Environment and Development Concentration (54 credits)

This program is open only to students in the B.Arts Faculty Program Environment.

What is development, and how can it be made to be sustainable?  The Environment and Development concentration is an introduction to theories, concepts and approaches associated with the complexities between environment and development.  The problems and solutions to the development/environmental crisis, which include: the natural world; theories behind economic development and growth, and of the cultural constructs of nature and environment; knowledge of global economic and environmental organizations; and sustainability and the climate crisis. 

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite Courses for Program

To graduate from the Faculty Program in Environment, students are required to complete two pre-/co-requisite courses. These courses should be completed by the end of your U1 year. These 100-level courses, if taken exclusively for the purpose of fulfilling this program pre-/co-requisite requirement, may be taken using the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Option. Contact the Bieler School of Environment's Program Adviser for more information.

Numeracy course:
One of the following calculus courses -
MATH 139. Calculus 1 with Precalculus.
MATH 140. Calculus 1.
or equivalent (e.g., CEGEP objective 00UN)

AND Science course:
One of the following science courses -
BIOL 111. Principles: Organismal Biology.
CHEM 110. General Chemistry 1.
PHYS 101. Introductory Physics - Mechanics.
or equivalent (e.g., CEGEP objectives Biology 00UK, Chemistry 00UL, Physics 00UR, or equivalent)


See also Information for students for details concerning:

  • Majors and Concentrations
  • Suggested First Year courses
  • Taking courses Outside your Faculty or on the "Other" campus (Science students, in particular, need to be aware of the Restricted Courses list)
  • ENVR course sections - beware!
  • Numeracy requirement for B.A. Faculty Program Environment students
  • Statistics course(s) overlap
  • Your Faculty's Student Affairs Office


Program Requirements

NOTE: Students are required to take a maximum of 30 credits at the 200 level and a minimum of 12 credits at the 400 level or higher in this program. This includes Core and Required courses.

Required Courses (30 credits)

ANTH 339. Ecological Anthropology.
ECON 313. Economic Development 1.
ECON 314. Economic Development 2.
ENVR 200. The Global Environment.
ENVR 201. Society, Environment and Sustainability.
ENVR 202. The Evolving Earth.
ENVR 203. Knowledge, Ethics and Environment.
ENVR 301. Environmental Research Design.
ENVR 400. Environmental Thought.
GEOG 302. Environmental Management 1. 

Complementary Courses (24 credits)

Senior Research Project

3 credits from:

AEBI 427. Barbados Interdisciplinary Project. (6 cr) (M) (in Barbados)
ENVR 401. Environmental Research. (3 cr)
ENVR 451. Research in Panama. (6 cr) (in Panama)
FSCI 444. Barbados Research Project. (6 cr) (in Barbados)
GEOG 451. Research in Society and Development in Africa. (6 cr) (in Africa)
* Only 3 credits will be applied to the program; extra credits will count as electives.

Microeconomics

3 credits from:

AGEC 200. Principles of Microeconomics. (M)
ECON 208. Microeconomic Analysis and Applications.

Statistics

3 credits from:

AEMA 310. Statistical Methods 1. (M)
GEOG 202. Statistics and Spatial Analysis.
MATH 203. Principles of Statistics 1.
PSYC 204. Introduction to Psychological Statistics.
or equivalent

Advanced Development Courses

6 credits from:

AGEC 442. Economics of International Agricultural Development. (M)
AGRI 411. Global Issues on Development, Food and Agriculture. (M)
GEOG 408. Geography of Development.
GEOG 409. Geographies of Developing Asia. 
GEOG 423. Dilemmas of Development. (in Africa)
GEOG 514. Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation.
GEOG 525. Asian Cities in the 21st Century. (not offered 2024-2025)

Natural Sciences

3 credits from:

*Note: If chosen, you may take BIOL 308 or ENVB 305; you may take BIOL 465 or WILD 421; you may take ENVB 210 or GEOG 305; you may take BREE 217 or GEOG 322.

AEBI 421. Tropical Horticultural Ecology. (M) (in Barbados)
AGRI 550. Sustained Tropical Agriculture. (M) (offered alternate years; in Panama)
ATOC 341. Caribbean Climate and Weather. (in Barbados)
BIOL 308. Ecological Dynamics.
BIOL 343. Biodiversity in the Caribean. (in Barbados)
BIOL 451. Research in Ecology and Development in Africa. (in Africa)
BIOL 465. Conservation Biology.
BIOL 553. Neotropical Environments. (in Panama)
BREE 217. Hydrology and Water Resources. (M)
ENVB 210. The Biophysical Environment. (M)
ENVB 305. Population and Community Ecology. (M)
GEOG 305. Soils and Environment.
GEOG 322. Environmental Hydrology.
NRSC 451. Research in Ecology and Development in Africa. (M) (in Africa)
NUTR 501. Nutrition in the Majority World. (M)
NUTR 505. Public Health Nutrition. (M)
PARA 410. Environment and Infection. (M)
WILD 421. Wildlife Conservation. (M)

Social Sciences

6 credits from:

AEBI 423. Sustainable Land Use. (M) (in Barbados)
AEBI 425. Tropical Energy and Food. (M) (in Barbados)
AGEC 333. Resource Economics. (M)
ANTH 322. Social Change in Modern Africa.
ANTH 451. Research in Society and Development in Africa. (in Africa)
ANTH 512. Political Ecology.
ECON 326. Ecological Economics.
ECON 347. Economics of Climate Change.
ECON 405. Natural Resource Economics.
ECON 511. Energy, Economy and Environment. (not offered 2025-2026)
ENVR 421. Montreal: Environmental History and Sustainability. (offered alternate years, May term)
ENVR 422. Montreal Urban Sustainability Analysis. (offered alternate years, May term)
GEOG 201. Introductory Geo-Information Science.
GEOG 311. Economic Geography.
GEOG 331. Urban Social Geography.
GEOG 340. Sustainability in the Caribbean. (in Barbados)
GEOG 404. Environmental Management 2. (in Africa)
GEOG 496. Geographical Excursion. (in Barbados)
GEOG 498. Humans in Tropical Environments. (offered alternate years, in Panama)
GEOG 510. Humid Tropical Environments.
GEOG 514. Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation.
GEOG 530. Global Land and Water Resources.
HIST 292. History and the Environment.
HIST 510. Environmental History of Latin America (Field). (offered alternate years, in Panama)
INTD 360. Environmental Challenges in Development.
POLI 345. International Organizations.
POLI 350. Global Environmental Politics.
POLI 445. International Political Economy: Monetary Relations.
SOCI 254. Development and Underdevelopment.
SOCI 331. Population and Environment. (not offered 2025-2026)
WCOM 314. Communicating Science.

 

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