93 courses in the 1979–80 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
There are a number of courses offered in the Faculty of Environmental Studies of an integrative nature which extend across the academic interests of the four units, School of Architecture, Department of Geography, Department of Man-Environment Studies, and School of Urban and Regional Planning. The courses are of general interest and are open to ail students in the University. There is no Department of Environmental Studies.
The following persons have wide ranging interests and hence have been appointed to the Faculty of Environmental Studies rather than to a specific Department and/or School.
Professor
C.K. Knapper', BA Hons (Sheffield), PhD (Saskatchewan)
P.H. Nash, BA, MA(UCLA), CE (Grenoble), MCP, MPA, PhD (Harvard), MCIP
Associate Professor
D. Estrin3, BA, LLB (Alberta) (part-time)
R. T. Newkirk? BA, MSc, PhD (W. Ont.)
D.H. Wood2, BComm, LLB (Toronto) (part-time)
Adjunct Professor M.M. R. Freeman, BSc (Reading), PhD (McGill)
Adjunct Lecturers K. Elliott, Diploma Creative Arts D. G_E. Wicken, Diploma AA
Faculty members cross and/or joint appointments as shown
Environmental Studies and Psychology 2Environmental Studies and Planning
3Environmental Studies and Man-Environment Studies
Course Descriptions
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Non-technical survey of current approaches to thinking about and refining your views of the ‘Future’. The role of images and scenarios, contributions of the arts and concepts of space and time. Impacts of regional science, ekistics, bioethics, synergetics, and prognostics. Paths to “inventing” the future and the comprehensive design of “optimum” environments. No prereq
Theories, methods and conceptual approaches that have become associated with the study of environment are introduced. This course attempts to develop an understanding of the relationship between people and their environment and an appreciation of how we do and how we couid manage that relationship.
Prereq: Environmental Studies Students only.
A discussion of some major environmental problems and issues such as the population explosion, the impact of urbanization of man’s environment, environmental pollution, resource management, conservation, and environmental planning.
Note This course is designed primarily for students outside of the Faculty of Environmental Studies.
To introduce the main concepts and principles of ecology as a basis for understanding cycling of elements, energetics and structural organization of major ecological systems; population dynamics; impact of natural resource management practices and urban and industrial development on the environment; incorporating environmental quality considerations into development activities; ‘designing with nature’’. Students may be charged a field trip fee not to exceed 5.00
Prereq: 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students only
Introduction to legal concepts generally and to environmental and planning law concepts in particular. Designed both for students who do not plan to take further in-depth legal courses and as a prerequisite for senior legal courses - Env St 401 and Env St 402. Topics to be covered include Sources of Law, Nature of Legal Remedies, Common Law, Judicial Review, Administrative Agencies and the law relating to them, Planning Act, Environmental Protection and Assessment Acts, and Federal Fisheries Act.
Through actual experience, the student will learn photographic and darkroom techniques, audio recording and sound production. A small lab fee will be charged for materials. The student is expected to do much of the course work outside the classroom in field situations and to use initiative in project development. Prereq: Env St student only or consent of Instructors
Course Descriptions ; 301 Environmental Studies
An expanded version of 252 in which the student will choose one or more of the following formats: sound, photography, film, slide-tape. The student will develop presentations around a central theme in consultation with the instructors. Much initiative is expected of the students. The student will be required to purchase materials.
Prereq: Env St 252 or consent of Instructors
An introduction to scientific method; descriptive and inferential statistics; sampling design. The course emphasizes the methodological and interpretative problems involved in using selected quantitative methods to investigate selected environmental topics. Prereq: only for students in Environmental Studies.
The course emphasizes programming skills and applications in the context of environmental problems. Prereq: Env St 271
Systems planning, master planning and site planning for Ontario's non-urban parks. Design and management for linear open space, such as rivers, trails, and coasts. Environmental assessment as it relates to amenity resources. Evaluating the effectiveness of the public participation process.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
After some introductory material, quest lecturers, expert in their respective fields, discuss specific problem areas related to the environment. Representative topics include impact on groundwater of waste disposal, effect of air pollution on plant life, population problems, viruses in surface water, reutilization of waste materials. No prereq
An interdisciplinary workshop focusing upon environmental issues in a project or research format. Prereq: 3rd and 4th year students in Environmental Studies; enrolment is by research team only with representatives from at least 3 units of the faculty (max. 7 people) and subject to selection of an advisor anda satisfactory project or research proposal.
Those interested in qualifying for professional status and those from other related disciplines such as civil engineering, planning, architecture, and geography may find a discussion of professional environmental management strategies useful. Issues of technical principles, data assessment, ethics, and costs will be discussed.
Prereq: 4th year students or consent of instructor
An advanced, in-depth version of Env St 201, providing an opportunity for detailed analysis of institutional factors regulating the natural environment and resources development in Ontario and Canada. How satisfactory present statutes, court systems and boards are for improving environmental quality as well as alternatives to these legal-institutional approaches will be discussed.
Prereq: Env St 201
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An analysis of the legal basis for planning in Ontario and the practice of planning law as it affects planners, municipalities, local councils, property owners and residents. The roles of planning boards, municipal councils, the Ontario Municipal Board, the Ministry of Housing, provincial Cabinet and the Niagara Escarpment Commission in the planning process will be discussed.
Prereq: Env St 201
Analysis of ‘ideal’ environments of the past, including “utopian” communities. Scrutiny of current “concepts” of future environments, including distillation of works of Bell, Clarke, Commoner, de Chardin, de Jouvenal, Dror, Doxiadis, Ehrlich, Forrester, Fuller, Kahn, Mead, Meadows, McHale, Michael, Polak, Theobald, Thompson, Toynbee, and Ward.
Prereq: 3rd or 4th year standing or consent of instructor
Examination of ‘issues’ in futuristics and their ‘methodological’ problems, with particular attention to resources utilization. Socio-Cultural Change Theory and Policy Science. Science Fiction, Extrapolation, and Technology Forecasting. Societal Indicators, Quality of Life, and Technology Assessment. Probable and Possible Urban Futures.
Prereq: Env St 411 or consent of instructor
Course Descriptions Environmental Studies
Literature, theory and method relating to man’s effects on landscapes and eco-systems. A human ecological approach. Case studies and field work.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
Research on literature, theory and method relating to man's effects on landscapes and ecosystems. Prereq: Env St 417 and consent of instructor
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