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Enriching Your BES Program

The BES Program allows you to take advantage of many diverse educational opportunities in addition to your own theme concentration:

• Pursue a double major, or a minor, in one of the disciplines in the Faculty of Arts;
• Pursue a minor with the Faculty of Fine Arts or with the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science (specific programs only);
• Pursue the Certificate in Environmental Landscape Design (ELD) (see below);
• Pursue the Certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (see below);
• Pursue the Certificate in Refugee and Migration Studies (see below); or
• Pursue a Concurrent degree program with the Faculty of Education leading to BES/BEd degrees (see Faculty of Education listing for details);
• Pursue a Joint program with Seneca College in Urban Sustainability;
• Pursue a Joint program with Sir Sandford Fleming in Ecosystems Management;
• Pursue a Joint program with Humber College in International Project Management.

The area or primary concentration is known as the "major"; an area of secondary concentration (if any) is known as the "minor." In such cases, an application must be made using the application form available through the FES Office of Student and Academic Services. This request is subject to approval by the undergraduate program director and the other academic unit involved. Each program sets the details of the requirements for each Double Major or Minor program in the Faculties of Arts, Pure and Applied Science, and Fine Arts. Students in Environmental Studies must meet the established degree requirements of the Major or Minor program selected in the Faculty of Arts, Pure and Applied Science or Fine Arts. BES students should consult the York University Undergraduate Calendar or the York University Web site, www.yorku.ca, for specific program requirements.

The following principles apply to all students in the Faculty of Environmental Studies or the Faculties of Arts, Pure and Applied Science and Fine Arts, who propose to pursue an Honours Double Major program or an Honours Major/Minor program between the Faculties of Environmental Studies and Arts, Pure and Applied Science or Fine Arts:

General Requirements

All students will have a "home" Faculty; students enrolled in the Faculty of Environmental Studies will receive the BES degree upon successful completion of their program; students in the Faculty of Arts will receive the BA; students in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science will receive a BSc and students in the Faculty of Fine Arts will receive a BFA or BA.

All students in these programs must maintain Honours standing; for Arts, Fine Arts and Science students that will mean a cumulative grade point average of 5.0 over all courses including those in Environmental Studies; for Environmental Studies students that will mean a cumulative grade point average of 5.0 over all courses including those in Arts, Science or Fine Arts. Students must meet the degree and program requirements of their home Faculty.

Degree Double Major Requirements

For a Major in Environmental Studies, Arts students are required to complete seven full courses (42 credits) in Environmental Studies:

• ENVS 1000 6.0 Approaches to Environmental Studies;
• ENVS 2000 3.0 Paradigms in Environmental Studies;
• one half-course (3 credits) in the "foundations" series at the 2000 level (2100, 2200, 2300 or 2400);
• ENVS 2500 6.0 Applied Environmental Sciences;
• ENVS 3000 3.0 Environmental Ethics;
• 9 credits at the 3000 level;
• 12 credits at the 4000 level;
• Arts students in Linked Interdisciplinary programs: Science and Society and Urban Studies are required to complete six full courses (36 credits);
• The approval of the undergraduate program director for the selection of courses.

Degree Minor Requirements

For a Minor in Environmental Studies, Arts, Pure and Applied Science, and Fine Arts students are required to complete five full courses (30 credits) in Environmental Studies:

• ENVS 1000 6.0 Approaches to Environmental Studies;
• ENVS 2000 3.0 Paradigms in Environmental Studies;
• one half-course (3 credits) in the "foundations" series at the 2000 level (2100, 2200, 2300 or 2400);
• ENVS 3000 3.0 Environmental Ethics;
• one full course (6 credits) at the 4000 level;
• 9 additional credits at the 3000 level or higher;
• the approval of the undergraduate program director for the selection of courses.

Students should be aware that in order to complete the requirements of the Honours Double Major or Honours Major/Minor programs it may be necessary to complete more than 20 full courses (120 credits).

Application

For application procedures and forms, please visit the Office of Student and Academic Services, Room 352, Leonard G. Lumbers Building.