This program is open only to students in the B.Arts Faculty Program Environment.
There is a similar Concentration (with two streams: Cellular; and Population) offered in the Faculty of Science, and in the Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences in the Major Environment.
How does the environment affect human health and health policy?
An understanding of the interface between human health and environment depends not only on an appreciation of the role of social sciences in the design, implementation, and monitoring of interventions. Demographic patterns and urbanization, economic forces, ethics, indigenous knowledge and culture, and an understanding of how social change can be effected are all critical if we are to be successful in our efforts to assure health of individuals and societies in the future. Recognizing the key role that nutritional status plays in maintaining a healthy body, and the increasing importance of infection as a health risk linked intimately with the environment, this Domain prepares students to contribute to the solution of problems of nutrition and infection by tying the relevant natural sciences to the social sciences.
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite Courses for Program
To graduate from the Faculty Program in Environment, students are required to complete two pre-/co-requisite courses. These courses should be completed by the end of your U1 year. These 100-level courses, if taken exclusively for the purpose of fulfilling this program pre-/co-requisite requirement, may be taken using the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Option. Contact the Program Adviser of the Bieler School of Environment for more information.
Numeracy course:
One of the following calculus courses -
or equivalent (e.g., CEGEP objective 00UN)
AND Science course:
One of the following science courses -
(M)
or equivalent (e.g., CEGEP objectives Biology 00UK or equivalent)
See also Information for students听for details concerning:
- Majors and Concentrations
- Suggested First Year courses
- Taking courses Outside your Faculty or 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
Program Requirements
NOTE: You are required to take a maximum of 30 credits at the 200 level and a minimum of 12 credits at the 400 level or higher in this program. This includes Core and Required courses.
Core: Required Courses (18 credits)
Core: Complementary Course 鈥� Senior Research Project (3 credits*)
- (6 cr) (M) (in Barbados)
(3 cr)
(6 cr) (in Panama)
(6 cr) (in Barbados)
* Only 3 credits will be applied to the program; extra credits will count as electives.
Concentration: Required Courses - Health and Environment (6 credits)
or (M)
and
Concentration: Complementary Courses - Fundamentals (12 credits)
Maximum 3 credits from any one category:
- Health and Infection
(not offered 2024-2025)
(in Africa)
(M)
(U3 students only)
Economics
(M)
Nutrition
(M)
Statistics
(M)
or equivalent
Concentration: Complementary Courses - List A (9 credits)
Maximum 3 credits from any one category:
- Health and Society
(not offered 2024-2025)
(not offered 2024-2025)
(not offered 2024-2025)
Hydrology and Climate
*Note: You may take BREE 217 or GEOG 322, but not both.
(M)
Agriculture
(M) (in Barbados)
(M)
(M)
(M) (offered alternate years, in Panama)
(M)
Decision Making
(M)
(not offered 2024-2025)
Biology Fundamentals
*Note: You may take BIOL 308 or ENVB 305, but not both.
(M)
(M)
(M)
(M)
Development and Ecology
(offered Summer 2025 and in alternate years)
(not offered)
(not offered 2024-2025)
Concentration: Complementary Courses - List B (6 credits)
Maximum 3 credits from any one category:
- Advanced Ecology
* Note: you may take BIOL 451 or NRSC 451, but not both.
(M) (in Barbados)
(in Africa)
(in Panama)
(M)
(M) (offered Fall 2024听and in alternate years)
(M) (in Africa)
Pollution Control and Pest Management
(M) (not offered)
(M) (not offered 2024-2025)
(M)
(M)
Techniques and Management
* Note: you may take ENVB 529 or GEOG 201, but not both.
(M) (in Barbados)
(M)
(offered Summer 2025 and in alternate years)
听
(in Africa)
(M)
Or, advanced quantitative methods course (with approval of Advisor)
Social Change and Influences
(offered Fall 2025 and in alternate years)
(not offered 2024-2025)
Immunology and Infectious Disease
*Note: you may take MIMM 413 or PARA 424, but not both.
(M)
(M)
Populations and Place
*Note: you may take ANTH 451 or GEOG 451, but not both.
(in Africa)
(in Africa)
(offered alternate years; in Panama)
(offered alternate years; in Panama)