Forestry is a subject that studies how to recognize, cultivate, manage, protect and make rational use of forests. It is a comprehensive applied discipline formed and developed on the basis of the development of other natural disciplines.

Employment prospect of forestry specialty

The employment prospect of forestry is very promising. Graduates mainly go to forestry, agriculture, environmental protection and other departments to engage in forest cultivation, forest resources protection and forest ecological environment construction.

Forestry major study course

Forest botany, plant physiology, plant nutrition, forest genetics and breeding, biotechnology, soil and fertilizer science, forest environment science, forest entomology, forest pathology, forest ecology, measurement and remote sensing, etc.

Training objectives and requirements of forestry specialty

This major trains senior scientific and technological talents with knowledge of forest cultivation, forest genetics and breeding, forest pest control and quarantine, wild plant resources development and utilization, and can engage in forest cultivation, forest resources protection and forest ecological environment construction in forestry, agriculture and environmental protection departments.

Students in this major mainly study the basic theories and knowledge of forest cultivation (including economic forest cultivation), forest genetic breeding, forest pest control and the development and utilization of wild plant resources. Received training in forest seed selection, afforestation and greening, forest resources investigation and planning, forest pest control and quarantine, forest fire prevention management, wild plant utilization, etc., and have the basic ability of forest management plan preparation, forest cultivation, forest resources protection and forest ecological environment construction management.

Essential ability of forestry specialty

1. Have a solid knowledge of basic theories such as mathematics, physics and chemistry;

2. Master the basic theories and knowledge of forestry, biology, plant protection and environmental science;

3. Master the methods of soil physical and chemical properties analysis, forest physiological and biochemical analysis and forest resources investigation and evaluation, and master the techniques of forest seed selection, forest cultivation and tending, forest pest control and lint products processing and utilization;

4. Have the basic abilities of forest management plan preparation, forest cultivation, wild plant resources development and utilization, forest resources monitoring and forest ecological environment construction and management;

5 familiar with China's forestry sustainable development, forest ecological environment construction, forest resources protection and land greening principles, policies and regulations;

6. Understand the frontier of forestry theory at home and abroad, the application prospect of bioengineering technology, the development trend of forestry science and technology and the development trend of forestry production.