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Areas of Concentration
The BES program's four areas of concentration
reflect the Faculty's broad understanding of environmental studies.
Each area is established with scholarly, professional, and pragmatic
considerations in mind. Students use these areas of concentration
to help define their own path through the program.
Environment and Culture: Philosophy, Arts,
Technology and Education
This area focuses on the conceptual, historical
and cultural roots of environmental issues, and on environmental
arts, education, policy and cultural organizations as crucial sites
of environmental action. A focus in this area leads students to
develop both a strong theoretical grasp of complex ecological-environmental
relations, and critical and creative skills important in transforming
these relations.
Sample topics include:
- environmental ethics and philosophy
- environmental and sustainability education
- environment, media and communication
- human and other animal relations
- science, technology and the environment
- environmental literatures
- community arts
Required course:
ES/ENVS 2100 6.0 Foundations in Environment
and Culture: Philosophy, Arts, Technology and Education (formerly
ES/ENVS 2100 3.0 Foundations of Nature, Technology and Society)
Nine credits at the 3000 level from the following
list:
ES/ENVS 3000 3.0 Environmental Ethics
and Epistemology (formerly Environmental Ethics)
ES/ENVS 3160 3.0 Race/Racism and Environmental
Justice
ES/ENVS 3110 3.0 Science and Environment
ES/ENVS 3120 3.0 Environmental
History
ES/ENVS 3140 3.0 Environmental and Sustainability
Education (formerly Environmental Education)
ES/ENVS 3151 3.0 Environmental
Politics and Advocacy I
ES/ENVS 3226 3.0 Planning Environmentally
ES/ENVS 3230 3.0 Ecological
Restoration
ES/ENVS 3410 3.0 Environmental Policy I
ES/ENVS 3420 3.0 Environmental
Law
ES/ENVS 3450 3.0 Environment and Health:
Social and Political Dimensions
ES/ENVS 3760 3.0 Native Plants Ecosystems
Nine credits at the 4000 level from the following list:
ES/ENVS 4100 3.0 Environmental Literatures
ES/ENVS
4110 3.0 Conservation Biology
ES/ENVS 4111 3.0 Biodiversity
ES/ENVS 4120 3.0 Natural History
ES/ENVS 4140 3.0 Environmental Thought
ES/ENVS 4161 3.0 New Social
Movements
ES/ENVS 4312 3.0 Global Justice and Humanitarian
Internationalism (formerly ES/ENVS 4311 3.0 Global Justice and
the Environment)
ES/ENVS 4420 3.0 Environment, Media, Culture
and Communication (formerly Attitudes and Communication)
ES/ENVS 4430
3.0 Impact Assessment Processes and Practice
ES/ENVS 4445 3.0 Environmental
Conservation in Ontario: Policy and Applications
ES/ENVS 4455 3.0
Information Technology: Applications in Environmental Management
ES/ENVS
4520 3.0 Geographical Information Systems Applications in Environmental
Studies
ES/ENVS 4800A 3.0 Bioregional Field Course:
Headwaters and Niagara Escarpment Area of Dufferin County
Environmental Politics: Development, Globalization
and Justice
Communities and environments are being dramatically
transformed by the globalization of economies and cultures. This
area is concerned with the analysis of these forces and possible
responses to them at local, regional, national and international
levels. It involves exploring competing approaches to development,
politics and justice that are being formulated and put into practice
by a variety of social groups, communities, NGOs, governments,
corporations and international organizations.
Sample topics include:
- economic globalization
- international development
- sustainable development
- gender and development
- human rights and refugee studies
- social/environmental movements
- climate change
- green international business
- culture and global media
Required course:
ES/ENVS 2300 6.0 Foundations of Environmental
Politics: Development, Globalization and Justice (formerly ES/ENVS
2300 3.0 Foundations of Global Development, Peace and Justice)
Nine credits at the 3000 level from the following
list:
ES/ENVS 3130 3.0 Energy and Environment
ES/ENVS
3151 3.0 Environmental Politics and Advocacy I
ES/ENVS 3160 3.0 Race/Racism
and Environmental Justice
ES/ENVS 3310 3.0 Tropical Conservation and
Sustainable Development (formerly Environment and Development)
ES/ENVS
3340 3.0 Global Environmental Politics
ES/ENVS 3420 3.0 Environmental
Law
Nine credits at the 4000 level from the following
list:
ES/ENVS 4151 3.0 Environmental Politics and
Advocacy II
ES/ENVS 4161 3.0 New Social Movements
ES/ENVS 4210 3.0 World Population
Issues and Problems
ES/ENVS 4220 3.0 Urbanization in Developing
Countries
ES/ENVS 4312 3.0 Global Justice and Humanitarian
Internationalism (formerly ES/ENVS 4311 3.0 Global Justice and
the Environment)
ES/ENVS 4320 3.0 Gender and Development
Environmental Management: Policy, Resources
and Conservation
This area examines the origins and nature
of environmental challenges facing society through the study of
their scientific, socio-economic and political dimensions, and
explores ways of addressing these challenges through environmental
and natural resource management, conservation and policy approaches.
It is concerned with existing and emerging strategies for preventing
and managing the impacts of human activities and for conserving
the resources of the biosphere in ways that are supportive of sustainable
development. It provides concepts, knowledge, and skills that are
needed to be effective in environmental management in government,
business, and not-for-profit sectors.
Sample topics include:
- ecology and conservation
- environmental assessment
- resource management
- environmental monitoring and auditing
- energy and the environment
- environment and health
Required courses:
ES/ENVS 2400 6.0 Foundations of Environmental
Management: Policy, Resources and Conservation (formerly ES/ENVS
2400 3.0 Foundations of Environmental Policy and Action)
ES/ENVS 2410
3.0 The Science of Pollution: Impacts on the Environment and
Human Health (formerly ES/ENVS 2500
6.0 Applied Environmental Sciences)
ES/ENVS 2420 3.0 Ecology and Conservation
Science (formerly ES/ENVS 2500 6.0 Applied Environmental Sciences)
ES/ENVS
3009 3.0 Quantitative Methods
Nine credits at the 3000 level from the following
list:
ES/ENVS 3110 3.0 Science and the Environment
ES/ENVS
3130 3.0 Energy and Environment
ES/ENVS 3226 3.0 Planning Environmentally
ES/ENVS 3230 3.0 Ecological
Restoration
ES/ENVS 3520 3.0 Applications of Geographic
Information Systems in Environmental Studies
ES/ENVS 3521 3.0 Environmental
Remote Sensing
ES/ENVS 3310 3.0 Tropical Conservation and
Sustainable Development (formerly Environment and Development)
ES/ENVS
3340 3.0 Global Environmental Politics
ES/ENVS 3410 3.0 Environmental
Policy I
ES/ENVS 3420 3.0 Environmental Law
ES/ENVS 3430 3.0 Environmental
Assessment
ES/ENVS 3440 3.0 Resource Management
ES/ENVS 3450 3.0 Environment
and Health: Social and Political Dimensions
ES/ENVS 3510 3.0 Environmental
Economics
Nine credits at the 4000 level from the following
list:
ES/ENVS 4110 3.0 Conservation Biology
ES/ENVS
4111 3.0 Biodiversity
ES/ENVS 4225 3.0 Urban Sustainability I
ES/ENVS 4226 3.0 Urban Sustainability
II
ES/ENVS 4410 3.0 Environmental Policy II
ES/ENVS 4440 3.0 Environmental
Disasters
ES/ENVS 4445 3.0 Environmental Conservation
in Ontario
ES/ENVS 4455 3.0 Information Technology:
Applications in Environmental Management
ES/ENVS 4430 3.0 Impact Assessment
Processes and Practice
ES/ENVS 4442 3.0 Environmental Monitoring
and Auditing
ES/ENVS 4510 3.0 Ecological Economics (formerly
Environmental Economics II)
ES/ENVS 4520 3.0 Geographical Information
Systems Applications in Environmental Studies
ES/ENVS 4521 3.0 Remote
Sensing and Image Processing for Geographical Analysis and Environmental
Monitoring
ES/ENVS 4800A 3.0 Bioregional Field Course:
Headwaters and Niagara Escarpment Area of Dufferin County
Urban and Regional Environments: Analysis, Planning
and Design
This area of concentration focuses on the
interrelationships of the ecological, social, built and organizational
environments within urban and regional settings. The intention
of this area is to provide the student with a critical understanding
of urban and regional environments along with a solutions-based
approach to addressing urban and regional issues with an explicitly
environmental perspective. Students will thereby attain a thorough
knowledge of the theories, histories and current issues of urbanization
and regionalization and their effect on environments, and will
learn practical methods of analysis and intervention in different
human settlements.
Sample 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
Required course:
ES/ENVS 2200 6.0 Foundations of Urban and Regional
Environments (formerly ES/ENVS 2200 3.0 Foundations of Human Settlement)
Nine credits at the 3000 level from the following
list:
ES/ENVS 3151 3.0 Environmental Politics and
Advocacy I
ES/ENVS 3160 3.0 Race/Racism and Environmental
Justice
ES/ENVS 3225 3.0 Regional Governance
ES/ENVS 3226 3.0 Planning Environmentally
ES/ENVS 3230 3.0 Ecological
Restoration
ES/ENVS 3340 3.0 Global Environmental Politics
ES/ENVS 3520 3.0
Applications of Geographical Information Systems in Environmental
Studies
ES/ENVS 3521 3.0 Environmental Remote Sensing
ES/ENVS 3740 3.0 Urban
Natural Processes
Nine credits at the 4000 level from the following
list:
ES/ENVS 4151 3.0 Environmental Politics and
Advocacy II
ES/ENVS 4161 3.0 New Social Movements
ES/ENVS 4220 3.0 Urbanization
in Developing Countries
ES/ENVS 4225 3.0 Urban Sustainability I
ES/ENVS 4226 3.0 Urban Sustainability
II
ES/ENVS 4520 3.0 Geographical Information
Systems Applications in Environmental Studies
ES/ENVS 4521 3.0 Remote
Sensing and Image Processing for Geographical Analysis and Environmental
Monitoring
ES/ENVS 4750 3.0 Landscape Theory, History
and Criticism
ES/ENVS 4800A 3.0 Bioregional Field Course:
Headwaters and Niagara Escarpment Area of Dufferin County
ES/ENVS
4800Q 3.0 Urban Development Processes
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