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ENVR 190 - COMPUTER APPLICATIONS |

This course builds on computer skills students

have previously acquired. Applied intermediate to
advanced computer applications specific to career
opportunities in the environment and geomatics
sector are covered including file management, word
processing for report writing, spreadsheets and an
introduction to databases.

ENVR 250 - INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
OF CANADA AND ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT

The main focus of this course is to enable students
working in natural resource management to work
effectively with Aboriginal peoples. To achieve

this, students will develop a greater awareness of
Aboriginal peoples and the cultural diversity that
exists within this group of Canadians. The course will
examine various topics related to Aboriginal cultures,
languages and pre and post contact histories. The
course will also examine current issues facing
aboriginal groups including legal issues, social
conditions, treaty processes, consultation activities,
capacity building and protection of traditional lands
and rights. This course is offered in the School of
Environment and Geomatics curriculum to both
Forest Technology and Recreation, Fish and Wildlife
Technology programs. It is anticipated that material
presented in ENVR 250 will be integrated throughout
other courses in these two programs.

ENVR 291 - COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Land and Natural Resource Management in British
Columbia is quite complex partly due to the need

to understand and account for many different and
often competing interests. The locations of where
those interests are situated, and their relationship
with and among each other adds greater complexity
and necessitates the need to use software modeling
systems like GIS. The content of ENVR 290 will
address software used for data gathering, assembly,
display and presentation of land and natural resource
information. Performing advanced analysis and
preparing high quality cartographic maps using
ArcGIS software is one main focus, while the other
main focus is on mobile data gathering using GIS
applications.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of ENVR 160,
ENVR 154, ENVR 158, and ENVR 7190.

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MATH 160 - TECHNICAL MATH REVIEW

This is a mathematical review course for first-year
students in the School of Environment and Geomatics
(SEG) diploma programs. This course will provide a
review of mathematical concepts which you will need
for your other SEG courses. Materials to be covered
include: unit conversions, trigonometry, exponentials
and logarithms, problem solving, slope calculations,
distance and direction calculations.

Prerequisites: Acceptance into the School or
Environment and Geomatics diploma programs.

MATH 190 - RESOURCE STATISTICS |

An introductory applied statistics course for
environment and geomatics students. Topics include:
types of data, descriptive statistics, probability and
random variables, discrete probability distributions,
continuous probability distributions, confidence
intervals, sample size, and hypothesis testing.

Prerequisites: MATH 160.

RFW 200 - FIELD TRIP STUDY

Students participate in field-based studies. Extended
field trips provide students with opportunities to
refine field technical skills within different settings.
Students will be actively involved in the planning and
preparation for these trips and will be presented
with opportunities to develop team skills, leadership
and professionalism throughout the course. Some
of the data collected during this course may be used
by students as part of the Applied Research Project
course (RFW 271).

Prerequisites: Spring field-school. Students must
have either Level | Flatwater Canoe certification or a
demonstrated competency in a canoe.

RFW 251 - ENVIRONMENTAL
LEGISLATION AND POLICY

This course covers the study of acts, regulations, and
policy governing resource management. Emphasis is
becoming familiar with interpreting environmental
and natural resource acts and the provincial court
system.

RFW 255 - SPRING FIELD SCHOOL

During a two-week course in the spring, students
learn and apply field-related skills directly in
activities related to the recreation, fish and wildlife
fields. Activities may include electro-fishing,
canoeing, navigation, habitat enhancement, wildlife
survey, and trail work. Students who successfully
complete electrofishing and canoeing will receive
certification. The intention is to cover skills and
learning objectives that do not fit well into a regular
semester schedule, due to scheduling constraints.
In addition, many of the activities are intended to
prepare students for the fall Field Study RFW 200),
and for summer employment.

Prerequisites: Admission to Recreation, Fish and
Wildlife program.

RECREATION, FISH & WILDLIFE
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RFW 256 - BACKCOUNTRY RISK
ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION I

A course where students integrate the knowledge
and skills acquired in other program courses to
identify, analyze, and manage areas of public and
occupational risk within backcountry workplaces.
Human, terrestrial, aquatic, and environmental
hazards and risk are explored including an
examination of leadership and decision-making skills,
natural hazard analysis, land-use planning, risk
management and mitigation, advanced navigation
techniques, backcountry rescue, meteorology, and
field weather forecasting.

Prerequisites: RFW 255 Spring Field School and RFW
200 Field Trip Study.

RFW 257 - BACKCOUNTRY RISK
ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION II

Extends the study of natural hazard assessment
and land management to winter backcountry
environments. The course is delivered as a
project-based analysis of a local provincial park

or recreation area, in which students learn winter
skills and identify and analyze avalanche terrain
and site-specific snowpack characteristics for the
risk of human and structural exposure to snow
avalanches. Topics include avalanche forecasting and
public safety, land use planning, hazard mitigation,
techniques in snowpack assessment and monitoring,
avalanche rescue, and hazard mapping. Successful
students receive a certificate in avalanche safety
recognized by the Canadian Avalanche Centre. This
course is taught in wilderness terrain. Participants
must be in good health and physical condition.
Activities will be taught that require participation
for up to eight hours per day for up to three days
in duration. Participants must be able to hike, ski
or snowshoe for four to eight hours at a time over
rough, sometimes hazardous terrain in all weather
conditions.

Prerequisites: RFW 256. Students are expected to
make arrangements to attend all scheduled course
activities.

RFW 262 - ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT

This course provides learning opportunities for
students in ecosystem based management. In the
course the student will continue in their learning of
ecosystem structure and function at the stand and
landscape scale, learn about forest ecosystem health
including identification and biology of prominent
forest insects and diseases, learn about watershed,
wetland and riparian conservation and management,
and learn about ecosystem restoration activities.
The course will place an emphasis on observation
using standard field books, data collection and

data analysis using standard procedures, and
preparation of prescriptions that implement an
ecological approach to land management. The student

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