Courses
Winter 2012 FISH Courses - updated May 9, 2012 
Fisheries Centre graduate students should discuss course requirements with their admitting department and their Fisheries Centre research supervisor. The Fisheries Centre offers a series of fisheries courses, all of which FC students are encouraged to take for official credit or on official or unofficial audit basis at some point during their time at UBC. Both official and unofficial auditors must have permission of the instructor.
All FISH courses listed below are confirmed for Winter Session 2012. Some course descriptions are under revision and updates will be posted when available. Courses with low registration are subject to possible cancellation on or before the date of the first class.
2012W FISH COURSE LIST
Offered in 2012W
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FISH 500 (3 credits) Issues in Fisheries Research: Seminars - Fisheries Management | Pauly with Sumaila Terms 1 & 2 |
| FISH 505 (3 credits) Quantitative Analysis of Fisheries II | Martell - Term 2 |
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FISH 508 (3 credits) Fisheries Economics and Management | Sumaila - Term 2 (Presently listed as FISH 506C on the UBC SSC) |
| FISH 520 (6 credits) Fisheries Conservation, Governance, and Evaluation - Term 1 |
Not offered in 2012
| FISH 501 (3 credits) Ecosystem Modelling | Christensen - Term 1 |
| FISH 502 (3 credits) Issues in Fisheries Research: Marine and Freshwater |
| FISH 503 (3 credits) Science and Society in Aquatic Policy | Vincent - Term 2 |
| FISH 504 (3 credits) Quantitative Analysis of Fisheries I | Martell - Term 1 |
| FISH 506E (3 credits) Issues in Fisheries Research: A History of Fisheries | Pitcher - Term 2 |
| FISH 509 (3 credits) Bayesian Methods for Fisheries Stock Assessment | McAllister - Term 2 |
| FISH 510 (3 credits) Bayesian Decision Analysis for Fisheries Management | McAllister - Term 1 |
UBC graduate students may register to take FISH courses:
- for credit via the Student Services website https://ssc.adm.ubc.ca/sscportal/servlets/SRVSSCFramework OR
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for official audit using the Change Registration form at http://www.grad.ubc.ca/forms/?=SD (instructor and admitting department signatures required; please provide a photocopy of completed form to the Fisheries Centre office)
In addition, students and non-students may take some FISH courses for unofficial audit by contacting the instructor to obtain permission and then sending an e-mail to office@fisheries.ubc.ca, phone 604 822-2731
Evaluation of Fish Courses and Instructors
Other courses to consider:
Fisheries students may wish to consider taking some of the following courses in other UBC departments. Not all courses are offered every year - consult UBC course list and the departmental websites to confirm details.
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AGEC 421B |
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Economics of Biodiversity and Nature Conservation |
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AGRO 418 |
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Intensive Fish Production |
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AGSC 480 |
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Intensive Fish Production |
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AGSC 490 |
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Aquaculture and the Environment |
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ANSC 580 |
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Advanced Topics in Fish Culture |
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ANTH 460/515 |
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Cultural Ecology |
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BIOL 402 |
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Aquatic Ecology |
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BIOL 405 |
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Marine Ecology |
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BIOL 408 |
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Principles of Applied Ecology |
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BIOL 465 |
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Diversity and Evolution of Fishes |
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BIOL 509 |
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Population and Quantitative Genetics |
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CONS 486 |
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Fisheries Conservation and Management |
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CPSC 304 |
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Introduction to Relational Databases |
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ECON 308 |
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Introduction to Microeconomics |
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ECON 309 |
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Principles of Economics |
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ECON 371 |
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Environmental Economics |
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ECON 472 |
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Economics of Renewable Resources |
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ECON 571 |
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Economics Analysis and Natural Resources |
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EOSC 314 |
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The Ocean Environment |
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EOSC 315 |
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The Ocean Ecosystem |
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EOSC 478 |
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Introduction to Fisheries Science |
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EOSC 510 |
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Data Analysis in Atmospheric, Earth and Ocean |
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FRST 387 |
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Fish/Forestry Interactions |
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FRST 443 |
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Remote Sensing in Forestry and Agriculture |
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FRST 485 |
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Forest Water Management |
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FRST 504 |
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Landscape Ecology |
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GEOG 270 |
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Introduction to Geographic Systems |
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GEOG 310 |
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Environment and Resources |
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GEOG 376 |
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Advanced Geographic Information Systems |
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GEOG 471 |
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Applied Concepts in Geographic Information Systems |
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GEOG 539/ RMES 500C |
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Climate Change in the 21st Century |
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POLI 351 |
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Environmental Policy and Politics |
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Anthropological Study of Local Ecological Knowledge | |
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RMES 500K |
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Ecosystem Services |
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RMES 501 |
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Perspectives on Resources and Environments |
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SOCI 509 |
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Sociology of the Environment |
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ZOOL 523 |
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Fish Behaviour and Ecology |
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ZOOL 527 |
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Theoretical Population Dynamics |

