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GEOG 368Ecology and Conservation for Planning

Units
0.50
Faculty
Environment
Subject
Geography and Environmental Management
Cross-listed
PLAN 341

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course provides students with a critical understanding of the relationship between human development and natural environments. Students will develop an understanding of core ecological principles and how these can be taken up in plans and policies to promote nature conservation in urban and rural environments. The course will include examples of how planners mitigate the environmental impacts of development of land, allotment of open space and parks, and conservation of sensitive areas and species in both urban and rural contexts.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed the following:

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001783517 / 25T 14:30–17:20

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00154320 / 30T 11:30–14:20
LEC 701214313 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

71% liked it78% easy58% useful

From 14 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Took this as my CSE list A elective by way of taking the prerequisite ENVS200 as my mandatory natural science elective. I was looking forward to taking a planning course but the lectures were pretty basic and not very enlightening. Some of the mandatory readings were very good though. Easy course, weekly assignments are simple, final group project wasn't too bad, and the two tests were very easy too if you just memorize the lecture notes with flash cards.

    Apr 2026 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • almost the same class as GEOG 201. if you didn't like that class don't take this one

    Apr 2016 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

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Fall 2024

Spring 2021

Fall 2020

Spring 2019

Now with exams over, what were the best and worst courses you took this semester? 20 points, 25 comments

“Mine were, Best: CS241 (assignments were fun, it was cool how they built upon one another and concluded in making a simple compiler) Worst: STAT231 (still don't know what a p-value is) Honorable …”

u/Ballplayerx97: “… Worst: GEOG 368 - Incredibly boring geography course, very dry prof, insane amount of lectures and notes with no clear outline for the exam. GEOG 181 - Online GIS course, weekly assignments were kind of fun but took hours to complete and were worth very little. …”

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Winter 2019

Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

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