Master's Degree Programme in Multiobjective Forest Management
Qualification Awarded and the Level of Qualification
Metsätalousinsinööri (YAMK) EQF 7
Special Admission Requirements
Hakukelpoisuuden antaa metsätalousinsinööri (AMK) -tutkinto tai muu vastaava kotimainen tai ulkomainen korkeakoulututkinto (esim. metsätieteiden kandidaatti, Bachelor of Forestry) tai metsätalousinsinöörin ammatillisen korkea-asteen tutkinto (opistoasteen metsätalousinsinööri). Haku valtakunnallisessa kevään 2. yhteishaussa.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Noudatetaan TAMKin yhteisiä hyväksilukukäytänteitä
Key Learning Outcomes
Metsien rooli hiilidioksidin ja muiden kasvihuonekaasujen kierrossa, mahdollisuudet vaikuttaa eri toimenpiteillä näihin
Metsäluonnon monimuotoisuus ja sen tilan parantamisen keinot
Vesistöjen tila ja metsätalouden vesistövaikutukset sekä haitallisten vesistövaikutusten minimointi metsätaloudessa
Metsä- ja luontotiedon hyödyntäminen monitavoitteisen metsien hoidon suunnittelussa ja toteutuksessa
Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples
Tutkinto antaa valmiudet vaativiin metsän- ja luonnonhoidon asiantuntijatehtäviin.
Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading
Opinnot arvioidaan numeroasteikolla 1-5
Mode of Study
Koulutus toteutetaan monimuoto-opetuksena. Lähi- ja etäopetusta on noin 5 tuntia opintopistettä kohden ja opiskelijan itsenäisen työn osuus on noin 22 tuntia/ opintopiste
Development of the Programme
Tutkinto-ohjelman suunnittelussa on lähdetty koulutustarpeesta, joka pohjautuu kansainvälisiin sopimuksiin koskien ilmastotavoitteiden saavuttamista ja luonnon monimuotoisuuden tilan parantamista. Myös Suomen omat kansalliset tavoitteet ovat toimineet lähtökohtana tutkinto-ohjelman laatimisessa. Laatimisvaiheessa on saatu kommentteja työelämän organisaatioilta ja omilta alumneilta.
Master´s Degree in Multiobjective Forest Management
Master´s Degree in Multiobjective Forest Management
Master´s Degree in Multiobjective Forest Management
Enrolment period
15.07.2024 - 31.08.2024
Timing
14.08.2024 - 25.10.2024
Credits
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
MD in Multiobjective Forest Management
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Multiobjective Forest Management
Teachers
- Petri Keto-Tokoi
- Päivi Tiiva
Person in charge
Petri Keto-Tokoi
Groups
-
23YMETSA
Objectives (course unit)
Student identifies areas suitable for restoration and is familiar with restoration methods in various forest, wetland, and aquatic habitats. Student is capable of planning restoration measures and assessing their costs and impacts. They are knowledgeable about funding opportunities related to restoration.
Content (course unit)
Restoration objectives, planning, implementation, and monitoring. Assessing site suitability. Forest restoration methods. Peatland restoration methods. River, pond, and spring restoration methods. Impacts of restoration. Costs and financing possibilities of restoration.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
The student has a general understanding of suitable restoration sites and restoration methods. They are familiar with the process of restoration planning and can act as a supporting expert in the development of a restoration plan. The student is aware of the key impacts and significant costs associated with restoration measures.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
The student is familiar with and can identify suitable restoration sites in the field. They are knowledgeable about restoration methods used in various forest, wetland, and aquatic habitats and can choose the appropriate restoration method for each situation. The student is capable of independently planning restoration measures and assessing their costs and impacts. They are also aware of the financing opportunities related to restoration.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
The student has a comprehensive understanding of various forest, wetland, and aquatic habitats suitable for restoration, both in theory and practical situations. They can compare the impacts and costs of different restoration methods in the planning phase and select the most suitable method or combination of methods for a given site. They are familiar with financing opportunities related to restoration and can assess the costs of site restoration and prepare a funding application.
Assessment scale
0-5
Enrolment period
21.10.2024 - 21.11.2024
Timing
01.11.2024 - 31.05.2025
Credits
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
MD in Multiobjective Forest Management
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Multiobjective Forest Management
Teachers
- Petri Keto-Tokoi
- Päivi Tiiva
Person in charge
Petri Keto-Tokoi
Groups
-
24YMETSA
Objectives (course unit)
The student understands the various perspectives associated with the concept of sustainability and the constraints it imposes on forest use. They are familiar with the main aspects of carbon and other climate-affecting substances cycling in forest ecosystems. They know the interactions between forests and the atmosphere, as well as the predicted impacts of climate change on ecosystems and the challenges of climate change adaptation. They understand how the carbon balance of forests, peatlands, and forest industry products is formed and how different actions targeting forests can affect it. The student is aware of the role of forests, wetlands, and trees as carbon reservoirs. They are knowledgeable about the current state of forest biodiversity and the challenges of ensuring its preservation. They are familiar with methods to enhance biodiversity conservation beyond the current practices. The student is knowledgeable about essential aspects of aquatic ecology, the background of forestry-related water impacts, and the potential of water protection methods for reducing water pollution.
Content (course unit)
Concepts of weak and strong sustainability. Indicators and constraints of sustainability. Challenges and methods for enhancing biodiversity conservation. Carbon economy of forests, peatlands, and forest industry products. Climate change and the challenges of adaptation. Aquatic ecology, water impacts of forestry, and their causes. Methods of water protection and their potential for reducing water pollution.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
The student is familiar with the scientific basis of the environmental impacts of forestry processes. However, their ability to apply this knowledge to practical solutions is still lacking, as well as their readiness to communicate these effects to forest owners and other stakeholders.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
The student is familiar with the scientific basis of the environmental impacts underlying forestry processes. They are able to combine this knowledge with practical solutions and communicate the effects to forest owners and other stakeholders.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
The student has an extensive understanding of the scientific basis behind the environmental impacts of forestry processes. They can apply and integrate this knowledge into practical solutions, present alternative approaches, and provide comprehensive and analytical explanations of their effects to forest owners and other stakeholders.
Assessment scale
0-5
Enrolment period
01.01.2025 - 30.04.2025
Timing
01.01.2025 - 31.07.2025
Credits
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
MD in Multiobjective Forest Management
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Multiobjective Forest Management
Teachers
- Petri Keto-Tokoi
- Lari-Pekka Välitalo
Person in charge
Timo Parkkinen
Groups
-
24YMETSA
Objectives (course unit)
The student is aware of the availability of open forest and environmental data and knows where to find it. They can utilize open forest and environmental data in multi-objective forest management planning. They are proficient in using GIS software (e.g., QGIS) and tools, and can effectively apply spatial data and analysis in forest and environmental management.
Content (course unit)
Forest and environmental spatial datasets and tools and spatial data analysis. Utilizing the aforementioned in targeting, planning, and monitoring of different forest management and conservation actions.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
The student is able to utilize open forest and biodiversity data in multi-objective forest management planning in common situations. They can use a geospatial software tool (e.g., QGIS) to leverage forest and biodiversity information effectively.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
The student is proficient in utilizing diverse open forest and biodiversity data in multi-objective forest management planning. They are skilled in using geospatial software (e.g., QGIS) and tools proficiently for leveraging forest and biodiversity information.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
The student is adept at utilizing diverse and creative ways of leveraging open forest and biodiversity data in multi-objective forest management planning. They can flexibly use various geospatial software and their tools, while also generating innovative applications for utilizing forest and biodiversity information.
Assessment scale
0-5
Enrolment period
02.07.2024 - 20.09.2024
Timing
12.09.2024 - 31.10.2024
Credits
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
MD in Multiobjective Forest Management
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Multiobjective Forest Management
Teachers
- Petri Keto-Tokoi
- Päivi Tiiva
Person in charge
Petri Keto-Tokoi
Groups
-
24YMETSA
Objectives (course unit)
The student is familiar with various forest management methods and the possibilities of using them more flexibly to achieve and reconcile different objectives of forest use. They are knowledgeable about even-aged, two-aged, and uneven-aged forest management, as well as the effects of selection cutting, rotation length adjustment, tree species selection, and mixed forests on the ecosystem services provided by forests. The student is capable of assessing and illustrating to forest owners the impacts, benefits, drawbacks, and risks of different forest management practices. They can select forest management methods that best align with the diverse objectives set for forest use.
Content (course unit)
Identifying and specifying the forest owner's objectives into practical silvicultural treatments. Assessing and visualizing their effects. Ecological forest management. Conservation-oriented forest management. Growing uneven-aged forests. Growing mixed forests. The impact of rotation length on goal attainment. Growing climate-resilient forests. Principle of adaptive planning
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
The student is familiar with various silvicultural methods. They have a general understanding of their flexible application to achieve and reconcile different objectives. They are aware of the key impacts, costs, and risks associated with these methods.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
The student has a strong understanding of various forest cultivation methods and can apply them in practical implementation to achieve and reconcile different objectives. They are capable of assessing the impacts, costs, and risks associated with these methods.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
The student has an excellent understanding of various silvicultural methods. They can flexibly apply them in practical implementation to achieve and reconcile different objectives. They can assess the impacts, costs, and risks associated with these methods and effectively illustrate them in a clear and logical manner.
Assessment scale
0-5
Enrolment period
01.10.2024 - 30.11.2024
Timing
01.10.2024 - 31.12.2024
Credits
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
MD in Multiobjective Forest Management
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Multiobjective Forest Management
Teachers
- Päivi Tiiva
Person in charge
Päivi Tiiva
Groups
-
24YMETSA
Objectives (course unit)
1. Thesis Planning (gates 1-3), 5 cr
Goals and contents
- being able to select and delimit a topic for a working life based thesis, which supports the student’s own learning, and to write a thesis plan according to TAMK’s thesis instructions
- being able to use national and international sources and adhere to copyrights in planning the thesis,
- being able to choose the proper data collection and analysis methods, to consider the matters regarding data protection as well as the ethical principles of the field in question.
Content (course unit)
Implementation parts
- idea paper, data search, preliminary literature review
- thesis plan
- thesis contract/permission
- peer review
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104. In the thesis guide there is seperate master's thesis assessment criteria. During the process 'Thesis plan' is assessed as failed/passed. In the end of the thesis process failed/passed is turned to a general rating.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104. In the thesis guide there is seperate master's thesis assessment criteria. During the process 'Thesis plan' is assessed as failed/passed. In the end of the thesis process failed/passed is turned to a general rating.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104. In the thesis guide there is seperate master's thesis assessment criteria. During the process 'Thesis plan' is assessed as failed/passed. In the end of the thesis process failed/passed is turned to a general rating.
Assessment scale
0-5
Enrolment period
21.01.2025 - 07.02.2025
Timing
01.01.2025 - 31.07.2025
Credits
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
MD in Multiobjective Forest Management
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Multiobjective Forest Management
Teachers
- Petri Keto-Tokoi
- Päivi Tiiva
Person in charge
Timo Parkkinen
Groups
-
24YMETSA
Objectives (course unit)
The student is familiar with the goals and policy instruments related to biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions, sinks, and water protection set by the United Nations, the European Union, and Finland. They understand their significance and the means of their implementation and practices, particularly concerning forest use in Finland. The student is knowledgeable about the Metso and Helmi programs. They are aware of various funding sources for nature conservation, restoration, nature management, water protection, as well as greenhouse gas emissions reduction and sink enhancement, including emerging practices, markets, and developmental challenges of ecological compensations and carbon offsets.
Content (course unit)
Goals set by the United Nations, the European Union, and national policies in Finland (including the UN Biodiversity Convention, EU Forest and Biodiversity Strategies, EU Restoration Regulation, national forest and biodiversity strategies). Frameworks established by legislation (such as the EU Water Framework Directive, Restoration Regulation, Finnish Nature Conservation Act). Action programs (such as Metso, Helmi). Metka and other state subsidies. Compensation mechanisms and their development. The role of various organizations in achieving the goals.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
The student has a general understanding of the biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions and sinks, and water conservation goals related to the United Nations, the European Union, and Finland, as well as their significance for forest use.
The student is familiar with the Metso and Helmi programs and other sources of funding, but their expertise in the specific details of implementing these programs is lacking.
The student has basic knowledge of the possibilities offered by various carbon emissions and biodiversity compensation mechanisms.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
The student is familiar with the goals of the United Nations, the European Union, and Finland regarding biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions and sinks, and water conservation, as well as their significance for forest use.
The student is knowledgeable about the Metso and Helmi programs, as well as other sources of funding, and can utilize them in their work and communicate their opportunities and impacts to landowners.
The student is aware of various carbon emissions and biodiversity compensation mechanisms and can explain the opportunities they offer to landowners.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
The student is familiar with the goals and policy instruments related to biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions and sinks, and water conservation set by the United Nations, the European Union, and Finland, as well as the challenges associated with these goals. They understand their significance in relation to forest use.
The student is knowledgeable about suitable targets for the Metso and Helmi programs and other sources of funding, and can effectively utilize them in their work. They can creatively communicate these opportunities, taking into account the landowner's values, objectives, and situation.
Assessment scale
0-5