Courses

The courses below lead towards a BSc in Forestry, the BSc in Environmental and Conservation Sciences, the BSc Environmental and Conservation Sciences / BA Native Studies, the BSc in Forest Business Management and the BSc in Agriculture. 

Please note: Course listings are available for reference only, as per the University of Alberta Calendar. If you are a current Faculty of ALES - Undergraduate student, please discuss your specific program with an advisor in the Undergraduate Office.

Environmental and Conservation Sciences (ENCS) 
ENCS 201: Wildlife Biodiversity and Ecology 
ENCS 260: History and Fundamentals of Environmental Protection & Conservation
ENCS 260 (Northern ENCS Initiative): History and Fundamentals of Environmental Protection and Conservation 
ENCS 271: The Politics of Food and Natural Resources 
ENCS 307: Environmental Assessment Principles and Methods 
ENCS 360: Soil and Water Conservation 
ENCS 364: Principles of Managing Natural Diversity
ENCS 364 (Northern ENCS Initiative): Principles of Managing Natural Diversity 
ENCS 376: Wildlife Productivity and Management 
ENCS 455: Soil Remediation 
ENCS 461: Climates and Ecosystems
ENCS 461 (Northern ENCS Initiative): Climates and Ecosystems 
ENCS 462: Protected Areas Planning and Management
ENCS 462 (Northern ENCS Initiative): Protected Areas Planning and Management 
ENCS 464: Conservation and Management of Endangered Species
ENCS 464 (Northern ENCS Initiative):  Conservation and Management of Endangered Species
ENCS 465: Environmental and Conservation Field Studies 
ENCS 467: Methods of Environmental Interpretation and Communication 
ENCS 474: Utilization of Wildlife Resources 
ENCS 475: Waste Management and Utilization 
ENCS 476: Dynamics of Wildlife and Rangeland Ecosystems 
ENCS 510: Wetlands Resource Management 

Entomology (ENT) 
ENT 380: Forest Entomology 

Forest Engineering (FOREN) 
FOREN 335: General Forest Harvesting and Transportation 
FOREN 355: Wood Science and Utilization

Forest Science (FOR)  
FOR 100: Introduction to Forestry 
FOR 101: Introductory Forestry Field School 
FOR 210: Forest Measurements 
FOR 314: Forest Soils
FOR 322: Forest Ecosystems 
FOR 323: Silviculture  
FOR 405: Intermediate Forest Problems 
FOR 423: Advanced Silviculture 
FOR 431: Integrated Forest Management 
FOR 501: Individual Research Project in Advanced Forest Soils 
FOR 502: Problems in Forest Ecology 
FOR 503: Problems in Silviculture 
FOR 522: Advanced Forest Ecology 
FOR 523: Silvicultural Systems 
FOR 535: Problems in Forest Resources Management 
FOR 545: Problems in Forest Fire 
FOR 546: Advanced Fire Ecology 
FOR 555: Problems in Forest Hydrology 
FOR 565: Problems in Forest Recreation 
FOR 590: Seminar in Tree Improvement

Plant Science (PL SC)
PL SC 385: Forest Pathology 
PL SC 221: Introduction to Plant Science 

Renewable Resources (REN R)  
REN R 110: Natural Resource Measurement 
REN R 120: Woody Plants I 
REN R 201: Introduction to Geomatic Techniques in Natural Resource Management 
REN R 250: Water Resource Management 
REN R 299: Environmental Conservation Sciences and Forestry Field School 
REN R 321: Tree Physiology
REN R 327: The Mosses of Alberta: Conservation and Identification
REN R 340: Forest Fire Management 
REN R 350: Physical Hydrology 
REN R 401 Special Topics in Renewable Resources. Consent of Instructor required.
REN R 401 (Northern ENCS Initiative): Special Topics in Renewable Resources - Water Protection and Watershed Stewardship
REN R 401 (Northern ENCS Initiative): Special Topics in Renewable Resources - Northern Avian Ecology
REN R 401 (Northern ENCS Initiative): Special Topics in Renewable Resources - Animal Behaviour 
REN R 410: Principles of Remote Sensing 
REN R 414: Agroforestry Systems 
REN R 421: Advanced Tree Physiology
REN R 426: Geographical Information Systems Applications in Renewable Resources
REN R 426 (Northern ENCS Initiative): Geographic Information Systems Applications in Renewable Resources 
REN R 430: Forest Resources Management 
REN R 439: Forest Management Planning
REN R 440: Disturbance Ecology 
REN R 450: Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture 
REN R 535: Operations Research for Natural Resource Management
REN R 452: Forest Watershed Management
REN R 456: International Forest Conservation and Management
REN R 468: Management and Conservation of Genetic Resources 
REN R 469: Biodiversity Analysis 
REN R 477: Wildlife-Human Activities: Conflicts, Assessment and Mitigation
REN R 478 (Northern ENCS Initiative): Environmental Footprint Assessment 
REN R 480: Design and Data in Enviro Science
REN R 480 (Northern ENCS Initiative): Experimental Design and Data Analysis in the Environmental Sciences 
REN R 495: Land Reclamation and Revegetation 
REN R 501: Special Topics in Renewable Resources  
REN R 545: Small Watershed Hydrology  
REN R 580: Biometrical Techniques in Agri-food, Environmental and Forest Sciences 
REN R 595: Advanced Land Reclamation 
REN R 601: Forest Biology 
REN R 602: Forest Resources Management 
REN R 603: Graduate Research Skills
REN R 604: Graduate Research Seminar 
REN R 610: Seminar in Research Methods 
REN R 680: Advanced Biometrics 
REN R 690: Applied Multivariate and Spatial Statistics

Soil Science (SOILS) 
Soils 210: Introduction to Soil Science and Soil Resources
Soils 210 (Northern ENCS Initiative): Introduction to Soil Science and Soil Resources 
Soils 420: Soil Formation and Landscape Processes 
Soils 430: Soil Biochemistry 
Soils 440: Soil Physics 
Soils 450: Soil Environmental Chemistry 
Soils 460: Soil Fertility