Fall 2009 Undergraduate Calendar


INTER-FACULTY PROGRAMS

Honours Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES)

This program is truly interdisciplinary in approach and will introduce students to the social, cultural, economic, political, legal, and ethical factors affecting human interaction with the environment while at the same time ensuring they acquire a basic literacy in the physical and biological sciences. Graduates will understand the human dimensions of environmental issues and will be knowledgeable, skilled individuals capable of analyzing complex human-environmental situations and formulating effective political and social strategies to address human impact.

Total courses: forty
    Major requirements:
    (a) nineteen courses consisting of, 34-227, 34-228, 48-227, 42-200, 45-212, 48-340 or 49-340 or 45-249, 55-101 or 55-140, 58-100, 61-141, 61-213, 61-246, 67-100, 67-102, 67-210, 67-246, 67-280, 67-332, 67-334, 99-218
    (b) plus eight courses from one of the following areas of concentration: Resource Management or Environmental Values and Policies.

    Other requirements:
    (a) 02-250, 45-100, 48-101, 48-102, 48-308 (or 50-231);
    (b) eight courses from any area of study.

    Area of Concentration: Resource Management

    At least 3 of the following must be taken: 67-220, 67-221, 67-310, 67-320, 67-402, 67-410.

    27-385. Green Corridor
    34-329. Animals and Ethics
    45-238. Political Geography
    66-201. Science, Technology and Society
    45-249. Political Economy of Agriculture and Food
    55-141. Cell Biology (prerequisite: 55-140)
    55-208. Plants and Society
    58-499. Environmental Studies Research Project
    59-201. Chemistry in the Marketplace
    61-210. Introduction to Oceanography
    61-214. Geology and International Development
    61-247. Environmental Auditing in Mineral Resource Development
    64-203. Physics, Society and the Environment
    67-220. Climatology
    67-221. Advanced Geomorphology
    67-310. GIS Problem Solving and Spatial Modelling
    67-320. Watershed Hydrology
    67-370. Climate Change
    67-402. Remote Sensing
    67-410. Advanced Methods in GIS Analysis
    75-100. Introduction to Business

    Area of Concentration: Environmental Values and Policy

    27-385. Green Corridor
    34-323. Globalization and Social Justice (or 48-375/49-375 Social Justice and Global Change)
    34-329. Animals and Ethics
    34-330. Theories of Nature
    40-101. Introduction to Communication Studies
    40-257. Foundations of Political Economy of Communications
    40-367. Communication, Environment and Development
    45-249. Political Economy of Agriculture and Food
    45-160. Issues in World Politics
    45-220. Introduction to Public Administration
    45-221. Canadian Public Administration and Policy
    45-238. Political Geography
    45-268. International Organizations
    45-275. Introduction to Research Methods
    45-326. (Municipal) Urban Administration
    45-360. International Conflict and its Resolution
    45-363. Principles of International Law
    48-228. Class, Wealth and Power in Canada
    48-327. Social Movements
    53-320. Women, Power, and the Environment (also offered as 48-353)
    54-204. Worker Health and Safety
    58-499. Environmental Studies Research Project
    75-100. Introduction to Business

    PROGRAM SEQUENCING

    Year 1

    55-100. Introduction to Canadian Government and Politics
    48-101. Principles and Methods of Sociology
    58-100. Introduction to Environmental Studies
    61-141. Earth Systems II: The Earth's Surface
    67-100. Introduction to Geomorphology
    02-250. Basic Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
    48-102. Social Institutions and Social Change
    55-101. Organisms and the Environment (or 55-140 Biological Diversity)
    67-102. Atmosphere and Climate
    Option/Elective or area of concentration

    Year 2
    34-227. Environmental Ethics
    67-246. Aerial Photography and Cartography
    45-212. Environmental Policy and Politics
    34-228. Technology, Human Values and the Environment
    61-213. Geology and the Environment
    42-200. Introductory Resource Management
    67-210. Introduction to GIS
    3 Options/Elective or area of concentration

    Year 3
    48-227. Globalization and Social Change
    48-308. Intermediate Statistics
    61-246. Environmental Decision Analysis
    67-280. Field Measurement and Mapping Techniques
    67-332. Issues in Resource and Environmental Systems
    5 Options/Elective or area of concentration

    Year 3 or 4 (depending on year offered)
    48-340. Food and Global Sustainability or 45-249 Political Economy of Agriculture and Food
    99-218. Environmental Law

    Year 4
    67-334. Environmental Impact Assessment
    9 Options/Elective or area of concentration



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