M.Sc. Neotropical Environment - Applied

Non-Thesis Option (45 credits)

Requirements

• A minimum of 45 credits
• Participation in the MSE-Panama Symposium presentation in Montreal.

Required Courses

1. 20 credits of required courses:
   ENVR 610 Foundations of Environ Policy 3 Credits

   Offered in the:
   • Fall
   • Winter
   • Summer

   
   

   Environment: Analysis of current environmental policies to reveal implicit and explicit assumptions regarding scientific methods, hypothesis testing, subject/object, causality, certainty, deities, health, development, North-South concerns for resources, commons, national sovereignty, equity. Discussion of implications of such assumptions for building future environmental policies.

   Offered by: Bieler School of Environment

   • Restriction: Enrolment in the Graduate Environment Option or enrolment in the Neotropical Environment Option (NEO) or permission of the instructor.
   • **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.

   • Terms
     • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
   • Instructors
     • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
   BIOL 640 Tropical Biol and Conservation 3 Credits

   Offered in the:
   • Fall
   • Winter
   • Summer

   
   

   Biology (Sci): Long-term research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute will be organized and synthesized to examine historical assembly and ecological maintenance of tropical communities. This synthesis will draw on phylogenetic concepts for historical insight and will examine the probable resilience of these communities to global change, pollution and biodiversity loss.

   Offered by: Biology

   • Restriction: students enrolled in Neotropical Environment Option (NEO) or permission of the instructor
   • Fees: Graduate students requesting registration in the Neotropical Environment Option pay a fee of $919.56. This fee is used to support the costs associated with transportation and housing while in Panama.

   • Terms
     • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
   • Instructors
     • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
   BREE 651 Departmental Seminar M.Sc. 1 1 Credits

   Offered in the:
   • Fall
   • Winter
   • Summer

   
   

   Bioresource Engineering: To give seminars and participate in discussions.

   Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

   • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ABEN 651.

   • Terms
     • Fall 2024
     • Winter 2025
   • Instructors
     • Idaresit Ekaette
     • Michael O Ngadi
   BREE 652 Departmental Seminar M.Sc. 2 1 Credits

   Offered in the:
   • Fall
   • Winter
   • Summer

   
   

   Bioresource Engineering: To give seminars and participate in discussions.

   Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

   • Prerequisites: BREE 651

   • Terms
     • Fall 2024
     • Winter 2025
   • Instructors
     • Idaresit Ekaette
     • Michael O Ngadi
   BREE 671 Project 1 6 Credits

   Offered in the:
   • Fall
   • Winter
   • Summer

   
   

   Bioresource Engineering: Supervised research project.

   Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

   • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ABEN 671 or ABEN 671D1/D2.

   • Terms
     • Fall 2024
     • Winter 2025
   • Instructors
     • Chandra A Madramootoo, Zhiming Qi
     • Zhiming Qi
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   BREE 672 Project 2 6 Credits

   Offered in the:
   • Fall
   • Winter
   • Summer

   
   

   Bioresource Engineering: Supervised research project.

   Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

   • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ABEN 672 or ABEN 672D1/D2.

   • Terms
     • Fall 2024
     • Winter 2025
   • Instructors
     • Chandra A Madramootoo, Zhiming Qi
     • Zhiming Qi
    

1. 3 credits must be chosen from:
   POLI 644 Course not available
   SOCI 565 Course not available
   ENVR 611 Course not available
   ENVR 612 Course not available
   ENVR 680 Topics in Environment 4 3 Credits

   Offered in the:
   • Fall
   • Winter
   • Summer

   
   

   Environment: Seminars and discussion of advanced, interdisciplinary aspects of current problems in environment led by staff and/or special guests.

   Offered by: Bieler School of Environment

   • Restriction: students taking the Neotropical Environment Option.
   • Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor

   • Terms
     • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
   • Instructors
     • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
   BIOL 553 Neotropical Environments 3 Credits

   Offered in the:
   • Fall
   • Winter
   • Summer

   
   

   Biology (Sci): Ecology revisited in view of tropical conditions. Exploring species richness. Sampling and measuring biodiversity. Conservation status of ecosystems, communities and species. Indigenous knowledge.

   Offered by: Biology

   • Winter
   • 24 hours lecture and 36 hours field work over a 4-week period
   • Prerequisites: HISP 218, MATH 203, and BIOL 215
   • Corequisites: ENVR 451; GEOG 404 and HIST 510 alternating with GEOG 498 and AGRI 550
   • Restriction: location in Panama. Students must register for a full semester of studies in Panama

   • Terms
     • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
   • Instructors
     • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
   BIOL 641 Course not available
   GEOG 498 Humans in Tropical Envirnmnts 3 Credits

   Offered in the:
   • Fall
   • Winter
   • Summer

   
   

   Geography: Focus on understanding of inter-relations between humans and neotropical environments represented in Panama. Study of contemporary rural landscapes, their origins, development and change. Impacts of economic growth and inequality, social organization, and politics on natural resource use and environmental degradation. Site visits and field exercises in peasant/colonist, Amerindian, and plantation communities.

   Offered by: Geography

   • Winter
   • 6 hours lecture for 4 weeks, 3 hours seminar, 2 hours laboratory, 8 hours conference
   • Restriction: Location in Panama. Student must register for a full semester of studies in Panama
   • Prerequisites: HISP 218, MATH 203 or equivalents

   • Terms
     • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
   • Instructors
     • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
   AGRI 550 Sustained Tropical Agriculture 3 Credits

   Offered in the:
   • Fall
   • Winter
   • Summer

   
   

   Agriculture: Contrast theory and practice in defining agricultural environmental "challenges" in the Neotropics. Indigenous and appropriate technological means of mitigation. Soil management and erosion, water scarcity, water over-abundance, and water quality. Explore agro-ecosystem protection via field trips and project designs. Institutional context of conservation strategies, NGO links, and public participation.

   Offered by: Plant Science

   • Prerequisites: HISP 218 or equivalent; MATH 203 or AEMA 310 or equivalent
   • Restriction: Restricted Enrolment. Location in Panama. Student must be registered for a full semester of studies in Panama

   • Terms
     • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
   • Instructors
     • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
    

1. 22 additional credits in graduate courses chosen in consultation with the academic advisor.

• A minimum of 45 credits
• Participation in the MSE-Panama Symposium presentation in Montreal.

* "Course not available" : Courses are not provided in the present academic year.