BSc
Department of General Forestry BSc program
Admission Criteria
To be admitted to B.Sc. in General Forestry, candidates should qualify to the admission requirements set by the Ethiopian higher education institutions up on successful completion of two years preparatory education in natural science fields and after passing the entrance examination prepared by the Ethiopian Ministry of Education. Placement of students to the program abides by the MoSHE student placement and affirmative regulations. Others like re-admission and advance standing shall be treated according to the academic rules and regulations of the University of Gondar. Students who graduated with diploma in the field of Horticulture, Plant sciences, General Agriculture and other related fields from recognized institutions can also apply to pursue their studies in regular, summer and extension undergraduate programs based on the University Legislations.
BSc in General Forestry
Year I Semester I
| No. | Module Title | Module Code | Course Title | Course Code | Cr. Hr. | ECTS | Mode of Delivery |
| 1 | Common Course | Critical Thinking | LOCT1011 | 3 | 5 | Semester | |
| 2 | General Psychology | Psyc 1011 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 3 | General Physics | phys 1011 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Communicative English (Language skills I) | Enla1011 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 5 | Geography of Ethiopia and the Horn | Geog 1011 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 6 | Mathematics (for natural science ) | Math 1011 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Physical Fitness | SpSc 1011 | P/F | ||||
| Total | 18 | 30 | |||||
Year I Semester II
| No. | Module Title | Module Code | Course Title | Course Code | Cr. Hr. | ECTS | Mode of Delivery |
| 1 | Common Course | Introduction to Emerging Technology | EmTe1012 | 3 | 5 | Semester | |
| 2 | Social Anthropology | Anth 1012 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 3 | General Biology | Bio 1012 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Communicative English (Language skills II) | Enla1012 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 5 | Moral and Civics | MciE 1012 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 6 | General Chemistry | chem 1012 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Global trends | GaDS 1011 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Total | 18 | 29 | |||||
Year II Semester I
| No. | Module no. | Module Code | Course Name | Course Code | ECTS | Cr.Hr. | Mode of Delivery | ||
| 1 | GeFo-M4121 | Introduction to Economics | Econ | 3124 | 5 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 01 | Inclusiveness | SNIE 1011 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | 03 | Stat-M2031 | Introduction to Statistics | Stat2031 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 02 | Cosc-M2021 | Introduction to Information & Communication Technology | CoSc2021 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 5 | 04 | GeFo-M2041 | Physiology of woody plants | GeFo2041 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 6 | 06 | GeFo-M2061 | General Ecology | GeFo 2062 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 7 | 09 | GeFo-M3091 | Forest seed and nursery technology | GeFo3091 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Total | 29 | 18 | |||||||
Year II Semester II
| No. | Module no. | Module Code | Course Name | Course Code | ECTS | Cr.Hr. | Mode of Delivery | |||||
| 1 | 04 | GeFo-M2041 | Dendrology | GeFo2043 | 5 | 3 | Semester | |||||
| 2 | 06 | GeFo-M2061 | Forest Ecology | GeFo2063 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| 3 | 10 | GeFo-M4101 | Wood Structure & properties | GeFo4103 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| 4 | 05 | GeFo-M2051 | Remote sensing & GIS | GISc3051 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| 5 | 05 | GeFo-M2051 | Forest surveying & mapping | GeFo | 2053 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 6 | 06 | GeFo-M2061 | Biodiversity conservation | GeFo2064 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 26 | 16 | ||||||||||
Year III Semester I
| No. | Module no. | Module Code | Course Name | Course Code | ECTS | Cr.Hr. | Mode of Delivery | ||||
| 1 | 05 | GeFo-M2051 | Mensuration and Inventory | GeFo 3052 | 5 | 3 | Semester | ||||
| 2 | 06 | GeFo-M2061 | Forest Ecosystem rehabilitation and restoration | GeFo3065 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 07 | SWRM-M3071 | Soil &water conservation | SWRM2073 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 4 | 09 | GeFo-M3091 | Silviculture of Natural Forest and Wood Land | GeFo3093 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 5 | 07 | SWRM-M3071 | Fundamental and Forest Soil | SWRM2072 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Science | |||||||||||
| 6 | 04 | GeFo-M2041 | Tree Genetics and Improvement | GeFo2042 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 7 | 07 | SWRM-M3071 | Climatology & Forest | GeFo3071 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Influence | |||||||||||
| Total | 29 | 18 | |||||||||
Year III Semester II
| No | Module no | Module Code | Course Name | Course Code | ECTS | Cr.Hr. | Mode of Delivery |
| 1 | 13 | GeFo-M4131 | Research method | GeFo3132 | 3 | 2 | Semester |
| 2 | 07 | SWRM- M3071 | Land use planning & watershed management | SRWM3074 | 5 | 3 | |
| 3 | 12 | GeF0-M4121 | Forest Economics | GeFo4121 | 5 | 3 | |
| 4 | 03 | Stat-M2031 | Forest Biometry | GeFo2032 | 5 | 3 | |
| 5 | 12 | GeFo-M4101 | Internship/Practical education | GeFo 3125 | 5 | 1 | |
| 6 | 09 | GeFo-M3091 | Plantation establishment & management | GeFo3092 | 5 | 3 | |
| 7 | 10 | GeFo-M4101 | Forest road construction & maintenance | GeFo4101 | 3 | 2 | |
| Total | 31 | 17 | |||||
Year IV Semester I
| No. | Module no | Module Code | Course Name | Course Code | ECTS | Cr.Hr. | Mode of Delivery | ||
| 1 | 10 | GeFo-M4101 | Forest harvesting | GeFo4102 | 5 | 3 | Semester | ||
| 2 | 10 | GeFo-M4101 | Wood processing | GeFo4105 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 10 | GeFo-M4121 | Entrepreneurship | GeFo4107 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 10 | GeFo-M4101 | Bioenergy Technology | GeFo4104 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 5 | 10 | GeFo-M4101 | Non timber Forest products | GeFo4106 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 6 | 09 | GeFo-m3091 | Forest Policy & law | GeFo4094 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 7 | 08 | GeFo-M3081 | Forest Protection | GeFo3083 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 8 | 13 | GeFo-M4131 | Senior seminar | GeFo4131 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 29 | 18 | |||||||
Year IV Semester II
| No | Module no | Module Code | Course Name | Course Code | ECTS | Cr.Hr. | Mode of Delivery |
| 1 | 11 | GeFo-M4111 | Agro-forestry Systems & Technology | Agfo4113 | 3 | 2 | Semester |
| 2 | 11 | GeFo-M4111 | Rural Sociology and Extension | GeFo4114 | 5 | 3 | |
| 3 | 12 | GeFo-M4121 | Project Planning and Management | GeFo4123 | 5 | 3 | |
| 4 | 09 | GeFo-M3091 | Forest Management | GeFo4095 | 5 | 3 | |
| 5 | 06 | GeFo-M2061 | Wild life management | GeFo2066 | 3 | 2 | |
| 6 | 12 | GeFo-M4121 | Forest Business Management | GeFo4122 | 3 | 2 | |
| 7 | 11 | GeFo-M4111 | Participatory Forest Management | GeFo4112 | 3 | 2 | |
| 8 | 13 | GeFo-M4131 | Research project | GeFo4133 | 3 | 2 | |
| Total | 30 | 19 | |||||