Master of Science
The M.Sc. program requirements are as follows:

• The M.Sc. degree requires successful completion of LFS 500, a thesis (LFS 549, 12 credits) and a minimum of 15 credits of coursework.  A maximum of 6 of the required 15 course credits may be taken at the 300- and 400-level.

• Candidates for the M.Sc. degree must submit a research thesis for 12 credits (under the direction of the research supervisor and an appointed supervisory committee)

Doctor of Philosophy
The Ph.D. program requirements are as follows:

• Required course:
  LFS 500 (Graduate Seminar)

Additional coursework may be selected in consultation with the student's supervisory committee. 

• Enter Candidacy:

The basic requirements for a doctoral student to be admitted to candidacy are:

• all required coursework has been successfully completed
• the comprehensive examination has been passed
• the supervisory committee has certified that the thesis proposal has been approved.

Students are expected to complete their comprehensive examination within 24 months from the date of initial registration. A student who is not admitted to candidacy within 36 months from date of initial registration may be required to withdraw from the program.

• Candidates for the PhD degree must submit a Doctoral Dissertation (under the direction of the research supervisor and an appointed supervisory committee)

Graduate courses offered

• LFS 500 Graduate Seminar
• LFS 501 Approaches to the Integration of Knowledge
• LFS 549 Masters Thesis
• LFS 649 Doctoral Dissertation

Other relevant courses offered

• AGEC 502 Topics in Food Market Analysis
• AGEC 503 Policy Analysis for Food, Environment and Resources
• AGEC 520 Topics in Land and Forest Resource Economics
• AGEC 521 Topics in Agricultural Economics
• AGEC 540 International Agricultural Development
• AGSC 504 Research Methodology in Agricultural Sciences
• AGRO 361 Key Indicators of Agroecosystem Sustainability
• AGRO 402 Sustainable Soil Management
• AGRO 421 Integrated Crop Management
• AGRO 444 Agroforestry
• AGRO 460 Advanced Agroecology
• AGRO 461 Applied Agroecology
• ANSC 550 Topics in Animal Welfare
• FNH 342 Consumer Aspects of Food
• FNH 355 World Problems in Nutrition
• FNH 473 Nutrition Education in the Community
• FRE 306 Introduction to Global Food Markets
• FRE 340 International Agricultural Development
• FRE 374 Land Economics
• FRE 420 Trade and Domestic Policy in Global Food Markets
• FRE 475 Regulating Food Safety in Global Food Markets
• HUNU 500 Research Methods in Human Nutrition
• HUNU 509 Behavioural Aspects of Human Nature
• PLNT 531 Biological Control
• SOIL 502 Advanced Sustainable Soil Management
• SOIL 517 Land and Resource Evaluation

Please note classes may not be offered each year. Check with the UBC Calendar course schedule to determine specific courses offered in the current year.