HFO 328: Forest conservation
Course Description: Preservation of catchment areas ( watershed, hill slopes etc ), mechanics of soil erosion and types and control, forest floor and soil biology, management and conservation of soi…
- Lecturer: Ibrahim Robinson Kargbo
HFO 327: Marketing of forest products
Course Description: Define market and marketing, describe various forest products, describe and define demand and supply in relation to forest products, describe benefit cost analysis, market equili…
- Lecturer: Gbessay Ehlogima Sam Momoh
HFO 326: Tree improvement
Course Description: Concept and definition of tree improvement. Purpose, methods, sexual and asexual, clone, provenance, selection characteristics, seed orchard, seed stand, plus trees, merits and …
- Lecturer: Stephen Stephen Mattia
HFO 229: Forest Practice
Course Description:
Tree identification
Plots lay outing
Tree Measurement
Tree nursery establishment
- Lecturer: Abdulai Barrie
HFO 228: Seed collection, processing & storage
Course Description Describe seed formation, different types of seeds, importance of seeds in reforestation / afforestation programmes, methods, time and preparation for seed collection for both indig…
- Lecturer: Adegboyega Ayodeji OTESILE
HFO 227: Forest Mensuration
Course Description : Working principles of the height and girth, measuring instruments, preparation of improvised height measuring instrument, volume and basal area calculation, preparation of volume…
- Lecturer: Stephen Stephen Mattia
HFO 226: Community Forestry
Course Description Define community forestry, reasons for community forestry, advantages and disadvantages, issues and challenges of community forestry, participation and local initiatives, control, …
- Lecturer: Adegboyega Ayodeji OTESILE
HWS 221: Wood Science
Course Description Define wood, properties of wood and types of wood, oils in woods, development of cells and tissues, wood anatomy, importance of wood properties, moisture in wood, deterioration, pu…
- Lecturer: Ibrahim Robinson Kargbo
HFO 121: Forest Practice
Course Description
General tree identification
Plot lay-outing
Tree measurement
- Lecturer: Abdulai Barrie
HAE 121: Introduction to Micro and Macro Economics
Course Description Basic economic principles as they relate to farm and off-farm sectors of the economy, behaviour of decision makers in the economy, theories of demand and supply, consumer behaviour…
- Teacher: Gbessay Ehlogima Sam Momoh
NRF 323: Forest Fire Ecology and Management
Fire ecology and types of fire. Fire history. Fire triangle. Fire regimes and ecosystem groups. Post Fire Succession. Fire and resource management. Controlled burning; prescribed burning and combust…
- Lecturer: Stephen Stephen Mattia