Technology Programs. It is anticipated that material
presented in ENVR 250 will be integrated throughout
other courses in these two programs.

ENVR 290 - COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Land and Natural Resource Management in British
Columbia is quite complex partly due to the need
tounderstand and account for many different and
often competing interests. The locations of where
those interestsare situated, and their relationship
with and among each other adds greater complexity
and necessitates the needto use software modeling
systems like GIS. The content of ENVR 290 will
address software used for datagathering, assembly,
display and presentation of land and natural resource
information. Performing advancedanalysis and
preparing high quality cartographic maps using
ArcGIS software is one main focus, while the
othermain focus is on mobile data gathering using
GIS applications.

Prerequisites: For Recreation, Fish and Wildlife -
Successful completion of: ENVR 158, and ENVR 190

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.

Pre-requisites: Acceptance to SFG Diploma programs.

MATH 190 - RESOURCE STATISTICS |

Math 190 is 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.

Pre-requisites: MATH 160.

RFW 200 - FIELD TRIP STUDY

RFW 200: Field Trip Study is a course where

second year Recreation, Fish and Wildlife 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).

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Pre-requisites: Successful completion of first year

courses and spring field-school or approval from Schoo!
Chair. Students musthave 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
isbecoming familiar with interpreting environmental
and natural resource acts and the provincial court
system.

Pre-requisites: Successful completion of Year 1 SEG
COUFSES.

RFW 255 - SPRING FIELD SCHOOL

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

Pre-requisites: Admission to RFW program.

RFW 256 - BACKCOUNTRY RISK
ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION I

In this course, 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.

This course is mainly taught in wilderness terrain.
Students must be in good health and physical
condition, as some instructional activities require
participation for up to eight hours per day. Students
must be able to hike, bicycle or snowshoe for four
to eight hours at a time over rough, sometimes
hazardous terrain in all weather conditions. In
addition participants in this course must be able to
swim at least one length of the pool.

Pre-requisites: RFW 255 Spring Field School and RFW
200 Field Trip Study.

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RFW 257 - BACKCOUNTRY RISK
ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION II

Backcountry Risk Analysis and Mitigation IT
extends the study of natural hazard assessment
and landmanagement to winter backcountry
environments. The course is delivered as a
project-based analysis of a localprovincial park or
recreation area, in which students learn winter
skills and identify and analyze avalanche terrainand
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 insnowpack assessment and monitoring,
avalanche rescue, and hazard mapping. Successful
students receive acertificate 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.
Activitieswill be taught that require participation
for up to eight hours per day for up to three days

in duration. Participantsmust be able to hike, ski

or snowshoe for four to eight hours at a time over
rough, sometimes hazardous terrain inall weather
conditions.

Pre-requisites: RFW 256: Backcountry Risk Analysis and
Mitigation |.

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 restorationactivities.

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
will gain employable skills related to forest health
identification, wildlife tree assessment, ecosystem
interpretation, ecosystem restoration, and adaptive
management.

Pre-requisites: Successful completion of all first year
COUFSES.

RFW 263 - OUTDOOR RECREATION
OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT

Outdoor Recreation Operations and Management
is designed to prepare the student for employment
in the fieldof parks and outdoor recreation. The
variety of employers offering outdoor recreation
opportunities in B.C., andtheir roles in the province
are examined. Practical field skills such as trail and

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