Specialization in Environmental Studies (60 cr.)

Students have the option of selecting electives of their choice or completing an environmental studies stream by completing 15 credits accordingly to Table 3 in one of:

• Resources, Population and Development
• The Built Environment and Health
• Representations and Communications for the Environment

 

1st Year

ENVI-1406 - Earth's Environmental Systems

ENVI-1507 - Intro to Environmental Studies

 

6 credits from either:

PHIL-1115 - Introduction to Philosophy

ENGL-1705 - Introduction to Writing and English Studies

ENGL-1540 - Academic Reading and Writing in English

 

18 elective credits

 

We suggest in selecting their elective courses that students select from the courses in Table 1 which are pertinent to the program and help fulfill prerequisites for upper year course selections.

 

2nd Year

3 credits from among:

|ENSC-2606| Ecology of Human Populations *

BIOL-2356 - Principles of Ecology *

 

3 credits from among:

PHIL-2217 - Environmental Ethics*

JURI-2316 - Environmental Law*

 

3 credits of Statistics from among:

STAT-2126 - Introduction to Statistics

STAT-2246 - Statistics for Scientists

 

21 elective credits

 

Note: ENVI students may need to take additional 1st year credits from Table 1 to meet prerequisites for upper year courses.

 

3rd Year

3 credits from among:

ENSC-3606 - Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Impact Assessment*

|ENSC-3607| Environmental Risk Management *

ENVI-4726 - L'eau douce au XXIe siècle

 

3 credits from among:

ENVI-4706 - Approche interdisiciplinaire des enjeux environnementaux

PHIL-3217 - Philosophy of Nature and Environment*

ENVI-3516 - Greening the Built Environment

 

ENVI-3606 - Environmental Impact Assessment

 

9 credits from Studies Core Offerings (see Table 2)

 

2 elective credits 3

 

4th Year

6 credits from either:

ENVI-4905 - Thesis in Environmental Studies

ENVI-4915 - Environmental Community Research

 

3 credits from among:

ENVI-4726 - L'eau douce au XXIe siècle  (if not taken in 3rd year) this is a required course for graduation otherwise 3 credits from among:

ENSC-3606 - Environmental Impact Assessment* Environmental Impact Assessment

|ENSC-3607|* Environmental Risk Management

 

3 credits from among:

ENVI-4706 - Approche interdisiciplinaire des enjeux environnementaux

PHIL-3217 - Philosophy of Nature and Environment*

ENVI-3516 - Greening the Built Environment

 

9 credits from Studies Core Offerings (see Table 2)

 

9 elective credits

 

* These courses will be recognized as ENVI credits for prerequisite purposes.

 

Major in Environmental Studies (42 cr)

 

ENVI-1406 - Earth's Environmental Systems

ENVI-1507 - Intro to Environmental Studies

 

6 credits from either:

PHIL-1115 - Introduction to Philosophy

ENGL-1705 - Introduction to Writing and English Studies

ENGL-1540 - Academic Reading and Writing in English

 

18 second major/minor/elective credits

 

We suggest in selecting their elective courses that students select from the courses in Table 1 which are pertinent to the program and help fulfill prerequisites for upper year course selections

 

2nd year

3 credits from among:

|ENSC-2606|* Ecology of Human Populations

BIOL-2356 - Principles of Ecology* 

 

3 credits from among:

PHIL-2217 - Environmental Ethics*

JURI-2316 - Environmental Law*

 

3 credits of Statistics from among:

STAT-2126 - Introduction to Statistics

STAT-2246 - Statistics for Scientists 

 

21 second major/minor/elective credits

 

Note: ENVI students may need to take additional 1st year credits from Table 1 to meet prerequisites for upper year courses.

 

3rd year

3 credits from among:

ENSC-3606 - Environmental Impact Assessment* Environmental Impact Assessment

|ENSC-3607|* Environmental Risk Management

ENVI-4726 - L'eau douce au XXIe siècle

 

3 credits from among:

ENVI-4706 - Approche interdisiciplinaire des enjeux environnementaux

PHIL-3217 - Philosophy of Nature and Environment* 

ENVI-3516 - Greening the Built Environment

 

6 credits from upper year ENVI courses

 

18 second major/minor/elective credits

 

Concentration in Environmental Studies (36 cr.)

 

1st year

ENVI-1406 - Earth's Environmental Systems

ENVI-1507 - Intro to Environmental Studies

 

6 credits from either:

PHIL-1115 - Introduction to Philosophy

ENGL-1705 - Introduction to Writing and English Studies

ENGL-1540 - Academic Reading and Writing in English

 

15 elective credits

 

3 science credits

 

2nd year

3 credits from among:

|ENSC-2606|* Ecology of Human Populations

BIOL-2356 - Principles of Ecology*

 

3 credits from among:

PHIL-2217 - Environmental Ethics*

JURI-2316 - Environmental Law* 

 

3 statistics credits from among:

STAT-2126 - Introduction to Statistics

STAT-2246 - Statistics for Scientists

 

21 elective credits 

 

3rd year

6 credits from among:

ENSC-3606 - Environmental Impact Assessment* Environmental Impact Assessment

|ENSC-3607|* Environmental Risk Management

ENVI-4726 - L'eau douce au XXIe siècle

 

9 credits from the following courses:

ENVI-4706 - Approche interdisiciplinaire des enjeux environnementaux

PHIL-3217 - Philosophy of Nature and Environment*

ENVI-3516 - Greening the Built Environment

ENVI-4726 - L'eau douce au XXIe siècle

 

15 elective credits

 

* These courses will be recognized as ENVI credits for prerequisite purposes.

 

Minor in Environmental Studies (24 cr.)

6 cr 1000 level ENVI (See table 2 for all prerequisites):

ENVI-1406 - Earth's Environmental Systems

ENVI-1507EL - Intro to Environmental Studies

 

6 cr 2000 level ENVI:

ENVI-2506 - Cultural Representation of the Environment

ENVI-2516 - Ecological Footprints and Demographic Change

ENVI-2526 - Diet, Food Choice, and the Environment

ENVI-2536 - Environment and Human Health

 

6 cr 3000 and/ or 4000 level ENVI (See table 2 for all prerequisites):

ENVI-3506 - The Living City

ENVI-3516 - Greening the Built Environment

ENVI-3606 - Environmental Impact Assessment

ENVI-4706 - Approche interdisiciplinaire des enjeux environnementaux

ENVI-4716 - Critical Perspectives of Canadian Resources

ENVI-4726 - L'eau douce au XXIe siècle

 

6 cr from Other Discipline Offerings (See table 2 for all prerequisites):

ANTR-3046EL - Human Ecology & Palaeoecology

|ECON-2057E| Environmental Economics and Policies (In the Minor)

ECON-3056E - Economics of Natural Resources

ENGL-3536EL - Environmental Communication

HIST-3356EL - Canadian Environmental History

JURI-2316EL - Environmental Law

NATI-2105EL - Culture, Behaviour and the Identity of the Native People

NATI-2285EL - North American Native People: Tradition and Culture

PHIL-2217EL - Environmental Ethics

PHIL-3217EL - Philosophy of Nature and Environment

POLI-3756EL - Politics of the Environment

WOMN-3047EL - Gender, Food and Health

SOCI-4216EL - Capitalism, Work and the Regulation of Environmental Risks

SOCI-4176EL - Environmental Sociology

*Other courses may be accepted with permission of the department