Technology are also eligible for admission 3. Applicants with Certificate III in Agriculture are also eligible to apply for admission. 4. Applicants may also be admitted to the programme who may not meet the requirement on the years of continuous education progression, but who are able to demonstrate their ability to succeed in the respective programmes on the basis of their maturity, work experience or prior learning. The Dean may require such an applicant to sit for specific or general examination as a pre-requisite for any such enrolment or may restrict enrolment only to certain prescribed courses that must be passed to progress further. |
Programme Type | Diploma |
Credit Points Required | 240 |
Campus | Koronivia,Ba |
Duration | 2 Years |
Estimated Tution Fees - Local (FJD) | $6,517.00 |
Estimated Tution Fees - Regional | $19,551.00 |
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Core Units | Offered In |
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FAS400 - Agroforestry and Wood Science | Semester 2 |
FPM400 - Applied Mathematics & Computing | Semester 1 |
FES400 - Forest Biology | Semester 1 |
FES404 - Fundametals of Forest Ecology | Semester 2 |
FAS401 - Introduction to Agroforestry | Semester 1 |
FES401 - Introduction to Forest Dendrology and Taxonomy | Semester 1 |
FES403 - Pests and Diseases of Forestry and Biosecurity | Semester 2 |
FES402 - Silviculture | Semester 1,2 |
COM408 - Professional Communicaton | Semester 1,2 |
Core Units | Offered In |
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FPM501 - Commercial Forestry and Entrepreneurship | Semester 2 |
FPM502 - Forest Law and Administration | Semester 2 |
FBS501 - Fundamental of Forest Biometry | Semester 1 |
FAS500 - Introduction Non-Timber Forest Products | Semester 2 |
FES501 - Introduction to Climate Change & REDD+ | Semester 2 |
FPM500 - Introduction to Forest Economics | Semester 1 |
FES500 - Introduction to Forest Fire | Semester 1 |
FPM401 - Introduction to Social Forestry | Semester 2 |
FBS500 - Fundamentals of Forest Surveying and Mapping | Semester 1 |