Undergraduate Opportunities

Courses offered through the University of New Brunswick and College of Extended Learning.


FOR 2432 – Forest Inventory & Growth

This course focuses on the design and analysis of forest-level inventories.

FOR 2505 – Soils for Plant Growth

Students examine relationships between soils and plants, and related roles of water and nutrients.

FOR 3457 – Forest Watershed and Water Quality Management

Emphasizes principles affecting forest watershed management at the landscape level.

FOR 5281 – Introduction to GIS with Applications in Forestry & Environmental Management

Introduction to GIS via industry-standard ArcGIS Pro and emphasizes learning GIS through applied environmental management scenarios.

FOR 5282 – Advanced GIS with Applications in Forestry & Environmental Management

Advanced GIS via industry-standard ArcGIS suite and emphasizes learning GIS through applied environmental management scenarios.

FOR 5284 – LiDAR with Applications in Forestry & Environmental Management

 Introduction to core concepts, terminology and theory behind airborne laser scanning before leading students through the preparation of LiDAR point cloud datasets for use in ArcGIS Pro where they will be visualized, filtered and used to create common useful derivatives towards solving spatial questions.


BScF/BScEM Honours Thesis Projects

  • Violet Eliza-Sioux James. 2023. Relating SOC to DTW and BD by Statistical Analysis.
  • Hannah Green. 2023. Identification and mapping of thermal refuges on the Restigouche River watershed.
  • Elizabeth White. 2022. Mapping Soil Rutting Probability across Cut Block using LiDAR-derived Depth to Water and Topographic Position Index Layers.
  • Kayla Noble. 2012. Hydrological Risk in Costa Maya Mexico.

Interested in a Research Project with FWRS?

Check out the FOR:4991 Honours Research Project course offered at UNB

Click the link below for more details!