Courses

Vitamin and mineral nutrition and their role in maintaining and promoting health. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: FNH 250 and one of BIOL 201, BIOC 202.

Nutritional requirements and dietary patterns of healthy individuals throughout the life span. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: FNH 250.

Functional food concepts related to efficacy and safety; examples of bioactive component-disease relationships; natural health products; approval of functional food and health claims; the importance of clinical studies in support of efficacy for health claims; market determinants of functional foods. Prerequisite: BIOL 201 or equivalent; third-year standing Equivalency: PHAR 431

Microbial and chemical factors that underlie public health challenges in the food supply chain; prevalence and nature of organisms which cause foodborne diseases; approaches and technologies for improvement of food safety. Prerequisite: One of MICB 211, MICB 212, CHEM 233, FNH 313.

Applying nutrition concepts and principles in addressing problems of malnutrition and food insecurity in international settings. Basics of developing culturally acceptable, sustainable nutrition intervention programs.

Etiology, pathophysiology and nutrition therapy for selected diseases and conditions. Topics include neurological disorders, dysphagia, critical care, oncology, hepatobiliary conditions, HIV and renal disease. Restricted to students in year 4 of the dietetics major. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. Prerequisite: All of BIOC 302, FNH 470.

The historical, cultural, political, economic and legal issues that inform the experiences of Indigenous peoples in Canada, examined from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives. Credit will be granted for only one of FNIS 100, FNSP 100, or FNSP 200.

Representation, identity, and cultural politics through Indigenous literature, film, and the visual arts; the relationship between these sites of cultural production and the self-determination struggles of Indigenous peoples. Credit will be granted for only one of FNSP 200, FNIS 220, or FNSP 220. Restricted to Undergraduate Students. Recommended pre-requisite: FNIS 100

Potential impacts of climate change on global forest systems. Concepts and techniques of climate change modelling; adaptive management strategies.

The ecological processes found in tropical humid and dry forests, including a series of case studies drawn from tropical forests around the world. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

Interdependence and dynamics of different forest ecosystem services and how they contribute to sustainable forest management and community livelihoods.

Science of cultivating forest stands, including influence of climate and soil, characteristics of tree growth and stand development, and forest types and plantation designs. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

The mechanics and productivity of a broad range of forest harvesting systems combined with topics on forest access. [3-0-1] Prerequisite: One of ECON 101, FRST 101. Corequisite: FRST 318.

An overview of global food markets including recent trends (e.g., vertical coordination, strategic alliances, multinationals and small firms in niche markets), marketing and trade institutions such as state-trading enterprises and WTO regulations, issues specific to developing nations, and case studies.

Willingness to pay, opportunity costs, externalities, and market failures in natural resource markets; dynamic efficiency; economic applications including mineral, marine, forest, land, water, and biodiversity.

Market failure and gains from trade in the presence of natural resource externalities; the multilateral trading system and the environment; case studies in trade-related environmental impacts.

Estimating causal relationships in natural resource economics; applied data analysis; econometrics; counterfactual thinking, and applications to the economics of: natural resource conservation, species loss and extraction, protected areas, international trade of wildlife products, and endangered species legislation. Prerequisite: One of LFS 252, STAT 200, BIOL 300, ECON 326, COMM 291, FRST 231 and one of ECON 101, ECON 310.

This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

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An overview of forests and forestry. Survey of the disciplines, areas of study, and values that frame sustainable management of forests in BC and the world. Assignments focus on critical thinking and written communication skills.

Current issues and cases in Forestry and Land and Food Systems are examined with a focus on integration of first-year subjects and exposure to both First Nations and Western perspectives.

Forest classification and the application of silvics in forest management, including world forest classification systems, the Biogeoclimactic Ecosystem Classification system, and ecosystem diagnosis in the field. Credit will be granted for only one of NRES 211 or FRST 211. [3-2-0] Prerequisite: One of FRST 201, NRES 201. Equivalency: NRES 211

Introduction to growth of trees and forests with emphasis on evolutionary, ecological and environmental aspects. Not available for credit to undergraduate students in the Faculty of Forestry.

Silviculture concepts and principles; stand dynamics; artificial and natural regeneration; cultural techniques for forest stand establishment and stand tending; silvicultural systems; decision making and development of prescriptions; connections to forest planning.