Interfaculty Program in Environment (54 credits)
This program is open only to students in the BA&Sc Interfaculty Program Environment.
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.
To complete the BA&Sc Interfaculty Program Environment, students must:
- complete all BA&Sc degree requirements as provided in the e-Calendar.
- pass all courses counted towards the Interfaculty Program with a grade of C or higher.
- confirm that their course selection satisfies the course components of the Bieler School of Environment听Core, and the complementary course program requirements of the Interfaculty Program.
- take a maximum of 21 credits at the 200-level and a minimum of 12 credits at the 400-level or higher in this program. This includes Interfaculty Program courses, but does not include electives or the courses in your Minor.
- complete at least听21 credits in the Faculty of Arts and at least听21 in the Faculty of Science as part of their Interfaculty program and their Minor (or Minor Concentration) combined. ENVR courses are considered courses in both Arts and Science; the credits for these are split between the two faculties for the purpose of this regulation.
See also Information for Students for information concerning:
- Suggested First Year courses
- Taking courses Outside your Faculty/Degree Program, or on the "Other" campus (Science students, in particular, need to be aware of the Restricted Courses list)
- ENVR course sections - beware!
- Statistics course(s) overlap
- Your Faculty's Student Affairs Office
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)听
听