38 courses in the 1993–94 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Designed to complement the introductory overview of ENV S 195. Selected themes and case examples are analyzed within a framework of concepts and theories from the natural and social sciences. Students undertake practical exercises to develop analytic and problem-solving skills. Prereq: Environment and Resource Studies students only
Continuation of ERS 100.
Prereq: Environment and Resource Studies students only
Examination of pattems and trends in major environmental systems and natural resource use. Analysis of these resources in the context of sustainable development. Local, regional and global systems will be examined.
Prereq: At least second-year standing
This course examines the various political, economic and social factors in development and environmental concems in various Third World countries. Special focus is on health-care systems, agricultural and forestry practices and policies, water management and resource ownership. Students are encouraged to study one country in some depth, and to submit seminars and projects.
Prereq: ENV S 195 or consent of instructor
An introduction to means of assessing proposed approaches to environmentally and socially significant problems and opportunities. Special emphasis on the nature and limitations of conventional means of assessing the impacts, and overall desirability of technologies, projects, plans and policies. Close examination of case examples.
Prereq: At least second-year standing
Background reading and study in consultation with Faculty. Typically utilized when a student must study a topic in connection with other work, but no course offering that topic is available.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
The letter designation allows this course to be taken more than once for credit
Analysis of selected environmental issues
or programs with particular emphasis on
applied problem-solving/management per-
spectives. Field trips to chosen sites will
be conducted to gather information for
analysis. Key organizations/people will be
involved in field trips and discussions. Field trip fee $45 per student
This course will use the campus as a labotatory for exploring how to evaluate the environmenital appropriateness of an activity. Students will be asked to take some activity on the campus and perform a quantitative systems analysis to evaluate its environmental performance. Various kinds of environmental audits will be covered (i.e. energy, water, waste, etc.) as well as the basis of a systems approach to analysis. Students will be expected on the basis of their analysis to identify areas where environmental performance might be improved. The course will involve considerabie field work on the campus. Prereq: ERS 218 and ENV S 178 or consent of instructor
Examination of the concept of the “ecosystem” presented in recent writings about non-equilibrium thermodynamics, ecological paradigms, conservation biology and environmental philosophy. Discussion of the theoretical and practical implications of these contrasting perspectives for issues of research/environmental management and sustainable development.
Prereq: ENV S 200, at least third-year standing, or consent of instructor
This course will deal with the solid waste system, landfilling, incineration, energy from waste, recycling, composting, reduction and reuse. The context will be primarily Ontario and municipal waste management.
Prereq: Students with third-year standing or consent of instructor
A Greenway system is a linked open space network. A Greenway Plan provides an ecological and human system of trails and routeways made up of existing trails, riverine lands, coastal lands and rail trails. The objectives of the course will be to understand how to design, realize and manage a greenway system.
Prereq: Second-year standing or above
Course Descriptions Environment and Resource Studies
Introduction to writing (and preparing graphics) for print media on environmental issues, through practical experience working on the environmental journal Altematives: Perspectives on Society, Technology and Environment. Each participant covers an environmental news beat ina selected regional (e.g. Atiantic Canada) or sectoral (e.g. law, technology, waste) topic area.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Major problems and issues in the management of environmental impacts stemming from development projects. Synthesis of . ecological, economic and institutional aspects. Integrating environmental management with social and economic development policies and programs. Prereq: ERS 241 or consent of instructor
Introduction to the background, theory and methodology of social impact assessment (SIA). SIA as a type of social science research and as a key element in achieving more informed and responsible decision-making in society. Experience in SIA design for environmentally-relevant cases. Prereq: ERS 241 or consent of instructor
Introduction to contemporary environmental, social, economic and political issues in Canada’s North, principally Yukon, Northwest Territories and Northern Quebec and Labrador. Lectures and tutorials will discuss homeland and frontier perspectives, economic development and environmental conservation, the northem economies, native land claims and political development.
Prereq: At least second-year standing
This course explores the symbolic representation of nature in art, architecture, myth and literature from a multi-cultural perspective. The ideas about sacred spaces and environments will also be discussed.
Prereq: Students with second-year Standing or consent of instructor
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Information and ideas constitute the most basic resource of a peopie. This course will explore the role of various mass media, newspapers, T.V., cinema, magazines, radio, travellers, in the process of development. What is the nature of mass education in a developing society? How do the media hinder or contribute to social change? These and many related questions will be explored in the context of a number of different societies.
Prereq: At least second-year standing or consent of instructor
A seminar course that allows students to examine in detail the problems and opportunities involved in making the private sector more environmentally sustainable. This exploration will take piace within the broader social, political and economic context of the debates about ‘shallow’ and “deep” ecology.
Prereq: Second-year standing or above
Prereq: Consent of instructor
The letter designation allows this course to be taken more than once for credit
we do to make our society into a Conserver Society? How do we evaluate the appropriateness of a lifestyle or technology for a Conserver Society? !s a Conserver Society realistic? This course will explore these questions, with emphasis on student participation in discussion and in seminar presentations. Lectures will focus on the basics of various technologies and lifestyles, and on quantitative techniques for comparing these.
Prereq: At least second-year standing
Individual or small group project emphasizing multidisciplinary treatment of environmental problems. Work encouraged on situations of interest to community organizations, goverment agencies or other groups.
Prereq: Students with third-year standing in Environment and Resource Studies
Normally a continuation of 390A; may also be a separate project as described in 390A.
Prereq: ERS 390A
Same as ERS 390A but with additional intensive investigation.
Prereq: Environment and Resource Studies students only and consent of faculty
Normally a continuation of 391A; may aiso be a separate project as described in SOTA.
Prereq: ERS 391A
Examination of conflicting positions on how we do and should view the natural world and ourselves, beginning with review of the history of attitudes to the environment and our place in it. Emphasis on evolution of attitudes to human nature and the environment in industrial society, critiques of these attitudes and implications for approaches to modern environmental issues.
Prereq: Environment and Resource Studies students only with at least second-year standing or consent of instructor
Using selected environmental systems and resource use activities the course will analyse selacted policy, planning and implementation strategies for sustainable development. The analysis will include consideration of organizational and institutional arrangements. Various approaches retlacting local, regional and intemational experiences will be compared and contrasted.
Advanced work In environmental journalism including examination of ethical issues and practical problems. Special attention to complex stories, editing and design. Course focus depends on nature of
individual projects selected by participants.
Prereq: ERS 375A or 330, permission of instructor
Course Descriptions Environment and Resource Studies
Students will draw on knowledge and experience gained in the prerequisite theme courses to critique and/or design impact analyses of a variety of “real-world” activities, including policy initiatives, technological choices, environmentally-relevant proposals, economic strategies and others of special interest or significance. Prereq: ERS 241, 337 and 338, or consent of instructor
See course descriptions under ERS 275 and 375.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
The letter designation allows this course to be taken more than once for credit.
A project of sufficient scope to demonstrate mastery of problem-solving and communication skills on a selected problem or issue concerning human interrelationships with the environment. Credit weights for 490, 491 and 492 vary depending on the amount of work involved and the depth of the subject matter. Study beyond the 490 level requires faculty approval.
Prereq: Students with fourth-year standing in Environment and Resource Studies only
See description for ERS 490A.
Prereq: Students with fourth-year standing in Environment and Resource Studies only
See description for ERS 490A.
Prereq: Students with fourth-year standing in Environment and Resource Studies only
Examination of twentieth century concerns about industrial progress and treatment of peopte and the environment. Focus on problems and promises of efforts to dominate nature through scientific and technological advance; alternative views on the nature of scientific knowledge and human weil-being, and the rise of modern environmentalism. Assessment of alternative futures.
Prereq: ERS 395 and third-year standing or consent of instructor
Not offered in 1993–94.