Program Overview

Master's of Resource Management Planning

Program Overview

The Master's of Resource Management Planning (MRM) is a professional planning program that specializes in interdisciplinary training in policy, natural science, and social science applied to natural resource and environmental planning. The program is accredited by the Planning Standards Board for the Planning Profession of Canada and the Planning Institute of British Columbia.

Program Structure

• The program is supervised by a member of faculty.
• Graduates are certified by the Canadian Institute of Planners.
• The program is a per-term regular fee program.
• It typically takes five to seven terms to complete.
• The program consists of eleven courses, including one elective.
• Some original research is required.
• A library submission of the final research project is required, and journal publication is possible.

Program Details

The REM Planning Program (REPP) aims to increase familiarity and competence in understanding the dynamics of natural resources, the strategies and techniques of natural resource and environmental planning and management, and the biological, physical, social, economic, and institutional implications of resource decisions. Students become familiar with various quantitative methods of analysis and aids to decision-making.

Core Courses

• REM 602-5: Professional Planning Practice
• REM 611-5: Applied Ecology
• REM 621-5: Ecological Economics
• REM 631-5: Climate Change and Environmental Management
• REM 641-5: Environmental and Planning Law
• REM 642-5: Sustainable Community Planning and Regional Development
• REM 643-5: Public Engagement, Environmental Conflict and Dispute Resolution
• REM 644-5: Policy Analysis for Social and Environmental Change
• REM 698-3: Field Resource Management Workshop
• REM 801-5: Approaches to Sustainability Research and Practice
• REM 699-10: Research Project

Research Project

The final product of a REM research project is a high-quality written report on a problem in resource and environmental management or planning. The project includes original research and incorporates knowledge gained through courses or in the field. The report is typically 50-60 pages in length (around 14,000 words) and is published by the SFU Library and possibly in other academic or non-academic outlets.

Example MRM-Planning Student Schedule