Courses of study

The Chair of Forest Policy and the Economics of Forest Resources offers introductory and in-depth courses within all of the study programmes offered by the Department of Forest Sciences.
The chair also contributes to the ‘Spatial Planning and Natural Resources’ degree offered by the Faculty of Environmental Sciences.

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Important issues at a glance

Forest policy courses

We offer students a broad spectrum of courses in forest and environmental policy and resource economics. Additional aspects covered include forest history and forest law. You will find information on all of our courses on our webpages, as well as exam dates and topics for assignments/theses.

Courses in the economics of forest resources

Over the course of a series of modules, bachelor’s degree students are familiarised with economic principles and tools in direct conjunction with forest management and in close cooperation with other chairs. Master’s students are provided detailed knowledge of the economic processes within the forestry sector and relevant to forest use.

Final assignments/theses

Here you will find an overview of the master’s and bachelor’s final assignments offered and completed in recent years. If you would like to do your final assignment with us, please get in touch with the contact person named.

Courses

Courses in the area of forest policy primarily address the issues of national, European and international forest policy. The economics of forest resources discipline focuses on the opportunities and problems of cooperation between people in the area of forestry for the mutual benefit of all involved. The courses offered as part of the ‘Forest Sciences’ bachelor’s degree and the ‘Forest Sciences’ and the ‘Wood Technology and the Timber Industry’ master’s degrees are in German. The courses making up the ‘Tropical Forestry and Management’ master’s degree are in English. We also contribute to courses within the faculty’s ‘Spatial Planning and Natural Resources’ programme. In addition to the modules for which we are directly responsible, we also participate in numerous core and elective modules within these programmes.