1. Master of Food and Resource Economics Sven Clarke, Student Advisor, Graduate Studies sven.clarke@apro.ubc.ca

2. World Class Living

3. Research, Education & Community

4. Financial Aid Annual cost of living for a single graduate student in Vancouver ranges between $13,000 and $16,000 An average 1 bedroom apartment near campus is about $750 a month A 2004 Mercer Cost of Living survey ranked Vancouver as one of the least expensive cities in the industrialized world

5. Over 150 Master’s & 80 Doctoral Programs –Land & Food Systems –Commerce –Forestry –Applied Sciences –Science –Law –Dentistry –Education –Medicine –Graduate Studies 2,000 prospective supervisors Over 150 Master’s & 80 Doctoral Programs –Land & Food Systems –Commerce –Forestry –Applied Sciences –Science –Law –Arts –Dentistry –Education –Medicine –Interdisciplinary Studies –Graduate Studies 2,000 prospective supervisors Master’s and PhD Programs at UBC

6. Master of Food & Resource Economics Worldwide demand for professionals who can understand and analyze economic issues related to food and natural resources. This demand is increasing due to problems of food security, safety, trade and the effects of the food sector on the environment.

7. Course-based Master degree, completed in 12 months Start in September 2013 No thesis required Designed for economic practitioners Professional focus rather than research Master of Food and Resource Economics

8. A unique degree in North America, because it: 1. Is focused on applied economics 2. Is applied to food, natural resources, and environment 3. Includes policy analysis 4. Includes agri-business 5. Includes project evaluation

9. 1.Required Courses: September to April FRE 501: Commodity Markets and Price Analysis FRE 502: Food Market Analysis FRE 503: Policy Analysis for Food, Environment and Resources FRE 515: Agribusiness Management FRE 525: Environmental Economics and Policy FRE 528: Applied Econometrics 2. Electives ECON 355: Introduction to International Trade ECON 370: Benefit Cost Analysis and the Economics of Project Eval. ECON 472: Economics of Renewable Resources FRE 302: Small Business Management in Agri-food Industries FRE 385: Quantitative Methods for Business and Resource Mngmt. FRE 540(3): International Resource Economics and Development 3. Summer: May to August (2012) AGEC 547 - Graduating Project Degree Requirements

10. On-campus: Research project: Eg: Canada - International trade in food products Off- campus internship: Industry: Eg: Food processing company Government: Eg: Ministry of Agriculture in Indonesia Graduating Project

11. Jeff completed an internship at Nathan Associates (Jakarta, Indonesia) in 2010 with an economic development firm on a joint project with ASEAN where he prepared a report on nutrition and food security that was published and submitted to USAID.

12. Where would you do your co-op? Vancouver - A Bread Affairs, Vancouver - West Kootenay Herb Growers Cooperative - Food Tree, Vancouver - BC Food Processor Association, Vancouver - Water Street in Gastown of Vancouver, BC - UBC Farm - Agri-Food Canada Summerland Indonesia/International - Nathan Associates, Indonesia - Samdhana Institute, Indonesia - Bionic Farms, Indonesia - Finca Peru - Irrigation Project in Nepal - Indonesian Ecolabelling Institute, Indonesia - Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia Canada - Agri Food Canada, Ottawa - Environment Canada, Ottawa - Shasha Bread, Toronto -International Development Research Network, Ottawa

13. Relevant Bachelor's Degree Overall Grade: B+ Overall English proficiency TOEFL = 90 Admission Requirements

14. Mathematics (calculus) Micro-economics Statistics Required Background

15. CHENG, Jason Economist, ECDP Committee VP Finance Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa CHO JUNG, Backhee Senior Deputy Director Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Korea WANG, Rannie, Produce Manager, WALMART, Toronto Sales Administrator PlanNet Logix Inc., Vancouver, Canada HUNTER, Jeff Option-licensed Investment Advisor Haywood Securities Inc., Vancouver, Canada JAUNG, Wanggi Consultant, Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia You have an MFRE, what’s next?

16. GONZALES, Maria Analyst, Meyers Norris and Penny (MNP) LLP, Vancouver JIN, Shoren Marketing Specialist, Dell Computer, Shanghai, China KIM, Sung Kyu Research Award Recipient 2011 International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada TSAO, Charlie Economist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa XIE, Zhihui Operation Manager, Canadian Icewine United Specialty Hub Inc. YUAN, Xuhui Transpacific Trading, Vancouver, Canada ZHANG, Jia Dong Financial Consultant Standard Chartered Bank (China) Limited You have an MFRE, what’s next?

17. Rannie Wang returned to UBC campus in November, 2011 to receive her MFRE degree. Rannie is living in Toronto where she was recently hired by Walmart as Produce Associate. Her position involves monitoring prices, competition, purchases and produce quality control.

18. Come join us at UBC! sven.clarke@apro.ubc.ca