The IOF offers a series of FISH courses, which all students are encouraged to take for official credit or as an elective. Please discuss your course requirements with your IOF research supervisor.
Graduate students may register to take FISH courses for credit with Student Services (SSC).
Note: FISH courses with low registration are subject to possible cancellation on or before the date of the first class.
Adding/Dropping Courses: Students can add and/or drop courses via SSC until the second week of the term. Following, students must complete an add/drop form (with the required signatures) and submit it to the OCF Graduate Program Officer.
Auditing Courses: If you are planning to officially or unofficially audit a course, please contact the instructor for permission and notify IOF by email – graduate.program@oceans.ubc.ca.
Theses / Dissertation Courses
FISH 549A: M.Sc. Thesis, 12-Credit Program
FISH549B: M.Sc. Thesis, 18-Credit Program
FISH 699: Ph.D. Dissertation
Courses Offered in Term 1 + 2, 2025/2026
FISH 500: Issues in Fisheries Research: Seminars (3 Credits)
Courses Offered in Term 1, 2025
FISH 506G / SPPG 544: Economic Foundations of Environmental Policies (3 Credits)
FISH 506H / STAT 547N: Statistics in Ecology and Marine Sciences (1.5 Credits)
FISH 509: Bayesian Methods for Fisheries Stock Assessment (3 Credits)
FISH 520: Fisheries Conservation, Governance and Evaluation (6 Credits)
Courses Offered in Term 2, 2026
FISH 504: Quantitative Analysis of Fisheries I (3 Credits)
FISH 506I / EOSC 448: Goverance and Relationality in Indigenous Fisheries (3 Credits)
FISH 506Y: Community Driven Science: Developing Tools for Partnered Research with a Focus on Indigenous Communities and Aquatic Science (3 Credits)
Courses Offered in Term 3, 2026
FISH 501: Ecosystem Modelling with Ecopath with Ecosim (3 Credits)