ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
The Department of Forestry is an academic discipline focused on the sustainable planning, management, protection, and operation of forest ecosystems, taking into account their biological, ecological, and socio-cultural characteristics. In this department, education in scientific knowledge and practical skills is provided in areas such as:
- 🌲 Establishment, maintenance, and protection of forests
- 🍃 Tree species and vegetation
- 🌍 Soil, water, and climate relationships
- 🔥 Firefighting and pest control
- 📏 Timber production and natural resource management
among other fields.
📅 HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM
🎯 MISSION, VISION, AND CORE VALUES OF THE PROGRAM
- 🌿 Sustainability and environmental awareness
- ⚖️ Ethical values and professional responsibility
- 🎓 Practice-oriented and qualified education
- 🚀 Innovation and technological development
- 🤝 Stakeholder cooperation and social contribution
🎯 EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS OF THE PROGRAM
- 📌 Target 1: Ensuring that at least 80% of students successfully complete their compulsory professional internship.
- 📌 Target 2: Ensuring that at least 70% of students are successful in practical vocational courses.
- 📌 Target 1: Ensuring that students acquire the ability to use basic tools, equipment, and simple digital applications (smartphone apps, basic computer software, etc.) used in forestry activities.
- 📌 Target 2: Ensuring student participation in sectoral activities and orientation events at a basic level in order to increase their professional awareness.
📌 PROGRAM OUTCOMES
- P.O-1: Possesses fundamental, scientific, current, and practical knowledge regarding the field of forestry.[cite: 1]
- P.O-2: Has knowledge about occupational health and safety, current environmental, and forestry legislation policies in professional applications.[cite: 1]
- P.O-3: Effectively uses current developments and practices in the field of forestry by following them.[cite: 1]
- P.O-4: Effectively uses modern technical tools and information technologies in the field of forestry.[cite: 1]
- P.O-5: Evaluates the planning, production, maintenance, and protection processes of forest resources with an analytical and critical approach to offer solutions.[cite: 1]
- P.O-6: Communicates verbally and in writing at the level of knowledge and skills, prepares technical reports, and continues professional development with a awareness of lifelong learning.[cite: 1]
- P.O-7: Takes responsibility as a team member in defining and solving complex, unforeseen problems encountered in forestry activities.[cite: 1]
- P.O-8: Plans field studies oriented toward professional applications and applies necessary measurement-evaluation techniques.[cite: 1]
- P.O-9: Takes responsibility by working in intra-disciplinary and multidisciplinary teams in accordance with ethical principles.[cite: 1]
- P.O-10: Explains the protection, development, and interrelationships of forest ecosystems as well as sustainable forestry principles and practices at national/international levels.[cite: 1]
🎓 ACADEMIC STAFF AND EDUCATIONAL APPROACH
Our program derives its educational quality from its strong academic staff holding doctoral degrees and senior engineer titles in their fields, making contributions to national and international literature. Our educational approach is practice-based and focused on vocational qualification.
• Lecturer Dr. Cemile ÇAKIR; Considering the topics worked on during her Master's and PhD theses, it is observed that her academic expertise focuses on "Forest inventory, biomass-volume estimation, and remote sensing-based analyses." She adopts a data-driven and analytical forestry perspective that merges classic forestry measurements with modern satellite data-based methods. She reflects her academic knowledge in areas such as "Forest Inventory," "Remote Sensing," and "Geographic Information Systems (GIS)"—including statistical modeling, carbon/biomass calculations, and digital image processing methods—into her courses. She ensures that students become individuals equipped with contemporary knowledge and understanding, who value national and international environmental assets.
• Lecturer Seçil YILDIRIM; With her thesis titled "Ecosystem-based carbon storage capacity of pure beech stands in Akkuş Forestry Directorate under Giresun Regional Directorate of Forestry," aiming to demonstrate the role of forest ecosystems in the context of climate change quantitatively and qualitatively, she shows her theoretical background in climate change-forest relationships, sustainable forestry, and ecosystem services. Yıldırım reflects her expertise in fields such as "Statistics," "Dendrometry," and "Forest Management" into her courses. She ensures that students not only recognize trees but also understand them as a whole within their environment as measurable entities, know how to access and use information, and become disciplined, adaptable, and collaborative individuals.
• Lecturer Cemil ÖZDEMİR; Has an interdisciplinary expertise dealing with the "forest soil-fire relationship" with his thesis titled "Determination of some soil properties after fire in Altınkaya dam basin." He reflects his competencies in areas such as "Watershed Management and Erosion Control," "Forest Fires and Fire Ecology," and "Ecosystem Management" into his courses. He ensures that students recognize the importance of sustainable use of natural resources, comprehend the meanings of natural disasters like erosion and floods, learn how to apply protective and fighting methods against threats to our forests, and become qualified individuals conscious of environmental awareness and multi-faceted forest benefits.
💻 TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND DIGITAL COMPETENCE
📈 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND VERTICAL TRANSFER
DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS
🎓 DEPARTMENT ACADEMIC STAFF
📌 PROGRAM ACADEMIC ADVISORS
| 1st Year | Lecturer Seçil YILDIRIM | 1861 |
| 2nd Year | Lecturer Cemil ÖZDEMİR | 1852 |