Faculty of Forestry
BEST: Forest Bioeconomy Sciences and Technology
- BEST 200 (3) Foundations in Bioproducts and the Bioeconomy
- Introduction to the production, use, and attributes of renewable products and energy derived from biobased materials. Sustainability paradigms related to the bioeconomy; potential environmental and socio-political impacts associated with biobased technologies and transitions to sustainable economies. [3-0-0]
Prerequisite: CHEM 121.
- BEST 201 (3) Plants, Carbon, and Environment
- Introduction to plant biology, with special emphasis on growth and development, highlighting the biological mechanisms of radiation energy capture, and water and nutrient acquisition in the production of plant biomass. [3-0-0]
Prerequisite: All of BIOL 111, BIOL 121.
- BEST 202 (3) Alternative Energy Systems
- Introduction to safe, clean, and sustainable supplies of energy. Economic, social, environmental, and policy issues raised by current systems of energy use and production are examined. [3-0-0]
- BEST 203 (3) Ecology of Managed Ecosystems
- Provides a foundation in managed ecosystems and community ecology. Includes material on forest ecology and agricultural ecosystems as managed environments. [3-2-0]
Prerequisite: One of BIOL 111, BIOL 121.
- BEST 204 (3) Land Use Management and Planning
- Global overview of land use management and planning, with a focus on principles and practice. [3-0-2]
- BEST 300 (3) Biobased Polymers and Bioproducts
- Study of occurrence, synthesis, derivatization, physical properties, processing, and application of major bio-based polymers from biomass. Manufacturing processes and uses of biobased products are examined. [3-0-0]
Prerequisite: One of CHEM 203, CHEM 233.
- BEST 301 (3) Bioenergy
- Interdisciplinary approach to bioenergy. The technology of the systems involved, the social and environmental implications of biomass use for energy systems. [3-0-0]
Prerequisite: BEST 202.
- BEST 302 (3) Laboratory in Bioeconomy Technology (I)
- Laboratory modules for bioeconomy technologies; bioenergy and bioproducts. [1-3-0]
Prerequisite: BEST 200.
Corequisite: One of BEST 300, BEST 301.
- BEST 303 (3) Applied Biotechnology for Bioproducts
- Use of microbiology and enzymology for processing and enhancing value of forest and agro-based bioproducts; saccharification of biomass, fermentation, and product upgrading with biocatalysts. [3-0-0]
Prerequisite: BEST 300.
- BEST 304 (3) Laboratory in Bioeconomy Technology (II)
- Laboratory modules for bioeconomy technologies; plant breeding, deconstruction, fermentation, and applied biotechnology. [1-3-0]
Prerequisite: BEST 302.
Corequisite: BEST 303.
- BEST 400 (3) Biomimicry and Biocomposites
- Introduction to principles of self-assembly, hierarchical structures, biocomposites, and unique adaptive structures. [3-0-0]
Prerequisite: BEST 300.
- BEST 401 (3) Carbon and Energy Economics
- Understanding key issues for carbon management, protocols for carbon accounting and methodologies for emissions inventories and carbon costing. Economics and business response to climate change are examined. [3-0-0]
Prerequisite: ECON 101.
- BEST 402 (3) Industrial Ecology
- Concepts in sustainability around technology and material use; relevance of biological ecology to industrial ecology; life cycle analysis: components and applications; and approaches to design. [3-0-2]
Prerequisite: BEST 200.
- BEST 403 (3) Integrated Strategies for Bioproduct Innovation
- Project-based course on development of bioeconomy products; demonstration of out-of-box thinking, service learning and teamwork. Restricted to students in the Forest Bioeconomy Sciences and Technology program. [2-3-0]
