Interfaculty Program in Environment (54 credits)
This program is open only to students in the BA&Sc Interfaculty Program Environment.
The growth of technology, globalization of economies, and rapid increases in population and per capita consumption have all had dramatic environmental impacts. The Interfaculty Program in Environment for the Bachelor of Arts and Science is designed to provide students with a broad "Liberal Arts/Science" training. In combination with careful mentoring, this program offers a great degree of flexibility, allowing students to develop the skills and knowledge base required to face the myriad of environmental problems that currently need to be addressed.
To complete the BA&Sc Interfaculty Program Environment, students must:
- complete all BA&Sc degree requirements as provided in the e-Calendar.
- pass all courses counted towards the Interfaculty Program with a grade of C or higher.
- confirm that their course selection satisfies the course components of the Bieler School of Environment Core, and the complementary course program requirements of the Interfaculty Program.
- take a maximum of 21 credits at the 200-level and a minimum of 12 credits at the 400-level or higher in this program. This includes Interfaculty Program courses, but does not include electives or the courses in your Minor.
- complete at least 21 credits in the Faculty of Arts and at least 21 in the Faculty of Science as part of their Interfaculty program and their Minor (or Minor Concentration) combined. ENVR courses are considered courses in both Arts and Science; the credits for these are split between the two faculties for the purpose of this regulation.
See also Information for Students for information concerning:
- Suggested First Year courses
- Taking courses Outside your Faculty/Degree Program, or on the "Other" campus (Science students, in particular, need to be aware of the Restricted Courses list)
- ENVR course sections - beware!
- Statistics course(s) overlap
- Your Faculty's Student Affairs Office
Interfaculty Program Requirements (54 cr)
Core Courses (21 credits)
The Core courses expose students to different interdisciplinary perspectives, approaches, and world views -- to help them understand the complexity and conflicts that underlie most environmental problems. Students will be challenged by the Core program to look beyond the confines of their individual views of environment.
Core - Required Courses (18 cr)
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 cr)
AEBI 427. Barbados Interdisciplinary Project. (in Barbados)
ENVR 401. Environmental Research.
ENVR 451. Research in Panama. (in Panama)
FSCI 444. Barbados Research Project. (in Barbados)
GEOG 451. Research in Society and Development in Africa. (in Africa)
* Only 3 credits will be applied to the program; extra credits will count as electives.
Complementary Courses (33 credits)
Statistics (3 credits)
AEMA 310. Statistical Methods 1. (M)
GEOG 202. Statistics and Spatial Analysis.
MATH 203. Principles of Statistics 1.
PSYC 204. Introduction to Psychological Statistics.
Special Areas (30 credits)
Students must take courses from at least three areas. Areas and courses should be chosen to build a coherent, upper-level body of knowledge relevant to some aspects of environment. At least 6 credits must be at the 400-level or higher, selected either from these lists or in consultation with the program advisor.
Area 1: Population, Community and Ecosystem Ecology
BIOL 308. Ecological Dynamics.
BIOL 342. Global Change Biology of Aquatic Ecosystems.
BIOL 432. Limnology.
BIOL 441. Biological Oceanography.
ENVB 305. Population and Community Ecology. (M)
ENVB 410. Ecosystem Ecology. (M)
ENVB 500. Advanced Topics in Ecotoxicology. (M)(offered fall 2024 and alternate years)
ENVR 540. Ecology of Species Invasions.
or BIOL 540. Ecology of Species Invasions.
PLNT 460. Plant Ecology. (M)Area 2: Biodiversity and Conservation
BIOL 305. Animal Diversity.
BIOL 310. Biodiversity and Ecosystems.
BIOL 343. Biodiversity in the Caribean. (in Barbados)
BIOL 427. Herpetology.
BIOL 465. Conservation Biology.
MICR 331. Microbial Ecology. (M)
PLNT 358. Flowering Plant Diversity. (M)
WILD 307. Natural History of Vertebrates. (M)
WILD 350. Mammalogy. (M)
WILD 420. Ornithology. (M)Area 3: Field studies in ecology and conservation
BIOL 240. Monteregian Flora. (at Mont St. Hilaire)
BIOL 331. Ecology/Behaviour Field Course. (at Mont St. Hilaire)
BIOL 334D1. Applied Tropical Ecology. and BIOL 334D2. Applied Tropical Ecology. (in Barbados)
BIOL 335. Marine Mammals. (in New Brunswick)
BIOL 553. Neotropical Environments. (in Panama)
GEOG 495. Field Studies - Physical Geography. (in southern Quebec)
WILD 475. Desert Ecology.(M) (in Arizona) (offered alternate years, summer term)Area 4: Hydrology and water resources
GEOG 322. Environmental Hydrology.
or BREE 217. Hydrology and Water Resources. (M)
or CIVE 323. Hydrology and Water Resources.
EPSC 522. Advanced Environmental Hydrology.
or GEOG 522. Advanced Environmental Hydrology.
EPSC 549. Hydrogeology.
GEOG 470. Wetlands.
GEOG 530. Global Land and Water Resources. (not offered 2024-2025)Area 5: Human Health
NUTR 307. Metabolism and Human Nutrition. (M)
PARA 410. Environment and Infection. (M)
PATH 300. Human Disease.
PHAR 303. Principles of Toxicology.Area 6: Earth and soil sciences
ATOC 215. Oceans, Weather and Climate.
ATOC 341. Caribbean Climate and Weather. (in Barbados)
EPSC 201. Understanding Planet Earth.
GEOG 272. Earth's Changing Surface.
GEOG 305. Soils and Environment.(not offered 2024-2025)
GEOG 321. Climatic Environments.Area 7: Economics
AGEC 333. Resource Economics. (M)
ECON 208. Microeconomic Analysis and Applications.
or AGEC 200. Principles of Microeconomics. (M)
ECON 326. Ecological Economics.
ECON 347. Economics of Climate Change.
ECON 405. Natural Resource Economics.
ECON 511. Energy, Economy and Environment. (not offered 2024-2025)
GEOG 216. Geography of the World Economy.Area 8: Development and Underdevelopment
AGRI 411. Global Issues on Development, Food and Agriculture.(M)
ANTH 212. Anthropology of Development.
ANTH 418. Environment and Development.(not offered 2024-2025)
ECON 313. Economic Development 1.
ECON 314. Economic Development 2.
GEOG 325. New Master-Planned Cities.
GEOG 408. Geography of Development.
GEOG 409. Geographies of Developing Asia.(not offered 2024-2025)
GEOG 423. Dilemmas of Development.(in Africa)
POLI 227. Introduction to Comparative Politics - Global South.
POLI 445. International Political Economy: Monetary Relations.Area 9: Cultures and peoples
ANTH 206. Environment and Culture. (not offered 2024-2025)
ANTH 339. Ecological Anthropology.
ENVR 421. Montreal: Environmental History and Sustainability. (offered alternate years, in May term)
GEOG 210. Global Places and Peoples. (not offered)
GEOG 498. Humans in Tropical Environments. (offered alternate years, in Panama)
HIST 292. History and the Environment.
HIST 510. Environmental History of Latin America (Field). (offered alternate years, in Panama)Area 10: Human Ecology and Health
ANTH 227. Medical Anthropology.
GEOG 303. Health Geography.
PHIL 343. Biomedical Ethics.
SOCI 309. Health and Illness.Area 11: Spirituality, Philosophy and Thought
ANTH 318. Globalization and Religion. (not offered 2024-2025)
EDER 461. Society and Change.
PHIL 221. Introduction to History and Philosophy of Science 2.
PHIL 237. Contemporary Moral Issues.
PHIL 341. Philosophy of Science 1. (not offered 2024-2025)
PHIL 348. Philosophy of Law 1.
RELG 270. Religious Ethics and the Environment.
RELG 370. Religion and Human Rights.Area 12: Environmental Management
AGRI 550. Sustained Tropical Agriculture.(M) (offered alternate years, in Panama)
COMS 360. Environmental Communication.
ENVB 437. Assessing Environmental Impact. (M)
ENVR 422. Montreal Urban Sustainability Analysis. (offered alternate years, in May term)
GEOG 302. Environmental Management 1.
GEOG 404. Environmental Management 2. (in Africa)
NRSC 333. Pollution and Bioremediation. (M)
POLI 350. Global Environmental Politics.
WCOM 314. Communicating Science.
WILD 401. Fisheries and Wildlife Management. (M)
WILD 421. Wildlife Conservation. (M)
WOOD 441. Integrated Forest Management. (M)