Bachelor i skogfag

The bachelor in forestry is an interdisciplinary study covering forest management and silviculture throughout, plus technical competence, biological diversity, the forest environment, accounting and leadership. Students spend much time in the field and in data labs learning technology for forest monitoring and planning. Semesters one to three are common to all students. Semester four includes two compulsory courses, an elective and four weeks of practice with partner host organisations. In semester five, students choose exchange, natural-science courses or business-oriented courses, and the sixth semester includes a bachelor thesis. It awards a bachelor's degree (180 credits) at Nord University's Steinkjer campus. Admission requires general higher education entrance qualification, or realkompetanse for applicants aged 25 or older. Graduates may work as forestry managers, municipal forestry chiefs, or in timber trade and industry.