FORE437-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Advanced Wood Products Processing

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

This course connects the fundamental wood science concepts to primary and secondary wood processing. Specifically, the course provides students with advance knowledge in processing of solid wood, wood-based composite, and modified wood products from the theoretical and practical aspects highlighting product evaluation, manufacturing technology, and environmental impacts.

To transfer knowledge in processing of various value-added products include energy products from forest resources and their environmental impacts; to connect the students’ previous knowledge in wood science, manufacturing, and other related engineering disciplines to the processing and quality control of wood-based products through lectures and hands-on activities

Prerequisites

Subject to approval from the Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 20%
Lab reports 25%
Mid-semester test 15%
End-of-semester exam 15%
Term project 25%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,122.00

International fee $6,238.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Forestry .

All FORE437 Occurrences

  • FORE437-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025