Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

FWM 306 — Wood Formation, Anatomy & Properties

FWM department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• manage forest plantations for the production of clean bole timbers without strain knots and abnormal wood characteristics
• determine physical properties of wood
• determine chemical properties of wood; and
• identify the characteristics that determine the various uses of wood

Course contents

Growth and development of trees. Timber identification. Anatomical structure of wood species. Chemo-anatomy. Factors affecting wood formation. Development and control of abnormal wood properties. Gross and microscopic structure of wood and its chemical composition. Wood formation, structures and properties.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study FWM 306.

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