Department of Forestry

Course Description:  Principles of economics, production economics, factors of production, production inputs, farm management, farm records, accounts and budgets.

Course Description: Basic definition and concepts of proposal and research.  Literacy skills, academic writing, report writing, referencing and citation and verbal communication. Qualitative and quan…

Course Description:  Student will obtain a better understanding of the integrated nature of forestry and land management in Sierra Leone; have basic skills in first aid, bush survival and dealing wit…

Course Description: Chemistry of wood; Chemical composition of cell wall-middle lamella, primary and secondary walls. Chemistry of carbohydrates – monosaccharide’s, oligosaccharides and polysaccharid…

Course Description: Soil fertility; integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) concept. ISFM technologies on agricultural productivity.  

Course Description: Basic concepts and principles. Definitions, classification of Agro-forestry systems. Agro-forestry technologies. Multipurpose tree (MPT). Quantitative and qualitative benefits of …

Course Description:  Mechanical properties of wood and their effects on processing operations and machinery. Traditional and modern methods off wood processing. Mechanical methods off wood processing…

Course Description:  The hydrological cycle in moist tropical forest with emphasis on the major processes – precipitation, evaporation, run-off and drainage. Introduction to catchment forestry and en…

Course Description:  Structure and biology of tropical forest insects and pathogens; population dynamics of pests and pathogens in forest environment; the nature of pest and disease damage and method…

Course Description:  Fire ecology and types of fire. Fire history. Fire triangle.  Fire regimes and ecosystem groups. Post Fire Succession. Fire and resource management. Controlled burning; prescribe…

Course Description:  Concept and definitions of urban forestry, species selection for urban forestry, roles of trees in urban forestry. Types of urban forestry, problems associated with urban forestr…