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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) twenty courses consisting of, 34-227, 34-228, 48-227, 42-200, 45-212, 48-340 or 49-340, 50-393, 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 42-231 or 50-231);
(b) seven 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 (also offered as 42-249)
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 & Spatial Modelling
67-320. Watershed Hydrology
67-370. Climate Change
67-402. Remote Sensing
67-410. GIS and Spatial Decision Support Systems
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
42-131. Introduction to Cultural Geography
45-249. Political Economy of Agriculture and Food (also offered as 42-249)
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
50-320. Women, Power, and the Environment
54-204. Worker Health & Safety
58-499. Environmental Studies Research Project
75-100. Introduction to Business
PROGRAM SEQUENCING
Year 1
Fall
45-100. Introduction to Canadian Government and Politics
48-101. Principles and Methods of Sociology
67-100. Introduction to Geomorphology
Option/Elective or area of concentration
Option (60-104 recommended for an introduction to basic computing skills)
Winter
48-102. Social Institutions and Social Change
55-101. Organisms and the Environment (or 55-140)
58-100. Introduction to Environmental Studies
61-141. Earth Systems II: The Earth's Surface
67-102. Atmosphere and Climate
Year 2
02-250. Basic Statistics for the Social Sciences
34-227. Environmental Ethics
41-110. Introduction to Economics
67-246. Aerial Photography and Cartography
45-212. Environmental Policy and Politics
34-228. Technology, Human Values and the Environment
42-200. Introductory Resource Management
61-213. Geology and the Environment
67-210. Introduction to GIS
Option/Elective or area of concentration
Year 3
48-227. Globalization and Social Change
48-308. Intermediate Statistics
61-246. Environmental Decision Analysis
50-393. Environmental Planning
67-280. Field Measurement and Mapping Techniques
67-332. Principles of Resource Management
4 Options/Elective or area of concentration
Year 4
48-340. Food and Global Sustainability
67-334. Environmental Impact Assessment
99-218. Environmental Law
7 Options/Elective or area of concentration
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