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Forest Industry (3 cr)

Code: BIM6042-3003

General information


Enrollment

01.04.2021 - 30.09.2021

Timing

25.10.2021 - 17.12.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

67 % Contact teaching, 33 % Distance learning

Campus

Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3

Teaching languages

  • Finnish
  • English

Seats

15 - 60

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Forestry

Teachers

  • Ollipekka Hakonen
  • Esa Etelätalo

Teacher in charge

Esa Etelätalo

Groups

  • MMNS21
    Forestry Engineer, Full-time Studies, Fall, 2021

Objective

Student
- understands the meaning of the Forest Industry to the national economy
- can explain the use of raw timber in the Forest Industry
- can explain the most important material flows in Use of Wood in Industry
- knows wood quality demands of Forest Industry
- knows the most important products of Forest Industry and their use
- knows the future views of Forest Industry
- knows the effects of the global Forest Industry to the Finnish Forest Industry

Content

Forest resourses and the use of wood in different fields of Forest Industry. Wood material flows. The most important products of mechanical Forest Industry. The most important processes of mechanical Forest Industry. The most important products of chemical Forest Industry. The most important processes of chemical Forest Industry. Visits in different Forest Industries. The new products of Finnish Forest Industry. Future of Finnish Forest Industry. Global Forest Industry.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected