Bachelor of Environmental Studies (Honours) Degree Requirements
Total courses: forty
Required courses: 22 (* are major requirements):
- ESTU-1100 – Introduction to Environmental Studies*
- ESTU-2100 – Canadian Regional Environments*
- ESCI-1100 – Introduction to Environmental Science*
- ESCI-1120 – Introduction to Geomorphology*
- ESCI-1130 – Atmosphere and Climate*
- ESCI-1141 – Cartography and Digital Mapping*
- ESCI-1151 – Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems and Science*
- ESCI-2010 – Geology and the Environment*
- ESCI-2600 – Resource Management*
- ESCI-2610 – Environmental Decision Analysis*
- ESCI-3601 – Issues in Resource & Environmental Systems*
- ESCI-3610 – Environmental Impact Assessment*
- POLS-2120 – Environmental Policy and Politics*
- POLS-2300 – Space, Place and Scale
- SACR-1100 – Foundations of Social Life
- SACR-3080 – Intermediate Statistics
- LAWS-2180 – Environmental Law
- SOSC-2500 – Basic Quantitative Analysis
- POLS-2490 – Political Economy of Agriculture & Food* or SACR-3400 – Food & Global Sustainability*
- PHIL-2270 – Environmental Ethics* or PHIL-2280 – Technology, Human Values & Environment*
- PHIL 3230 – Human Rights and Global Justice* or SACR-2270 – Globalization, Development & Social Change*
- BIOL-1013 – Organisms and the Environment* or BIOL-1111 – Biological Diversity*
Students must also select 8 courses from an Area of Concentration (AoC):
Resource Management or Environmental Values and Policy
Courses for Area of Concentration – Resource Management – choose 8:
- ESTU-4808 – Special Topics in Environmental Studies
- ESTU-4900 – Environmental Studies Research Project
- ESTU-4910 – Environmental Research/Leadership Experience
- ESCI-1111 – Introduction to Earth Science
- ESCI-2000 – Science, Technology and Society
- ESCI-2141 – Hydrology*
- ESCI-2201 – Climatology*
- ESCI-2210 – Introduction to Climate Change
- ESCI-2300 – Introduction to Oceanography
- ESCI-2400 – Geomorphology*
- ESCI-2620 – Environmental Auditing in Mineral Resource Development
- ESCI-2630 – Geology & International Development
- ESCI-2721 – Introduction to Image Processing and Remote Sensing*
- ESCI-3701 – Spatial Modelling in GIS*
- ESCI-3745 – Field Methods for Environmental Studies*
- BIOL-1101 – Cell Biology
- BIOL-2080 – Plants and Society
- CHEM-2003 – Chemistry in the Marketplace
- PHIL-3290 – Animals and Ethics
- PHYS-2060 – Physics and Society – The Present
- POLS-2490 – Political Economy of Agriculture & Food
- POLS-3350 – Political Geography
- SACR-3400 – Food & Global Sustainability
- STEN-1000 – Introduction to Business
- VSAR-3850 – Green Corridor
*Three courses must be taken from these selections
If both POLS-2490 and SACR-3400 are taken, one course fulfils a major requirement, the other contributes to the AoC requirement
Courses for Area of Concentration – Environmental Values and Policy – choose 8:
- ESTU-4808 – Special Topics in Environmental Studies
- ESTU-4900 – Environmental Studies Research Project
- ESTU-4910 – Environmental Research/Leadership Experience
- ESCI-3745 – Field Methods for Environmental Studies
- POLS-1600 – Introduction to International Relations
- POLS-2130 – Public Opinion, Mass Media & Canadian Democracy
- POLS-2140 – Legal Process in Canada
- POLS-2200 – Introduction to Public Administration
- POLS-2210 – Canadian Public Administration & Policy
- POLS-2490 – Political Economy of Agriculture & Food
- POLS-2680 – International Organization
- POLS-2750 – Introduction to Research Methods
- POLS-3260 – Local Government
- POLS-3350 – Political Geography
- POLS-3600 – International Conflict & its Resolution
- POLS-3630 – Principles of International Law
- PHIL-2270 – Environmental Ethics
- PHIL-2280 – Technology, Human Values & Environment
- PHIL-3230 – Human Rights and Global Justice
- PHIL-3290 – Animals and Ethics
- PHIL-3300 – Environmental Philosophy
- SACR-2270 – Globalization, Development & Social Change
- SACR-3270 – Social Movements
- SACR-3400 – Food & Global Sustainability
- SACR-3520 – Citizenship, Rights and Social Justice
- STEN-1000 – Introduction to Business
- VSAR-3850 – Green Corridor
- WGST-3530 – Women, Power and Environments (also offered as SACR-3530)
If both POLS-2490 and SACR-3400 are taken, one course fulfils a major requirement, the other contributes to the AoC requirement
If both PHIL-2270 and PHIL-2280 are taken, one course fulfils a major requirement, the other contributes to the AoC requirement
If both PHIL-3230 and SACR-2270 are taken, one course fulfils a major requirement, the other contributes to the Aoc requirement
10 additional courses from any area of study:
- Can be from area of concentration list
- Study Abroad/ Global Perspectives in Science
- Internship/Service Learning/Undergraduate Research Experience