You will participate in a winter camp and apply the principles of snowmobile safety, winter emergency survival techniques and ice-rescue techniques. You will increase your competency for working under arduous conditions while exploring winter ecology in a boreal setting.

Credit Units: 2

Lab Hours: 30

Learning Method(s): Lab/Practical

You will be introduced to scientific research and accessing and incorporating scientific literature. These elements are combined in a research project that will provide you with the opportunity to assemble, synthesize and report your research findings in a technical report format.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will be introduced to the fundamentals of professional conduct, public relations, letter writing, interoffice communication, oral presentations and job search skills.

Credit Units: 3

Other Hours: 45

Equivalent Course(s): COMM 341

Learning Method(s): Prior Learning, Lecture/Lab

Your studies will introduce you to basic word processing skills such as creating, editing and formatting documents, building tables, using templates and applying styles.

Credit Units: 1

Other Hours: 15

Equivalent Course(s): CKEY 187, COAP 196, COAP 343, COMP 120, COMP 154

Learning Method(s): Prior Learning, Print Distance Individual, Lecture/Lab, Web CT/Blackboard, Work Based Delivery

You will study the basic features of Excel. You will learn to format spreadsheet elements, create simple charts and use simple formulas and functions.

Credit Units: 1

Other Hours: 15

Equivalent Course(s): COAP 138, COAP 197, COAP 344, COMP 120

Learning Method(s): Prior Learning, Print Distance Individual, Lecture/Lab, Web CT/Blackboard, Work Based Delivery

You will study the intermediate features of Excel. Using the skills and knowledge you acquired in COMP 174 or COMP 172, you will learn to work with multiple worksheets, create and modify several chart types, perform data manipulation features and use more advanced spreadsheet functions.

Credit Units: 1

Other Hours: 15

Prerequisites(s): COMP 172, COMP 174

Equivalent Course(s): COAP 344

Learning Method(s): Prior Learning, Print Distance Individual, Lecture/Lab, Web CT/Blackboard

You will examine the natural world scientifically in an attempt to explain how life on earth is sustained. You will review human population development with its increasing resource requirements. You will study sustainable resource management applied to urban and natural environments including associated risks of hazardous materials. You will take a global perspective using objective risk analysis and environmental ethics.

Credit Units: 3

Other Hours: 45

Equivalent Course(s): ENVR 440

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will study a variety of photographic techniques in resource management and resource enforcement. You will create digital images and videos to be integrated into documentation.

Credit Units: 1

Other Hours: 15

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will learn how to operate motorboats on lakes and rivers. You will become familiar with routine field maintenance, troubleshooting and operation procedures in hazardous conditions. At the conclusion of the course, you will be asked to complete the test for the National Coast Guard boating certificate.

Credit Units: 1

Other Hours: 15

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will apply wildland fire management fundamentals including fire detection, assessment and reporting, fire safety and organization, fire weather, fire behaviour as well as response planning systems. You will participate in field exercises in fire pump set-up, hose handling, sprinkler system set-up, two-way radio communication and the use of hand tools and fire foam. A simulation exercise in basic fire tactics is integral to the course.

Credit Units: 4

Other Hours: 60

Learning Method(s): Prior Learning, Lecture/Lab

You will describe forest practices that are common in Saskatchewan. You will specify forest harvest and transportation systems, identify the methods for proper harvest and transportation operations, and learn basic forest measurement techniques and calculations. You will also perform a timber cruise where you will be required to prescribe appropriate harvest systems and techniques.

Credit Units: 5

Other Hours: 75

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will achieve a basic understanding of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) concepts and principles. You will learn how to display spatial data, work with tables and create a map layout using ArcGIS for desktop.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Equivalent Course(s): GIS 350, GIS 440

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab, Web CT/Blackboard

You will receive an introduction to GPS for resource managers. You will review basic GPS theory and principles of geodesy (including positioning methods, errors and error management). You will gain hands-on experience using single-frequency GPS receivers. You will learn how to navigate using handheld GPS receivers. You must complete a small project from the planning stage to final data output. You will also learn how to put GPS data into different file formats.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Learning Method(s): Prior Learning, Lecture/Lab

Your studies will focus on mapping systems and compassing. You will interpret maps and develop skills in ground and map measurements. You will learn the basics of internet mapping software.

Credit Units: 3

Other Hours: 45

Equivalent Course(s): MAPS 340

Learning Method(s): Prior Learning, Lecture/Lab, Web CT/Blackboard

You will gain an understanding of the diversity and richness of First Nations and Metis cultures, histories and current issues.

Credit Units: 1

Other Hours: 15

Equivalent Course(s): NAST 340

Learning Method(s): Prior Learning, Lecture/Lab

You will learn the general principles associated with the use of aerial photographs and the practical application of identification, interpretation, ground truthing and measurements of ground features.

Credit Units: 3

Other Hours: 45

Learning Method(s): Prior Learning, Lecture/Lab

You will describe the creation and construction of legislation, the Summary Offences Procedures Act and the provincial and federal resource protection statutes and regulations.

Credit Units: 3

Other Hours: 45

Equivalent Course(s): RLAW 342

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will describe the treaties, Natural Resources Transfer Agreement, Constitution Act 1982 and case law with respect to the special rights of Aboriginal people to the resources.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Equivalent Course(s): RLAW 344

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab, Web CT/Blackboard

An overview of the specific legislation, regulations and policies affecting forestry and natural resources management in Saskatchewan will help you recognize the principles and theories of resource management and law enforcement.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Equivalent Course(s): FORE 441, RLAW 350

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will cover the spatial and temporal variation of life. You will explore the factors that influence the distribution of life and the competitive forces that restrict or enhance population growth. You will receive a summary evaluation of human's role in ecosystems.

Credit Units: 1

Lecture Hours: 15

Equivalent Course(s): RSRC 340

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory, Web CT/Blackboard

You will be introduced to processes and features that help shape and define the landscape of Saskatchewan. You will learn about fluvial and glacial geomorphologic processes and will be able to describe their associated landforms. This will provide you a foundation for the study of soils, parent material and corresponding vegetation. You will apply your knowledge of geology, soils and vegetation within the integrated context of ecological land classification.

Credit Units: 3

Other Hours: 45

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will learn the basic survival techniques involving clothing, shelter building, fire, signaling and collecting food and water. You will also learn how to deal with wildlife during dangerous encounters.

Credit Units: 1

Other Hours: 15

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will learn how to identify safety concerns and appropriate safety procedures related to your program. You will become familiar with standard safety courses (such as the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System and Transportation of Dangerous Goods).

Credit Units: 1

Lecture Hours: 15

Learning Method(s): Prior Learning, Lecture/Theory

To meet Saskatchewan Environment's goals, you will receive aviation safety training and become a safer and more knowledgeable passenger. This course is for those who work around or fly in aircraft in specialty or regular charter flying.

Credit Units: 1

Lecture Hours: 15

Learning Method(s): Prior Learning, Lecture/Theory

You will learn how to operate and maintain field vehicles and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). You will also learn how to load and unload an ATV. Upon successful course completion, you will receive certification from the Canada Safety Council for ATV training.

Credit Units: 1

Other Hours: 15

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will be introduced to statistics for the purpose of summarizing and communicating scientific information. Your studies will include distributions of data summarized as to central tendencies and patterns of dispersion as well as point estimates, intervals and graphical representations of data.

Credit Units: 1

Other Hours: 15

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will learn how to identify specific terrestrial and aquatic vegetation by field characteristics and site characteristics.

Credit Units: 4

Other Hours: 60

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will examine how wildlife populations relate to their environments. You will learn the life history and biology of Saskatchewan big game mammals, upland game birds, waterfowl, non-game wildlife, fish species, as well as threatened and endangered species. You will also learn the management challenges, strategies and goals for these species, and the environmental laws pertaining to threatened and endangered species.

Credit Units: 3

Lecture Hours: 45

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory

You will participate in an organized tour of winter forestry practices. Harvesting procedures, access roads, mill processing procedures and milling yields will be emphasized.

Credit Units: 2

Lab Hours: 30

Equivalent Course(s): CAMP 352

Learning Method(s): Lab/Practical

At the end of your first year of training, you will attend our boreal field camp. You will apply the knowledge, skills and management techniques you have learned to effectively measure and predict wood volumes, plan harvests and implement re-forestation and silvicultural procedures.

Credit Units: 3

Lab Hours: 45

Equivalent Course(s): CAMP 353

Learning Method(s): Lab/Practical

You will learn how to use chainsaws in a field setting. This will include proper cutting techniques and safety procedures.

Credit Units: 1

Other Hours: 15

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will describe the processes of plant life from the cellular level, growth and reproduction, photosynthesis, respiration, fluid translocation and germination. You will identify a plant's contribution to society and the ecosystem with emphasis on forestry plants. You will also identify some physical properties of wood.

Credit Units: 3

Other Hours: 45

Equivalent Course(s): FEMT 410, FORE 342

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will describe and identify general pest, disease, climatic and pollution damage agents that represent forest health concerns in Saskatchewan.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Equivalent Course(s): FEMT 323, FORE 342

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

Your studies will focus on the applied fundamentals of forest entomology and pathology, and integrated ecological pest detection, monitoring and control activities.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Equivalent Course(s): FEMT 423

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will use the fundamentals of forest ecosystem management and a variety of public communications and public input techniques to describe operational forest planning in Saskatchewan.

Credit Units: 4

Other Hours: 60

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will receive an introduction to forest and resource management economic principles and their implications in forest planning and operations. You will examine forest management as an entrepreneurial business from an accounting perspective. You will consider the price of time in making forest decisions and discuss the criteria for making business decisions. You will describe forest planning principles (such as sustained yield, rotation age, annual allowable cut and age class imbalances). Working with a set of objectives, you will gather and record field data on a forest management area to make rational decisions regarding your woodlot. You will propose a forest operating plan for evaluation, and report on an operating plan review meeting.

Credit Units: 5

Other Hours: 75

Prerequisites(s): FORE 402, FORE 403, GIS 101, GIS 401

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will analyze current forest stewardship certification systems and environmental indicators with a view to their relevance to sustainable forest management. In consultation with an instructor or forestry sector partner, you will plan, complete and document a short investigative project related to forest auditing.

Credit Units: 3

Other Hours: 45

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will receive an introduction to applied biomonitoring principles and techniques specific to wildlife and aquatics in forested environments.

Credit Units: 3

Other Hours: 45

Equivalent Course(s): FEMT 524

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will examine the interrelationship between forests, watersheds and aquatic habitats. You will learn the principles of forest hydrology and practical skills for calculating water budgets, measuring precipitation, determining stream flow and assessing the health of riparian systems. You will also learn about aquatic ecology with an emphasis on fish and fish habitat sensitivities in the boreal forest. You will then consider these physical and ecological perspectives in the context of recognizing, preventing and mitigating forestry-related impacts on terrestrial and aquatic systems.

Credit Units: 4

Other Hours: 60

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will study fire history and fire ecology to evaluate the effects of fire within natural ecosystems.

Credit Units: 4

Other Hours: 60

Learning Method(s): Prior Learning, Lecture/Lab

You will examine the dangers from wildfire associated with living in wildland/urban interface areas. Your studies will focus on mitigation techniques that can be applied through public and local government involvement. Your field exercises will include the completion of hazard reduction plans for wildland/urban interface areas.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Equivalent Course(s): FIRE 381, FIRE 540

Learning Method(s): Prior Learning, Lecture/Lab

You will apply the principles of arson investigation in a forestry context.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Prerequisites(s): FIRE 101

Equivalent Course(s): FIRE 584

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will evaluate common forest products and manufacturing systems, and value-added principles. You will also study the relationships between forest products and ecosystem management.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Equivalent Course(s): FORE 352

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will use your field and analytical skills to conduct forest assessments (such as Permanent Sample Plots, Permanent Ecological Sample Plots, non-consumptive values and non-timber values). You will employ the principles and techniques for evaluating and monitoring forest growth and yield in various methods to prepare for timber supply analysis. You will construct and use a variety of tables to determine the value of unprocessed forest products.

Credit Units: 5

Other Hours: 75

Prerequisites(s): FORE 101

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will design, conduct, supervise, plan, lay out and audit forest stand tending activities and forest renewal efforts. While performing a variety of operational field activities, you will assess the benefits, timing, relative costs and equipment usage of silviculture operations. The operational aspect will include determination, proposals, pricing, quality and costing. You will also undertake the formulation and conduct of Pre-Harvest Silviculture Prescriptions.

Credit Units: 4

Other Hours: 60

Prerequisites(s): FEMT 301, FORE 101, TAX 100

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

Your studies will focus on identifying log volumes and values, and Saskatchewan's royalty assessments. This is a preparatory course to obtain a Saskatchewan forest scaling license.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Prerequisites(s):

Equivalent Course(s): FORE 453

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will apply the principles and techniques required for planning, constructing, managing and retiring forest access. You will prepare a plan for an all-weather forest access road as well as discuss skidding, yarding systems and harvest dristribution.

Credit Units: 3

Other Hours: 45

Equivalent Course(s): FORE 470

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will describe factors of vegetation management that deal with viewshed, riparian buffers, and windbreaks. You will describe some proposal and contract procedures. You will also investigate the various agroforestry practices and their potential benefits at the provincial and other levels.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will build on the skills and concepts learned in GIS 101 (Geographic Information Systems for Resource Managers 1). You will input data and examine how coordinate systems and scale relate to Geographic Information Systems (GIS). You will learn spatial analysis techniques and apply your skills in a resource management project.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Prerequisites(s): GIS 101

Equivalent Course(s): GIS 440

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab, Web CT/Blackboard

You will be introduced to horticultural practices with practical application to pruning landscape trees and shrubs within an urban environment. You will study exotic plant species and their identification, establishment and maintenance. Your background in landscaping and plants will aid in an assessment of a site visit for the purpose of recommending horticultural practices. You will be provided with an insight to a variety of urban forestry equipment and their relative costs and safe use.

Credit Units: 3

Other Hours: 45

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will apply the principles of human resource management by exploring human behaviour, motivation, supervision, leadership, teamwork and effective project management. The course also provides a detailed look at current human resource management systems.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Equivalent Course(s): HUMR 350

Learning Method(s): Prior Learning, Lecture/Lab

You will learn and practice the math fundamentals required for analyzing and solving forestry-related questions and problems.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Equivalent Course(s): MATH 350

Learning Method(s): Prior Learning, Lecture/Lab

You will examine several aspects of the land use planning process. You will also organize a resource management conference.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Equivalent Course(s): MGMT 445

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will describe and demonstrate safe working skills related to Occupational Health and Safety requirements and in forestry activities.

Credit Units: 1

Lecture Hours: 15

Learning Method(s): Prior Learning, Lecture/Theory

Building predictive models from empirical data lies at the heart of resource management procedures. You will apply statistics, compare samples and make management decisions based on comprehensive data analysis.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Prerequisites(s): STAT 122

Equivalent Course(s): STAT 440

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will be introduced to satellite imagery. Your studies will include remote interpretation techniques for natural resource management applications.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Equivalent Course(s): SYST 340

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab, Web CT/Blackboard

Commercial forests provide habitat for a wide variety of wildlife species. Forestry operations affect wildlife habitat. You will receive an introduction to the habitat relationships of forest-dwelling wildlife, how forestry operations alter wildlife habitats and how wildlife concerns are integrated into forest management.

Credit Units: 2

Other Hours: 30

Equivalent Course(s): FEMT 320

Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab

You will participate in and report on a six-week work experience. You will apply and demonstrate your knowledge and skills in the field of forestry.

Credit Units: 0

Lab Hours: 180

Equivalent Course(s): WORK 450

Learning Method(s): Work Experience -Individual