Resource Management Master Program
School of Resource and Environmental Management | Faculty of Environment
間眅埶AV Calendar 2012 Summer
Students who successfully complete this program will be awarded the degree of master of resource management.
Program Requirements
Students complete seven required courses (which includes a research project [REM 699]), and six graduate elective courses. A minimum of 69 units is required, consisting of 43 required units and 26 elective units. In exceptional cases, if a student provides evidence of advanced education that is equivalent to one of the required courses, a waiver may be granted for that course, thereby reducing the required courses to six.
Prerequisite Courses
Students must be familiar with the material covered in an undergraduate course in parametric and nonparametric statistics.
Required Courses
Students complete a total of 43 units, including all of
- REM 601-5 The Social Science of Natural Resources Management
- REM 611-5 Applied Population and Community Ecology
- REM 621-5 Ecological Economies
- REM 631-5 Earth Systems and Global Change in Environmental Management
- REM 698-3 Field Resource Management Workshop
- REM 699-10 Research Project
- REM 801-5 Principles of Research Methods and Design in Resource and Environmental Management
and one of
- REM 642-5 Regional Planning I
- REM 644-5 Public Policy Analysis and Administration
Elective Courses
To fulfil the six elective graduate courses requirement (26 units), students generally choose those that support and complement their particular research interests. Students may, in consultation with their senior supervisor, select REM courses and/or courses from other departments.
Academic Requirements within the Graduate General Regulations
All graduate students must satisfy the academic requirements that are specified in the Graduate General Regulations (residence, course work, academic progress, supervision, research competence requirement, completion time, and degree completion), as well as the specific requirements for the program in which they are enrolled, as shown above.
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