19 courses in the 1986–87 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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.
Theories, methods and concepts in study of the environment. Emphasis on natural and built environment and relationships between elements of the environment. Environmental planning, management, and design discussed.
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ENV $ 200 FLW 2C,2t 0.5
Field Ecology .
Introduces the main concepts and principles of ecology; the 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. There are weekly field trips to study natural and disturbed
ecosystems, urban and applied ecology.
Prereq: Second, third and fourth year students only
Introduction to legal concepts generally and to environmental and planning law concepts in particular. Designed both for students who do not pian to take further in depth legal courses and as a prerequisite:for senior legal courses - ENV S 401 and ENV S 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 « ahd Assessment Acts, and Federal Fisheries Act. ~
Research strategies for understanding and addressing environmental problem/ opportunity situations based on concepts and methods derived from the social and behavioural sciences. Particular attention is given to determining the appropriate mix of research strategies for a range of situations in terms of data © validity and reliability, time and financial constraints, and ethical considerations. Prereq: Second year students or consent of instructor.
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Instruction in basic black and white Photography relating to photography’s role as a media tool; basic darkroom functions, camera operation, composition, photographic theory, and photo essay production. Much of the course work and projects will be done outside the classroom in field situations of environmental concern using initiative in project development. Students are expected to supply their own cameras. A limited number of cameras will be available on a rental basis.
Prereq: ENV S students; others with consent of instructor
Lab fae of $5 for (optional) use of ES ©
Student Darkroom
Introduction to methods of developing, evaluating and using evidence in Environmental Studies. Methods for summafizing and critical appreciation of data describing environmental systems. Skill development in applying statistical techniques and in using micrcomputers as a research tool
Prereq: CS 100 or high school computing course or consent of instructor .
Students may receive credit for only one of ENV S 277 and PSYCH 292,- - STAT 202, 204, 205, 210, 220
An examination of the way we perceive our environment-both natural and manmade-and how it influences our attitudes and behaviour. Students will carry out a number of empirical exercises and projects on various aspects of environmental perception and behaviour. Prereq: Second, third or fourth year students only
Basic administrative procedures in park management. Operational techniques are examined together with general policies of acquisition, operation and development. : Preraq: REC 230 and REC 332 Cross-listed as REC 334. - Students may teceive credit for only one of ENV S 334 and REC 334
Methods .
Advanced methods for developing, evaluating and using evidence in Environ-
~ mental Studies. Systematic approaches
to problems of measurement and-problems in time and space. Skill development in: applying parametric statistical inference, systems of equations, finite differences, mathematical interpolation and extrapolation with computer aids to analysis.
Prereq: ENV S 277. Students may receive credit tor only one of ENV S 377 and PSYCH 292.
STAT 202, 204, 205, 210, 220
ENV 5 380/381 FW C 0.5 each Environmental Studies Workshop An interdisciplinary workshop focusing upon environmental issues in a project or research format.
Prereq: Third and fourth year students in Environmental Studies; enrolment is by research team only with representa tives from at least 3 units of the faculty (max. 7 people) and subject to selection of an advisor and a satisfactory project or research proposal
Detailed consideration of recent devel-
opments in Canadian environmental and
resources regulatory regimes combined
with guidance on presentation of expert
evidence to courts and tribunals. Prereq: ENV S 201
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 board, municipal councils, the Ontario Municipal Board, the Ministry of Housing, previnciat Cabinet and the - Niagara Escarpment Commission in the Planning process will be discussed Prereq: ENV § 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, Ehriich, Forrester, Fuller, Kahn, Mead, Meadows, McHale, Michael, Polak, — Theobald, Thompson, Toynbee and Ward.
Prereq: 3rd or 4th year standing or consent of instructor. é
Course Descriptions - 16.55
Examination of “issues” in futuristics and their "methodological’ problems, with
s particular attention to resources utiliza
tion. 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, including “nuclear winter” and seitiements. in “outer space”.
Prereq: ENV S ant or cdnsent of instructor
Literature, theory and method reiating to
Man's effects on landscapes and
ecosystems. A human ecological approach, Case studies and field work Prereq: Conseni of instructor.
Research on literature, theory and method relating to man’s effects on landscapes and ecosystems.
Prereq: FNV § 417 and consent of instructor
ENV § 439 W 3C2ct 05 People in Natural Areas Designing and managing for people in natural areas; behavioural research and its relevance to the. design and operation of natural areas and facilities wil be emphasized. Means of understanaing and involving neighbouring and visiting publigs and indigenous people in the design and management of natural areas will be studied.
Prereq: REC/ENV S 334
Cross-listed as REC 433.
Students may receive credit for only one of ENV S 433 and REC:433
A study of policies, procedures, and practices relative to the management of natural resources. Emphasis is placed on an ecological systems approach to management as it retates to parks at all levels of government.
Prereq: REC/ENV S 334
Crass-listed as REC 434.
Students may receive credit for only one of ENV S 434 and REC 434
16.56 Course Descriptions
Not offered in 1986–87.
Not offered in 1986–87.
Not offered in 1986–87.