This course list is a compilation of relevant field schools offered at BC Universities in 2017. Each course has unique application requirements, deadlines, and fees so be sure to check the details and plan ahead. More information can be found by following the links. This webpage will be updated as more information becomes available. 
Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre:
Website: bamfieldmsc.com
Application information can be found here 
Description of all field school courses found here

SUMMER SEMESTER
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  • Directed Studies in Marine Sciences
    Dates: May 1 - Sept 
       Duration: 3 or 6 weeks
       Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
       Information: Course Description

  • Marine Invertebrate Zoology
    Dates: May 1 - Jun 9
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description

  • Biodiversity of Seaweeds
    Dates: May 23 - Jun 9
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description
 
  • Marine Behavioural Ecology
    Dates: May 23 - June 9
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description

  • Ethnobotany
    Dates: June 12 - June 30
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description

  • Biology of Marine Fishes
    Dates: June 12 - July 21
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description

  • Coastal Community Ecology
    Dates: June 12 - June 30
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description

  • Ecological Models and Data
    Dates: July 3 - July 21
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description

  • Tongues in Trees: Literary Forests
    Dates: July 2 - July 21
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description 

  • Survey Methods for Coastal Wildlife 
    Dates: July 24 - Aug 11
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description 

  • Coastal Biodiversity & Conservation 
    Dates: July 24 - Sept 1
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description 

  • Historical Ecology & Coastal Archaeology 
    Dates: July 24 - Aug 11
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description 

  • Marine Microbiology 
    Dates: Aug 14 - Sept 1
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description
 
  • Sex and Evolution
    Dates: Aug 14 - Sept 1
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description

FALL SEMESTER

  • Applied Data Analysis in Marine Sciences 
    Dates: Sept 5 - Dec 6 
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description 

  • Directed Studies in Marine Sciences
    Dates: Sept 5 - Dec 15
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description 

  • Ecological Adaptations of Seaweeds 
    Dates: Sept 11 - Oct 5
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description 

  • Marine Population Ecology & Dynamics
    Dates: Oct 11 - Nov 3
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description 

  • Animal Structure & Function
    Dates: Aug 14 - Sept 1
    Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Center
    Information: Course Description
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Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society 
Website: hghes.ca
Application Information
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  • ​Winter Semester in Natural Resource Studies
​       Dates: January to April
       Location: Haida Gwaii
       Information: Course Webpage

  • Fall Semester in Natural Resource Science
    Dates: September to December
    Location: Haida Gwaii
    Information: Course Webpage
University of British Columbia / University of British Columbia Okanagan 
Website: ubc.ca, ok.ubc.ca 

  • EOSC 428: Field Techniques in Groundwater Hydrology
    Dates: TBA (end of April or beginning of May)
    Location: Richmond groundwater hydrology field site
    Information: Course Description

  • FRST 351: Interior Field School
    Dates: TBA
    Location: Alex Fraser Research Forest, Williams Lake, BC 
    Information: Course Description
 
  • GEOG 379B: Field School at Williams Lake 
    Dates: TBA
    Location: Williams Lake, BC 
    Information: Course Description
 
  • GEOG 309: Geographical Biogeosciences Field Course
    Dates: TBA (likely beginning of May)
    Location: Cheakamus Centre, North of Squamish, BC 
    Information: Course Description
 
  • EOSC 328: Field Geology
    Dates: April 30 - May 21
    Location: Oliver Field School, Southern Okanagan 
    Information: Course Description
University of Northern British Columbia:
website: unbc.ca
  • Biology 333: Field School
    Dates: TBA
    Location: TBA
    Information: Course Description

  • NREM 333: Field Applications in Resource Management
    Dates: TBA
    Location: TBA
    Information: Course Description

  • GEOG 414: Field Applications in Weathering Processes
    Dates: TBA
    Location: TBA
    Information: Course Description

  • ORTM 333/633: Field School in Outdoor Recreation & Tourism 
    Dates: May - August Semester 
    Location: TBA
    Information: Course Description
University of Victoria:
Website: uvic.ca
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  • BIOL 492: Malaysia Tropical Field Ecology 
    Dates: TBA
    Location: Malaysia 
    Information: Course Description

  • GEOG 474, 491, 491: Field Studies in Coastal and Marine Ecology
    Dates: TBA (likely the month of May)
    Location: Clayoquot Sound, BC
    Information: Course Webpage

  • GEOG 453: Field Studies on Coastal and Marine Ecology 
    Dates: TBA (likely beginning of May)
    Location: Koeye River Lodge 
    Information: Course Description 

  • GEOG 477: Field Studies in Physical Geography 
    Dates: TBA (likely beginning of September)
    Location: Rocky Mountain Range 
    Information: Course Webpage

  • Geography 388 and 391: Sustainability Field School
    Dates: TBA (likely the month of May)
    Location: TBA
    Information: Course Webpage
 
  • ES 441: Advanced Principles and Practices in Ecological Restoration
    Dates: May 5 - 14th 
    Location: Galiano Island, BC
    Information: Course Webpage

  • ES 470: Advanced Field Study in Community & Regional Coastal-Marine Conservation
    Dates: November Reading Break
    Location: Southern Gulf Islands BC, Aboard the schooner 'Passing Cloud'
    Information: Course Description

  • Urban Ethnoecology
    Dates: June 8 - 30
    Location: Victoria, BC
    Information: Course Description

  • Permaculture Field School
    Dates: May 19 - 28th 
    Location: Cortes Island, BC
    Information: Course Description

  • ES 481: Field Methods in Ethnoecology
    Dates: Feb 13 - 17th 
    Location: Chatham & Discovery Island 
    Information: Course Description

  • Redfish School of Change
    Dates: June 23 - Aug 4th 
    Location: Vancouver Island, BC, Gulf Islands, San Juan Islands, Bellingham, WA 
    Information: Course Description, Website
Raincoast Institute:
website: raincoasteducation.org
* Note that these courses do not count for university credit. They are general courses which may enhance your knowledge and/or introduce you to a subject of interest. 
  • Birds of the West Coast
    Dates: Weekend course, TBA 
    Location: Tofino, BC
    Information: Course Page 

  • Coastal Animal Tracking 
    Dates: May 26-28
    Location: Tofino, BC
    Information: Course Page

  • Mushrooms of the West Coast
    Dates: October 8-8th (Thanksgiving Weekend)
    Location: Tofino, BC
    Information: Course Page
 
  • Seaweeds of the West Coast
    Dates: June 9-11
    Location: Tofino, BC
    Information: Course Page
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Photos from Rainforest Education Society
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Simon Fraser University:
website: sfu.ca
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  • GEOG 310: Physical Geography Field School
    Dates: Immedietly following the end of final examination (April)
    Location: TBA
    Information: Course website

MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED. 
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Vancouver Island University:
website: viu.ca

Wildlands Studies:
website: wildlandsstudies.com

  • The Banff National Park Project: Wildlife Corridors
       Dates: June 28 - July 13
       Location: Banff National Park
       Information: Course Page