2002-2003 Calendar

Table of Contents

Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Environmental Studies

Faculty of Fine Arts

Faculty of Pure and Applied Science

Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies

Osgoode Hall Law School

Schulich School of Business

Courses of Instruction

Glendon College

Theme Areas

The BES program's four theme areas reflect FES' broad understanding of environmental studies. Students in the program use these theme areas to help define their own theme concentration within the program plan (see page *************************, Advising and the BES Program). Each student will take at least two foundations courses based on the theme areas in their second year in order to focus on their individual areas of interest.

Nature, Technology and Society

This theme area encourages students to think critically and creatively about contemporary issues between human beings, 'natures' and social techniques and technologies. Students examine cultural assumptions about nature and the ways in which technologies and economic forces mediate relationships between humans, other species and ecosystems. The curriculum stresses the complex interdependence of all life. Recognizing this, we focus on theories and actions that build socially just and environmentally conscious communities.

Topics include:

• biological conservation and biodiversity
• environmental thought and ethics
• applied environmental sciences
• environmental writing
• biotechnology and society
• natural and environmental history
• media, popular culture and nature
• environmental education
• ecological restoration and bioregionalism

Global Development, Peace and Justice

This theme area focuses on global issues through an analysis of such areas as global-socio-economic development, environmental sustainability, peace and social justice.

Topics include:

• globalization
• international development
• sustainable development
• gender and development
• human rights and refugee studies
• social/environmental movements
• global environmental politics
• international political economy/ecology
• development alternatives

Environmental Policy and Action

This theme area explores how environmental and related social policy are developed and carried out, and how they may be influenced by social movements and advocacy groups as well as by established interests.

Topics include:

• environmental planning and impact studies
• environmental policy and law
• environmental politics and organizations
• social movements and advocacy
• gender and socio-political change
• communications and attitude change

Human Settlements

Students in this theme area study the evolution of human settlements in Canada and around the globe. Central to this theme area is an understanding of the relationships of humans to natural environments. Students can study the sustainability of human habitats, urban landscapes, and other settlements, as well as the diverse paths of urbanization. Lectures focus on governance, regulation, and power in urban areas, and present urban environmentalism and urban ecology as distinct political practices of human settlements at the beginning of the 21st century.

Topics include:

• migration and settlement
• urbanization and the urban process
• environmental design/landscape design
• urban sustainability
• urban governance and regulation
• global cities and global urbanization
• urban social and environmental movements
• urban and regional planning
• healthy and sustainable community development
• urban social relations (class, race, gender)
• Native/Canadian relations