Faculty Program in Environment (54 credits)
The BA Faculty Program in Environment comprises two course components: Core and Concentration.
1. Core (Required Courses) (21 credits)
Core -- Introductory Courses (15 credits)
The Core includes four introductory courses and one intermediate course which expose students to different interdisciplinary perspectives, approaches, and world views -- to help them understand the complexity and conflicts that underlie most environmental problems. Students will be challenged by the Core program to look beyond the confines of their individual views of environment.
Core -- Senior Courses (6 credits)In the two senior courses of the Core, students will apply the general and specialized knowledge acquired through the rest of the program, to the analysis of a selection of contemporary environmental problems.
(3 cr)
AND One of the following Senior Research Project courses (3 cr*) -
(6 cr) (M) (in Barbados)
(3 cr)
(6 cr) (in Panama)
(67 cr) (in Barbados)
* Only 3 credits will be applied to the program; extra credits will count as electives.
2. Concentration (Complementary Courses) (33 credits)
In addition to the Core, each student chooses a Concentration.听 Previously referred to as Domains, Concentrations provide a transdisciplinary study of a particular theme or component of the environment. The requirements and complementary course sets vary between Concentrations; these can be viewed by clicking on the links to each Concentration, below.听
Choose from one of three Concentrations in the B.A. Faculty Program Environment:
Ecological Determinants of Health in Society
Economics and the Earth's Environment
Environment and Development
To obtain a B.Arts Faculty Program in Environment, students must:
(a) pass all courses counted towards the Faculty Program Environment with a grade of C or higher; and
(b) confirm that their course selection satisfies the required components of the Bieler School of Environment听core and their chosen Concentration, and that the complementary courses are approved courses in their chosen Concentration.
(c) fufill all Faculty requirements as specified in the Faculty of Arts section of the e-Calendar, and which includes meeting the minimum credit requirement as specified in their letter of admission.
(d) complete as either a pre- or co-requisite for the Core courses:
Numeracy Course:
One of the following calculus courses -
or equivalent (e.g., CEGEP objective 00UN)
AND Science course:
One of the following science courses (varies according to domain; the following are examples ONLY):
(Macdonald Campus)
or equivalent (e.g., CEGEP objectives Biology 00UK, Chemistry 00UL, Physics 00UR).
Students should complete the pre-/co-requisite courses by the end of their U1 year.听 These 100-level courses, if taken exclusively for the purpose of fulfilling this program pre- or co-requisite requirement, may be taken using the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Option. Contact the Bieler School of Environment听Program Adviser for more information.
See also Information for students听for details concerning:
- Majors and Concentrations
- Suggested First Year courses
- Taking courses on the "Other" campus (Science students, in particular, need to be aware of the Restricted Courses list)
- ENVR course sections - beware!
- Numeracy requirement for B.A. Faculty Program Environment students
- Statistics course(s) overlap
- Your Faculty's Student Affairs Office
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