Academic Calendar 2023-2024

Environmental Studies – Major (Arts) – Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

ENVS-M-BAH

Subject: Administered by the School of Environmental Studies.
Plan: Consists of 60.00 units as described below.
Program: The Plan, alone, or in combination with a Minor in another subject, and with sufficient electives to total 120.00 units, will lead to a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree.

1. Core
A. Complete 3.00 units from the following:3.00
Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems
Ecology and the Environment
B. Complete the following:
ENSC 103Environment and Sustainability3.00
GPHY 101Human Geography3.00
GPHY 102Physical Geography and Natural Resources3.00
C. Complete 3.00 units from the following:3.00
The Dynamic Earth
Environmental Geology and Natural Hazards
History of Life
D. Complete the following:
DEVS 250Environmental Transformations3.00
ENSC 201Environmental Toxicology and Chemical Risks3.00
ENSC 230Principles of Sustainability3.00
ENSC 290Introduction to Ecological Economics3.00
E. Complete the following:
ENSC 301Environmental Assessment3.00
ENSC 330Applications of Sustainability3.00
F. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
Honours Projects in Environmental Sustainability
Independent Environmental Study
Research Project Sustainability
ENSC_Seminar
2. Option
– ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES –
A. Complete 9.00 units from the following:9.00
Environmental History
Social Environments
Environmental Policy
Sustainable Food Systems
Environmental Justice in Global Context
B. Complete 3.00 units from the following course list: 3.00
ENSC_Interdisciplinary_SocSci/Huma
C. Complete 3.00 units from the following course list:3.00
ENSC Interdisciplinary_Humanities
– ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE –
D. Complete 3.00 units from the following course list: 3.00
ENSC_Integrative Science
E. Complete 3.00 units from the following course list: 3.00
STAT_Options
Electives
Elective Courses60.00
Total Units120.00

3. Notes

A. Students are advised to complete at least 15.00 units from the core courses in their first-year. Deferring 100-level courses to the final year of study is strongly discouraged.

B. Students who opt to take ENSC 502 to satisfy Core requirement 1.F. may use the further 6.00 units in electives and/or Plan requirements as approved by the Chair of Undergraduate Studies.

C. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. 

Environmental Studies Course Lists

The following lists contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.6 (Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.

ENSC_Integrative_Science

Environmental Science/Studies Integrative Science Options
BIOL 103Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems3.00
BIOL 212Scientific Methods in Biology3.00
BIOL 335Limnology and Aquatic Ecology3.00
ENSC 201Environmental Toxicology and Chemical Risks3.00
ENSC 301Environmental Assessment3.00
ENSC 307Marine Environmental Issues3.00
ENSC 320Wildlife Issues in a Changing World3.00
ENSC 425Ecotoxicology3.00
ENSC 471Environmental Analysis Methods3.00
ENSC 407Global Water Issues3.00
ENSC 480Special Topics in Environmental Science3.00
GEOL 106Environmental Geology and Natural Hazards3.00
GEOL 107History of Life3.00
GEOL 200Oceanography3.00
GPHY 207Principles Of Biogeography3.00
GPHY 209Weather and Climate3.00
GPHY 304Northern and Arctic Environments3.00
GPHY 306Natural Environmental Change3.00
GPHY 310Landscape Ecology3.00
GPHY 312Watershed Hydrology3.00
GPHY 314Climate Change3.00
GPHY 317Soil, Environment, and Society3.00
GPHY 318Advanced Biogeography3.00
GPHY 319Contemporary Energy Resources3.00
GPHY 320Energy and Society3.00

ENSC_Interdisciplinary_Humanities

Environmental Science/Studies Interdisciplinary Humanities Options
CLST 214Ancient Science3.00
DEVS 220Introduction to Indigenous Studies3.00
DEVS 221Indigenous Studies II - Resistance and Resurgence3.00
PHIL 203Science and Society3.00
PHIL 293Humans and the Natural World3.00
PHIL 310Development Ethics3.00
PHIL 493Ethics and the Environment3.00
RELS 235Religion and Environment3.00

ENSC_Interdisciplinary_SocSci/Huma

Environmental Science/Studies Interdisciplinary and Social Science and Humanities Options
CHEE 342Environmental Biotechnology3.00
CLST 214Ancient Science3.00
DEVS 220Introduction to Indigenous Studies3.00
DEVS 221Indigenous Studies II - Resistance and Resurgence3.00
DEVS 250Environmental Transformations3.00
ECON 290Environmental Economics and Assessment3.00
ENSC 200Environmental History3.00
ENSC 290Introduction to Ecological Economics3.00
ENSC 301Environmental Assessment3.00
ENSC 305Social Environments3.00
ENSC 307Marine Environmental Issues3.00
ENSC 310Environmental Policy3.00
ENSC 311Applied Environmental Policy3.00
ENSC 315Sustainable Food Systems3.00
ENSC 320Wildlife Issues in a Changing World3.00
ENSC 321Environmental Justice in Global Context3.00
ENSC 391Practical Applications in Sustainability3.00
ENSC 407Global Water Issues3.00
ENSC 420Gender and Environments3.00
ENSC 482Special Topics in Environmental Studies3.00
ENSC 483Special Topics in Environmental Studies II3.00
GPHY 336Geography, the Environment and Human Health3.00
GPHY 339Medical Geography3.00
GPHY 365Geography, Development, and Environment in the 'Third World'3.00
PHIL 203Science and Society3.00
PHIL 293Humans and the Natural World3.00
PHIL 310Development Ethics3.00
PHIL 493Ethics and the Environment3.00
RELS 235Religion and Environment3.00

ENSC_Interdisciplinary_SocSci/Huma_Gen/Min_Options

Environmental Studies Interdisciplinary and Social Science and Humanities Gen/Min Options
CLST 214Ancient Science3.00
DEVS 220Introduction to Indigenous Studies3.00
DEVS 221Indigenous Studies II - Resistance and Resurgence3.00
DEVS 250Environmental Transformations3.00
ECON 290Environmental Economics and Assessment3.00
ENSC 200Environmental History3.00
ENSC 290Introduction to Ecological Economics3.00
ENSC 301Environmental Assessment3.00
ENSC 305Social Environments3.00
ENSC 307Marine Environmental Issues3.00
ENSC 310Environmental Policy3.00
ENSC 315Sustainable Food Systems3.00
ENSC 320Wildlife Issues in a Changing World3.00
ENSC 321Environmental Justice in Global Context3.00
ENSC 407Global Water Issues3.00
PHIL 293Humans and the Natural World3.00
PHIL 493Ethics and the Environment3.00
RELS 235Religion and Environment3.00

ENSC_Seminar

Environmental Science/Studies Seminar Options
ENSC 407Global Water Issues3.00
ENSC 420Gender and Environments3.00
ENSC 425Ecotoxicology3.00
ENSC 480Special Topics in Environmental Science3.00
ENSC 483Special Topics in Environmental Studies II3.00

STAT_Options

Statistic Course Options
BIOL 243Introduction to Statistics3.00
CHEE 209Analysis Of Process Data3.00
COMM 162Managerial Statistics3.00
ECON 250Introduction to Statistics3.00
GPHY 247Introduction to Statistics3.00
KNPE 251Introduction to Statistics3.00
NURS 323Introduction to Statistics3.00
POLS 285Introduction to Statistics3.00
PSYC 202Statistics in Psychology3.00
SOCY 211Introduction to Statistics3.00
STAM 200Introduction to Statistics3.00
STAT 263Introduction to Statistics3.00