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Degrees Offered: Ph.D., M.A.
S. Anderson, P. Beaudry, B. R. Copeland, M. B. Devereux, M. Drelichman, C. Ferraz, N. Fortin, P. Francois, G. Gallipoli, D. A. Green, L. Hao, H. Kasahara, A. Lahiri, T. Lemieux, V. Marmer, K. Milligan, N. Nunn, M. Peters, H. Siu, E. Snowberg, K. Song.
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W. E. Diewert, M. Eswaran, N. Gallini, J.F. Helliwell, G.R. Munro, H.M. Neary, A. Redish, W.C. Riddell, M. Slade.
Associate Professors
V. Couture, V. Farinha Luz, V. Hnatkovska, F. Hoffmann, W. Li, J. Perla, M. Rehavi, H. Sarsons, P. Schrimpf, S. Severinov, M. Szkup.
Assistant Professors
P. Baylis, G. Bostanci, S. Hwang, T. Jaccard, R. Juhasz, M. Lowe, J. McCasland, T. Moon, S. Norris, R. Saggio, M. Squires, F. Valencia Caicedo, K. Wagner.
Program Overview
The Vancouver School of Economics ranks as one of the top economics departments in Canada and graduates of our Ph.D. and M.A. programs have been offered jobs at prestigious institutions around the globe. The School has internationally recognized expertise in many fields including: development economics, economic history, economic theory, environmental economics, international trade and finance, labour economics, macroeconomics, political economy and public economics. Our programs are small enough to provide detailed supervision of dissertations, but large enough to offer expertise in a wide range of theoretical, applied and policy areas.
Doctor of Philosophy
The Ph.D. program is designed to equip students to design and implement an economic research program, with a view toward a career as an academic, or in the private or public sectors.
Recent graduates have been offered tenure track positions at leading departments in Canada, the US, the UK, and Australia, as well as non-academic positions at consulting companies in Canada and the US, and in a variety of government departments.
Admission Requirements
Applicants for admission to the Ph.D. program are normally expected to hold a Master's degree in economics and to have demonstrated ability to undertake advanced studies and independent research. However, students who have outstanding records in undergraduate honours programs in Economics and show substantial ability to do independent work at an advanced level may be admitted directly to the Ph.D. program.
Program Requirements
The program consists of 2 years of course work, comprehensive exams, a research paper, a research seminar, and a dissertation. In the first year, students take courses in the core areas of microeconomics (ECON 600 and 601), macroeconomics (ECON 602 and 603), and econometrics (ECON 626 and 627). Students write comprehensive exams in microeconomics and macroeconomics at the end of the first year. In the second year, students take a total of 24 credits in fields of their choice, with up to 6 of those credits as audit, and write a research paper. In the third year and until advancement to candidacy, students attend a research seminar course (ECON 640). Students advance to candidacy after defending their prospectus. Following that, students continue to attend research seminars and write a dissertation (ECON 699) that meets the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies requirements (typically this takes two to three years) in their chosen field.
Master of Arts
The M.A. program is a 12-month program designed to prepare students for employment in the private or public sectors, or to enter a Ph.D. program.
Applicants for admission to the M.A. program are normally expected to have a strong undergraduate academic record especially in economic theory, statistics, and econometrics, with at least one year of calculus. Additional study of calculus and linear algebra is strongly advised.
The program includes 18 credits taken as ECON 500, 502, 526, 527, 594, plus 12 additional credits of electives. The electives are typically 500-level ECON courses.
The thesis option takes two-to three years. It requires prior arrangement but substitutes the 12 credits of economics electives in the standard program with the 12-credit ECON 599 thesis.
For detailed information regarding admission and program requirements, please visit the Program .
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Chapter 2 examines the role of communication in shaping misperceptions about masculinity norms among teenage boys and girls in an experiment in the school environment. I document that most students overestimate the share of classmates who hold traditional views of masculinity with respect to emotional vulnerability and the use of violence. I randomly assigned boys and girls to a one-time discussion session in which they were asked to share their private views about these masculinity beliefs. Immediately and 3-weeks after the discussion, students’ misperceptions about classmates’ beliefs narrowed by at least 50%, similarly for boys and girls. The effects are similar whether students self-select into speaking or were randomly selected. In addition, I provide evidence that boys’ private views about masculinity become more progressive, and that masculine-relevant behaviours such as involvement in violence and emotional vulnerability are not affected after three weeks. In Chapter 3, I investigate whether the election of a far-right sexist politician – Bolsonaro, in Brazil – impacts violence against women, considering the election outcome as an information shock with the potential to impact perceived sexist gender norms. I combine a rich set of administrative data on crimes, hospitalization and election outcomes to build a municipality month balanced panel to estimate the effects of interest. I employ a triple difference design which allows me to compare whether more sexist municipalities - proxied by higher vote share - had a larger increase in violence against women, compared to men, after his election. I do not find evidence that Bolsonaro’s election increased different types of violence against women. Finally, Chapter 4 exploits the role of psychedelic intake on labour market outcomes. We partner with two ayahuasca centres in Brazil to obtain the full record of participants who have attended their ayahuasca ceremonies and link participants with the rich formal labour market data in Brazil. We were able to successfully link 42.5% of participants. Employing frontier difference-in-difference estimators, we show that ayahuasca ceremony attendees are 23 percentage points more likely to leave the formal labour market. We find no effects on the wages of those who continue in the formal labour market.
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California wildfires are intensifying due to climate change, creating more structural damage and straining the housing insurance market. During the period focused on, 2015 to 2021, regulations limited insurance premium increases and prohibited using climate forecasts in pricing models, pushing insurers toward non-renewals. My thesis focuses on the 2019 Moratorium policy that froze insurance non-renewals in wildfire-affected ZIP codes for one year. Using a difference-in-differences approach, I found that while the policy suppressed non-renewals overall, its impact was much more pronounced in higher-risk ZIP codes.
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Energy requirements of grey whales
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Margaret (Maggie) Low, PhD
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Ivana Zelenika, PhD
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Jackie Lerner, PhD
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Jason Brown, PhD
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Supervised by: Gunilla Oberg
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Supervised by: Terre Satterfield and Mike Meitner
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Elizabeth Williams, MSc
Content and prevalence of environmentalist stereotypes in Canada: a psychological perspective
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Alicia Speratti, PhD
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Paige Olmsted, PhD
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Socio-economic contribution of small-scale and large-scale fisheries in British Columbia
Abdulrahman Ben Hasan, MSc
Fisheries in a changing environment: the impacts of the reduction in Shatt Al Arab flow on nearshore fish stocks in the Northern Persian Gulf
Kieran Findlater, PhD
Supervised by: Milind Kandlikar and Terre Satterfield
Explaining Climate-Sensitive Decision-Making: On the Relationship Between Cognitive Logic and Climate-Adaptive Behaviour
Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the CoAdapTree project
Ashlee Jollymore, PhD
From streams to citizens: a multi-lens investigation of water quality through carbon cycles and participation within water science and policy
Hydrologist for The River Forecast Centre, Government of Canada
Michiko Namazu, PhD
The Evolution of Carsharing: Heterogeneity in Adoption and Impacts
Sr. Data Scientist, Sustainability Tech at Uber
Anna Christina Schuhbauer, PhD
The Economic Viability of Small-scale Fisheries
Leonard Glaser, MSc
Electricity Use Analysis of Existing and Planned University Buildings, and Opportunities for Life Cycle Costing
Maery Kaplan-Hallam, MA
Social shocks in social-ecological systems: the impacts of sea cucumber booms for coastal communities in Mexico
Climate Change and Health Adaptation Specialist at First Nations Health Authority
The Wint Aung, PhD
Supervised by: Michael Brauer
Health, climate, and time-use impacts from a carbon-financed cookstove intervention in rural India
Mun-hee Jung, MSc
Supervised by: Milind Kandikar
Is free trade free of environmental cost?
Gerald Singh, PhD
Understanding & assessing cumulative impacts to coastal ecosystem services
Faculty, Department of Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland
Sylvia Coleman, PhD
Supervised by: John Robinson and Ray Cole
Normalizing sustainability in a regenerative building: the social practice of being at CIRS
Sarah Klain, PhD
Wind of change: offshore wind farms, contested values and ecosystem services
Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Services, Department of Environment and Society at Utah State University
Sara Elder, PhD
Supervised by: Peter Dauvergne
Assessing the impacts of retail supply chains on food security and agricultural sustainability in the global south: the case of Walmart in Nicaragua
Mitacs Canadian Science Policy Fellow for BC's Ministry of Agriculture
Jillian Guerra, MA
Pathways to agroecology: mediated markets and credit access in Santa Catarina, Brazil
Jordan Tam, PhD
Understanding adaption and social-ecological change in Chilean coastal communities
Senior Research Manager at The Firelight Group
Edward Gregr, PhD
Supervised by: Kai Chan
Sea otters, kelp forests, and ecosystem services: modelling habitats, uncertainties, and trade-offs
SCITECH Environmental Consulting and Adjunct Professor, UBC IRES
Allison Franko, MSc
Supervised by: Hadi Dowlatabadi
Enforcement patterns and compliance outcomes in BC : lessons learning from the rollout of EAO's watchdog program
Seyedeh Paniz Pajouhesh, MA
Supervised by: John Robinson
From theory to practice; an analysis of transformative social innovation at the University of British Columbia
Anne-Mareike Chu, MSc
Understanding the performance gap: an evaluation of the energy efficiency of three high-performance buildings in British Columbia
Yaron Cohen, MSc
Carbon management in airports
UX Researcher at RBC
Thor Jensen, Joint PhD (UBC & UVSQ)
The adoption of ground source heat pumps at multiple scales in North America
Johnnie Manson, MA
Supervised by: Terre Satterfield and Hannah Wittman
Relational Nations : trading and sharing ethos for Indigenous food sovereignty on Vancouver Island.
Jonathan Salter, PhD
Supervised by: Stephen Sheppard
Energy in place : a case study and mental models analysis of engagement in community scale energy planning
Arvind Saraswat, PhD
Air pollution in New Delhi, India : spatial and temporal patterns of ambient concentrations and human exposure
Chloe (Pui Wing) Sher, MA
Supervised by: Karen Bakker
Social and environmental impacts of shale gas development and public support for fracking in China
Kelly Sharp, MA
Supervised by: Hisham Zerriffi and Philipe Le Billon
Voluntary resettlement for improved livelihoods? : examining food security, nutrition, and informed consent amongst land reform participants in southern Malawi
Matthew Taccogna, MSc
Risk perceptions and marine spatial planning surrounding tidal energy in British Columbia
Philamer Torio, PhD
Water privatization in Metro Manila : assessing the state of equitable water provision
Lisa Westerhoff, PhD
Supervised by: John Robinson
City stories : from narrative to practice in Vancouver's Olympic Village
Senior Sustainability Planner and Associate at Integral Group
Victor Acuna, MSc
Supervised by: Leila Harris and Samia Khan
Environmental citizenship in Chilean school textbooks : a case study on environmental citizenship education in Chilean basic-education textbooks of 2012
Dyhia Belhabib, PhD
Supervised by: Daniel Pauly
West African fisheries: past, present and 'futures?'
Andres Cisneros, PhD
Supervised by: Rashid Sumaila
The value of information for fisheries policy
Yago Dodson Coll, MSc
Alejandra echeverri ochoa, msc.
Exploring attitudes and preferences toward species at risk in British Columbia
Krista Greer, MSc
Considering the ‘effort factor’ in fisheries : a methodology for reconstructing global fishing effort and carbon dioxide emissions, 1950 - 2010
Rajeev Kumar, PhD
Supervised by: Tony Pitcher
Ecosystem based management for Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota under changing environmental conditions
Frederic Le Manach, PhD
Past, present and future of publicly-funded European Union's fishing access agreements in developing countries
Julia Reckermann, MA
Supervised by: John Robinson
CIRS pre-occupancy evaluation: inhabitant feedback processes and possibilities for a regenerative place
Sameer Shah, MSc
Supervised by: Leila Harris and Hisham Zerriffi
Water variability, livelihoods, and adaptation : a case study from the Angat River Basin (Philippines)
Rosie Simms, MA
Supervised by: Leila Harris
“All of the water that is in our reserves and that is in our territory is ours” : colonial and Indigenous water governance in unceded Indigenous territories in British Columbia
Hamed Taheri, MSc
Supervised by: Gunilla Oberg and Giuseppe Carenini
Interactive visualization to facilitate group deliberations in decision making processes
Founder and CEO of Robust Choice Cloud Solutions Inc.
Allison Thompson , MA
Supervised by: Robin Naidoo
Effects of linear barriers on African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) movement in a transfrontier conservation area
Tashi Tsering, PhD
Supervised by: Tsering Shakya
Social inequality and resource management : gender, caste and class in the rural Himalayas
Postdoctoral Fellow at York University
Elizabeth Dapaah, MA
Water access and governance among indigenous and migrant low-income communities in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana
Graduate Academic Assistant at UBC
Angela Eykelbosh, PhD
Closing the carbon loop in sugarcane bioethanol : effects of filtercake biochar amendment on soil quality, leaching and carbon utilization
Environmental Health and Knowledge Translation Scientist at BC Centre for Disease Control
Laura Fedoruk, MSc
'Smart' energy systems and networked buildings : examining the integrations, controls, and experience of design through operation
Manager, Grid Services Analytics for Sunrun
Hana Sherin Galal, MA
Integrating sustainability in municipal wastewater infrastructure decision-analysis using the analytic hierarchy process
Andrea Haas, Fisheries MSc
Examining distribution and concentration of access in British Columbia's salmon and herring fisheries
Cristina Infante, PhD
Supervised by: Peter Nemetz
Building an ecosystem services value at risk conceptual framework for sustainability, efficiency and fairness in resource management : starting values from marine ecosystems
Danika Kleiber, Fisheries PhD
Supervised by: Amanda Vincent and Leila Harris
Gender and small-scale fisheries in the Central Philippines
Reza Kowsari, PhD
Twisted energy ladder : complexities and unintended consequences in the transition to modern energy services
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Liu Institute for Global Issues
Wing Yee Lam, Fisheries PhD
Supervised by: Rashid Sumaila, Daniel Pauly, and Brian Klinkenberg
Global fisheries economics in the face of change in climate
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Sea Around Us, Fisheries Centre, UBC
Megan Peloso, MA
Navigating water access and governance in peri-urban Ashaiman, Ghana : a case study
Senior Project Manager at Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Teresa Ryan, PhD
Supervised by: Ronald Trosper, Terre Satterfield, and Rashid Sumaila
Territorial jurisdiction : the cultural and economic significance of eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus in the north-central coast region of British Columbia
Postdoctoral Teaching and Learning Fellow, University of British Columbia
Stefan Storey, PhD
Supervised by: John Robinson, Raymond Cole, Steve Rogak, and Jorge Marques
Application of life-cycle approaches for the evaluation of high performance buildings
CEO- Sensible Building Science
Co-founder and Director for Structured Reports Corp.
Allison Takasaki, MA
Supervised by: Ralph Matthews
Environment, development, trust, and well-being in the Tsawwassen First Nation
Paul Teehan, PhD
Integrative approaches to environmental life cycle assessment of consumer electronics and connected media
Senior Data Scientist for travel audience GmbH- An Amadeus Company
Aylin Ulman, Fisheries MSc
Actual and perceived decline of fishery resources in Turkey and Cyprus: a history with emphasis on shifting baselines
PhD at Univeristy of Pavia/ Univeristy Pierre et Marie Curie on Marine Ecosystem Health and Conservation
Nathan Vadeboncoeur, PhD
Knowing climate change : modelling, understanding, and managing risk
President for Smart Shores and Vadeboncoeur Consulting Inc.
Lauren Weatherdon, Fisheries MSc
Scenarios for coastal First Nations' fisheries under climate change : impacts, resilience and adaptation potential
Cameron Webster, MSc
The effects of biochar application on carbon dioxide and methane soil surface fluxes
Christian Beaudrie, PhD
From cradle-to-grave at the nanoscale : expert risk perceptions, decision-analysis, and life cycle regulation for emerging nanotechnologies
Decision Analyst with Compass Resource Management Ltd.
Megan Callahan, MA
Lions and tigers and bears: an investigation of the state of conservation in zoos
Elizabeth Ferris, MSc
Implementing climate mitigation policy at a subnational level: lessons from British Columbia
Janalyn Kotaska, PhD
Supervised by: Terre Satterfield and Charles Menzies
Reconciliation 'at the end of the day': decolonizing territorial governance in British Columbia after Delgamuukw
Executive Director at Mother Tree Network
Kim Lau, MA
British Columbia's 'carbon neutral government' mandate: influence on infrastructure decisions
Liu Scholar and Graduate Fellow at Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
Nicole Miller, PhD
Urban form and building energy: quantifying relationships using a multi-scale approach
Partner of C2MP Consulting
Lyudmila (Lucy) Rodina, MA
Lived notions of citizenship and the human right to water in Site C, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa
Graduate Fellow at International WaTERS and Outreach Coordinator for Water Ethics Network
Lauren Rodman, MA
Spinning wind into power: industry and energy in Gitxaała Nation, British Columbia
Research analyst, National Conference of State Legislatures in Denver
Tom Berkhout, PhD
Steering transformative energy efficiency and conservation in British Columbia, Canada
Senior Policy Analyst, Energy Efficiency Branch
Laura Cornish, MA
Can 4D visioning foster community responses on climate change?
Director Product Management for Ecotagious Inc., EnerNOC, and Pulse Energy
Tee Lim, MA
Supervised by: Terre Satterfield and Frank Tester
Inuit encounters with colonial capital: Nanisivik - Canada's first high Arctic mine
Wilfram Swartz, PhD
Five not so easy pieces: globalization of fishing and seafood markets
Julia Freeman, PhD
Co-supervised by Terre Satterfield and Milind Kandlikar
Engineered debates and emergent biosafety: the social controversy and regulatory challenges confronting GE crops in India
Lecturer at McGill University's School of Environment
Claudia Ho Lem, MSc
Co-supervised by: Milind Kandlikar and Hisham Zerriffi
Climate science, equity, and development: the role of international institutions in capacity building for climate change
International Community Development Programme Consultant for Resource Efficient Agricultural Production Canada
Megan Bailey, PhD
Economic analysis of unregulated and illegal fishing in Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Post Doctoral Researcher at Wageningen University
Olivia Freeman, MSc
Maximizing climate and health benefits in household energy carbon credit projects
Country Coordinator, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Central Africa Field Program Manager for U.S Forest Service International Programs
Brian Gouge, PhD
Modeling and mitigating the climate and health impacts of emissions from public transportation bus fleets: an integrated approach to sustainable public transportation
Research Scientist for Aquatic Informatics Inc.
Susanna Haas Lyons, MA
It’s complicated: exploring Facebook’s potential for deliberative public engagement on sustainability policy
Public Engagement Specialist, AmericaSpeaks Network Associate
Carie Hoover, PhD
Effects of harvest and climate change on polar marine ecosystems: case studies from the Antarctic Peninsula and Hudson Bay early career fellow at the Center for Ocean Solutions at Stanford University
Megan Mach, PhD
Research on marine coastal impacts to promote ecosystem-based management: nonnative species in northeast Pacific estuaries
Communications and Outreach Specialist for DataONE
Liesbeth van der Meer, MSc
Global revenues from wild seafood products
Fisheries Specialist at OCEANA
Margaret Morales, MA
Citizenshit - the right to flush: sewage management and its meanings in Villa Lamadrid, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Videographer, Documentarian at Center for Documentary Studies
Claudia Morgado, MA
Getting to know the artist: understanding why artists are important contributors to the climate change conversation
Cynthia Morinville, MA
Beyond the pipe: participation and alternative water provision in underserved areas of Accra, Ghana
Coordinator Policy and Campaigns for USC Canada
James Murphy, PhD
Determinants of health outcomes in switching to electric bicycles
Meg O'Shea, PhD
Supervised by John Robinson
Embodying and performing sustainability
Manager of Small to Medium Enterprises, Program Manager of Thriving Vancouver for Vancouver Economic Commission
Jennifer Romero, MSc
Forest conservation in Argentina: early analysis of the Forest Law implementation in the Chaco Ecoregion
Dawit Tesfamichael, PhD
Supervised by: Daniel Pauly and Tony Pitcher
Assessment of the Red Sea ecosystem with emphasis on fisheries
Sonja Wilson, MSc
Remote community electrification using woody biomass
Project Manager for Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd.
Mathieu Beaulieu, MSc
A shifting hydrological regime: a field investigation of snowmelt runoff processes and their connection to summer baseflow, Sunshine Coast, B.C
Conseiller Hydrometerologie for Hydro-Quebec
Jacqueline Belzile, MA
Lessons from Oz to the Okanagan: water policy and structural reform in a changing climate
Director & Sustainability Consultant at Blue Currents Consulting Inc.
Brooke Campbell, MSc
A global analysis of historical and projected mariculture production trends, 1950-2030
Associate Research Fellow at Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security
Alice Cohen, PhD
From water to watershed: an analysis of rescaled water governance in Canada
Christina Cook, PhD
Putting the pieces together: tracing fragmentation in Ontario water governance
Independent Consulting in Montreal, Canada
Stephanie Grand, PhD
Supervised by: Les Lavkulich
Reactive soil components and logging in Podzols of southwestern British Columbia
Lecturer at Univeriste de Lausanne
Shinan Kassam, PhD
Supervised by: Rick Barichello
One explanation for why farmers produce cotton collectively in post-Soviet Tajikistan
Programme Manager- Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction (Tajikistan)
Michael Lathuillière, MSc
Land use effects on green water fluxes in Mato Grosso, Brazil
Craig Mayberry, PhD
Supervised by: Ilan Vertinsk
Social entrepreneurs: the role of entrepreneurial orientation and leadership style in non-profit organizations
Senior Lecturer in the College of Business and Economics at Western Washington University
Lindsay Nathaniel, MA
What affects environmentally sustainable behaviour? A case study of visitors to Whistler BC
Jeremy Osborn, MA
Supervised by: James Tansey
Values, culture, social capital, change: the case of The Car Coop
Research Director, Global Sustainability Group, Saatchi & Saatchi
Darlene Seto, MA
Diversity and engagement in alternative food practice: community gardens in Vancouver, British Columbia
Senior Policy Analyist, Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions for BC Public Service
Marleen de Ruiter, MSc
Supervised by: Stephanie Chang and John Clague
Post-disaster community recovery: linking environmental and economic recovery
PhD Researcher at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam/ VU- Institute for Environmental Studies
Lydia Teh, PhD
A fuzzy logic approach to spatial management of small-scale fisheries
Research Associate at Institute for the Oceans and Fishers UBC
Louise Teh, PhD
Discount rates, small-scale fisheries, and sustainability
Emily Anderson, MA
Co-supervised by: Kai Chan and Hisham Zerriffi
Can planting trees bring co-benefits? : smallholder tree planting for development and carbon mitigation
PhD student in RMES program at the University of British Columbia
Lenore Burke, MA
When the fishing’s gone: understanding how fisheries management affects the informal economy and social capital in the Nuxalk Nation
Marine Resource Management Assistant at Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism
Andrew Devlin, MA
Supervised by: Lawrence Frank
Structural effects of the built environment on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions: evidence from Vancouver, Canada
Transportation Planner, TransLink
Sara Elder, MA
Fair Trade certification and social determinants of health: the case of coffee producers in Rwanda
Mitacs Canadian Science Policy Fellow BC Ministry of Agriculture
Donna Pettipas, MA
Dwelling, tourism and sustainability on the rural-urban fringe: a Bowen Island case study
Jordan Tam, MA
Supervised by: Timothy McDaniels
Understanding preferences for climate change adaptation for protected areas: the psychology of individual risk perceptions
Andres Cisneros, MSc
The economic benefits of ecosystem-based marine recreation: implications for management and policy
Maria Espinosa, MSc
Towards ecosystem-based management: integrating stakeholder values in decision-making and improving the representation of ecosystems in ecosystem models
Coordinator of the Midriff Islands Program at Community and Biodiversity
Kirsten Harma, MSc
Changing with the flow: an analysis of water supply and demand in a subwatershed of the Okanagan Basin, British Columbia
Watershed Coordinator for Chehalis Basin Partnership/ Chehalis Lead Entity
Sarah Klain, MSc
Navigating marine ecosystem services and values
Nathalie Maurer, MSc
Supervised by: Hans Schreier
Modelling urban development trends and outdoor residential water demand in the Okanagan Basin, British Columbia
Environmental Engineer, EIT at Sperling Hansen Associates (SHA)
David Boyd, PhD
The environmental rights revolution: constitutions, human rights, and the environment
Professor at IRES
Zosia Brown, PhD
Supervised by: Raymond Cole
Occupant comfort and engagement in green buildings: examining the effects of knowledge, feedback and workplace culture
Resource Conservation and Sustainability Supervisor at Woodland Park Zoo
Eny Buchary, PhD
In search of viable policy options for responsible use of sardine resources in the Bali Strait, Indonesia
Arnold Elias, PhD
High potential: how a framework of criteria for an integrated energy system can initiate a sustainable electricity grid and transportation system
Sarah Foster, PhD
Supervised by: Amanda Vincent
Is bycatch a big problem for small fish? Assessing and addressing the impacts of tropical shrimp trawling on small fish species
National Manager at SeaChoice
Program Manager and Research Associate at Project Seahorse UBC
Glen Hearns, PhD
Supervised by: Ian Townsend
Analysis of process mechanisms promoting cooperation in transboundary waters
Gault Principle at Aristos Consulting
Gakushi Ishimura, PhD
Transboundary management of a fish stock under climate variability: the case of Pacific sardine in the California current ecosystem
Sonja Klinsky, PhD
Many faces, many frames: exploring the dimensions of justice and climate change policy decision-making
Associate Professor, School of Sustainability at Arizona State University
Eric Mazzi, PhD
An integrated assessment of climate mitigation policy, air quality and traffic safety for passenger cars in the UK
Currently the Power SmartR Instructor at the UBC Clean Energy Research Centre
Marivic Pajaro, PhD
Indicators of effectiveness in community-based marine protected areas
Anton Pitts, PhD
Supervised by: Paul Wood
Effects of wildlife viewing on the behaviour of grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) in the Khutzeymateen (K’tzim-a-deen) Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, British Columbia
Conor Reynolds, PhD
Supervised by: Milind Kandlinkar
Strategies to reduce transportation emissions in India: identifying air quality and climate co-benefits for the developing world
Division Manager at Air Quality and Climate Change Policy, Metro Vancouver
Jack Teng, PhD
Supervised by: Brian Moore
Environmental and social determinants of tick-borne zoonoses in the South Okanagan
Veronica Wahl, PhD
Supervised by: Patrick Mooney
Why people help: motivations and barriers for stewardship volunteering
UNIBUG Project Coordinator at Institute of Urban Ecology, Douglas College
Stephanie Lepsoe, MA
Water demand management and adaptations for mountain resort communities in the Canadian Columbia Basin
Jennifer Ardiel, MSc
The introduction of safe and sustainable agriculture certification: a case study of cherry growers in the Southern Interior of British Columbia
Laura DeVries, MA
What’s at stake on uncommon ground? The Grand River Haudenosaunee and Canada in Caledonia, Ontario
Associate at McCarthy Tetrault
Har-Rajandeep Singh Dhariwal, MA
Disaster resilience of the Vancouver health care system to pandemic influenza
Business Continuity and Risk Advisory Manager at First West Credit Union
Kieran Findlater, MSc
Biofuels and land use: global requirements and local impacts
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia
Lara Hoshizaki, MSc
What a difference a map makes: including ecosystem services within systematic conservation planning
Regional Monitoring System Coordinator for Coastal First Nations- Great Beat Initiative
Zhi Ying Lin, MSc
Trends in aquaculture production and its role in meeting human protein needs
Veronica Lo, MSc
Underwater aliens: quantifying propagule pressure of aquatic invasive species in Canadian shipping ports
Independent Consultant working with UN agenies
Alex Russell, MSc
Everything but the moo: a stakeholder analysis of livestock waste tissue disposal options in British Columbia
Benjamin Starkhouse, MSc
What’s the catch: uncovering the catch volume and value of Fiji’s coral reef-based artisanal and subsistence fisheries
Fisheries Harvest Manager, Lummi Nation
Nathan Vadeboncoeur, MA
On the implications of governance institutions for sustainability and climate change adaptation: a study of Whitehorse, Yukon
President for Smart Shores
Jonathan Anticamara, PhD
Ecology of recovering degraded reef communities within no-take marine reserves
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of British Columbia
Tihut Asfaw, PhD
Gender, justice and livelihoods in the creation and demise of forests in North Western Ethiopia’s Zeghie Peninsula
Sarah Burch, PhD
Local responses to climate change: an exploration of the relationship between capacity and action
Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in Sustainability Governance at Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability, UBC
Sharon Chang, PhD
Forest policy in northeast British Columbia from the 1990s to the early 2000s: comparing approaches to explaining policy change
Negar Elmieh, PhD
Public health responses to West Nile virus: the role of risk perceptions and behavioral uncertainty in risk communication and policy
Professor, Quest University Canada
Robyn Forrest, PhD
Simulation models for estimating productivity and trade-offs in the data-limited fisheries of New South Wales, Australia
Research Scientist, Groundfish, Marine Ecosystems and Aquaculture Division Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo
Shannon Hagerman, PhD
Adapting conservation policy to the impacts of climate change: an integrated examination of ecological and social dimensions of change
Jennifer Jacquet, PhD
Fish as food in an age of globalization
Alyssa Joyce, PhD
Risk and opportunity in British Columbia shellfisheries: the role of limited property rights in aquaculture development
Patricia Keen, PhD
Seasonal dynamics of tetracycline resistance genes and antibiotics in a British Columbia agricultural watershed
Jane Lister, PhD
Co-regulating corporate social responsibility: government response to forest certification in Canada, the United States and Sweden
Associate Director, Centre for Transportation Studies at Sauder School of Business at UBC
Jana Hanova, MSc
Environmental and techno-economic analysis of ground source heat pump systems
CleanTech & Energy Stream Lead Venture Leader at Creative Destruction Lab
Megan Moody, MSc
Eulachon past and present
Sheena Pappas, MSc
An assessment of historical changes in aquatic biota, water and sediment quality within a catchment at a developing urban front
Natalie Ban, PhD
Multiple perspectives for envisioning marine protected areas
Assistant Professor at University of Victoria
Miriam Bixby, PhD
Evaluating social welfare implications of forestry policies when economic and environmental values matter in a British Columbia context
Jamie Donatuto, PhD
When seafood feeds the spirit yet poisons the body: developing health indicators for risk assessment in a Native American fishing community
Shashidharan Enarth, PhD
Decentralization and democratization of natural resources management programs in India: a study of self-governing resource user-groups
Rasha Maal-Bared, PhD
Comparing the distribution of pathogenic bacteria and common indicator microorganisms in biofilms on different surface types in an agricultural watershed in British Columbia (Canada)
Research Associate at The University of Ottawa
Maria du Monceau de Bergencial, PhD
The political ecology of indigenous movements and tree plantations in Chile: the role of political strategies of Mapuche communities in shaping their social and natural livelihoods
Raul Pacheco-Vega, PhD
An integrated assessment of the effect of environmental regulation, land use changes and market forces on the Mexican leather and footwear industries’ restructuring
Assistant Professor, Public Administration Division at CIDE (Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, A.C.)
Charles Wilson, PhD
Understanding and influencing energy efficient renovation decisions
Liu Yajie, PhD
Resource and Environmental Economist at Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
An analysis of the management and economics of salmon aquaculture
Amy Frye, MA
Insights from the edge: farmers' perspectives on agricultural viability near urban centres
Acting Director, Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm
Julie Ann Beer, MSc
Littoral zone primary production in a coastal reservoir ecosystem
Daniel Galland, MSc
History and evolution of salmon aquaculture siting policy in British Columbia
Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Stacy Langsdale, PhD
Participatory model building for exploring water management and climate change futures in the Okanagan Basin, Britisih Columbia, Canada
Yasuhiko Ogushi, MSc
Automobile life cycle outcomes and possibilities under extended producer responsibility legislation in Japan
Andrea (Coombs) Wallace, MSc
Marine mammals and human health in the Eastern Bering Sea: using an ecosystem-based food web model to track PCBs
Manager at BC SPCA Wild ARC
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The PhD Program in Business Administration welcomes applications from individuals planning research-oriented academic careers.
As well as gaining access to a world of knowledge and opportunity, Sauder PhD students benefit from the individual attention they receive from faculty members - right from the outset of the program. Our faculty members devote extensive time, energy and effort to developing the research capabilities of all of our PhD students.
For specific program requirements, please refer to the departmental program website
What makes the program unique?
The Real Estate Division in the Sauder School of Business at UBC is known to be one of the best in the world. Our faculty sit on editorial boards of some of the top journals, including Journal of Urban Economics, Real Estate Economics, and Regional Science and Urban Economics. Our PhD program draws on the ULE faculty as well as those in Finance, Strategy and Business Economics, Management Science, Economics, and other fields.
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Program enquiries, admission information & requirements, 1) check eligibility, minimum academic requirements.
The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies establishes the minimum admission requirements common to all applicants, usually a minimum overall average in the B+ range (76% at UBC). The graduate program that you are applying to may have additional requirements. Please review the specific requirements for applicants with credentials from institutions in:
- Canada or the United States
- International countries other than the United States
Each program may set higher academic minimum requirements. Please review the program website carefully to understand the program requirements. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission as it is a competitive process.
English Language Test
Applicants from a university outside Canada in which English is not the primary language of instruction must provide results of an English language proficiency examination as part of their application. Tests must have been taken within the last 24 months at the time of submission of your application.
Minimum requirements for the two most common English language proficiency tests to apply to this program are listed below:
TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language - internet-based
Overall score requirement : 100
IELTS: International English Language Testing System
Overall score requirement : 7.0
Other Test Scores
Some programs require additional test scores such as the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Graduate Management Test (GMAT). The requirements for this program are:
The GRE or a comparable test is required. Please check the program website.
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3) prepare application, transcripts.
All applicants have to submit transcripts from all past post-secondary study. Document submission requirements depend on whether your institution of study is within Canada or outside of Canada.
Letters of Reference
A minimum of three references are required for application to graduate programs at UBC. References should be requested from individuals who are prepared to provide a report on your academic ability and qualifications.
Statement of Interest
Many programs require a statement of interest , sometimes called a "statement of intent", "description of research interests" or something similar.
Supervision
Students in research-based programs usually require a faculty member to function as their thesis supervisor. Please follow the instructions provided by each program whether applicants should contact faculty members.
Instructions regarding thesis supervisor contact for Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Urban Land Economics (PhD)
Citizenship verification.
Permanent Residents of Canada must provide a clear photocopy of both sides of the Permanent Resident card.
4) Apply Online
All applicants must complete an online application form and pay the application fee to be considered for admission to UBC.
Tuition & Financial Support
Financial support.
Applicants to UBC have access to a variety of funding options, including merit-based (i.e. based on your academic performance) and need-based (i.e. based on your financial situation) opportunities.
Program Funding Packages
We provide a financial package that includes tuition plus $30,000 per year for the first five years of the PhD Program.
Average Funding
- 1 student received Research Assistantships valued at $11,521.
- 1 student received Academic Assistantships valued at $2,278.
- 1 student received internal awards valued at $21,798.
Scholarships & awards (merit-based funding)
All applicants are encouraged to review the awards listing to identify potential opportunities to fund their graduate education. The database lists merit-based scholarships and awards and allows for filtering by various criteria, such as domestic vs. international or degree level.
Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA)
Many professors are able to provide Research Assistantships (GRA) from their research grants to support full-time graduate students studying under their supervision. The duties constitute part of the student's graduate degree requirements. A Graduate Research Assistantship is considered a form of fellowship for a period of graduate study and is therefore not covered by a collective agreement. Stipends vary widely, and are dependent on the field of study and the type of research grant from which the assistantship is being funded.
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This subject covers statistical methodology, theory of finance, microeconomics and advanced topics in urban land economics.
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UBC MA Thesis and Research Procedures
Ma research supervision.
As early as possible in their program of study, students should identify a faculty member from the department who is willing to act as their Research Supervisor and work with them to develop a thesis proposal. The Research Supervisor need not be the student’s program Advisor.
After the student has completed most of his/her coursework, and tentatively identified a research topic for the Thesis, the Research Supervisor and the student will establish a Thesis Research Committee. This Research Committee will supervise the student’s research and completion of the Thesis. The Research Committee is chaired by the Research Supervisor and consists of a least one other faculty member. A third faculty member joins the committee as an examiner just prior to the final oral examination. Under special circumstances approved by the Graduate Advisor and with permission of the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, the Research Committee may include a person who is not a member of the UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies. See below for more details about the structure and function of the Research Committee.
A major part of the MA student’s work will consist of a Thesis summarizing the results of original research. The MA Thesis is intended to serve as a vehicle for developing the student’s research and scholarly capability. Ideally, the Thesis involves the student in all the rigors of critical reading, evaluation and analysis of research and theoretical literature, problem definition, research design and analysis, and the written and oral presentation of findings and conclusions. The nature of research may be theoretical, empirical, historical, qualitative, ethnographic, or analytical, according to what is appropriate to the student’s area of study.
The Behavioral Sciences Review Committee of the University must approve the acceptability of all studies (including theses) that involve human subjects. This approval is required when any human being is subjected to experimental procedures or when an invasion of privacy may be involved (e.g., by examination of records, by interview, or by administration of a questionnaire). Information and all necessary forms for securing human subjects approval are available from the Office of Research Services (Ethics Division) . Human Subjects (ethics) approval and approval of the Research Committee must be secured prior to embarking on a research project. The completed Thesis is submitted to the University Library and must in all ways comply with the University requirements. Students are referred to the document, “Instructions for Preparation of Graduate Theses”, for details regarding thesis requirements, available from the Library, the Faculty of Graduate Studies, or online at: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/dissertation-thesis-preparation .
Thesis Development and Supervision
A designated Research or Thesis Supervisor and Research Committee will supervise development and completion of the MA Thesis. The procedures for formation, membership, and changes in the Research Committee are as follows:
Thesis or Research Supervisor
At least one faculty member, acting in the capacity of Thesis Supervisor will oversee the development and completion of the Thesis. The Thesis Supervisor must be a member of the Department, normally one affiliated with the student’s area of specialization, with relevant substantive knowledge in the student’s area of study. Frequently, the Advisor can serve as the Thesis Supervisor. It is the responsibility of the student to approach relevant faculty members and discuss the possibility of service as Thesis Supervisor. Once a faculty member has agreed to serve as the student’s Thesis Supervisor, this agreement must be verified in writing to the Department Graduate Office in a memo, which is signed by the student, and the Thesis Supervisor. Identification of the Thesis Supervisor must also be indicated on the student’s Program of Graduate Studies (PGS).
It is important that the student identifies and consults with his/her Thesis Supervisor when he/she is prepared to begin to work on a Thesis, but prior to the development of a Thesis Proposal.
Research Committee
In consultation with the Thesis Supervisor, the student must also specify a Research Committee. This should be done as early as possible in the student’s program. Each student’s Research Committee consists of a minimum of one other faculty member (with a third person becoming involved at the time of the final oral examination). This person should be a faculty member with knowledge and expertise within the student’s chosen area of study and who can provide advice and assistance throughout the conduct of the Thesis project.
Normally, the Thesis Supervisor serves as Chair of the student’s Research Committee, but the Chair must be a member of the Department, and should be an individual with research and/or relevant substantive knowledge in the student’s program and Thesis area. This “expertise match” is an important part of the basis for successful completion of the degree, and neither students nor faculty should minimize its importance. Other members of the Research Committee should be selected to supplement the expertise and experience of the Chair. Although a full-time, senior member of faculty must chair each supervisory committee, the committee may include individuals who are not full-time faculty members. In particular, professors emeriti, honorary faculty, adjunct faculty and off-campus professionals who are academically qualified to advise graduate students may be members of the committee if approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies.
The student must notify the Department Graduate Office, usually by a memo to the Graduate Advisor, of the Research Committee membership. The membership of the Research Committee must also be noted on the student’s Program of Graduate Studies form. Students must also notify the Department Graduate Office regarding any changes that occur in the membership of his/her Research Committee, usually through a memo to the Graduate Advisor.
Much of the work of the Research Committee is typically accomplished by means of informal meetings between the candidate and members of his/her Research Committee. Other meetings or working sessions of the Research Committee may, of course, be held at the discretion of those involved.
Examination of the Thesis
Student performance on the MA Thesis is formally examined on two occasions: the defense of the proposal or Thesis Proposal Hearing and the Final Oral Examination or defense of the completed Thesis.
Thesis Proposal Hearing Guidelines and procedures for the Thesis Proposal Hearing are described below.
- The Thesis Proposal is viewed as a “Letter of Agreement” between the student and his/her Research Committee. As such, it is to be a written document containing a clear statement of the intended Thesis topic, justification of the intended topic by reference to and critical evaluation of related research and theory, and careful description of the procedures intended for use in the exposition of the Thesis project. Often, students choose to develop a proposal that will serve, with very little modification, as the initial three chapters of their Thesis, but this is not a formal requirement. The format of presentation of the proposal will vary, depending on the problem, the student’s style, and the character of the Research Committee, although proposals should follow APA (American Psychological Association) style.
- A completed Thesis Proposal should be submitted to the student’s Thesis Committee at least 3 weeks prior to the Proposal Hearing. The proposal is then formally presented and defended at a meeting of the Research Committee to which others may be invited if the student and his/her Committee deem it desirable. The student defends his/her selection of a problem and his/her intended procedures for evaluating this problem empirically. The Proposal Hearing is as important as the ultimate defense of the Thesis itself. Collecting the Thesis data, or otherwise proceeding with subsequent steps in the production of a Thesis, is contingent upon the acceptance of the Thesis Proposal by the Research Committee. Thus, students must not proceed with their proposed research project until after their Thesis Proposal has been successfully defended and approved.
- Normally, all other degree requirements must be completed prior to the Proposal Hearing.
- The cover sheet of the Thesis Proposal should contain space for the signatures of the student and the Committee members, signifying that all parties concerned have agreed to the terms of reference for the Thesis as outlined in the Thesis Proposal. It is acknowledged here that changes (especially in the ‘Procedures’ aspect) often are introduced during the operational phases and thus the proposal is not binding in any strict sense. Signatures of the student and the Research Committee members, however, do indicate that all parties have agreed in good faith to the problem and the general procedures described in the Thesis Proposal. Any subsequent changes are to be negotiated as the need arises between the student and the Research Committee.
- A copy of the signed proposal cover sheet is to be filed by the student in the student’s file in the Department Graduate Office following a successful Thesis Proposal Hearing.
- Intervening work may be, and often is accomplished by means of informal meetings between the student and members of his/her Research Committee. Other meetings—work sessions—of the Research Committee may, of course, be held at the discretion of those involved.
Final Oral Examination
Prior to the presentation of the completed Thesis and the Final Oral Examination, the candidate’s Research Committee must be satisfied that the Thesis has been satisfactorily completed. At this time, the Research Committee selects an appropriate Departmental or extra-departmental examiner to serve on the thesis examining committee and determines a date for the Final Oral Examination. The Committee responsible for evaluating the thesis must include a minimum of two people: the thesis supervisor or designate, and a person who is not involved in advising the student in his or her research. The Final Oral Examination is an open examination and is advertised at least two weeks prior to the defense, at which time a copy of the Thesis is made available for review in the Department Graduate Office. At the Final Oral Examination, the candidate makes an oral presentation, normally of 20–30 minutes duration, often supplemented with audio-visual material, and responds to questions related to the topic. Following the Final Oral Examination, some revisions to the thesis may be required and in some cases the Thesis may need to be re-examined.
The guidelines and procedures for the Final Oral Examination are described below.
- A student’s Thesis must be prepared according to the procedures and in the form described in the leaflet entitled, “Instructions for Preparation of Graduate Theses, and should also conform to APA (American Psychological Association) style requirements.
- The Departmental or extra-departmental examiner should be from within the UBC academic community and will be appointed by the Research Supervisor to join the Examination Committee, based on recommendations from the candidate’s Research Committee. The examiner will be a selected for his/her general expertise in the area of the thesis topic and related areas.
- The Thesis Supervisor arranges for a time and date for the Final Oral Examination through the Department Graduate Office. At this time and 2 weeks prior the proposed Final Oral examination the candidate must provide one copy of the Thesis as accepted by his/her committee the Department Graduate Office.
- At least four weeks before the Final Oral Examination the candidate must supply enough copies of the approved form of the Thesis for delivery to each member of the candidate’s examination committee.
- The candidate is to make arrangements for any audio-visual needs for the final oral at least one week before the Final Oral Defense.
- The Final Oral Examination is open to all members of the University. Notice of the examination will be given in the form of a printed program announcing the title of the candidate’s thesis, date and place of the examination and the members of the Examination Committee. The Research Supervisor is to forward the program information to the Department Graduate Office at least two weeks prior to the defense.
- The Examining Committee will consist of a quorum of the candidate’s Research Committee, including the Thesis supervisor, and the external examiner.
- The candidate will be required to make a 20- to 30-minute oral presentation summarizing the research completed. Following the presentation, members of the Examination Committee may ask questions of the candidate with reference to the thesis or to areas related to the thesis topic. After completion of this questioning, the candidate and visitors will be asked to leave the examination room so that the Committee may decide upon acceptance and percentage grade to be assigned to the thesis. After deliberations are completed, the candidate will be invited to meet the committee.
- The title page of an accepted thesis is to be signed by at least two members of the Examination Committee. In the instance of a pass with major or minor revision decisions, the signature of the Chairperson of the candidate’s Research Committee is withheld until final corrections are made. The Chairperson must also sign the abstract of the thesis.
- Upon receipt of a copy of the signed Thesis by the Special Collections Division of the Library, the candidate will have completed all MA degree requirements. Copies of the Special Collections Division receipt and a copy of the approved thesis are to be filed, by the candidate, with Department Graduate Office.
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Each student and their supervisory committee should work together to determine the scholarly scope and most appropriate structure of the thesis, keeping in mind scholarly standards within their fields and professional objectives of the student. As forms of scholarship continue to evolve, so do the possibilities for how a body of scholarly work can be expressed. Theses at UBC can include many ...
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We invite you to browse through the Electronic Theses and Dissertations database cIRcle hosted by the UBC library. Since 2008 all dissertations are accessible electronically. The database is an excellent resource to find out about research at UBC! You may do a quick title search on this page or go to cIRcle and to full text searches.
Thesis Type Thesis Title Year; Guo, Jia: ... Epistemic Models in Economics: 1999: Madden, Joshua: M.Sc. thesis: Going Critical: An Investigation of Diameter-Critical Graphs: 1999: Titcombe, Michèle ... Institute of Applied Mathematics Vancouver Campus 311-6356 Agricultural Road University of British Columbia Vancouver, ...
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MA Research Supervision As early as possible in their program of study, students should identify a faculty member from the department who is willing to act as their Research Supervisor and work with them to develop a thesis proposal. The Research Supervisor need not be the student's program Advisor. After the student has completed most […]
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