Courses

Examination of meat, egg, fish, and dairy analogues made using plants, recombinant proteins, and cell cultures, from the molecular to the macroscopic level. Relation of molecular details to physical and sensory properties. Health and sustainability impacts. Prerequisite: FNH 301 and 3rd-year standing or higher, or permission from the instructor.

Food production plant sanitation, environmental monitoring, global food safety standards, and food plant internal audits. Prerequisite: FNH 403.

Metabolic adaptations, nutrient metabolism, and special issues during pregnancy that may influence the maternal-fetal nutritional supply. [3-0-0] Corequisite: FNH 350. Third-year standing.

Nutrition care process applied to select diseases and conditions including dysphagia, cancer, neurological conditions, metabolic syndrome, eating disorders, cardiovascular diseases, endocrine diseases, and renal diseases. Restricted to students in year 4 of the dietetics major. Prerequisite: All of BIOC_V 302, FNH_V 470.

Analysis and interpretation of current issues in food, nutrition and health. Prerequisite: 3rd year standing or higher.

The cultural, historical, political, economic, and gender dynamics that structure the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the state in Canada; Indigenous self-determination struggles in relation to constitutional recognition, self-government, land claims, and economic development. Credit will be granted for only one of FNSP 200, FNIS 210, or FNSP 210. Restricted to Undergraduate Students. Recommended pre-requisite: FNIS 100.

Adapting and integrating current conceptual paradigms in the humanities, social sciences, performing arts, and Indigenous studies into approaches in First Nations/Indigenous Studies, including identity construction, political and cultural self-determination, representation, essentialism/authenticity, ethics, and decolonization. Credit will be granted for only one of FNIS 310 or FNSP 310. Restricted to Undergraduate Students. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. Prerequisite: Either (a) FNSP 200 or (b) all of FNIS 210, FNIS 220 or (c) all of FNSP 210, FNSP 220.

Applied research/community oriented project designed and implemented in collaboration with student, faculty and Aboriginal community organization. Emphasis on examining ethical issues and developing culturally respectful and academically rigorous forms of research. Credit will be granted for only one of FNIS_V 400 or FNSP_V 400. Restricted to Majors in First Nations and Indigenous Studies. Prerequisite: Either (a) all of FNIS_V 310, FNIS_V 320 or (b) all of FNSP_V 310, FNSP_V 320. Students must pass FNIS_V 320 or FNSP_V 320 with a B- or higher or request program approval. Equivalency: FNSP_V 400.

Analytical methods in forest hydrology and their applications in the planning of forest operations with a focus on the hydrologic and hydraulic design procedures for stream crossings. [3-2] Corequisite: FOPR 264.

Characteristics, processes and sources of economic growth, role of agricultural and resource sectors in economic growth, analysis of output and input markets in those sectors, policy failures, tools for empirical analysis of rural markets, growth, and the environment. Prerequisite: One of ECON_V 101, ECON_V 310, FRST_V 101, LFS_V 101.

Roles of government and business in the Canadian economy, emphasizing interactions with the environment and society, including Indigenous communities. Ethical foundations of government, business and personal decision-making. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. Prerequisite: One of COMM 295, ECON 301. Equivalency: COMM 394

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_V 252, STAT_V 200, BIOL_V 300, ECON_V 325, COMM_V 291, FRST_V 231 and one of ECON_V 101, ECON_V 310, FRST_V 101, LFS_V 101.

This course introduces you to core environmental datasets spanning weather, ecology, and satellite imagery data sources, which are routinely used to support environmental metrics and decision-making in the food and resource sector. It provides hands-on experience with data extraction, processing and analysis techniques, as well as visualization tools, which are particularly adapted to dealing with the complexities of each environmental data type. The programming languages covered are R and Python, as well as some JavaScript for Google Earth Engine. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

Representative women's writings from the Middle Ages to the present; contemporary women's writings in the Francophone world. Prerequisite: Either (a) all of FREN 311, FREN 321 or (b) all of FREN 328, FREN 329 and one of FREN 225, FREN 402.

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. [3-0-0]

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. [2-0-1;2-0-1] Equivalency: LFS_V 110, NRES_V 110.

The structure and function of forest ecosystems, including: energetics; productivity; nutrient, carbon and water cycling; soils; the physical environment; population and community ecology; disturbance ecology; ecological succession; biological diversity and ecological resilience. Credit will be granted for only one of NRES 201 or FRST 201. [3-2-0] Equivalency: NRES 201

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. [3-0-0]

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. [3-4*] Prerequisite: One of FRST 201, NRES 201 and one of FRST 350, FRST 351, UFOR 400.

The diversity and interactions of soil organisms (bacteria, protozoa, fungi, animals, plants) in natural and managed ecosystems; roles in primary production, nutrient cycling, decomposition and reclamation; responses to environmental change. [2-3-0] Prerequisite: BIOL 121. Equivalency: APBI342

Ecological effects of fire and climatic (wind, temperature, and snow) disturbances; fire danger rating, principles of fire management and prescribed fire use; windthrow risk modelling and management. [3-2-0] Prerequisite: One of FRST 210, NRES 210 and one of FRST 211, NRES 211.

Field study concentrating on outdoor skills, forest measurements, site diagnosis, and an integrated overview of the ecological, social and economic basis for forest management. Fees will be assessed to meet expenses. Credit will be granted for only one of FRST_V 350 or 351. Prerequisite: FRST_V 211 or NRES_V 211; FRST_V 201 or NRES_V 201.

Community forests and community forestry throughout the world, with special attention to participation by aboriginal peoples; emphasis is on forms of governance, public participation, and adaptive learning. [3-0-0]