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Interfaculty - Honours Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES)
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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: 40

Major requirements:
(a) seventeen courses consisting of 34-227 or 34-228, 34-323 or 48-227, 45-212, 48-340 or 45-249, 55-101 or 55-140, 58-100, 61-141, 61-213,
61-246, 67-100, 67-102, 67-200, 67-210, 67-246, 67-332, 67-334, 99-218
(b) plus eight courses from one of the following areas of concentration: Resource Management or Environmental Values and Policy.

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


Area of Concentration: Resource Management

At least 3 of the following must be taken: 67-220, 67-221, 67-280, 67-310, 67-320, 67-402

27-385. Green Corridor
34-329. Animals and Ethics
45-238. Political Geography
45-249. Political Economy of Agriculture and Food
48-226. Introduction to International Development
48-340. Food and Global Sustainability
55-141. Cell Biology
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 and Society –The Present
66-201. Science, Technology and Society
67-220. Climatology
67-221. Environmental Geomorphology
67-280. Field Measurement and Mapping Techniques
67-310. GIS Problem Solving and Spatial Modelling
67-320. Watershed Hydrology
67-370. Climate Change
67-402. Remote Sensing
75-100. Introduction to Business

Area of Concentration: Environmental Values and Policy

27-385. Green Corridor
34-227. Environmental Ethics
34-228. Technology, Human Values and the Environment
34-323. Globalization and Social Justice
34-329. Animals and Ethics
34-330. Theories of Nature
40-101. Introduction to Communication Studies
45-160. Issues in World Politics
45-220. Introduction to Public Administration
45-221. Canadian Public Administration and Policy
45-238. Political Geography
45-249. Political Economy of Agriculture and Food
45-268. International Organizations
45-275. Research Methods in Political Science
45-326. (Municipal) Urban Administration
45-360. International Conflict and its Resolution
45-363. Principles of International Law
48-226. Introduction to International Development
48-227. Globalization and Social Change
48-327. Social Movements
48-340. Food and Global Sustainability
48-375. Social Justice and Global Change
53-320. Women, Power, and the Environment (also offered as 48-353)
54-204. Worker Health and Safety
58-499. Environmental Studies Research Project
67-280. Field Measurement and Mapping Techniques
75-100. Introduction to Business

PROGRAM SEQUENCING

Year 1
45-100. 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
(or 34-228 Technology, Human Values and the Environment)
67-246. Aerial Photography and Cartography
45-212. Environmental Policy and Politics
61-213. Geology and the Environment
67-200. Introductory Resource Management
67-210.
Principles and Applications of GIS
4 Options/Elective or area of concentration

Year 3
48-227. Globalization and Social Change
(or 34-323 Globalization and Social Justice)
48-308. Intermediate Statistics
61-246. Environmental Decision Analysis
67-332. Issues in Resource and Environmental Systems
6 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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