Resource and Environmental Management (Major) at Simon Fraser University

Programme overview

The Resource and Environmental Management major is a 120-unit Bachelor of Environment including at least 45 upper division units. It has three streams: management, planning (accredited toward Registered Professional Planner designation) and science.

Faculty: Faculty of Environment | Department: School of Resource and Environmental Management | Study mode: full-time | Location: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

What you will study

Lower division core for all streams includes REM 100 Global Change, REM 200 Introduction to Resource and Environmental Management in Canada, REM 202W Technical Communication, REM 207 Indigenous Peoples and Resource Management, REM 211 Introduction to Applied Ecology, REM 221 Systems Thinking and the Environment and REM 225 Data, Models, and the Environment. Planning stream students complete the Faculty of Environment Co-op program or two terms of Planning Internship.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission requirements to the Planning stream require a minimum of nine units and a minimum CGPA of 3.0; other streams have their own listed requirements on the programme page.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Fall (September), Spring (January) and Summer (May) terms; most students start in the fall term.

Fall 2027: high school applications open 1 October 2026 and close 31 January 2027; other post-secondary transfer applications open 1 March 2027 and close 15 April 2027. Summer 2027: all applications open 1 December 2026 and close 15 January 2027. Spring 2027: all applications opened 1 July 2026 and close 15 September 2026.

The non-refundable application fee is 86 CAD for domestic students and 130 CAD for international students, payable online by credit card. Applications are submitted through EducationPlannerBC.

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