DEPARTMENT OF FOREST ECONOMICS
In Turkey, the origin of Department of Forest Economics goes back to ‘the Institute of Forest Yield and Management Economics’ which was established in 1934 at the Faculty of Forestry depends on the Higher Institute of Agriculture. In the year of 1948, Faculty of Forestry connected to the Istanbul University and thus The Institute has converted to the Chair; In 1977, Forest Mensuration and Management Economics Chair has divided and then Department of Forestry Economics, Forestry Law and Forest Yield and Biometrics have been founded. These disciplines are under the Department of Forest Economics in our Faculty.
Scientific interests of the Department of Forest Economics are extending wide variety of topics: all economic and social development related to forest resources, economic and social analyzes of all the functions contained in the forestry, all sectoral developments which are interact with forest resources, determining the value of forestry goods and services or nonmarket values, from social forestry to afforestation-environment-fire economics.
Department of Economics in the Faculty of Forestry was one of the nine departments of Ankara University on the establishment of the Çankırı Faculty of Forestry by the decision of Council of Ministers No. 94/6138 date and 24/08/1994 and began its operations in the academic year 1996-1997. In 2002 with the its first master`s degree graduate student, the department has started graduate studies.
Forest engineers graduated with a Master`s degree are
Evrim Parlaker
Üstüner Birben
Hasan Emre Ünal
Emrah Çolak
Küpra Saygın
Hülya Kılıç
Our department’s doctoral degree has started in 2010 and students of the program are as follows:
Seda Erkan Buğday
Hasan Emre Ünal
Ayla Deniz
Undergraduate courses of the Department of Economics
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Code
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Course Title
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ECTS
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T
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P
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HDS
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C/E/SO
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F/U
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Semester
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ORM109
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History of Forestry
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3
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2
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0
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2
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E
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F
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Fall
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|
ORM110
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Public Relations in Forestry
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3
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2
|
0
|
2
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E
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F
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Spring
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|
ORM213
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Marketing in Forestry
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3
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2
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0
|
2
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E
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F
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Fall
|
|
ORM218
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Forestry Accounting
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3
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2
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0
|
2
|
E
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F
|
Spring
|
|
ORM317
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Social Forestry
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3
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2
|
0
|
2
|
E
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F
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Fall
|
|
ORM403
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Law of Forestry
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3
|
3
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0
|
3
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C
|
|
Fall
|
|
ORM405
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Forestry Economics
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4
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
C
|
|
Fall
|
|
ORM406
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Forest Policy
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3
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
C
|
|
Spring
|
|
ORM409
|
Forest Administration Knowledge
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3
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
C
|
|
Fall
|
|
ORM419
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Forest Cadastre
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3
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
E
|
F
|
Fall
|
|
ORM420
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Basic Principles of Self-Employment in Forestry
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3
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2
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0
|
2
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E
|
F
|
Spring
|
|
ORM426
|
Environmental and Zoning Law
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3
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
E
|
F
|
Spring
|
|
ORM432
|
Practices for Forestry Law
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3
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2
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0
|
2
|
E
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F
|
Spring
|
Graduate courses of the Department of Economics
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Code
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Course Title
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ORM501
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Forestry in World Economy
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ORM502
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Project Appraisal in Forestry
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|
ORM503
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Social Analysis in Forestry
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|
ORM504
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Sustainable Rural Development
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|
ORM542
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Forest Policy Formulation
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|
ORM543
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Introduction To Scientific Research Methods
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|
ORM564
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Given Permissions Over State Forests
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|
ORM565
|
Natural Resources Law
|
|
ORM566
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Forest Cadastre Law
|
|
ORM578
|
Forest and Society Relationship
|
|
ORM579
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International Approaches to Forest Conservation
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