Interfaculty Program in Environment (54 credits)
This program is open only to students in the BA&Sc degree.
The growth of technology, globalization of economies, and rapid increases in population and per capita consumption have all had dramatic environmental impacts. The Interfaculty Program in Environment for the Bachelor of Arts and Science is designed to provide students with a broad "Liberal Arts/Science" training. In combination with careful mentoring, this program offers a great degree of flexibility, allowing students to develop the skills and knowledge base required to face the myriad of environmental problems that currently need to be addressed.
Interfaculty Program Requirements (54 cr)
Core Courses (21 credits)
The Core courses 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 - Required Courses (18 cr)
Core - Complementary Course: Senior Research Project (3 cr)
(in Barbados)
(in Panama)
(in Barbados)
(in Africa)
* Only 3 credits will be applied to the program; extra credits will count as electives.
Complementary Courses (33 credits)
Statistics (3 credits)
(M)
Special Areas (30 credits)
Students must take courses from at least three areas. Areas and courses should be chosen to build a coherent, upper-level body of knowledge relevant to some aspects of environment. At least 6 credits must be at the 400-level or higher, selected either from these lists or in consultation with the program advisor.
Area 1: Population, Community and Ecosystem Ecology
(M)
(M)
(M)(offered fall 2024 and alternate years)
or
(M)Area 2: Biodiversity and Conservation
(in Barbados)
(M)
(M)
(M)
(M)
(M)Area 3: Field studies in ecology and conservation
(at Mont St. Hilaire)
(at Mont St. Hilaire)
and (in Barbados)
(in New Brunswick)
(in Panama)
(in southern Quebec)
(M) (in Arizona) (offered alternate years, summer term)Area 4: Hydrology and water resources
or (M)
or
or
(not offered 2024-2025)Area 5: Human Health
(M)
(M)
Area 6: Earth and soil sciences
(in Barbados)
(not offered 2024-2025)
Area 7: Economics
(M)
or (M)
(not offered 2024-2025)
Area 8: Development and Underdevelopment
(M)
(not offered 2024-2025)
(not offered 2024-2025)
(in Africa)
Area 9: Cultures and peoples
(not offered 2024-2025)
(offered alternate years, in May term)
(not offered)
(offered alternate years, in Panama)
(offered alternate years, in Panama)Area 10: Human Ecology and Health
Area 11: Spirituality, Philosophy and Thought
(not offered 2024-2025)
(not offered 2024-2025)
听
Area 12: Environmental Management
(M) (offered alternate years, in Panama)
(M)
(offered alternate years, in May term)
听
(in Africa)
(M)
(M)
(M)
(M)