Master of Forestry-Green Business students are registered at UBC for a minimum of two years. Students start their studies at UBC in the Master of Forestry (MF) program, fulfilling most of the requirements of this 1-year course-based master degree. The first year introduces students to various bio products and their production and to the policy and economic framework for bioeconomy. For the second year, the students will transfer to the University of Helsinki (UH). The emphasis for their studies at UH is the business and marketing of bioproducts (sales management, business models) and the thesis work during the spring term. The program uses already existing courses in both universities.
The following study plan (subject to change) fulfils the UBC Master of Forestry 30 Credit and UH Master of Science (MSc.) in Agriculture and Forestry 120 ECTS requirements. Students will submit their Study Plans to both universities. (Conversion 1 Canadian Cr. = 2 European ECTS). Upon successful completion of a student’s Study Plan, each of the institutions conferring a degree will determine whether the student has fulfilled that institution’s graduation requirements for its master’s program and will officially confirm the student’s eligibility for degree conferral.
Year 1 at UBC Faculty of Forestry (30 credits)
MANDATORY STUDIES AT UBC (27 credits/ 54 ECTS)
- FRST 548 Major Essay (6 Cr/12 ECTS). (Note: Students start the Major Essay at UBC, but finalize it during year 2 at UH)
- FRST 544 Technical Communication (3 Cr/6 ECTS)
- FRST 547 Forestry in BC (3 Cr/6 ECTS)
- BEST 300 Biobased Polymers and Bioproducts (3 Cr/6 ECTS)
- BEST 403 Integrated Strategies for Bioproduct Innovation (3 Cr/6 ECTS)
- BEST 5XX Lifecycle Analysis and Industrial Ecology (3 Cr/6 ECTS)
Choose 2 of these 5 courses (6 Cr/12 ECTS).
- FRST 515: Climate Change Communications and Engagement (3Cr/6 ECTS)
- FRST 518: Land Extraction and the Corporation (3 Cr/6 ECTS)
- FRST 595: Transformative Environmental Research (3 Cr/6 ECTS)
- FRST 593: Climate Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems (3 Cr/6 ECTS)
- FRST 551: Landscape Planning for Sustainability (3 Cr/6 ECTS)
+ ONE ELECTIVE 500 LEVEL COURSE (3 Cr/6ECTS): this can be at any Faculty in UBC (upon approval)
Year 2 at University of Helsinki Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry (60 ECTS)
MANDATORY STUDIES AT UH (50 ECTS)
- FOR-003 Master´s thesis seminar (5 ECTS)
- FOR-004 Master´s thesis (30 ECTS)
- FOR-105 Sales management and business models (5 ECTS)
- FOR-101 Responsible business management in global forest bioeconomy (5 ECTS)
- One Scientific Methodology Course (5 ETCS): for ex. FOR-103 Scientific Methods in Marketing and social sciences
ELECTIVES Choose total 10 ECTS
- FOR-104 International Forest Policy 2 (5 ECTS)
- FOR-111 Behavioural change and sustainability (5 ECTS)
- EKM-127 Sustainable Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS)
- N/A-000 Sustainable Finance (5 ECTS)
- AGERE-A05 Production and Cost Theory (5 ECTS)
- Greentech Linkage (by application, 10 ECTS)