Natural Resources and Environmental Technology (NRET) Diploma
ObjectivesThis program teaches skills that are valuable to forestry, oil/gas/mining exploration, utilities sectors, municipalities, parks – you’ll be useful to any organization that develops, explores, researches or protects our forests and natural resources.
Academic titleNatural Resources and Environmental Technology (NRET) Diploma
Course descriptionSemester 1 September to December
FOR 161 Forest Measurements 1
FOR 177 Introduction to Computers
MATH 195 Mathematics for Technologies
NRES 150 Silvics and Dendrology
NRES 155 Indigenous Plants: Identification, Autoecology & Cultural Uses
NRES 157 Introduction to Forest Soils
NRES 158 Ornithology & Mammalogy
NRES 170 Aerial Photography and Image Interpretation
Semester 2 January to April
ENGL 103 Composition and Style
FORS 202 Forest Ecology
FOR 162 Forest Measurements II
FOR 164 Fire Management
FNST 100 An Introduction to the World View of First Nations People
NRES 160 Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
NRES 180 Introduction to Earth Sciences
NRES 185 Geomatics and Cartography
Semester 3 September to December
ENGL 195 Effective Communication I
FOR 253 Silviculture I FOR 254 Silviculture II
FOR 263 Forest Measurements III
FOR 273 Habitat Management
NRES 250 Natural Resources Policy and Practice
NRES 265 Natural Resources Seminar I
NRES 267 Supervisory Skills
NRES 270 Forest Engineering I
Semester 4 January to April
ENGL 252 Technical Communications
NRES 289 Natural Resource Finance
NRES 255 Forest Health
NRES 285 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems