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Honours BA in Environmental Studies
Honours BA in Environmental Studies
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120

At least 24 credits specific to the program, excluding bilingual courses, must be taken in the second language.



Co-operative education is available with this program.

Compulsory first-year courses:
BIO1130 Introduction to Organismal Biology 3
CHM1100 Chemistry and the Human Environment 3
ECO1104 Introduction to Microeconomics 3
ENG1100 Workshop in Essay Writing 3
GEG1301 The Physical Environment 3
GEG1302 Society and Environment 3
MAT1372 Elements of Probability and Statistical Inference 3
PHI1101 Reasoning and Critical Thinking 3
PHI1102 Moral Reasoning 3
PHY1703 Physique et environnement 3
POL1102 Politics and Globalization 3
Three credits from:
ENG1120 Literature and Composition I: Prose Fiction 3
ENG1121 Literature and Composition II: Drama and Poetry 3
Three credits from:
PHI1102 Moral Reasoning 3
PHI1103 Fundamental Philosophical Questions 3
PHI1104 Great Philosophers 3
Other compulsory courses:
BIO2129 Ecology 3
ECO2118 Introduction to the Economics of the Environment 3
ENV2501 La recherche environnementale : approches et méthodes 3
ENV3101 Legal Context of Environmental Issues 3
ENV4910 Recherche sur le terrain / Field Study Course 3
ENV4920 Séminaire de recherche en études de l'environnement / Research Seminar in Environmental Studies 3
ENV4999 Volontariat en environnement / Environmental Volunteer Work 0
GEG2304 Climatology 3
GEG2320 Introduction to Geomatics 3
GEG3302 Natural Resource Management 3
PHI2798 L'éthique environnementale1 3
POL2101 Introduction to Canadian Politics 3
SOC2105 Introduction to Social Ecology 3
30 credits with at least six credits in each of the lists A, B, C, D and a maximum of 18 credits in GEG.
A. Methodology
ENV4110 Selected Topics in Environmental Methodology 3
GEG2918 Camp d'automne I / Field Camp I 3
GEG3105 Remote Sensing 3
GEG3312 Advanced GIS 3
GEG3313 Planning Methodology 3
GEG4118 Environmental Impact Assessment 3
GEG4120 GIS and Numerical Spatial Analysis 3
GEG4121 Applications of GIS in Natural and Social Sciences 3
GEG4515 La télédétection appliquée à l'environnement 3
GEG4523 Méthodes et techniques de planification spatiale 3
SOC2111 Methodological Principles in Sociology 3
SOC3141 Quantitative Methodology and Data Collection 0
B. Natural Environment
BIO3115 Conservation Biology 3
BIO3117 Ecosystem Ecology 3
CVG2231 Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering 4
CVG4133 Solid Waste Management 3
ENV4111 Selected Topics in Natural Environment 3
EVS1101 Introduction to Environmental Science 3
EVS3101 Environmental Issues 3
GEG2301 Geomorphology 3
GEG3101 Advanced Geomorphology 3
GEG3102 Hydrology 3
GEG3114 Biogeography 3
GEG3300 Selected Topics in Physical Geography 3
GEG4001 Étude sur le terrain dans le nord canadien / Northern Canada Field Research 6
GEG4101 Permafrost Geomorphology 3
or
GEO4332 Permafrost Geomorphology 3
GEG4102 Drainage Basin Processes and Environmental Change 3
GEG4103 Northern Hydrology 3
GEG4105 GIS in Environmental Research 3
GEG4304 Microclimatology 3
GEG4507 Géoarchéologie 3
GEG4509 Les changements climatiques 3
GEG4517 L'holocène 3
GEO2307 Environmental Geology 3
C. Society and Environment
CML2301 Aboriginal Peoples and the Law 3
CMN3181 Communication, Environment & Development 3
ECO4136 Economics of the Environment 3
ENG2141 Literature and the Environment 3
ENV4112 Selected Topics in Society and Environment 3
GEG2305 The Geography of Global Economic Systems 3
GEG3107 Geography of Polar Regions 3
GEG3301 Selected Topics in Human Geography 3
GEG3320 Geography of Tourism 3
GEG3321 Geographical Approaches to Environmental Issues 3
GEG4000 Étude sur le terrain dans l'Arctique / Arctic Field Research 6
GEG4110 Industrial Location and Environment 3
GEG4119 Resource Management: Coastal and Shoreline Environments 3
GEG4303 Urbanization and Environment in the Third World 3
GEG4508 Climat, environnement et société 3
HIS2129 Technology, Society and Environment since 1800 3
LSR2121 Recreation and Environmental Quality 3
LSR3105 Recreation Resources Conservation 3
LSR4108 Development of Touristic Resources 3
POL4532 Environnement, écologie et politique au Canada 3
SOC2107 Principles of Demography 3
SOC3105 Environmental Sociology 3
SOC4310 Globalization and the Environment 3
D. Six credits from:
ENV4000 Mémoire de B.A. / Honours Essay 6
or
Six credits chosen from list A, B or C.
18 credits of electives.
Note(s)
1This course may be taken in French.
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