COMPULSORY PRACTICAL VACATION WORK:

FOREST AND RESOURCE SCIENCE

AND WOOD PRODUCTS SCIENCE STUDENTS 

All students for whom practical work is prescribed, must submit, in accordance with the instructions, reports of their practical work to the satisfaction of the lecturers concerned. Students must themselves bear any expenses incurred in respect of demonstrations and practical work. In addition to the above, students may also be expected to carry out other practical work during vacations.

Please note: The University is not liable for any injury sustained during practical work or tours or for any claims arising from such injuries.

FOREST AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STUDENTS:

Study tours

All students following the BScFor degree programme must undertake, during the winter vacation of the fourth year of study, a study tour of approximately three weeks to the forest regions of South Africa. A complete report, as prescribed by the tour leader, must be handed in to the tour leader by the start of the following quarter.

Practical work

First-year students who take the BScFor programme must carry out compulsory vacation work for one week in the September vacation. Students, who have passed their first year at another university and join the second year of study at Stellenbosch University, must supplement the practical work of the first year. All students taking the BScFor programme, except students in the study field Wood and Wood Products Science, must carry out the prescribed compulsory vacation work for one week during the second and third year of study or during the week preceding the start of the academic year. It is also expected of students to collect data during vacations in their final year of study for their management plan.

Plans and reports

All students taking the degree BScFor in Forestry and Natural Resource Sciences must, during the second semester of the fourth year of study, hand in a complete management plan or project, based on data collected during the winter vacation (or an earlier long vacation).  The completed project or management plan must be handed in before 1 November of the year in which the student expects to obtain the degree. A final mark of at least 50 is required in order to obtain a pass for the project or management plan. If the student obtained a final mark of 40 to 49 during November, a modified project or management plan may be submitted before the January examinations of the following year if the student wants to obtain the degree during the supplementary graduation ceremony in March. A student obtaining a final mark of less than 40 in November, or failing to obtain a final mark of at least 50 in January, must repeat the practical work for the project or management plan.

WOOD PRODUCTS SCIENCE STUDENTS:

All students taking the BScFor (Wood and Wood Products Sciences) programme must complete two periods of practical vacation work and submit satisfactory reports to the Department Forest and Wood Science before the degree can be awarded.

The compulsory practical work consists of the following:

• Three weeks of practical work at Furntech, Cape Town, in the December/January holidays (end of the first year or beginning of second year). A satisfactory written report must be submitted to the Department within two weeks after completion of the work.

• One week chainsaw course in the September holiday of the second year. A satisfactory certificate must be presented to the Department.

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