Spring 2018 - REM 200 D100
Introduction to Resource and Environmental Management in Canada (3)
Class Number: 9689
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Mon, Wed, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 16, 2018
Mon, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Duncan Knowler
djk@sfu.ca
1 778 782-3421
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Prerequisites:
One of REM 100, GEOG 100 or 111, or EVSC 100; and completion of at least 30 credits.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Explores the natural and social science foundations of resource and environmental management and demonstrates how that knowledge can be used in environmental decision-making. Provides a basic understanding of the nature and management of natural resources, strategic thinking for environmental planning, socio-economic and biophysical trade-offs in natural resource decision making and approaches for addressing uncertain knowledge. Breadth-Social Sci/Science.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course explores the natural and social science foundations of resource and environmental management and demonstrates how that knowledge can be used in environmental decision-making. Although we focus on the Canadian context, the course provides a basic understanding of the nature and management of natural resources, strategic thinking for environmental planning, socio-economic and biophysical trade-offs in natural resource decision-making and approaches for addressing uncertain knowledge. Each week, students participate in two hours of lecture and a one-hour tutorial for discussion and practical work. New topics in resource and environmental management are introduced weekly and students are exposed to the relevant concepts and methods in an initial lecture. In the second weekly lecture students hear from a guest expert in REM, who discusses their research in the topic area. The course encourages interaction with experts in diverse fields and encourages students to experience REM case studies. Tutorial sessions involve discussion of course concepts, individual and group project work and practical applications.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
After completing REM 200, students will be able to:
- identify and describe the basic linkages between physical earth processes, ecology, policy, economics and institutions/culture regarding natural resources and the environment;
- describe the strategies and techniques of resource and environmental management and identify knowledge needed to solve an environmental problem;
- identify how uncertainty is taken into account in environmental decision-making;
- demonstrate awareness of potential conflicts in resource and environmental management decision-making;
- work effectively in a group setting to investigate an environmental management problem.
Grading
- Assignments 40%
- Tutorials 20%
- Final Exam 40%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Bruce Mitchell, Resource and Environmental Management in Canada, Fifth Edition, Oxford University Press, 502pp (2015
ISBN: 978-0-19-900988-6
Additional online (electronic) readings and all course materials (including class slides) will be uploaded to the course website.
Registrar Notes:
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