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Required Courses:
Year one (33 credits)
RRMT 123: Communications (3 credits) OR
ENGL 100: English Composition (3 credits)
[ENGL 100 is strongly recommended,
especially if a student wants to continue to
a degree program]
COMM 193: Intro. to Scientific and Technical
Communication (3 credits)
ENVS 100: Intro. to Environmental Science I
(3 credits) and ENVS 101: Intro to
Environmental Science II (3 credits) OR
CHEM 110: The Structure of Matter
(3 credits) and CHEM 111: Chemical
Energetics and Dynamics (3 credits)
NOST 201: Natural History of the North (3 credits)
NOST 215: Northern Science Field Methods
(3 credits) (field course offered in August)
FNST 100: Introduction to First Nation Studies
(3 credits) OR FNST 140: Preservation
of Traditional Knowledge (3 credits) OR
HIST 140: History of Yukon First Nations
and Self-Government (3 credits)
RRMT 121: Northern Field Biology (3 credits) OR
BIOL 101: Principles of Biology (3 credits)
and BIOL 102: Principles of Biology II (3
credits) (only three of the six credits from
BIOL 101 and BIOL 102 can be applied
towards an RRMT diploma)
RRMT 122: Maps and Remote Sensing (3 credits)
RRMT 125: Renewable Resources Measurements
(3 credits) (field course offered in April/May)
RRMT 137: Professional Practices in Renewable
Resource Management (3 credits)
RRMT 134: Intro Salmon Hatcheries (3 credits)
(elective offered with McIntyre Salmon
Incubation Facility)
Non-credit required certifications:
WFA 001: Advanced Wilderness and Remote
First Aid
RRMT 148: Firearms Use and Safety
BOAT 001: B.O.A.T. (Boat Operators Accredited
Training)
Year two (33 credits)
BIOL 220: Ecology (3 credits)
RRMT 202: Biometrics (3 credits)
RRMT 200: Field Methods (3 credits) (August field
course) or in special circumstances
ENVS 223: Principles and Practices of
Heritage Interpretation (3 credits)
(April field course)
Choose one or more Aquatic Systems courses:
RRMT 134: Intro to Salmon Hatcheries (3 credits)
RRMT 135: Fisheries Field Techniques (3 credits)
RRMT 237: Fisheries Management (3 credits)
RRMT 239: Aquatic Ecology (3 credits)
Choose two or more Land Management courses:
GEOG 250: Introduction to GIS (3 credits)
RRMT 236: Land and Protected Area Management
(3 credits)
RRMT 238: Environmental Protection and Impact
Assessment (3 credits)
RRMT 241: Introduction to Land Management
(3 credits)
RRMT 242: First Nation Land Management
(3 credits)
Choose two or more Terrestrial Systems courses:
BIOL 210: Introduction to Northern Botany (3 credits)
BIOL 225: Ornithology – Intro to Biology of Birds
(3 credits)
BIOL 230: Conservation Biology (3 credits)
BIOL 290: Beringia: Its Pleistocene Environ and
Paleoecology (3 credits)
BIOL 310: Animal Behaviour (3 credits)
RRMT 223: Wildlife Management (3 credits)
RRMT 235: Forest Management (3 credits)
Choose zero or more Unclassified Electives:
CRIM 251: Introduction to Law Enforcement
(3 credits)
ENVS 200: Environmental Perspectives (3 credits)
OR ENVS 201: Environmental Ethics (3
credits) (only one of these courses can
be applied towards the RRMT diploma)
ENVS 223: Principles and Practices of Heritage
Interpretation (3 credits)
ENVS 225: Environmental Change and Fish and
Wildlife Health (3 credits)
ENVS 226: Environmental Change and Community
Health (3 credits)
ENVS 232: Issues in Ecological Tourism (3 credits)
GEOG 290: Climate Change and the Circumpolar
World (3 credits)
POLI 222: Northern Resources and Environmental
Law (3 credits)
RRMT 204: Guided Independent Studies (3 credits)
Non-credit required course:
RRMT 201: Winter Travel and Survival
Note: not all electives are offered every year; some
electives not listed may be eligible for credit.
Gabriel Rivest
shcool of science
Yukon College 2012/13
www.yukoncollege.yk.ca
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