41 courses in the 1994–95 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 studénts only
Continuation of ERS 100.
Prereq: Environment and Resource Studies students only
Examination of patterns 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 concerns 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
Course Descriptions
A theoretical and practical introduction to Processes and techniques for incorporating environmental considerations in planning and evaluating proposals for future undertakings that may have significant social and biophysical effects. The course provides an overview of methodologies for, and controversies surrounding, the design and conduct of biophysical and socioeconomic impact studies, and the testing of reported findings. The main focus is on the purposes and design of environmental assessment processes, with particular reference to the Canadian federal and Ontario provincial regimes. Consideration of case examples is emphasized.
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 and contract required
The letter designation allows this course to be taken more than once for credit
This course will use the campus as a laboratory for exploring how to evaluate the environmental 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 environmenta! 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 environmenta! performance might be improved. The course will involve considerable field work on the campus. Prereq: ERS 218 and ENV S 178 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
Field trip fee $20-$25
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
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 in a selected regional (e.g. Atlantic 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 Field trip fee $20-$25
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 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 Antireq: CONST 301
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
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 place 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 and contract required
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? Is 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 third-year standing
Individual or small group project emphasizing muttidisciplinary treatment of environmental problems. Work encouraged on situations of interest to community organizations, government agencies or other groups.
Prereq: Students with third-year standing in Environment and Resource Studies
Course Descriptions Environment and Resource Studies
Normally a continuation of 390A; may also be a separate project as described in 390A.
Prereq: ERS 390A
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 selected policy, planning and implementation strategies for sustainable development. The analysis will include consideration of organizational and institutional arrangements. Various approaches reflecting local, regional and international experiences will be compared and contrasted.
Advanced work in environmental journal-
ism 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
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, environmentaily-relevant proposals, economic strategies and others of special interest or significance. Prereq: ERS 241, 337 and 338, or consent of instructor
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See course descriptions under ERS 275 and 375.
Prereq: Consent of instructor and contract required
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 probtem 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. Permission of 90's Co-ordinator and selected advisor.
See description for ERS 490A.
Prereq: Students with fourth-year standing in Environment and Resource Studies only. Permission of 90’s Co-ordinator and selected advisor.
Examination of twentieth century concerns about industrial progress and treatment of people 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 modem environmentalism. Assessment of alternative futures.
Prereq: ERS 395 and third-year standing or consent of instructor
Not offered in 1994–95.
Not offered in 1994–95.
Not offered in 1994–95.
Not offered in 1994–95.
Not offered in 1994–95.
Not offered in 1994–95.
Not offered in 1994–95.
Not offered in 1994–95.
Not offered in 1994–95.
Not offered in 1994–95.