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Plan your future in Natural Resources at UBC Vancouver

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Small, supportive community

Natural Resources has smaller class sizes which means you can make close friendships with like-minded students and have closer connections with professors, including personalized mentoring, support, and guidance.

You’ll also have access to outstanding facilities and equipment, award-winning researchers and instructors, and hands-on training.

60,000 acres across two research forests where you can enhance your classroom learning with field studies

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Explore your program options

Students can choose from 6 majors within the Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources, each providing a well-rounded education in unique fields of Natural Resource studies.

With immersive learning experiences, from field schools and lab work, to co-op opportunities, students gain practical knowledge and skills that are critical for solving our most pressing natural resource challenges.

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    Bioeconomy Sciences and Technology

    Canada is well-positioned to seize opportunities in the emerging bioeconomy because of its global leadership in forestry and agriculture, access to biomass, and skilled workforce. The Bioeconomy Sciences and Technology is the country's first comprehe...

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    Conservation

    Play an active role in protecting and managing our natural environment, including wildlife, forests, rivers, oceans, and land. This interdisciplinary program of study, which is a major in the Bachelor of Science in Nature Resources degree, is the mos...

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    Forest Management

    If you love the outdoors and are excited by the challenge of planning and managing our forest lands, taking into account multiple resource users, then the Forest Management program, a major in the Bachelor of Science in Nature Resources degree, may b...

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    Forest Operations

    If you seek the challenge of applying technology and science to create environmentally and economically sound harvesting plans, then the Forest Operations program, a major in the Bachelor of Science in Nature Resources degree, may be for you.

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    Forest Sciences

    Study scientific principles related to forests, forest organisms, and plant and animal ecology. Forest Sciences is based on the principle that forests are complex ecosystems made up of thousands of living organisms and non-living components, and that...

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    Wood Products

    If you're innovative, and you enjoy engineering and problem solving, Wood Products could be for you. This award-winning program fuses science, engineering, and business and is a major in the Bachelor of Science in Nature Resources degree.

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    “The Bioeconomy Sciences and Technology degree focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship and aims to bring sustainable alternatives to our everyday lives. I feel proud of what I am learning and I cannot wait to apply it all to help our planet and people...I wanted something I was passionate and excited about that also had good career opportunities and I think I lucked out with choosing UBC.”

    Georgiana | BSc NR in Bioeconomy Sciences and Technology
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