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Forest and Environmental Resources Management (FERM)

Major courses for FERM Majors: FERM majors are required to take the following
IRNR Core Courses plus six (6) units Practicum or thesis:

Course Code	Course Title and Description	Unit
FRM 120	Environmental and Natural Resource Worldviews - Introduction to the philosophical dimensions of human-habitat relationships; Western, Oriental, and indigenous Filipino worldviews about the environment and forests; and political-economic dimensions of environmentalism within the realities of Philippine society.	3
FRM 167	Experimental Designs In Forestry Research - Principles of experimental designs; basic and other experimental designs and analysis applied in forestry research; treatment comparisons; regression and correlation.	3
FRM 171	Forestry Business Management - Business management principles and their application to forestry.	3
FRM 183	Timber Production Management - Theories and techniques in timber management and harvesting in natural and plantation forests.	3
FRM 153	Watershed Management -Regulation, use, conservation practices treatment of the aggregate resources of a drainage basin for the production of water and the control of erosion, stream flow, and floods.	3
FRM 140	Parks and Outdoor Recreation Management - The technical, economic and social aspects of the management of parks and outdoor recreation areas.	3

Additional Courses: Depending upon the students' more specific interests, they can take six (6) more units of subjects under the following five "stream." They may take courses which are not in this list if the advisers deem it necessary that they take said courses.

Forest Management/ Timber Production Management

Course Code	Course Title and Description	Unit
FRM 110	Fundamentals of Environmental Forest Management - Structure and dynamics of forest ecosystems, principles, decision-making tools and strategies in environmental forest management.	3
FPPS 140	Environmental Pollution in Forest Industries - Causes and control of pollution associated with the primary wood processing industries.	3

Forest Engineering/ Resources Harvesting/Biometry

Course Code	Course Title and Description	Unit
FRM 164	Sampling Methods in Forestry - Sampling problems with special reference to timber inventory of forest area.	3
FRM 162	Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System - Types and uses of remote sensing and GIS; techniques and applications in natural resources management.	3
FRM 192	Timber Harvesting - Modern timber harvesting processes.	3
FRM 193	Logging Roads - Truck road engineering; selection of road standard; preparation of plans and field location of logging truck roads.	3
FRM 194	Production Planning and Control in Logging Operations - Preparation of production and cost standards; job analysis; production planning and control techniques; machine-selection and replacement.	3
FRM 195	Forest Infrastructure - Analysis of forest situation; design and planning of forest infrastructure.	3
FRM 196	Logging Plans and Costs - Problems of logging planning; harvesting and transporting timber products.	3

Forestry Economics and Business Management

Course Code	Course Title and Description	Unit
FRM 119	Marketing of Forest Products - Forest Products marketing, the structure of forest products' market, output and pricing policies and strategic trends.	3
FRM 118	Forest Finance - Comparative valuation of alternative forest operations.	3
FRM 116	Accounting - Theory and practice of accounting.	3

Watershed Resources Management/Parks/Range Management

Course Code	Course Title and Description	Unit
FRM 130	Forest Range Management - Principles of range management, range condition, classification and analysis, range ecology, improvement and management planning; identification of range pasture and forage plants.	3
WLDL 105	Principles of Wildlife Management - Interrelationships of wildlife biology, habitat, ecology, and population dynamics as they affect management problems.	3

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