Bachelor of Forestry

Admission Requirements

In addition to the general requirements for admission into the University, candidates intending to read the B. Forestry degree must have fulfilled the conditions set out below:

Entry into 100 Level: A Candidate must have five credits in relevant subjects (including Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Mathematics and English) in SSCE or its equivalent. This is in addition to obtaining the required points in the UTME.

Direct Entry into 200 level: For direct entry into B. Forestry, candidates should have two GCE A’ level passes or equivalent in Chemistry and any one of the following subjects: Physics, Mathematics and Biology, in addition to obtaining the minimum O’ level requirements.

Courses

Course Code	Title	Unit
AGR 101	General Agriculture	4
BIO 101	General Biology I	3
BIO 102	General Biology II	3
CHM 101	General Chemistry I	4
CHM 102	General Chemistry II	4
PHY 103	General Physics II	2
PHY 107	General Physics Laboratory I	1
MAT 101	Elementary Mathematics I	3
STA 111	Probability	4
GST 101	Use of English	2
GST 102	Nigerian Peoples and Culture	2
GST 103	Information Communication Technology (ICT)	1
GST 104	Use of Library and Study Skills	1
GST 105 or GST 106	Communication in French or Communication in Arabic	2

Course Code	Title	Unit
GST 211	Communication in English II	2
GST 212	Logic, Philosophy and Human existence	2
GST 213	History and Philosophy of Science	2
GST 214	Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	2
AED 201	Introduction to Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology	2
AGE 201	Principles of Agricultural Economics I	2
AGE 202	Principles of Agricultural Economics II	2
ANI 201	Introductory Anatomy of Farm Animals	2
ANI 202	Farm Animal Physiology	2
ANI 203	Principles of Animal Production	2
ANI 204	Principles of Food Science and Technology	2
ANI 205	Introductory Agricultural Biochemistry	2
ANI 206	Introduction to Biotechnology	1
CRO 201	Crop Anatomy and Taxonomy	2
CRO 202	Crop Physiology	2
CRO 203	Principles of Crop Production	2
FOR 201	Principles of Forestry and Environmental Management	2
FIS 201	Introduction to Fisheries and Wildlife Management	2
SOI 201	Climatology and Biogeography	2
SOI 202	Principles of Soil Science	2
SOI 203	Introductory Agricultural Engineering	1

Course Code	Title	Unit
GST 311	Entrepreneurship and Innovation	2
GST 312	Venture Creation and Growth	2
FOR 301	Principles of Silviculture	2
FOR 302	Resource Inventory and Mensuration	3
FOR 303	Natural Eco-systems and Environmental Conservation	3
FOR 304	Introduction to Forest Management	2
AGE 302	Extension Teaching, Learning Process and Methods	2
FOR 305	Wood Formation, Properties and Anatomy	2
FOR 306	Principles of Forest Protection	2
FOR 307	Forest Economics	2
FOR 308	Forest Survey and GIS	3
FOR 309	Forest Engineering	3
FOR 310	Wildlife Population Analysis	2
FOR 311	Biostatistics and Data Processing	3
FOR 312	Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment	2
FOR 313	Tourism in Protected Area Management	2

Course Code	Title	Unit
FOR 401	Forest Inventory and Management Plan	3
FOR 402	Silvicultural Techniques	3
FOR 403 FOR 404	Remote Sensing and GIS Harvesting, Processing and Wood Utilization	3
FOR 405	Forest Pest and Diseases Management	3
FOR 406	Plantation and Shelterbelts Management	2
FOR 407	Zoo and Parks Management Techniques	2
FOR 408	Training in Firearms and Ballistics	2
FOR 409	Museum and Herbarium techniques	2
FOR 410	Ecological Survey	2
FOR 411	Harvesting, Processing and Utilization of Non-timber Forest Products	2
FOR 412	EIA	2
FOR 413	Agroforestry and Watershed	2
FOR 414	Ecotourism Planning & Development	3
FOR 415	Industrial Training Reports and Assessment	3

Course Code	Title	Unit
FOR 504	Tropical Silviculture	2
FOR 505	Forest Soils	2
FOR 506	Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding	2
FOR 507	Forest Protection	2
FOR 508	Wood Processing and Pulping Process	2
FOR 509	Organic Tree Production and Agroforestry*	2
FOR 510	Forest Mensuration	2
FOR 511	Biostatistics and Data Processing in Renewable Resources	2
FOR 512	Wildlife Nutrition	2
FOR 513	Wildlife Management and Utilization	2
FOR 514	Forest Industries and Timber Quality Control	2
FOR 515	Forest and Wildlife Extension and Education*	2
FOR 516	Ecotourism Economics, Marketing, Publicity and Trade*	2
FOR 517	Environmental Assessment and Monitoring*	2
FOR 518	Quantitative Production Ecology*	2
FOR 598	Seminar	2
FOR 599	Special Project	4