A first-year schedule sample

This degree program is flexible and offers you the opportunity to take courses in many different subject areas. Here’s what a typical first-year schedule might look like:

^a Required or recommended course for the major
^b One of the course options to complete the Quantitative Reasoning Requirement
^c One of the course options to complete the English Language Writing Requirement
^d One of the course options to complete the Indigenous Learning Requirement
^e One of the course options which may be used in the Cognate Requirement

The Course and Program Catalogue has the complete and official listing of required classes and their descriptions for this program.

• Course and Program Catalogue

GEOG 280: Environmental Geography
An introduction to the geographic perspectives on resources and the environment. This course introduces environmental geography as an integrative science to explore the relationships between human and physical systems.

TOX 301: Environmental Toxicology
A discussion of major environmental pollutants, their sources, interactions with atmospheric, terrestrial and aquatic systems, exposure of people, animals and other biota, and their dose-response relationships. Some of the physical and chemical changes induced in the environment by pollutants, contaminant fate and transport, and bioremediation are also discussed.

GEOG 333: Global Climate Change
Earth’s climate is constantly changing in response to influences forced upon it by natural systems and human actions. It is expected that current and future climate changes will have a strong influence on human populations, society, and development. This course will describe how humans predict future climate changes and how we can mitigate or adapt to those changes. Major topics discussed in this course will focus on the politics and economics of climate change and how these can help, or hinder, our attempts to manage climate change. More direct attempts, through geoengineering and weather modification, will be addressed as well.

GEOG 385: Analysis of Environmental Management and Policy Making
An examination of various approaches to environmental management. Emphasis is placed on environmental policy-making and management strategies pertinent in a western context. Analytical frameworks used to understand how policies are developed and implemented are also introduced.

ENVS 401: Sustainability in Action
This course combines seminars and project-based activities to examine local and global sustainability issues, integrating perspectives and knowledge from both the social and natural sciences. Students will work in interdisciplinary, collaborative groups to address sustainability challenges on campus and in our community.

Opportunities
You will have the opportunity to participate in a Co-operative Education Option where you can participate in up to five different four month paid (by the employer) work terms.

Hands-on experience
This program offers a well-rounded curriculum that combines solid classroom and laboratory instruction with a number of field trips that provide hands-on experience.