Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology (M.Sc.)

• Business planning and decision-making methods
• Independent solving of decision problems using the mediated methodology
• Forest Management and Forest Administration

Amount: 6 Credits

• Fundamentals of the German dual education system
• Analytical-statistical methods of accident cause research
• Fundamentals of physical forestry technology

Amount: 6 Credits

• Knowledge of policies that influence forest management and forestry at local, regional and national level.
• Knowledge of designing strategies that combine problem solutions with concrete political actors and their instruments.

Amount: 6 Credits

• Concepts of forest nature conservation, their ecological basis and the resulting conflicting objectives.
• Basic knowledge of policy analysis for the assessment of the effectiveness of nature conservation policy in practice.
• Basic principles of environmental law.

Amount: 6 Credits

• Deepening knowledge of the planning policy instruments affecting forests and forestry
• Introduction to modern governance processes and the associated role of civil society and the general public
• Acquisition of social communicative critical readiness
• Elaboration of case studies and discussion in plenary sessions
• Introduction to forest ecosystem services

Amount: 6 Credits

• Discussion of selected silvicultural topics under ecological and economic aspects
• Application of forest planning methods
• Application of silvicultural methods for forest conversion into low-risk, near-natural stands
• Conservation of biodiversity in commercial forests

Amount: 6 Credits

• Illustration of the application of methods of forest growth science and forest management using modern technical aids
• Formulating and solving forest planning problems with the help of linear and non-linear optimization models

Amount: 6 Credits

• Understanding the causes and effects of current forest protection problems
• Development of practical options for action
• Assessment of the situation and selection of suitable measures within the framework of practice-oriented forest protection

Amount: 6 Credits

• Application of basic data collection procedures
• Evaluation of remote surveying records
• Analysis of experimental data using a suitable statistics program (R)

Amount: 6 Credits

• Practical preparation of an annual forestry plan for a 100 ha forest area
• Aspects of timber production, harvesting, development, conservation and hunting
• How to record inventory parameters, analyse planning documents and derive recommendations for action

Amount: 12 Credits

• Markets of the forestry and timber industry including timber balance sheets and marketing of non-timber products.
• Introduction to the concept of timber quality and the use of timber and its products. The structure and products of the sawing and veneer industry.
• Effects of silvicultural measures on the timber quality of domestic commercial tree species.

Amount: 6 Credits

• Four-week internship
• Insight into the management and leadership of an organisation (forestry operation, forest administration, forestry research institution etc.)
• Working/solving a practical problem relevant there (paper)

Amount: 6 Credits

One of the following modules must be selected:

• Forestry systems
• Markets and wood use
• Legal and political governance
• Reproduction and breeding of forest trees

Amount: 6 Credits

• Fundamentals of Central European Forest History
• Spatial planning concepts, instruments and regulations, possibilities and measures for protection, preservation and care
• Examples of good forest nature conservation practice

Amount: 6 Credits

• Concepts of forest nature conservation, their ecological basis and the resulting conflicting objectives.
• Basic knowledge of policy analysis for the assessment of the effectiveness of nature conservation policy in practice.
• Basic principles of environmental law.

Amount: 6 Credits

• Relevant regulations and laws
• Assessment of environmentally relevant possibilities and limits of technical and scientific activities
• Application of the theory and methodology of policy field analysis to the object of nature conservation

Amount: 6 Credits

• Importance and conception of the protection of plant biodiversity
• Selection and conservation of forest genetic resources
• Importance of most important location factors for growth and physiology of trees

Amount: 6 Credits

• Biodiversity features related to the stability and functionality of ecosystems.
• Methodological approaches and indices to quantify, analyse and assess biodiversity at different levels.
• Knowledge of modelling and analysis of biodiversity patterns.

Umfang: 6 Credits

• Insight into work flows of remote digital image processing
• Methods for the analysis of the spatial coexistence of geoobjects
• Independent editing of projects

Amount: 6 Credits

• Climate and soil protection through forests
• Important processes and parameters for carbon storage in the overall forest ecosystem
• Performing independent measurements and discussing these data in the context of global change and forest ecosystems

Amount: 6 Credits

• Methods of recording arthropod fauna
• Handling of basic procedures, assessment of their suitability, specificity and limitations
• Methods of recording mammalian and bird fauna
• Description, comparison and evaluation of the species composition of different habitat types in selected study areas

Amount: 6 Credits

• Introduction to different methods of wildlife monitoring and planning, including land use, abundance, GPS telemetry, photo traps and genetics.
• Critical discussion of the various methods and analysis procedures based on practical examples.

Amount: 6 Credits

• The goal of this course is to learn about and apply fauna and flora recording methods and to evaluate them against the background of nature conservation issues.
• Evaluation steps include the deepening of species knowledge, understanding of habitat requirements, ecological functionality and the statistical analysis of collected data.

Amount: 6 Credits

• Spatial analysis and evaluation
• Maintenance and development planning
• Consideration of desirable or required forest ecosystem services
• Identification and independent development of the required knowledge

Amount: 12 Credits

One of the following modules must be selected:

• Biodiversity
• Forest function, forest nature conservation and forest recreation planning
• Modern methods in ecology

Amount: 6 Credits

• Basic knowledge of physics and chemistry of wood
• Derivation of properties for the different usage possibilities

Amount: 6 Credits

• Structure and function of wood components and their regulation by external and internal factors
• Basics of tree transformation
• Macroscopic wood structure
• Microbial wood degradation

Amount: 6 Credits

• Basic knowledge of microbiology and biotechnology
• Important biotechnological industries and processes

Amount: 6 Credits

• Knowledge of the structure and properties of renewable raw materials
• Domestic and foreign timber
• Wood quality, fibres and biomass use
• Breeding of forest trees

Amount: 6 Credits

• Policy field analysis forestry and timber industry
• Business planning and decision-making methods
• Forestry and timber markets

Amount: 6 Credits

• Knowledge of wood technology
• Basics and technology of wood preservation
• How to construct a sawmill with additional processing possibilities

Amount: 6 Credits

• Innovative technologies in the wood industry
• Environmental technology in the wood industry
• Papermaking
• Process analysis and process control

Amount: 6 Credits

• Structure of wood-based materials
• Manufacture and use
• Biotechnology of wood composites and recycling

Amount: 6 Credits

• Wood as a source of energy
• Combustion and innovation
• Environmental aspects of wood combustion
• Ecological aspects of bioenergy use

Amount: 6 Credits

• Presentation of methods and approaches in wood technology based on selected examples
• The respective topic is dealt with in groups and in an interdisciplinary manner

• Independent handling of complex interdisciplinary tasks in the field of biotechnology
• The focus is on trees, fungi and their wood-relevant enzymes

Amount: 12 Credits

Scientific thesis on a specific question. Timeframe: 6 months

Amount: 30 Credits

Here you can choose elective modules from the Faculty of Forestry or related Master's programmes of other faculties or universities.

Amount: 6 Credits