This program is open only to students in the B.Arts Faculty Program Environment.
There is a similar Concentration (with two streams: Cellular; and Population) offered in the Faculty of Science, and in the Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences in the Major Environment.
How does the environment affect human health and health policy?
An understanding of the interface between human health and environment depends not only on an appreciation of the role of social sciences in the design, implementation, and monitoring of interventions. Demographic patterns and urbanization, economic forces, ethics, indigenous knowledge and culture, and an understanding of how social change can be effected are all critical if we are to be successful in our efforts to assure health of individuals and societies in the future. Recognizing the key role that nutritional status plays in maintaining a healthy body, and the increasing importance of infection as a health risk linked intimately with the environment, this Domain prepares students to contribute to the solution of problems of nutrition and infection by tying the relevant natural sciences to the social sciences.
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 Program Adviser of the Bieler School of Environment 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.
AEBI 120. General Biology. (M)
or equivalent (e.g., CEGEP objectives Biology 00UK 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: You 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.
Core: Required Courses (18 credits)
- 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.
Core: Complementary Course — Senior Research Project (3 credits*)
- 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)
* Only 3 credits will be applied to the program; extra credits will count as electives.
Concentration: Required Courses - Health and Environment (6 credits)
- GEOG 221. Environment and Health.
or NRSC 221. Environment and Health.(M)
and GEOG 303. Health Geography.
Concentration: Complementary Courses - Fundamentals (12 credits)
Maximum 3 credits from any one category:
- Health and Infection
GEOG 403. Global Health and Environmental Change. (not offered 2024-2025)
GEOG 493. Health and Environment in Africa. (in Africa)
GEOG 503. Advanced Topics in Health Geography.
PARA 410. Environment and Infection. (M)
PPHS 529. Global Environmental Health and Burden of Disease. (U3 students only)
Economics
AGEC 200. Principles of Microeconomics. (M)
ECON 208. Microeconomic Analysis and Applications.
ECON 225. Economics of the Environment.
Nutrition
EDKP 292. Nutrition and Wellness.
NUTR 207. Nutrition and Health. (M)
Statistics
AEMA 310. Statistical Methods 1. (M)
GEOG 202. Statistics and Spatial Analysis.
MATH 203. Principles of Statistics 1.
SOCI 350. Statistics in Social Research.
or equivalent
Concentration: Complementary Courses - List A (9 credits)
Maximum 3 credits from any one category:
- Health and Society
SOCI 225. Medicine and Health in Modern Society.
SOCI 234. Population and Society. (not offered 2024-2025)
SOCI 309. Health and Illness.
SOCI 331. Population and Environment. (not offered 2024-2025)
SOCI 515. Medicine and Society. (not offered 2024-2025)
Hydrology and Climate
*Note: You may take BREE 217 or GEOG 322, but not both.
BREE 217. Hydrology and Water Resources. (M)
GEOG 321. Climatic Environments.
GEOG 322. Environmental Hydrology.
Agriculture
AEBI 425. Tropical Energy and Food. (M) (in Barbados)
AGRI 340. Principles of Ecological Agriculture. (M)
AGRI 411. Global Issues on Development, Food and Agriculture. (M)
AGRI 550. Sustained Tropical Agriculture. (M) (offered alternate years, in Panama)
NUTR 341. Global Food Security. (M)
Decision Making
AGEC 333. Resource Economics. (M)
ECON 440. Health Economics. (not offered 2024-2025)
PHIL 343. Biomedical Ethics.
RELG 270. Religious Ethics and the Environment.
Biology Fundamentals
*Note: You may take BIOL 308 or ENVB 305, but not both.
AEBI 210. Organisms 1. (M)
AEBI 211. Organisms 2. (M)
BIOL 200. Molecular Biology.
BIOL 308. Ecological Dynamics.
ENVB 305. Population and Community Ecology. (M)
LSCI 211. Biochemistry 1. (M)
Development and Ecology
ANTH 212. Anthropology of Development.
ANTH 339. Ecological Anthropology.
ANTH 512. Political Ecology.
ENVR 421. Montreal: Environmental History and Sustainability. (offered Summer 2025 and in alternate years)
GEOG 300. Human Ecology in Geography.(not offered)
GEOG 310. Development and Livelihoods.(not offered)
SOCI 254. Development and Underdevelopment.
SOCI 365. Health and Development.(not offered 2024-2025)
Concentration: Complementary Courses - List B (6 credits)
Maximum 3 credits from any one category:
- Advanced Ecology
* Note: you may take BIOL 451 or NRSC 451, but not both.
AEBI 421. Tropical Horticultural Ecology. (M) (in Barbados)
BIOL 451. Research in Ecology and Development in Africa. (in Africa)
BIOL 465. Conservation Biology.
BIOL 553. Neotropical Environments. (in Panama)
ENVB 410. Ecosystem Ecology. (M)
ENVB 500. Advanced Topics in Ecotoxicology. (M) (offered Fall 2024 and in alternate years)
NRSC 451. Research in Ecology and Development in Africa. (M) (in Africa)
Pollution Control and Pest Management
ENTO 350. Insect Biology and Control.(M) (not offered)
ENTO 352. Biocontrol of Pest Insects. (M) (not offered 2024-2025)
NRSC 333. Pollution and Bioremediation. (M)
PARA 515. Water, Health and Sanitation. (M)
Techniques and Management
* Note: you may take ENVB 529 or GEOG 201, but not both.
AEBI 423. Sustainable Land Use. (M) (in Barbados)
ENVB 529. GIS for Natural Resource Management. (M)
ENVR 422. Montreal Urban Sustainability Analysis. (offered Summer 2025 and in alternate years)
GEOG 201. Introductory Geo-Information Science.
GEOG 302. Environmental Management 1.
GEOG 404. Environmental Management 2. (in Africa)
WILD 421. Wildlife Conservation. (M)
Or, advanced quantitative methods course (with approval of Advisor)
Social Change and Influences
ANTH 227. Medical Anthropology.
ENVR 430. The Economics of Well-Being. (offered Fall 2025 and in alternate years)
GEOG 340. Sustainability in the Caribbean.
GEOG 406. Human Dimensions of Climate Change. (not offered 2024-2025)
GEOG 514. Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation.
HIST 249. Health and the Healer in Western History.
SOCI 307. Globalization.
Immunology and Infectious Disease
*Note: you may take MIMM 413 or PARA 424, but not both.
MIMM 214. Introductory Immunology: Elements of Immunity.
MIMM 314. Intermediate Immunology.
MIMM 324. Fundamental Virology.
MIMM 413. Parasitology.
PARA 424. Fundamental Parasitology.(M)
PARA 438. Immunology.(M)
PPHS 501. Population Health and Epidemiology.
Populations and Place
*Note: you may take ANTH 451 or GEOG 451, but not both.
ANTH 451. Research in Society and Development in Africa. (in Africa)
EDKP 204. Health Education.
GEOG 451. Research in Society and Development in Africa. (in Africa)
GEOG 498. Humans in Tropical Environments. (offered alternate years; in Panama)
HIST 335. Science and Medicine in Canada.
HIST 510. Environmental History of Latin America (Field). (offered alternate years; in Panama)
SOCI 520. Migration and Immigrant Groups.
SOCI 525. Health Care Systems in Comparative Perspective.
SOCI 550. Developing Societies.