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TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY KATHMANDU, NEPAL CURRICULA MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS July 2019 ii TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY KATHMANDU, NEPAL CURRICULA Master of Science in Forestry Master of Science in Watershed Management Master of Science in Natural Resource Management and Rural Development Master of Science in Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Conservation Master of Science in Community Forestry Master of Science in Mountain Environment and Development Studies July 2019 iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We feel honored to have responsibility of facilitating curricula review and development of M.Sc. programs of Institute of Forestry (IOF). We would like to express our sincere thanks to the Dean, IOF for entrusting us this responsibility. With the kind and sincere cooperation and assistance from many individuals and institutions, the curricula have been developed. Despite all our efforts to make it error free, there always exists room for improvement. We would highly appreciate if you could provide your comments and suggestions to Office of the Dean, IOF for further improvement in the curricula. The Dean, Assistant Deans, Campus Chiefs, Subject Committee Chairs, concerned departments, individual faculties, academicians, professionals and different concerned organizations have contributed various types of supports and help to complete this work. We express profound gratitude to all the involved individuals and organizations for their meticulous comments, feedback and persistent help in this mission. At last, we would like to express our gratitude to Prof. Mohan Krishna Balla for editing the curricula. Prof. Binod Prasad Heyojoo, Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Yajna Prasad Timilsina, Member Asst. Prof. Bishnu Prasad Devkota, Member Secretary (M.Sc. Curriculum Review and Development Committee, IOF) iv FOREWORD Curriculum revision and improvement is dynamic process and includes the adoption, modification or deletion of specific programs or courses, the design and evaluation of proposed programs or courses, and the selection of compatible and appropriate instructional materials. The Institute of Forestry has revised the curricula of master’s degree programs incorporating new and relevant courses of studies. The curriculum of M. Sc. in Forestry has been revised for the third time whereas M. Sc. in Watershed Management and M. Sc. in Natural Resource Management and Rural Development have been revised for the second time. The M. Sc. in Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Conservation curriculum has been revised for the first time. Realizing national and global needs of professionals in the field of mountain environment and sustainable development and providing training to professionals for managing and promoting community forestry in Nepal and across the globe, we have also introduced two new master’s degree programs: M.Sc. in Mountain Environment and Development Studies, and M.Sc. in Community Forestry from this year. I would like to thank M.Sc. curricula revision committee members viz. Prof. Binod Prasad Heyojoo-Coordinator, Assoc. Prof. Yajna Prasad Timilsina, Asst. Prof. Bishnu Prasad Devkota and Asst. Prof. Dr. Dhurba Bijaya G.C. for their hard work and coordination to accomplish the job. I duly acknowledge the Higher Education Project, Tribhuvan University and IOF- NORHED SUNREM project for the financial support in the curricula revision initiatives. Prof. Krishna Raj Tiwari, PhD Dean v TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................................................................................................. iv FOREWORD ...................................................................................................................................................... v 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 1 2. MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS ............................................................................................................ 2 2.1 Name of programs ................................................................................................................................... 2 2.2 Objectives of programs ............................................................................................................................ 2 2.3 Program duration and academic session .................................................................................................. 4 2.4 Admission requirements .......................................................................................................................... 4 2.5 Student categories .................................................................................................................................... 5 2.6 Entrance examination .............................................................................................................................. 5 2.7 Evaluation and examination system ........................................................................................................ 5 2.8 Medium and methods of instruction ........................................................................................................ 6 2.9 Course codes ............................................................................................................................................ 6 2.10 Credit system ......................................................................................................................................... 6 2.11 Registration ............................................................................................................................................ 6 2.12 Course structure ..................................................................................................................................... 6 3. M. SC. FORESTRY COURSES ................................................................................................................... 9 4. M. SC. WATERSHED MANAGEMENT COURSES ............................................................................... 10 5. M. SC. NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES......... 11 6. M. SC. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION COURSES ............... 12 7. M. SC. COMMUNITY FORESTRY COURSES ....................................................................................... 13 8. M. SC. MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES COURSES ........................ 14 9. DESCRIPTIONS OF COURSES ................................................................................................................ 15 vi 1. INTRODUCTION The Institute of Forestry (initially named as Nepal Forestry Institute) was established in Kathmandu in 1947 AD (2004 B. S.). In 1957, the then Nepal Forestry Institute was shifted to Suping (Bhimphedi) in Makwanpur district and later to Hetauda in 1965. It was then incorporated into Tribhuvan University in July 1972 and was renamed as Institute of Forestry (IOF). Institute of Forestry is a pioneer institution in Nepal that provides academic education in the field of forestry, biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. During 1970s, Institute of Forestry provided training and education to mid-level forestry professionals (Rangers). The academic program of Institute of Forestry was expanded to Bachelor of Science in Forestry in1981 and in the same year, the Bachelor degree program was shifted to Pokhara. In 2001, IOF started Master degree program in forestry. Later in 2004, two additional master degree programs, M.Sc. Watershed Management and M.Sc. Natural Resource Management and Rural Development were launched. IOF started offering the PhD degree in forestry from 2004 and another Master degree program in Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Conservation in 2018. IOF has started two more M.Sc. programs namely, Community Forestry, and Mountain Environment and Development Studies in 2019. At present, the Dean’s office of IOF is in the premises of Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu. In addition to other regular activities, the Dean’s office has also responsibility of operating the PhD and M.Sc. (Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Conservation, Mountain Environment and Development Studies) programs in Kathmandu. IOF’s two constituent campuses: Pokhara Campus and Hetauda Campus are implementing B.Sc. Forestry program and M.Sc. Programs. The Kathmandu Forestry College, an affiliated campus of the IOF is also implementing B.Sc. Forestry and M.Sc. NRMRD programs. IOF has the mission to develop technically sound and competent, and socially compatible human resources in the field of forestry, biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. The objectives of the IOF are to design and implement educational programs that can address the needs and interest of the country in the area of forestry, produce competent professionals in the field of natural resource management, conduct research to address the practical problems of the society and develop IOF as the center of excellence in forestry and natural resources management education and research. 1 2. MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS 2.1 Name of programs M. Sc. Forestry M. Sc. Watershed Management M. Sc. Natural Resource Management and Rural Development M. Sc. Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Conservation M. Sc. Community Forestry M. Sc. Mountain Environment and Development Studies 2.2 Objectives of programs 2.2.1 M. Sc. Forestry The objective