This program is open only to students in the B.Sc. or B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) Major Environment.
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!
- Statistics course(s) overlap
- Your Faculty's Student Affairs Office
Program Requirements
NOTE: You are required to take a maximum of 33 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.
Organic Chemistry (CHEM 212 or FDSC 230) is a co- and/or pre-requisite for the courses in the Molecular Biology and Cellular Biology categories in this program.
In this Concentration, BIOL 112 or AEBI 122 is required as a pre-requisite for NUTR 207, a complementary course in the Nutrition category. As well, Organic Chemistry (CHEM 212 or FDSC 230) is a co-requisite for NUTR 207.
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. (M)(in Barbados)
ENVR 401. Environmental Research.
ENVR 451. Research in Panama. (in Panama)
FSCI 444. Barbados Research Project. (in Barbados)
* Only 3 credits will be applied to the program; extra credits will count as electives.
Concentration: Required courses (6 cr)
PARA 410. Environment and Infection. (M)
GEOG 403. Global Health and Environmental Change.(not offered; contact Program Advisor for options)
Concentration: Complementary courses - Fundamentals (18 cr)
(3 credits from each category)
Health, Society and Environment
GEOG 221. Environment and Health.
GEOG 303. Health Geography.
GEOG 503. Advanced Topics in Health Geography.
NRSC 221. Environment and Health. (M)
PPHS 529. Global Environmental Health and Burden of Disease. (must be in U3)
SOCI 234. Population and Society. (not offered 2024-2025)
SOCI 309. Health and Illness.
SOCI 331. Population and Environment. (not offered 2024-2025)
Cellular Biology
Note: You will not receive credit for either LSCI 211 or LSCI 202 if you have already received credit for both BIOL 200 and BIOL 201; you will not receive credit for either BIOL 200 or BIOL 201 if you have already received credit for both LSCI 202 and LSCI 211.
ANSC 234. Biochemistry 2. (M)
BIOL 201. Cell Biology and Metabolism.
LSCI 202. Molecular Cell Biology. (M)
Genetics
BIOL 202. Basic Genetics.
LSCI 204. Genetics. (M)
Molecular Biology
Note: You will not receive credit for either LSCI 211 or LSCI 202 if you have already received credit for both BIOL 200 and BIOL 201; you will not receive credit for either BIOL 200 or BIOL 201 if you have already received credit for both LSCI 202 and LSCI 211.
BIOL 200. Molecular Biology.
LSCI 211. Biochemistry 1. (M)
Statistics
AEMA 310. Statistical Methods 1. (M)
MATH 203. Principles of Statistics 1.
or equivalent
Nutrition
ANSC 433. Animal Nutrition and Metabolism. (M)
NUTR 207. Nutrition and Health. (M)
NUTR 307. Metabolism and Human Nutrition. (M)
Concentration: Complementary courses - Human Health (12 cr)
(Maximum 3 credits from any one category)
Immunology and Pathogenicity
MICR 341. Mechanisms of Pathogenicity. (M) (offered in alternate Fall semesters)
MIMM 214. Introductory Immunology: Elements of Immunity.
MIMM 314. Intermediate Immunology.
PARA 438. Immunology. (M)
PATH 300. Human Disease.
Infectious Disease
Note: You can take MIMM 413 or PARA 424, but not both.
ANSC 400. Eukaryotic Cells and Viruses.(M)
MIMM 324. Fundamental Virology.
MIMM 413. Parasitology.
PARA 424. Fundamental Parasitology. (M)
PPHS 501. Population Health and Epidemiology.
Toxicology
ANSC 312. Animal Health and Disease. (M)
ENVB 500. Advanced Topics in Ecotoxicology. (M) (offered Fall 2025 and alternate years)
NUTR 512. Herbs, Foods and Phytochemicals. (M)
PHAR 300. Drug Action.
PHAR 303. Principles of Toxicology.
Hormones
Note: You will not receive credit for ANSC 424 if you have already received credit for both PHGY 209 and PHGY 210; you will not receive credit for PHGY 210 if you have already received credit for both ANSC 323 and ANSC 424.
ANSC 424. Metabolic Endocrinology. (M)
PHGY 210. Mammalian Physiology 2.
PSYC 342. Hormones and Behaviour.
Physiology
Note: You will not receive credit for ANSC 323 if you have already received credit for both PHGY 209 and PHGY 210; you will not receive credit for PHGY 209 if you have already received credit for both ANSC 323 and ANSC 424.
ANSC 323. Mammalian Physiology. (M)
PHGY 209. Mammalian Physiology 1.
Concentration: Complementary courses - Natural Environment (6 cr)
(Maximum 3 credits from any one category)
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.
Techniques and Management
AEBI 423. Sustainable Land Use. (M)
ENVB 437. Assessing Environmental Impact. (M)
ENVR 422. Montreal Urban Sustainability Analysis. (offered in Summer 2025 and alternate years)
GEOG 302. Environmental Management 1.
NUTR 450. Research Methods: Human Nutrition. (M)
Or, advanced quantitative methods course (with approval of Program Advisor)
Pest Management
Note: You may take BIOL 350 or ENTO 350, but not both.
BIOL 350. Insect Biology and Control.(not offered))
orENTO 350. Insect Biology and Control.(M) (not offered)
ENTO 352. Biocontrol of Pest Insects. (M) (not offered)
Pollution Control and Management
BREE 322. Organic Waste Management. (M)
BREE 518. Ecological Engineering. (M)
NRSC 333. Pollution and Bioremediation. (M)
PARA 515. Water, Health and Sanitation. (M)
Ecology
Note: You may take ENVR 540 or BIOL 540, but not both; you may take BIOL 451 or NRSC 451, but not both.
AEBI 421. Tropical Horticultural Ecology. (M)
BIOL 432. Limnology.
BIOL 451. Research in Ecology and Development in Africa. (in Africa)
BIOL 465. Conservation Biology.
BIOL 540. Ecology of Species Invasions.
BIOL 553. Neotropical Environments. (in Panama)
ENVB 410. Ecosystem Ecology. (M)
ENVR 540. Ecology of Species Invasions.
MICR 331. Microbial Ecology. (M)
NRSC 451. Research in Ecology and Development in Africa. (in Africa)
PLNT 304. Biology of Fungi. (M) (not offered)
PLNT 460. Plant Ecology. (M)