Food and Resource Economics (BSc)

Note: The FRE program has been approved at UBC Senate, but is awaiting formal approval from BC’s Ministry of Advanced Education. Check back for updates, or get in touch with Student Services.

If the economics of food and Earth resources fascinates you, the Food and Resource Economics (FRE) program will take your engagement to a whole new level. In FRE, you’ll critically analyze a wide range of economic and management issues in food supply chains, including the resource and environmental impacts of food production. Upon graduation, you’ll be well set up to take your learning into the working world, into UBC’s Master of Food and Resource Economics, or into UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

Majors Offered

Food and Resource Economics (FRE) is a major in itself. Find out more about what’s involved in a FRE degree, including courses you might take as part of your studies and career possibilities for when you graduate.

Food and Resource Economics

Are you interested in food supply chains? The resource and environmental impacts of food production? Resource management and agri-business? The Food and Resource Economics program at UBC gears you up for a career in this fast-changing field; it’ll also prep you for further study at the graduate level.

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