School of the Environment
Faculty List
Professor and Director
† S. Easterbrook, BSc, PhD
Associate Professor and Graduate Associate Director
C. Wiseman, BES, M. Nat.Res.Mgmt., Dr. Phil. Nat.
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, and Undergraduate Associate Director
† J. D'eon, BSc, PhD
Professors
† W.S. Prudham, BA, BSc, MA, PhD
† J.B. Robinson, BA, MES, PhD
Associate Professors
† C. Abizaid, MA, PhD
† J. Green, BA, MA, PhD
† S.B. Scharper, BA, MA, PhD
Assistant Professors
† J.A. Jakubiec, B.S.Arch, M.Arch, PhD
† K. Neville, BSc, MEnvSci, PhD
† H. Peng, BSc, PhD
† N. Rollinson, BAT, MSc, PhD
† R. Soden, BA, MA, PhD
† D. Wunch, BSc, MSc, PhD
T. Yoreh, BA, MA, PhD
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
K. Ing, BSc, MSc
Senior Lecturers Emeriti
D. Macdonald, BA, MA, PhD
B. Savan, BSc, PhD
† Cross-appointed faculty
Introduction
The School of the Environment is an innovative interdisciplinary unit within the Faculty of Arts and Science; it brings together and leverages the enormous breadth of environmental teaching and research expertise throughout the Faculty. The School fosters opportunities for interdisciplinary research and scholarship in environment, spanning the sciences, social sciences and humanities. Students who enrolled in programs in the former Centre for Environment will be able to complete them.
Core Programs:
The School offers core programs in two areas: Environmental Science BSc Major and Minor, and Environment Studies BA Major and Minor. These programs are ideally suited to be taken in conjunction with another program(s) in a related academic field. For example, the Environmental Science Major could be combined with a Major in Environment & Health, Environmental Ethics, Earth and Environmental Systems, Environmental Geography, Forest Conservation Science, Physical & Environmental Geography, Biomedical Toxicology, Chemistry, Physics, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, or Environmental Biology, while the Environmental Studies Major could be combined with a complementary BA Major such as Political Science, Economics, Women and Gender Studies, Human Geography, Forest Conservation, Architecture, or BSc Major, such as Environmental Biology, Physics, or Forest Conservation Science. These programs of study provide students with a powerful combination of disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary breadth.
The School’s Environmental Science B.Sc. Major and Minor programs reflect the fact that most environmental issues are complex and involve aspects drawing from many different areas of science. These programs provide students with a breadth of knowledge spanning scientific disciplines, and the tools to understand and integrate scientific principles from across the physical and biological sciences, and across multiple spatial and temporal scales. At its core, environmental science is concerned with the scientific analysis and development of creative solutions to environmental problems. Students are exposed to disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge and research skills necessary to function as an environmental scientist.
The School’s Environmental Studies B.A. Major and Minor are interdisciplinary programs intended for students interested in studying and working in an environmental area, primarily within the social sciences or humanities. These programs offer rigorous academic study of the economic, social, cultural and political forces that drive issues such as species extinction, loss of biodiversity, air and water pollution, and climate change. The interdisciplinary structure of the programs provides grounding in scientific literacy while advancing critical thinking skills that will help students to evaluate complex environmental problems and sustainable solutions for improved environmental health and well-being.
Environmental Science students who wish to have a foundation in Environmental Studies beyond the ENV221H1 and ENV222H1 core courses, are encouraged to consider adding the Minor in Environmental Studies to their Environmental Science Major. It is possible to double count a number of courses between the two programs.
Collaborative Specialist, Major and Minor Programs:
The School collaborates with other disciplines to offer four collaborative Science Specialist programs: Environment & Health; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Geosciences; and Environment & Toxicology. Other collaborative offerings include Major programs in Environment & Health, and Environmental Ethics, as well as collaborative Minor programs in Environmental Ethics, Energy & Environment, and Environment & Behaviour. These programs combine the School’s interdisciplinary core with a deliberately focused set of discipline-specific courses.
Directed Environmental Minor Programs:
Environmental Minor programs are offered by a number of departments. Five of these Minors are in the sciences, and four are arts Minors. These programs are intended for students interested in acquiring a hierarchical body of environmental knowledge in a specific discipline.
These Minors are open to any student irrespective of program. As with any Minor, these programs can be combined with other programs of study (i.e., Minors and Majors) to meet the requirements for a degree. (See the Degree Requirements section of the Calendar for program requirement details).
General Program Information:
All Science programs in the School include a strong First Year science component with core interdisciplinary science courses in subsequent years. Students intending to pursue Environmental Science or any of the Science Specialist programs are advised to choose First Year courses from among (BIO120H1, BIO130H1); (CHM136H1/CHM138H1, CHM135H1/CHM139H1)/CHM151Y1; MAT135H1/MAT136H1/MAT137Y1/MAT157Y1/JMB170Y1; (PHY131H1,PHY132H1)/(PHY151H1,PHY152H1), and (GGR100H1/JEG100H1, GGR101H1). Students should identify specific program requirements as well as the prerequisites for ENV234H1; ENV237H1; ENV238H1; ENV316H1; ENV334H1; ENV337H1; CHM210H1 when selecting specific First Year science courses.
Arts programs in the School build on a base of social science and humanities courses. Environmental Studies, as well as Environmental Ethics, do not require specific First Year courses. Students intending to follow arts programs in the area of environment are recommended to take ENV100H1, and might find it helpful to take ENV200H1 in first year, as well as to include some First Year course choices from the 100-level offerings in Anthropology, Biology, Economics, Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science or Sociology.
Note: Majors and Specialists in School of the Environment programs are eligible for a number of School-based scholarships (see https://environment.utoronto.ca/undergraduate/scholarships/)
Students interested in School of the Environment programs should refer to the Calendar program listings below and are encouraged to consult the School’s website at https://www.environment.utoronto.ca. For further information about the School’s programs and courses, please contact:
School of the Environment Undergraduate Associate Director, Prof J. D'eon (ug.director.env@utoronto.ca).
School of the Environment Undergraduate Student Advisor and Placement Coordinator, David Powell, Room ES 1022, 33 Willcocks Street Wing, Earth Sciences Centre, 416-946-8100 or ug.office.env@utoronto.ca
Environmental Programs in Other Academic Units:
Students should also be aware that numerous programs offered by other academic units have relevance to the study of the environment, and most are highly suitable for double majors with the School of the Environment programs. Students interested in environment-related courses of study should also review the following programs:
Biodiversity & Conservation Biology (Science program offered by the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology):
Details available at: http://www.eeb.utoronto.ca/undergrad/programs.htm
Students in the Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Major receive training in the relatively young, but already firmly established, synthetic fields of biodiversity and conservation biology. They will be equipped to aid in the response to what is perhaps humanity’s most pressing challenge, the conservation of biological diversity. As ecologically responsible and informed citizens, they will appreciate the increasing complexity and uncertainty of the world in which we all live, and be in a position to make informed policy and decisions about sustainable development, global environmental change, control of invasive species, and the conservation of genetic diversity and ecosystem integrity.
Earth and Environmental Systems (Science program offered by the Department of Earth Sciences):
(Details available at: https://www.es.utoronto.ca/programs/undergraduate/)
The Major, Earth and Environmental Systems, takes a holistic approach to understanding how the Earth system works and how it has evolved over tens of millions to billions of years. This requires understanding the dynamics and interactions of all aspects of the system (solid Earth, ocean, atmosphere, and biosphere) and provides the larger context at a time when climate change, resource consumption and global pollution weigh heavily on people and societies.
Environmental Biology (Science program offered by the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology):
Details available at: http://www.eeb.utoronto.ca/undergrad/programs.htm
The Environmental Biology Major provides a broad background in biology that is essential to understand the impact of humans on other organisms and their environments. It provides students with an understanding of ecology, the diversity and function of living organisms, the physical and chemical environment, and the ways organisms interact with, and affect, ecosystem processes. Students are exposed to ecosystem management, issues related to environmental change, and the consequences of interactions between humans and the environment.
Environmental Geography (Arts program offered by the Department of Geography and Planning):
(See program details under Geography and Planning or at www.geography.utoronto.ca)
These Specialist, Major and Minor programs can be taken in conjunction with either the School’s Arts or Science programs for an Honours Degree. They focus on resource and environmental planning, environmental assessment, water resources, waste management and Canada’s forests from the perspective of Geography.
Forestry (Arts or Science programs offered by Daniels Forestry in the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design):
(See program details under Forestry/Forest Conservation and Forest Biomaterials Science or at www.forestry.utoronto.ca)
These Specialist, Major and Minor programs can be taken in conjunction with the School’s science or arts programs for an Honours degree. Core subjects include world forests, forest products in sustainable forestry, forest conservation practices, forest management and resource allocation, and forests and society. Other topics include biodiversity maintenance, ecological sustainability, protection of wildlife and their habitats, international policy, certification, intensive forest management, community management, forest health and forest fragmentation.
Physical & Environmental Geography (Science program offered by the Department of Geography and Planning):
(See program details under Geography and Planning or at www.geography.utoronto.ca)
These Specialist and Major programs can be taken in conjunction with the School’s science or arts programs for an Honours Degree. Core subjects include geomorphology, climatology, soil science and hydrology. Other topics include biogeography, remote sensing, climate assessment, biogeochemistry and environmental contaminants modeling.
School of Environment Programs
Core Programs
Environmental Science Major (Science Program) - ASMAJ1076
This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol.
Variable Minimum Grade/Grade Average
A minimum grade average in required courses is needed for entry, and this minimum changes each year depending on available spaces and the number of applicants. The following courses must be completed:
To ensure that students admitted to the program will be successful, applicants with a final grade lower than 60% in each course, or a grade average lower than 65% in these required courses will not be considered for admission. Please note that obtaining this minimum grade average does not guarantee admission to the program.
(8.0 credits)
First Year (1.5 credits): BIO120H1; 0.5 credit from CHM136H1/CHM138H/ CHM135H1 (recommended)/CHM139H/ CHM151Y1; 0.5 credit from MAT135H1/ MAT137Y1/ MAT157Y1/ JMB170Y1
Second Year (2.5 credits):
1. ENV221H1
2. ENV234H1
3. One of CHM210H1 (recommended) or ESS262H1
4. ENV237H1/ ENV238H1*
* ENV238H1 is for students who have previously taken PHY131H1/ PHY132H1/ PHY151H1/ PHY152H1
5. STA220H1/ STA288H1/ EEB225H1/ GGR270H1 or other science courses providing training in statistics as approved by the Academic Associate Director.
NOTE: students interested in taking EEB Field Courses (Group B) in third/fourth year are encouraged to take BIO220H1 in second/third year.
Third Year (1.5 credits):
1. The other of CHM210H1 or ESS262H1 not taken in second year
2. ENV337H1/ JEE337H1
3. ENV316H1
Third/Fourth Year (2.0 credits):
1. 2.0 credits from among the courses in Group A, B, and C, with no more than 0.5 credit from Group C. At least 0.5 credit must be at the 300+ level
Group A: Environmental Science
BIO220H1*/ CHM310H1/ CHM410H1/ CHM415H1/ EEB319H1/ EEB320H1/ EEB321H1/ EEB328H1/ EEB365H1/ EEB428H1/ EEB430H1/ EEB433H1/ EEB440H1/ EEB465H1/ ENV334H1/ ENV341H1/ ENV346H1/ ENV430H1/ ENV432H1/ ESS261H1/ ESS311H1/ ESS312H1 / ESS461H1/ ESS463H1/ GGR203H1/ GGR301H1/ GGR305H1/ GGR308H1/ GGR314H1/ GGR347H1/ GGR348H1/ GGR406H1/ GGR413H1/ JGA305H1/ PCL362H1/ PHY392H1**/ PHY492H1**
Notes: * BIO220H1 is required for all upper-year 300+ EEB series courses, with no exceptions. ** PHY392H1 and PHY492H1 include relevant environmental content, but prerequisites for these courses cannot be used towards Group A requirements.
Group B: Environmental Science-related Field Courses
ANT330Y1/ ARH306Y1/ EEB403H1/ EEB405H1/ EEB406H1/ EEB407H1/ EEB410H1/ ENV336H1/ ENV395Y0/ ENV396H0/ ENV396Y0/ ESS234H1/ ESS410H1/ ESS450H1/ GGR390H1
Note: * BIO220H1 is required for all upper-year 300+ EEB series courses, with no exceptions.
Group C: Environmental Policy & Society (no more than 0.5 credit from Group C)
ENV222H1/ ENV261H1/ ENV281H1/ ENV282H1/ ENV307H1/ ENV320H1/ ENV322H1/ ENV323H1/ ENV330H1/ ENV333H1/ ENV335H1/ ENV347H1/ ENV350H1/ ENV361H1/ ENV362H1/ ENV381H1/ ENV382H1/ ENV422H1/ ENV461H1/ ENV462H1/ FOR302H1
Fourth Year (0.5 credit):
1. 0.5 credit from the following: ENV432H1*/ ENV440H1/ ENV452H1*
*Note that ENV432H1 requires one of EEB319H1/ EEB321H1/ EEB365H1/ ENV334H1 as a prerequisite, and ENV452H1 requires one of ENV316H1/ ENV334H1/ ENV337H1 as a prerequisite.
Notes:
- Students combining the Environmental Science Major with a second BSc or BA Major, and who are also interested in obtaining a basic understanding of the social/political/policy aspects of environment, can add the Environmental Studies Minor. Some of the courses taken for the Environmental Science Major may be double counted for this Minor. Please contact the Undergraduate Student Advisor (see above) to learn more about this option.
- Daniels Students enrolled in this program may be able to fulfil up to 1.5 credits in requirement 3 from ARC courses. Consult the School of the Environment for more information.
Environmental Science Minor (Science Program) - ASMIN1555
This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol.
Variable Minimum Grade/Grade Average
A minimum grade average in required courses is needed for entry, and this minimum changes each year depending on available spaces and the number of applicants. The following courses must be completed:
To ensure that students admitted to the program will be successful, applicants with a final grade lower than 60% in each course, or a grade average lower than 65% in these required courses will not be considered for admission. Please note that obtaining this minimum grade average does not guarantee admission to the program.
(4.0 credits)
First Year (1.5 credits):
1. BIO120H1; 0.5 credit from CHM136H1/CHM138H/ CHM135H1(recommended)/CHM139H/ CHM151Y1; 0.5 credit from MAT135H1/ MAT137Y1/ MAT157Y1/ JMB170Y1
Higher Years (2.5 credits):
2. ENV221H1
3. 1.0 credit from CHM210H1, ENV234H1, ENV237H1/ ENV238H1*, ESS262H1
4. ENV337H1/ JEE337H1
5. 0.5 credit from courses in Group A or B**
Notes
- * ENV238H1 is for students who have previously taken PHY131H1/ PHY132H1/ PHY151H1/ PHY152H1
- ** Students should verify the prerequisites for the courses listed under the groups below in advance of their course selection.
- BIO220H1 is required for all upper-year EEB 300+-series courses (Group A and B) and there are no exceptions.
- Daniels Students enrolled in this program may be able to fulfil up to 1.0 credit of elective courses from ARC courses. Consult the School of the Environment for more information
Group A: Environmental Science
CHM310H1/ CHM410H1/ CHM415H1/ EEB319H1/ EEB320H1/ EEB321H1/ EEB328H1/ EEB365H1/ EEB428H1/ EEB430H1/ EEB433H1/ EEB440H1/ EEB465H1/ ENV334H1/ ENV341H1/ ENV346H1/ ENV430H1/ ENV432H1/ ESS261H1/ ESS311H1/ ESS312H1/ ESS461H1/ ESS463H1/ GGR301H1/ GGR305H1/ GGR308H1/ GGR314H1/ GGR347H1/ GGR348H1/ GGR406H1/ GGR413H1/ JGA305H1/ PCL362H1/ PHY392H1*/ PHY492H1*
Notes: * PHY392H1 and PHY492H1 include relevant environmental content, but prerequisites for these courses cannot be used towards Group A requirements.
Group B: Environmental Science-related Field Courses
ANT330Y1/ ARH306Y1/ EEB403H1/ EEB405H1/ EEB406H1/ EEB407H1/ EEB410H1/ ENV316H1/ ENV336H1/ ENV395Y0/ ENV396H0/ ENV396Y0/ ESS234H1/ ESS410H1/ ESS450H1/ GGR390H1
Environmental Studies Major (Arts Program) - ASMAJ1254
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
For more information, please email the School of the Environment’s Undergraduate Student Advisor, David Powell, at ug.office.env@utoronto.ca.
(7.0 credits, including 2.5 credits at the 300+ level and a 0.5 credit at the 400-level)
First Year
ENV100H1 is recommended but not required.
Higher Years:
1. ENV221H1; ENV222H1; ENV223H1.
2. ENV200H1
3. 0.5 credit from the following Environmental Policy, Law & Society courses: ENV320H1; ENV322H1; ENV323H1; ENV347H1; ENV350H1; ENV422H1; JGE331H1
4. 0.5 credit from among the following Environmental Thought & Ethics courses: ENV333H1; JGE321H1; CLA373H1; PHL273H1; WGS273H1
5. One of ENV421H1/ ENV440H1/ ENV451H1/ ENV461H1.
6. An additional 3.5 credits from any combination of courses listed in the three groups below*, with no more than 1.0 credit from the Science group.
*Students may choose to take courses across the three groups or within a particular group, depending on their interest.
Note: Daniels Students enrolled in this program may be able to fulfill up to 1.5 credits in requirement 6 from ARC courses.For more information, please email the School of the Environment’s Undergraduate Student Advisor, David Powell, at ug.office.env@utoronto.ca.
Environmental Studies Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN1254
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
For more information, please email the School of the Environment’s Undergraduate Student Advisor, David Powell, at ug.office.env@utoronto.ca.
(4.0 credits, including 1.5 credits at the 300+ level)
First Year:
ENV100H1 is recommended but not required.
Higher Years:
1. ENV221H1; ENV222H1
2. ENV200H1
3. Additional 2.5 credits, of which a maximum 1.0 credit may be environmental courses offered by academic units other than the School of the Environment (from Group A below). The remainder must be selected from the following: ENV261H1; ENV281H1; ENV282H1; ENV307H1; ENV320H1; ENV322H1; ENV323H1; ENV330H1; JGE321H1; JGE331H1; ENV333H1; ENV335H1; ENV347H1; ENV350H1; ENV361H1; ENV362H1; ENV381H1; ENV382H1; ENV395Y0; ENV396H0, ENV396Y0; ENV421H1*; ENV422H1*; ENV430H1*; ENV431H1*; ENV440H1*; ENV461H1; ENV462H1; PHL273H1
*Note: with permission of Undergraduate Associate Director
Note: Daniels Students enrolled in this program may be able to fulfill up to 1.0 credit in requirement 3, Group A, from ARC courses. Consult the School of the Environment for more information.
Collaborative Programs
Environment & Behaviour Minor (Science Program) - ASMIN1551
This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol.
Special Requirement
- Students must be enrolled in the Psychology Minor, Major or Specialist, to be considered for enrolment.
(4.0 credits; must include at least 1.0 credit at the 300+-level.)
For more information, please email the School of the Environment’s Undergraduate Student Advisor, David Powell, at ug.office.env@utoronto.ca.
Higher Years:
1. ENV221H1, ENV222H1, PSY220H1, PSY335H1/ PSY435H1
2. 1.0 credit from ENV333H1, ENV335H1; ENV361H1/ ENV381H1 (if ENV381H1 taken in 2015-16 or 2016-17); JGE321H1; JGE331H1
3. 1.0 credit from PSY320H1, PSY321H1, PSY327H1/ PSY427H1, PSY336H1
Environment & Health Major (Science Program) - ASMAJ0365
From air pollution and water contamination to climate change, the anthropogenic impact on our environment has significant repercussions on human health. A collaboration between the School of the Environment and Human Biology, the objective of the Environment and Health program is to provide students with instruction in fundamental biological sciences and to integrate a broad understanding of the environmental determinants of health.
For more information, please email the School of the Environment’s Undergraduate Student Advisor, David Powell, at ug.office.env@utoronto.ca.
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
Required Courses (8.0 credits)
To help students proceed through the program, it is recommended that the first year BIO and CHM requirements are completed before entering the program.
Year 1:
2. ( CHM136H1/ CHM138H1 and CHM135H1/ CHM139H1)/ CHM151Y1 (Only transfer credits that carry exclusions to CHM136H1/ CHM138H1 and/or CHM135H1/ CHM139H1 will be accepted)
3. GGR100H1/ JEG100H1/ GGR101H1/ ESS102H1/ GLG102H1/ MAT135H1/ PHY131H1/ PSY100H1
Year 2: Foundations in environment and health
5. BIO220H1; BIO230H1/ BIO255H1
7. 1.0 credit from environmental core courses: ENV221H1/ ENV222H1/ ENV234H1/ ENV337H1/ JEE337H1
Year 3: Third year core courses
8. ENV341H1
Years 3 or 4:
10. 0.5 credit from environment and health relevant courses: HMB302H1/ HMB303H1/ HMB312H1/ HMB314H1/ HMB322H1/ HMB390H1/ HMB496Y1/ HMB499Y1/ ANA300Y1/ ANA301H1/ BCH311H1/ CSB349H1/ PSL350H1/ BCH370H1/ CHM310H1/ CSB325H1/ CSB327H1/ CSB328H1/ CSB331H1/ CSB346H1/ CSB347H1/ CSB350H1/ CSB351Y1/ EEB318H1/ EEB319H1/ EEB321H1/ EEB328H1/ EEB362H1/ EEB375H1/ EEB428H1/ ENV315H1/ ESS425H1/ ENV316H1/ ENV336H1/ GGR303H1/ GGR305H1/ GGR347H1/ GGR348H1/ GGR372H1/ GGR433H1/ HIS423H1/ HST405H1/ ESS311H1/ ESS312H1/ ESS463H1/ IMM334Y1/ LMP301H1/ LMP363H1/ MGY377H1/ NFS382H1/ NFS386H1/ NFS488H1/ PSL372H1/ PSL420H1/ PSY435H1
Year 4: Environment & Health Capstone Course
11. JEH455H1
E&H Major Program Note:
- Not all non-ENV courses listed in requirement 10 above have priority enrolment for the Environment & Health Major. Students are responsible for checking the priority of courses, as well as meeting course prerequisites for courses they wish to take.
Environment & Health Specialist (Science Program) - ASSPE0365
From air pollution and water contamination to climate change, the anthropogenic impact on our environment has significant repercussions on human health. A collaboration between the School of the Environment and Human Biology, the objective of the Environment and Health program is to provide students with instruction in fundamental biological sciences and to integrate a broad understanding of the environmental determinants of health.
For more information, please email the School of the Environment’s Undergraduate Student Advisor, David Powell, at ug.office.env@utoronto.ca.
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(14.0 credits, including 4.0 credits from 300+ series courses, of which 1.0 credit must be at the 400-level)
To help students proceed through the program, it is recommended that the first year BIO and CHM requirements are completed before entering the program.
Year 1:
2. ( CHM136H1/ CHM138H1 and CHM135H1/ CHM139H1)/ CHM151Y1 (Only transfer credits that carry exclusions to CHM136H1/ CHM138H1 and/or CHM135H1/ CHM139H1 will be accepted)
3. 1.0 credit from: GGR100H1/ JEG100H1/ GGR101H1/ MAT135H1/ MAT136H1/ JMB170Y1/ PHY131H1/ PHY132H1/ PHY151H1/ PHY152H1/ PSY100H1
Year 2: Foundations of environment and health
5. BIO220H1; BIO230H1/ BIO255H1
8. ENV234H1; ENV337H1/ JEE337H1
9. PHL273H1
Year 3: Selected topics in environment and health with greater depth.
10. STA220H1/ STA288H1; STA221H1
11. BCH311H1/ CSB349H1/ LMP363H1/ NFS284H1/( PSL300H1 and PSL301H1)/ PSL350H1
13. 1.0 credit from: CHM210H1/ ENV334H1/(only one from ENV233H1/ ESS261H1/ GGR203H1/ GGR303H1/ GGR314H1/ PHY231H1)
Years 3 & 4:
14. 1.5 credits from environment and health relevant courses: HMB302H1/ HMB303H1/ HMB312H1/ HMB314H1/ HMB322H1/ HMB390H1/ HMB496Y1/ HMB499Y1/ ANA300Y1/ ANA301H1/ BCH311H1/ CSB349H1/ PSL350H1/ BCH370H1/ CHM310H1/ CSB325H1/ CSB327H1/ CSB328H1/ CSB331H1/ CSB346H1/ CSB347H1/ CSB350H1/ CSB351Y1/ EEB318H1/ EEB319H1/ EEB321H1/ EEB328H1/ EEB362H1/ EEB375H1/ EEB428H1/ ENV315H1/ ESS425H1/ ENV316H1/ ENV336H1/ ESS463H1/ GGR303H1/ GGR305H1/ GGR347H1/ GGR348H1/ GGR372H1/ GGR433H1/ HIS423H1/ HST405H1/ ESS311H1/ ESS312H1/ IMM334Y1/ LMP301H1/ LMP363H1/ MGY377H1/ NFS382H1/ NFS386H1/ NFS488H1/ PSL372H1/ PSL420H1/ PSY435H1 or any other approved course for which the student has appropriate prerequisites. The 1.5 credits can be chosen to reflect the particular academic interests of each student.
Year 4: Advanced topics in environment and health with emphasis on primary research and critical analysis
15. ENV421H1/ ENV491Y1*/ ENV492H1*/ ENV493H1* or a minimum of 0.5 credit from any approved departmental or college independent research project (*the research topic for these courses must be related to environment and health)
16. JEH455H1
E&H Specialist Program Note:
- Not all non-ENV courses listed in requirement 14 above have priority enrolment for the Environment & Health Specialist. Students are responsible for checking the priority of courses, as well as meeting course prerequisites for courses they wish to take.
Environment & Toxicology Specialist (Science Program) - ASSPE0605
This program is jointly sponsored by the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and the School of the Environment. For additional information see “School of the Environment” (www.environment.utoronto.ca) or consult our website: www.pharmtox.utoronto.ca.
The Environment and Toxicology Specialist program is an interdisciplinary program which spans the social, physical and life sciences and integrates study of the effects of chemicals not only on the health and behaviour of human beings but on whole ecosystems as the adverse effects associated with therapeutic and environmental chemicals are discussed. This program emphasizes the application of knowledge of environmental toxicology and risk assessment and prepares students for a variety of job opportunities following its completion. Graduates of the Environment and Toxicology program may pursue careers in scientific research, environmental science, conservation science, governmental agencies, consulting agencies, and within chemical, manufacturing or agriculture industries. Students learn to integrate basic environmental and life science with particular aspects of clinical toxicology and related areas through lectures, tutorials, and laboratory and independent research project experience. The senior independent research project course enables students to gain valuable research experience while working under the supervision of an individual faculty member in either a laboratory-based or a non-laboratory-based setting.
The Professional Experience Year Co-op Program (PEY Co-op) is a 12-16 month paid employment placement within pharmaceutical/ biotechnology/chemical companies, university research laboratories, university-affiliated organizations, consulting companies or government research agencies. The PEY Co-op takes place between the 3rd and 4th years of undergraduate study and is open to Specialists in Pharmacology and Biomedical Toxicology who have a cGPA of at least 3.0. Students who participate in this program agree to return to their SPE program in the Department to complete their 4th year and their degree. The PEY Co-op provides an excellent opportunity for real-world experience in drug development, project management, client relations, basic and clinical research, information management and regulatory affairs.
This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol.
Variable Minimum Grade Average
A minimum grade average in required courses is needed for entry, and this minimum changes each year depending on available spaces and the number of applicants. The following courses or their equivalents must be completed:
To ensure that students admitted to the program will be successful, applicants with a final combined grade average lower than 70% in these required courses will not be considered for admission. Please note that obtaining this minimum grade average does not guarantee admission to the program. The underlying numeric final mark in each of your courses required for program enrolment will be used by the relevant academic unit to determine your eligibility.
Applications from students lacking numerical grades in one or more of the specified prerequisites, or students applying in their second or later years, may be considered on the basis of their entire academic record and the availability of space in the program. Please contact the department directly at undergrad.pharmtox@utoronto.ca, specify which program you would like to be considered for, and provide your unofficial transcript. Please consult the Arts & Science Program Toolkit for more information on program enrolment.
Notes:
- Students cannot combine a Biomedical Toxicology Major program with an Environment and Toxicology Specialist program for their degree.
- Students who wish to enroll in the program after their second year will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Successful completion of required prerequisite courses is required to enroll in further upper-level program courses.
(14 credits, including 4.0 credits at the 300+-level or higher, 1.0 credit of which must be at the 400-level).
First Year: BIO120H1; BIO130H1; CHM135H1; CHM136H1; and at least 1.0 credit from PHY131H1; PHY132H1; MAT135H1; MAT136H1
Second Year: BCH210H1, BIO230H1/ BIO255H1, ENV221H1, ENV222H1, PCL201H1 and CHM247H1. 1.0 credit from ( BIO270H1, BIO271H1)/ ( PSL300H1, PSL301H1) (see NOTE 1)
Third and Fourth Years:
BIO220H1, ENV234H1, JGE321H1, ENV334H1, CHM210H1, PCL302H1, PCL362H1, ( PCL482H1, PCL483H1)/ PCL473Y1
One of: STA220H1/ STA221H1/ STA288H1/ EEB225H1 (see NOTE 2)
One of: ENV421H1/ PCL367H1/ PCL474Y1 (see NOTE 2)
At least 1.0 credit from: ENV341H1, PHY231H1, ENV337H1/ JEE337H1, CHM310H1, ESS463H1, JPM300H1, PCL477H1, PCL481H1, PCL484H1, PCL486H1, PCL490H1, LMP301H1, LMP363H1 (see NOTE 3)
An Integrative, Inquiry-Based Activity Requirement must be satisfied.
The requirement for an integrative, inquiry-based and/or experiential activity must be met by completing at least one of the following: PCL297H1, PCL367H1, PCL397Y0, ENV421H1, PCL474Y1, Professional Experience Year Co-op Program
Notes:
- PSL300H1 and PSL301H1 require MAT100/ PHY100 -series courses.
- PCL201H1, and PCL302H1 are pre-requisites for students intending to take PCL474Y1. Students intending to take PCL474Y1 must obtain permission from the Undergraduate Student Advisor of the School of the Environment 3 months prior to the intended date of enrolment. Students must also consult with the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at least 3 months prior to the intended date of enrolment.
- Students taking PCL481H1 must take PCL302H1 and PCL362H1 as prerequisites. Students taking PCL477H1 must take BCH210H1 prior. Students taking ENV421H1 or PCL367H1 must take 1.5 credits from program electives requirement list of courses to ensure 14 program credits.
Environment and Energy Minor (Science Program) - ASMIN1552
Environment and Energy (Science Program) Joint Program with the School of the Environment
Jointly sponsored by the School of the Environment and the Department of Geography, this interdisciplinary program addresses the scientific, technological, environmental and policy aspects of energy use and supply, with a focus on the reduction of environmental impacts.
Note that the four full course equivalents that constitute the Minor Program are those listed below under Higher Years. For more information, please email the School of the Environment’s Undergraduate Student Advisor, David Powell, at ug.office.env@utoronto.ca.
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(4.0 credits)
First Year Courses: 1.0 credit from ( MAT135H1 and MAT136H1)/ MAT137Y1, and 1.0 credit from CHM138H1/ CHM136H1, CHM139H1/ CHM135H1, CHM151Y1, PHY131H1, PHY132H1, PHY151H1, PHY152H1
All of: ENV221H1, ENV222H1/ GGR223H1 (1.0 credit)
All of: ENV346H1, ENV350H1, ENV450H1 (1.5 credits)
Any two of: GGR332H1/ ENV462H1, GGR310H1/ FOR310H1, GGR314H1, GGR347H1, GGR348H1 (1.0 credit)
Any one of: CHM210H1, CHM310H1, CHM415H1, ENV237H1, ENV238H1, FOR310H1*/ GGR310H1*, FOR410H1, GGR203H1, GGR314H1*, GGR347H1*, GGR348H1*, HPS313H1, PHY231H1, PHY250H1 (* if not taken for the requirement immediately above) (0.5 credit)
Environmental Chemistry Specialist (Science Program) - ASSPE2543
Enrolment in the Environmental Chemistry Specialist is administratively suspended effective November 1, 2020 and is no longer admitting students. Students currently enrolled will be permitted to finish the program.
Jointly sponsored by the School of the Environment and the Department of Chemistry, this program focuses on analytical theory, instrumentation and methodological aspects of organic and inorganic contaminants in soil, water, air and biological tissues.
(14.0 credits, including 1.0 credit from 400-series courses)
First Year: ( BIO120H1 and BIO130H1/ BIO220H1); CHM151Y1 (strongly recommended)/( CHM135H1/CHM139H and CHM136H1/CHM138H); ( MAT135H1 and MAT136H1)/ MAT137Y1/ MAT157Y1
First or Second Year: ( PHY131H1 and PHY132H1)/( PHY151H1 and PHY152H1)
Second and Higher Years:
- CHM217H1, ( CHM220H1/ CHM222H1 and CHM223H1), CHM238Y1, CHM247H1/ CHM249H1; ( CHM210H1 and GGR203H1/ GGR314H1); STA220H1/ GGR270H1
- CHM310H1, CHM410H1, CHM415H1; ENV234H1, ( ENV221H1 and ENV222H1), ENV334H1/ ENV341H1/ ENV346H1
- 1.0 credit from 300/400-series CHM courses
- ENV421H1/ CHM499Y1/ PHC489Y1/ CHM398H0 (in areas relevant to the program with prior approval by the Department)
- Additional credits from any 300/400-series courses with DR=SCI, BR=4 or BR=5 to a total of 14.0 credits.
Environmental Ethics Major (Arts Program) - ASMAJ1107
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
Jointly sponsored by the School of the Environment and the Department of Philosophy, this program explores how value judgments and worldviews affect environmental decision making. For more information, please email the School of the Environment's Undergraduate Student Advisor, David Powell, at ug.office.env@utoronto.ca.
(6.0 credits)
1. ENV221H1, ENV222H1; PHL273H1; JGE321H1
2. 1.0 credit from PHL373H1; ENV333H1; JGE331H1
3. 0.5 credit from ENV421H1/ ENV491Y1/ ENV492H1/ ENV493H1, ENV440H1, ENV451H1
4. 2.5 credits from Group A below.
Group A:
ANT450H1; EAS479H1; ECO105Y1; ENV330H1; ENV333H1; ENV335H1; ENV347H1; FAH446H1; FOR302H1; GGR321H1/ JIG322H1; HIS318Y1; HPS202H1, HPS307H1; INS402H1; JGE331H1; PHL373H1 PHL275H1, PHL295H1, PHL375H1, PHL394H1, PHL395H1, PHL413H1; PSY335H1/ PSY435H1; RLG318H1/ RLG228H1, RLG345H1, RLG484H1; VIC271H1; WGS273H1; WGS442H1
Environmental Ethics Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN1107
Jointly sponsored by the School of the Environment and the Department of Philosophy, this program explores how value judgments and worldviews affect environmental decision making. For more information, please email the School of the Environment’s Undergraduate Student Advisor, David Powell, at ug.office.env@utoronto.ca.
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(4.0 credits, including include 1.0 credit at the 300+level)
1. PHL273H1
2. One of PHL373H1, ENV333H1; JGE321H1, JGE331H1
3. ENV221H1, ENV222H1
4. Additional 2.0 PHL credits, with at least a 0.5 credit at the 300+ level. It is recommended that one course be in the History of Philosophy and the other in the Problems of Philosophy, including a 0.5 credit in ethics.
Environmental Geosciences Specialist (Science Program) (Science Program) - ASSPE1253
The Environmental Geosciences specialist program explains the interconnectedness within the Earth system (biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere), measures and models processes related to groundwater and biochemical activities, and assesses the effects of human activities on our geological surroundings.
Jointly sponsored by the School of the Environment and the Department of Earth Sciences. Topics include earth materials, sedimentary geology, aqueous geochemistry, hydrogeology and biogeochemistry. For more information, please contact the Department of Earth Sciences, undergradchair@es.utoronto.ca. Students should note that under the Professional Geoscientists Act of 2000, individuals practicing Environmental Geoscience in Ontario require education that fulfills APGO knowledge requirements (see note below) or a P.Eng.
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(12 full courses or their equivalent which includes fulfillment of the Faculty’s Distribution requirement, including at least one FCE from 400-series courses)
1st year required courses (2 FCE): CHM151Y1/( CHM135H1, CHM136H1), MAT135H1, PHY131H1/ PHY151H1
1st year elective courses: 1 FCE from MAT136H1, PHY132H1/ PHY152H1, ENV237H1/ ENV238H1, BIO120H1, CSC108H1/ ESS345H1, JEG100H1
2nd year required courses (2 FCE): ESS241H1, ESS223H1/ENV233H, ESS262H1, GGR201H1
2nd year elective courses: 1 FCE from ESS224H1, ESS262H1, ESS261H1, STA220H1/ GGR270H1, CHM210H1, MAT221H1/ MAT223H1; up to 0.5 FCE of this requirement can be satisfied by taking one of the following ethics courses: IMC200H1/ PHL273H1/ PHL275H1/ ABS201Y1
3rd and 4th year required courses (2 FCE): ESS311H1, ESS312H1, ESS410H1, ESS461H1
3rd and 4th year elective courses: 4 FCE from JGA305H1, ESS234H1/ ESS330H1, ESS331H1, ESS361H1, ESS362H1, GGR337H1, GGR390H1, ENV333H1, ESS431H1, ESS441H1, ESS445H1, ESS450H1, ESS462H1, ESS463H1, ESS464H1, ESS490H1, ESS491H1/ ESS492Y1
Other courses which might of interest: ESS391H1, ESS392Y1, ESS381H1, ESS481H1
If you plan to become APGO certified, we suggest you consider the following courses to fulfill minimum qualifications. This list comprises courses which are required for the specialist as well as suggested courses; together they fulfill groups 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B of the APGO requirements and add up to 13.5 FCE:
Group 1A: CHM135H1, MAT135H1, PHY131H1
Group 1B: BIO120H1, MAT136H1, CHM136H1, PHY132H1, STA220H1, CSC108H1/ ESS345H1
Group 2A: ESS224H1, ESS241H1, ESS234H1/ ESS330H1, ESS331H1
Group 2B: ESS223H1/ENV233H, ESS312H1, GGR201H1, GGR337H1, JGA305H1
Group 2C: 4.5 FCE of 200/300/400 level ESS or other allowable courses
All students, regardless of their career aspirations, are encouraged to talk to the undergraduate chair about their selection of electives.
Directed Minors
Environmental Anthropology Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN1291
A program focused on understanding the diverse nature of interactions between humans and their environments, both in the past and in modern global society. Consult the Undergraduate Office, Department of Anthropology (416-978-6414).
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(4.0 credits, including 1.0 credit at the 300+ level)
1. ANT100Y1/( ENV221H1 and ENV222H1/ GGR223H1)/ ENV222Y1
2. ANT200Y1/ ( ANT204H1 and ANT207H1/0.5 credit 300-level Social Anthropology course)
3. 2.0 credits from: ANT315H1, ANT336H1, ANT346H1, ANT364H1, ANT366H1, ANT368H1, ANT371H1, ANT374H1, ANT376H1, ANT409H1, ANT410H1, ANT415Y1, ANT420H1, ANT430H1, ANT450H1, INS250H1, INS402H1
Environmental Biology Minor (Science Program) - ASMIN1390
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field that integrates biological, chemical, and physical sciences to study human interactions with their environment. The Environmental Biology Minor program (4 FCEs) provides students an introduction to biology that is essential to understand the impact of humans on other organisms and their environments. It provides students with an understanding of ecology, the diversity and function of living organisms, the physical and chemical environment, and the ways organisms interact with, and affect, ecosystem processes. Students are exposed to ecosystem management, issues related to environmental change, and the consequences of interactions between humans and the environment.
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(4 FCEs; must include at least one full-course equivalent at the 300+ series)
1. 1.5 FCEs: BIO120H1; BIO220H1; ENV234H1 (cannot be substituted with EEB375H1)
2. 0.5 FCE in organismal biology: EEB266H1, EEB267H1, EEB268H1
3. 2.0 FCEs (at least 1.0 FCEs at 300+ series)
A. core ecology and evolution (no more than 1.0 FCEs): EEB318H1, EEB319H1, EEB320H1, EEB321H1, EEB322H1, EEB324H1, EEB328H1
B. biological diversity (no more than 0.5 FCE): EEB263H1, EEB266H1, EEB267H1, EEB268H1, EEB331H1, EEB340H1, EEB380H1, EEB382H1, EEB384H1, EEB386H1, EEB388H1
C. field courses (no more than 0.5 FCE): EEB403H0, EEB403H1, EEB405H0, EEB405H1, EEB406H0, EEB406H1, EEB407H0, EEB407H1, EEB410H0, EEB410H1
D. no more than 1.0 FCEs from: BIO251H1, EEB255H1, EEB362H1, EEB365H1, EEB428H1, EEB433H1; ENV334H1 (recommended), ENV432H1; NUS201H0, NUS301H0, NUS302H0, NUS303H0, NUS304H0, NUS401H0*
*More information about NUS courses and programs can be found on the Biology Calendar section
Environmental Chemistry Minor (Science Program) - ASMIN2543
Consult Professor J. Murphy, Department of Chemistry
Environmental chemistry is the study of the chemical impacts of humankind’s activities on the soil, air, and water. This minor provides a balanced fundamental background in chemistry as well as an introduction to the major issues associated with environmental chemistry.
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
Environmental Economics Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN1438
This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol.
Completed courses (with minimum grades)
The following courses with the stated minimum grades are required:
• ECO101H1 (63%) and ECO102H1 (63%)/ ECO105Y1 (80%)
• MAT133Y1 (63%)/( MAT135H1 (60%) and MAT136H1 (60%))/ MAT137Y1 (55%)/ MAT157Y1 (55%)
(4.0 credits)
1. ( ECO101H1 and ECO102H1)/ ECO105Y1/ ECO100Y1
2. MAT133Y1/ MAT135Y1/ MAT137Y1
3. ECO200Y1/ ECO204Y1/ ECO206Y1
4. 1.0 credit 300+ level ECO courses, including at least one of ECO313H1 and/or ECO314H1
Note:
Students enrolled in this Minor program cannot be enrolled in any other program in Economics.
Environmental Geography Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN1252
A focus on the human-environment nexus is most explicit in these programs. Students learn about the social, spatial, and biophysical processes that shape society’s relationship to nature, management of resources, and contemporary environmental change. These programs appeal to non-science students who seek an environmental program that allows them to learn more about the natural processes that interact with social factors in shaping environments. These programs offer training in quantitative and qualitative research methods, including GIS and Remote Sensing.
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(4.0 credits)
First Year Geography Courses: Any course (0.5 credit) from GGR107H1 (recommended), JEG100H1, GGR101H1, GGR112H1, GGR124H1, GGR196H1, GGR197H1, GGR198H1, GGR199H1. 200/300-level GGR courses may also be used to meet this requirement. Contact the Undergraduate Administrator to update your program.
Core Course: All (0.5 credit) of GGR223H1
Physical and Environmental Geography Course: Any course (0.5 credit) from GGR201H1, GGR203H1, GGR205H1, GGR206H1, GGR305H1, GGR308H1, GGR314H1, GGR347H1, GGR348H1, ENV200H1, ENV234H1
Applications: Any 5 courses (2.5 credits) from Group A; up to 1.0 credit can be from Group B. Up to a 0.5 credit can be used from GGR493Y1, based on suitability of placement for this program, and approved by department.
Note: At least 1.0 credit must be 300/400 series courses.
Environmental Geosciences Minor (Science Program) - ASMIN1253
Admission to the Environmental Geosciences Minor has been administratively suspended as of 1 April 2015 and is no longer admitting students. Students presently enrolled in the minor will be able to complete the program requirements as described below.
Geographic Information Systems Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN0305
The GIS program covers the on theoretical, technical and applied foundations for geographic information systems. Students learn methods for spatial data production, analysis and presentation using computer cartography, spatial analysis, remote sensing, and geovisualization. Problem solving and project design are emphasized in upper level courses, as students apply techniques to answer specific geographic questions. The GIS program is structured to provide a stand-alone minor for students in Geography and other disciplines seeking complementary skills in spatial analysis (e.g., field biology, archaeology).
Note: Students combining this program with a Specialist/Major sponsored by the Department of Geography will normally be allowed to count only 1.5 (of the 4.0) credits towards both programs.
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(4.0 credits)
First Year Geography Courses: Any 2 courses (1.0 credit) from JEG100H1, GGR101H1, GGR107H1, GGR112H1, GGR124H1, GGR196H1, GGR197H1, GGR198H1, GGR199H1. 200/300-level GGR courses may also be used to meet this requirement. Contact the Undergraduate Administrator to update your program.
Methods & Core Courses: All (2.0 credits) of GGR270H1, GGR272H1, GGR273H1, GGR373H1
Applications: Any 2 courses (1.0 credit) from GGR225H1, GGR337H1, GGR372H1, GGR386H1, GGR413H1, GGR414H1, GGR462H1, GGR472H1, GGR491Y1, GGR492H1, GGR493Y1 (0.5 credit can be used based on internship), GGR497H1, GGR498H1, GGR499H1
Note: At least 1.0 credit must be 300/400 series courses
Physical and Environmental Geography Minor (Science Program) - ASMIN2030
Physical and Environmental Geography offers science-based programs for students interested in an integrative approach to understanding the earths biotic and abiotic systems, including their spatial dynamics and the ways they are altered by human action. The programs provide a foundation in the subfields of climatology, biogeography, hydrology, and geomorphology. Students gain practical experience in lab and field settings. Technical skills taught also include data analysis, geospatial analytical tools, including GIS and Remote Sensing.
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(4.0 credits)
First Year Geography Courses: Any 2 courses (1.0 credit) from JEG100H1 (recommended), GGR101H1, GGR107H1, GGR112H1, GGR124H1, GGR196H1, GGR197H1, GGR198H1, GGR199H1
Core Courses: Any 2 courses (1.0 credit) from GGR201H1, GGR203H1, GGR205H1, GGR206H1
Methods Courses: One (0.5 credit) of GGR301H1/ GGR305H1/ GGR308H1 and one (0.5 credit) of GGR272H1/ GGR337H1
Applications: Any 2 courses (1.0 credit) from GGR201H1, GGR203H1, GGR205H1, GGR206H1, GGR301H1, GGR305H1, GGR307H1, GGR308H1, GGR310H1/ FOR310H1, GGR314H1, GGR347H1, GGR348H1, GGR390H1, GGR401H1, GGR405H1, GGR406H1, GGR413H1, GGR414H1. Up to a 0.5 credit can be used from GGR493Y1, based on suitability of placement for this program, and approved by department.
Course Groups
Environmental Studies Major Group A: Environmental Policy, Law & Society Courses
- ANT346H1 Anthropology of Food
- ANT351H1
- ANT364H1 Environment & Globalization
- ANT371H1 Human Nutritional Ecology
- ANT374H1 Rethinking Development, or the Improvement of the World
- ECO313H1 Environmental Economics and Policies
- ECO314H1 Energy and the Environment
- ECO414H1 Energy and Regulation
- ENV261H1 Is the Internet Green?
- ENV281H1 Special Topics in Environment
- ENV282H1 Special Topics in the Environment
- ENV307H1 Urban Sustainability
- ENV320H1 National Environmental Policy
- ENV322H1 International Environmental Policy
- ENV323H1 Ontario Environmental Policy
- ENV335H1 Environmental Design
- ENV347H1 The Power of Economic Ideas
- ENV350H1 Energy Policy and Environment
- ENV361H1 Social Media and Environmentalism
- ENV362H1 Energy & Environment: Transitions in History
- ENV381H1 Special Topics in Environment
- ENV382H1 Special Topics in Environment
- ENV422H1 Environmental Law
- ENV462H1 Energy and Environment: Economics, Politics, and Sustainability
- FOR302H1 Societal Values and Forest Management
- FOR303H1 Human Dimensions of Global Forests
- FOR310H1 Bioenergy from Sustainable Forest Management
- GGR223H1 Environment, Society and Resources
- GGR310H1 Bioenergy from Sustainable Forest Management
- GGR321H1
- GGR329H1 The Global Food System
- GGR332H1 Social Geographies of Climate Change
- GGR334H1 Water Resource Management
- GGR338H1 Environmental Issues in the Global South
- GGR341H1 Changing Geography of Latin America
- GGR349H1 Managing Urban Natures
- GGR416H1 Environmental Impact Assessment
- GGR418H1 Political Economy of Natural Resources
- GGR434H1 Building Community Resilience
- GGR433H1 Built Environment and Health
- GGR438H1 Environment and Development
- HIS218H1 Environmental History
- HIS300H1 Energy and Environment in North American History
- HIS408H1 Topics in Environmental History
- HPS307H1 History of Energy
- HPS313H1 Two Hundred Years of Electricity
- HPS316H1 Environment, Technology, and Nature
- HPS324H1 Natural Science and Social Issues
- JGE321H1 Multicultural Perspectives on Environmental Management
- JGE331H1 Resource and Environmental Theory
- JIG322H1 Indigenous Worlds, Worldviews and the Environment
- JIG440H1 Indigenous Geographies
- POL205H1 International Relations in the Anthropocene
- POL384H1 Global Environmental Governance from the Ground Up
- POL413H1 Global Environmental Politics
- RSM466H1 Environmental and Social Responsibility
- TRN312H1 Sustainability Issues in Ethics, Society, and Law
- Note: GGR223H1 is NOT a substitute for ENV222H1.
Environmental Studies Major Group B: Environmental Thought & Ethics Courses
- INS250H1 Indigenous Environmental Science and Practice (formerly Indigenous Environmental Education)
- INS402H1 Traditional Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
- ANT368H1 Nature Culture Human
- ANT376H1 Anthropology of Animals
- CLA373H1 The Environment in the Greco-Roman World
- EAS479H1 Ecocriticism
- ENV330H1 Waste Not: Faith-Based Environmentalism
- ENV333H1 Ecological Worldviews
- FAH446H1 Arctic Anthropocene? Image Cultures of Arctic Voyaging
- FOR302H1 Societal Values and Forest Management
- FOR303H1 Human Dimensions of Global Forests
- GGR321H1
- GGR419H1 Environmental Justice
- HPS316H1 Environment, Technology, and Nature
- JGE321H1 Multicultural Perspectives on Environmental Management
- JIG322H1 Indigenous Worlds, Worldviews and the Environment
- JUG320H1 The Canadian Wilderness
- PHL273H1 Environmental Ethics
- PHL373H1 Issues in Environmental Ethics
- PSY435H1 Environmental Psychology
- RLG318H1 Religion and Nature
- RLG345H1 Social Ecology and Judaism
- RLG484H1
- VIC271H1 Reading the Wild
- WGS273H1 Gender & Environmental (In)Justice
- WGS442H1 Toxic Worlds, Decolonial Futures
Environmental Studies Major Group C: Environmental Science Courses
- ENV234H1 Environmental Biology: Structure and Function of Ecosystems
- ENV262H1 The Science of Energy in the Environment
- ENV337H1 Human Interactions with the Environment
- ENV341H1 Environment and Human Health
- ENV395Y0 Special Topics Field Course
- ENV396H0 Special Topics Field Course
- ENV396Y0 Special Topics Field Course
- ENV430H1 Environment and Health in Vulnerable Populations
- ENV431H1 Urban Sustainability & Ecological Technology
- FOR200H1 Conservation of Canada's Forests
- FOR201H1 Conservation of Tropical and Subtropical Forests
- FOR400Y1 Advanced Seminar in Forest Conservation
- FOR401H1 Research Paper/Thesis in Forest Conservation
- GGR272H1 Geographic Information and Mapping I
- GGR273H1 Geographic Information and Mapping II
- GGR314H1 Global Warming
- GGR337H1 Environmental Remote Sensing
- ESS205H1 Confronting Global Change
- JEH455H1 Current Issues in Environment and Health
Environmental Studies Minor Group A
- ANT364H1 Environment & Globalization
- ANT368H1 Nature Culture Human
- ANT450H1 Multispecies Cities
- CHM210H1 Chemistry of Environmental Change
- CLA373H1 The Environment in the Greco-Roman World
- EAS479H1 Ecocriticism
- ECO313H1 Environmental Economics and Policies
- ECO314H1 Energy and the Environment
- ECO414H1 Energy and Regulation
- ENV234H1 Environmental Biology: Structure and Function of Ecosystems
- ENV262H1 The Science of Energy in the Environment
- ENV334H1 Environmental Biology: Applied Ecology
- ENV337H1 Human Interactions with the Environment
- FAH446H1 Arctic Anthropocene? Image Cultures of Arctic Voyaging
- FOR200H1 Conservation of Canada's Forests
- FOR201H1 Conservation of Tropical and Subtropical Forests
- FOR302H1 Societal Values and Forest Management
- FOR303H1 Human Dimensions of Global Forests
- FOR310H1 Bioenergy from Sustainable Forest Management
- FOR400Y1 Advanced Seminar in Forest Conservation
- FOR401H1 Research Paper/Thesis in Forest Conservation
- GGR223H1 Environment, Society and Resources
- GGR272H1 Geographic Information and Mapping I
- GGR273H1 Geographic Information and Mapping II
- GGR310H1 Bioenergy from Sustainable Forest Management
- GGR314H1 Global Warming
- GGR321H1
- GGR332H1 Social Geographies of Climate Change
- GGR334H1 Water Resource Management
- GGR338H1 Environmental Issues in the Global South
- GGR349H1 Managing Urban Natures
- GGR416H1 Environmental Impact Assessment
- GGR418H1 Political Economy of Natural Resources
- GGR419H1 Environmental Justice
- GGR438H1 Environment and Development
- GGR433H1 Built Environment and Health
- GGR473H1
- HIS218H1 Environmental History
- HIS300H1 Energy and Environment in North American History
- HIS408H1 Topics in Environmental History
- HPS307H1 History of Energy
- HPS313H1 Two Hundred Years of Electricity
- HPS316H1 Environment, Technology, and Nature
- HPS324H1 Natural Science and Social Issues
- INS250H1 Indigenous Environmental Science and Practice (formerly Indigenous Environmental Education)
- INS402H1 Traditional Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
- JIG322H1 Indigenous Worlds, Worldviews and the Environment
- JIG440H1 Indigenous Geographies
- NEW342H1 Theory and Praxis in Food Security
- PHL373H1 Issues in Environmental Ethics
- POL205H1 International Relations in the Anthropocene
- POL384H1 Global Environmental Governance from the Ground Up
- POL413H1 Global Environmental Politics
- PSY435H1 Environmental Psychology
- RLG318H1 Religion and Nature
- RLG345H1 Social Ecology and Judaism
- RSM466H1 Environmental and Social Responsibility
- TRN312H1 Sustainability Issues in Ethics, Society, and Law
- VIC271H1 Reading the Wild
- WGS273H1 Gender & Environmental (In)Justice
- WGS442H1 Toxic Worlds, Decolonial Futures
- other courses approved by School of the Environment
- Note: GGR223H1 is NOT a substitute for ENV222H1.
Environmental Science Minor Group A: Environmental Science
- CHM310H1 Environmental Chemistry
- CHM410H1 Analytical Environmental Chemistry
- CHM415H1 Topics in Atmospheric Chemistry
- EEB319H1 Population Ecology
- EEB320H1 Dynamics of Ecosystem Processes
- EEB321H1 Community Ecology
- EEB328H1 Physiological Ecology
- EEB365H1 Topics in Applied Conservation Biology
- EEB428H1 Global Change Ecology
- EEB430H1 Modeling in Ecology and Evolution
- EEB433H1 Global Issues in Aquatic Ecosystems
- EEB440H1 Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Animal Interactions
- EEB465H1 Advanced Topics in Biodiversity Science and Conservation Biology
- ENV334H1 Environmental Biology: Applied Ecology
- ENV341H1 Environment and Human Health
- ENV346H1 Terrestrial Energy Systems
- ENV430H1 Environment and Health in Vulnerable Populations
- ENV432H1 Urban Ecology
- ESS261H1 Earth System Evolution
- ESS311H1 Earth System Chemistry 2: Aqueous Geochemistry
- ESS312H1 Hydrogeology
- ESS461H1 Palaeoenvironmental Studies
- ESS463H1 Earth System Chemistry 3: Contaminants
- GGR301H1 Fluvial Geomorphology
- GGR305H1 Biogeography
- GGR308H1 Canadian Arctic and Subarctic Environments
- GGR314H1 Global Warming
- GGR347H1 Efficient Use of Energy
- GGR348H1 Carbon-Free Energy
- GGR406H1 Geomorphology and the Anthropocene
- GGR413H1 Watershed Hydroecology
- JGA305H1 Environmental and Archaeological Geophysics
- PCL362H1 Introductory Toxicology
- PHY392H1 Physics of Climate
- PHY492H1 Advanced Atmospheric Physics
Environmental Science Minor Group B: Environmental Science-related Field Courses
- ANT330Y1 Paleoanthropology Field School
- ARH306Y1 Archaeological Field Methods
- EEB403H1 Tropical Field Biology
- EEB405H1 Temperate Field Biology
- EEB406H1 Inter-University Field Course
- EEB407H1 Alpine Ecosystems
- EEB410H1 Lake Ecosystem Dynamics
- ENV316H1 Laboratory and Field Methods in Environmental Science
- ENV336H1 Ecology in Human-Dominated Environments
- ENV395Y0 Special Topics Field Course
- ENV396H0 Special Topics Field Course
- ENV396Y0 Special Topics Field Course
- ESS234H1 Introduction to Geological Field Methods
- ESS410H1 Field Techniques in Hydrogeochemistry
- ESS450H1 Geophysical Field Techniques
- GGR390H1 Field Methods
Environmental Science Major Group A: Environmental Science
- BIO220H1 From Genomes to Ecosystems in a Changing World
- CHM310H1 Environmental Chemistry
- CHM410H1 Analytical Environmental Chemistry
- CHM415H1 Topics in Atmospheric Chemistry
- EEB319H1 Population Ecology
- EEB320H1 Dynamics of Ecosystem Processes
- EEB321H1 Community Ecology
- EEB328H1 Physiological Ecology
- EEB365H1 Topics in Applied Conservation Biology
- EEB428H1 Global Change Ecology
- EEB430H1 Modeling in Ecology and Evolution
- EEB433H1 Global Issues in Aquatic Ecosystems
- EEB440H1 Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Animal Interactions
- EEB465H1 Advanced Topics in Biodiversity Science and Conservation Biology
- ENV334H1 Environmental Biology: Applied Ecology
- ENV341H1 Environment and Human Health
- ENV346H1 Terrestrial Energy Systems
- ENV430H1 Environment and Health in Vulnerable Populations
- ENV432H1 Urban Ecology
- ESS261H1 Earth System Evolution
- ESS311H1 Earth System Chemistry 2: Aqueous Geochemistry
- ESS312H1 Hydrogeology
- ESS461H1 Palaeoenvironmental Studies
- ESS463H1 Earth System Chemistry 3: Contaminants
- GGR203H1 Introduction to Climatology
- GGR301H1 Fluvial Geomorphology
- GGR305H1 Biogeography
- GGR308H1 Canadian Arctic and Subarctic Environments
- GGR314H1 Global Warming
- GGR347H1 Efficient Use of Energy
- GGR348H1 Carbon-Free Energy
- GGR406H1 Geomorphology and the Anthropocene
- GGR413H1 Watershed Hydroecology
- JGA305H1 Environmental and Archaeological Geophysics
- PCL362H1 Introductory Toxicology
- PHY392H1 Physics of Climate
- PHY492H1 Advanced Atmospheric Physics
Environmental Science Major Group B: Environmental Science-related Field Courses
- ANT330Y1 Paleoanthropology Field School
- ARH306Y1 Archaeological Field Methods
- EEB403H1 Tropical Field Biology
- EEB405H1 Temperate Field Biology
- EEB406H1 Inter-University Field Course
- EEB407H1 Alpine Ecosystems
- EEB410H1 Lake Ecosystem Dynamics
- ENV336H1 Ecology in Human-Dominated Environments
- ENV395Y0 Special Topics Field Course
- ENV396H0 Special Topics Field Course
- ENV396Y0 Special Topics Field Course
- ESS234H1 Introduction to Geological Field Methods
- ESS410H1 Field Techniques in Hydrogeochemistry
- ESS450H1 Geophysical Field Techniques
- GGR390H1 Field Methods
Environmental Science Major Group C: Environmental Policy & Society (no more than 0.5 FCE)
- ENV222H1 Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies
- ENV261H1 Is the Internet Green?
- ENV281H1 Special Topics in Environment
- ENV282H1 Special Topics in the Environment
- ENV307H1 Urban Sustainability
- ENV320H1 National Environmental Policy
- ENV322H1 International Environmental Policy
- ENV323H1 Ontario Environmental Policy
- ENV330H1 Waste Not: Faith-Based Environmentalism
- ENV333H1 Ecological Worldviews
- ENV335H1 Environmental Design
- ENV347H1 The Power of Economic Ideas
- ENV350H1 Energy Policy and Environment
- ENV361H1 Social Media and Environmentalism
- ENV362H1 Energy & Environment: Transitions in History
- ENV381H1 Special Topics in Environment
- ENV382H1 Special Topics in Environment
- ENV422H1 Environmental Law
- ENV461H1 The U of T Campus as a Living Lab of Sustainability
- ENV462H1 Energy and Environment: Economics, Politics, and Sustainability
- FOR302H1 Societal Values and Forest Management
School of the Environment Courses
Lab Materials Fee
Some courses in this department have a mandatory Lab Materials Fee to cover non-reusable materials. The fee for each such course is given below in the course description, and will be included on the student’s invoice on ACORN.
NOTE: Many ENV courses are limited in enrolment and require specific prerequisites (check the online Arts&Science Calendar or Timetable for course prerequisites). Preference is given to students meeting the ACORN deadlines.
ENV100H1 - Introduction to Environmental Studies
An investigation of the relationship between human beings and their natural and built environments. This interdisciplinary course will draw from the sciences, social sciences and the humanities to explore major social, cultural, economic, regulatory, ethical, ecological and technological aspects of environmental issues.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV198H1 - Idleness and the Environment: What Does Sustainable Work Mean?
In a fast-paced, high-tech world—and one that must rapidly decarbonize to address the climate crisis—the relationship between labour and environment is rapidly changing. This course explores the intersection of work and the environment, considering how ideas about leisure and idleness might offer new pathways for a more sustainable future. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV199H1 - Debating & Understanding Current Environmental Issues
Hours: 2L
The course examines current environmental issues for which there is no easy answer or consensus position. For instance, to help solve climate change should we generate more electricity from nuclear power-plants, which have no greenhouse gas emissions? Or instead, should we phase out nuclear plants because of possible accidents, costs and radioactive wastes? The seminar examines the scientific and political aspects of such issues and debates the pros and cons of each. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV200H1 - Assessing Global Change: Science and the Environment
The perspective which scientists bring to the understanding and resolution of environmental concerns having global implications: atmospheric systems and climate change, the biosphere and conservation of biodiversity.
This living things and their environment breadth course is intended to fulfill the environmental literacy requirement for students in the BA programs of the School of the Environment or the living things and their environment breadth course requirement for Commerce, Humanities and Social Science students
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
ENV221H1 - Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Environment
One of two foundation courses for the School’s undergraduate program. Introduces students to ways in which different disciplines contribute to our understanding of environment. Instructors and guest lecturers are drawn from the sciences, social sciences and the humanities and will present subject matter, assumptions, conceptualizations and methodologies of their disciplines.
ENV222H1 - Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies
Building upon ENV221H1, shows how environmental studies is working to knit different disciplinary perspectives into one interdisciplinary body of knowledge; interplay of science and values in definition and framing of issues; roles of markets, politics and ethics in developing solutions; local to global scale; historical and current timeframes.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV223H1 - Fundamental Environmental Skills
The practical, interdisciplinary and controversial nature of environmental issues, as well as the uncertainty that surrounds measures to address them demand mastery of a particular range of skills by environmental students. This course teaches the fundamental research, analysis and presentation skills required for effective environmental work. This course is for students enrolled in the Environmental Studies Major program, or permission of the Undergraduate Associate Director.
Exclusion: GGR271H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
ENV234H1 - Environmental Biology: Structure and Function of Ecosystems
This multidisciplinary course draws on elements from geology, soil science, and ecology to understand past and present environments and human impacts on landscapes and ecosystems. Emphasis on the structure, functioning and connectivity of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Field trips and labs. Mandatory day-long field trip on a Friday or Saturday in late September or early October (students choose which day; a small fee may be charged for transportation.) (Lab Materials Fee: $25)
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
ENV237H1 - Physics of the Changing Environment A
The course will cover basic physics of environmental processes and of measurement techniques in the atmosphere, the ocean, lake-land-forest systems, and other biological systems. It will place its work in the context of climate change and other aspects of environmental change. This course is solely intended for students who have NOT completed a previous first year physics core course, who are in one of the following programs: Environmental Science Major or Minor, Environmental Geosciences Specialist or Earth and Environmental Systems Major.
Exclusion: ENV238H1, PHY131H1/PHY132H1/PHY151H1/PHY152H1
Recommended Preparation: Any high school physics
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)
ENV238H1 - Physics of the Changing Environment B
The course will cover basic physics of environmental processes and of measurement techniques in the atmosphere, the ocean, lake-land-forest systems, and other biological systems. It will place its work in the context of climate change and other aspects of environmental change. This course is solely intended for students who have completed a previous first year physics core course, who are in one of the following programs: Environmental Science Major or Minor, Environmental Geosciences Specialist or Earth and Environmental Systems Major.
Exclusion: ENV237H1
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)
ENV261H1 - Is the Internet Green?
Hours: 24L/12T
The Internet has deeply penetrated most aspects of society and yet we are remarkably unreflective about its impacts and sustainability. This course challenges students to critically evaluate evidence regarding the environmental and social impacts of the Internet and how the Internet contributes (or not) to goals of environmental sustainability. (ENV261H1 is intended as a Breadth Requirement course in the Social Sciences.)
Exclusion: BIG102Y1; ENV281H1 if taken in 2015-16 or 2016-17
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV262H1 - The Science of Energy in the Environment
Energy is a fundamental organizing principle of Nature. It has a central role in the origin and evolution of the universe, and is the basis of the ecosystem of the Earth and of technology and the world economy. This course will explore the science of energy in all its forms. (ENV262H1 is primarily intended as a Breadth Requirement course for students in the Humanities and Social Sciences.)
Exclusion: ENV346H1, (PHY131H1, PHY132H1, PHY151H1, PHY152H1 or equivalent, taken previously or concurrently)
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)
ENV281H1 - Special Topics in Environment
Special topics course designed for students in School of the Environment programs. Content in any given year depends on instructor. See School of the Environment website for more details.
Exclusion: BIG102Y1 if ENV281H1 taken in 2015-16 or 2016-17
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV282H1 - Special Topics in the Environment
Special topics course designed for students in School of the Environment programs. Content in any given year depends on instructor. See School of the Environment website for more details.
Exclusion: BIG101Y1 if ENV282H1 taken in 2015-16 or 2016-17
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
ENV299Y1 - Research Opportunity Program
Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/research-opportunities-program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
ENV307H1 - Urban Sustainability
This course critically examines the concept of urban sustainability in theory and application. Case studies of ongoing urban sustainability programs in the developed and developing world help students assess the successes and failures of these programs. The course also examines the current state of research and implementation efforts toward urban sustainability. Toronto's urban sustainability and sustainable needs will be investigated through the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) during the course (previous experience with GIS is not required).
Recommended Preparation: An environmental studies half course.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV316H1 - Laboratory and Field Methods in Environmental Science
This course focuses on methods of sampling and analyzing natural air, water and solid Earth materials for physical, chemical and biological properties that are relevant to current environmental issues. It will integrate approaches from chemistry, physics, geology and biology, and cover techniques in field sampling, laboratory analyses and analyses of large environmental data sets. Basic concepts related to quality control will be emphasized throughout the course: sample collection and storage methods, calibration of field and lab instruments, analyses in complex matrices, errors (accuracy, precision), and detection limits. This course is for students enrolled in the Environmental Science Major program, or permission of the Undergraduate Associate Director. A fee of $25 will be charged for lab supplies, lab instrument charges and technical services.
Exclusion: ESS425H1/ENV315H1 (Chemical Analysis of Environmental Samples)
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
ENV320H1 - National Environmental Policy
Examines ways in which governments develop and implement policy to protect the environment within their borders. Primarily Canada, plus comparisons with other countries. The focus is upon the politics of environmental policy making, which is understood by examining the interests and powers of the relevant state and non-state actors.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV322H1 - International Environmental Policy
Examines the ways in which states negotiate and implement international agreements addressing global environmental issues, such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Focus is upon factors which determine the efficacy of multilateral environmental agreements and the prospects for stronger global environmental governance.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV323H1 - Ontario Environmental Policy
Introduces students to public policy and institutional foundations of public policy in Canada, with an emphasis on environmental policy in Ontario. Provides an insiders perspective on how environmental policy has been developed in Ontario.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV330H1 - Waste Not: Faith-Based Environmentalism
This course explores religious environmentalism, its proponents and opponents, and its core values within the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Religious environmentalists have used teachings from sacred texts as exemplars of sustainability. Some, however, claim that these texts teach domination, anthropocentrism and hierarchical values. Looking at a range of worldviews, we focus on the topics of wastefulness, consumption, and simplicity. Readings about barriers, motivations, and values that inform environmental behaviour are complemented with field trips to places of worship where we will hear religious leaders speak about the environmental initiatives undertaken in their communities and see sacred spaces.
Exclusion: ENV382H1 (Special Topics in Environment: Waste Not, Want Not: Stories of Wastefulness in Religion & Society), offered in Winter 2018, Fall 2018, and Winter 2020
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
ENV333H1 - Ecological Worldviews
Approaches to environmental concerns are often marked by assumptions that reflect distinct worldviews positing particular understandings of the role of the human with respect to nature. This course explores sundry economic, political, scientific, religious, and moral worldviews pertaining to the environment, including environmental ethics, Gaia, ecofeminism, scientific cosmology, and indigenous perspectives.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
ENV334H1 - Environmental Biology: Applied Ecology
Applied issues in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, with an emphasis on land-use change and its impacts on watersheds. Topics include: ecology of agro-ecosystems and other human-managed ecosystems, bio-indicators of anthropogenic impacts, ecosystem restoration, and adaptive management. Group projects address local management/restoration issues.
Recommended Preparation: a course in statistics (EEB225H1 recommended)
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
ENV335H1 - Environmental Design
Environmental design, in the context of this course, refers to design strategies that account for the ability of supporting ecosystems to continue to meet human needs and those of other lifeforms without diminishing biological diversity or environmental quality. This course takes a hands-on approach to investigating several environmental design issues: climate-responsive design, energy consumption, health and comfort, natural lighting and ventilation, and water management. Students will build up a design of a net-zero carbon residential building through several instructive design exercises during the semester, including hands-on measurement and calculation activities.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV336H1 - Ecology in Human-Dominated Environments
A two week course offered at a Southern Ontario field station during late summer. Introduction to im-pacts of humans on semi-natural and human-dominated environments of southern Ontario and over-view of the most commonly used assessment tools for states of ecosystems. These environments play important roles in terms of ecosystem services.
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
ENV337H1 - Human Interactions with the Environment
The impact of 7 billion people on the planet is enormous and challenges future generations. What are these impacts today and in future? What solutions and tools can avert societal collapse? Using an integrated and interdisciplinary systems approach, we explore problems and solutions to the earth’s limits to growth.
Exclusion: JGE236H1/JEE337H1
Recommended Preparation: Related high school science
Distribution Requirements: Science
ENV341H1 - Environment and Human Health
Examination of the linkages between human health and environment. Addresses basic principles and scientific knowledge relating to health and the environment and uses case studies to examine current environmental health issues from a health sciences perspective.
Distribution Requirements: Science; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
ENV346H1 - Terrestrial Energy Systems
Various earth systems for energy transformation, storage and transport are explored. Geological, hydrological, biological, cosmological and oceanographic energy systems are considered in the context of the Earth as a dynamic system, including the variation of solar energy received by the planet and the redistribution of this energy through various radiative, latent and sensible heat transfer mechanisms. It considers the energy redistribution role of large-scale atmospheric systems, of warm and cold ocean currents, the role of the polar regions, and the functioning of various hydrological systems. The contribution and influence of tectonic systems on the surface systems is briefly introduced, as well the important role of energy storage processes in physical and biological systems, including the accumulation of fossil fuel reserves.
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)
ENV347H1 - The Power of Economic Ideas
This course examines the power of economic ideas in effecting environmental change. Topics include the relation of ecological economics to mainstream economics, as well as the role of financial incentives to move the environmental agenda forward.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV350H1 - Energy Policy and Environment
The course addresses: (1) physical, technological and economic aspects of energy and electricity systems and their associated environmental impacts; (2) current international, Canadian and Ontario energy policy; (3) technological, economic and political factors influencing policy which could significantly reduce environmental impacts of energy use.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV361H1 - Social Media and Environmentalism
Hours: 24L/12T
This course examines the impacts of the internet on environmental thinking and policy-making. Topics include the use of social media as a tool for community-building and collaborative design, the sharing economy, online protest movements, mass surveillance and its implications, and the impact of misinformation on climate denialism.
Exclusion: BIG102Y1; ENV381H1 if taken in 2015-16 or 2016-17
Recommended Preparation: ENV221H1, ENV222H1, and/or ENV261H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV362H1 - Energy & Environment: Transitions in History
Hours: 36L
An exploration of the interactions between humans and their environments in the Holocene, focussing on the contexts and consequences of changes in energy technologies. Includes consideration of changes in food production and processing, transport and power generation technologies from the adoption of agriculture to the twentieth century.
Exclusion: BIG101Y1; ENV282H1 if taken in 2015-16 or 2016-17; HPS307H1; HIS300H1;
Recommended Preparation: ENV221H1, ENV222H1, and/or ENV262H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV381H1 - Special Topics in Environment
Special topics course designed for students in School of the Environment programs. Topics vary based on the year offered. See the School of the Environment website for more details.
Exclusion: BIG102Y1 if ENV381H1 taken in 2015-16 or 2016-17
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV382H1 - Special Topics in Environment
Special topics course designed for students in School of the Environment programs. Content in any given year depends on instructor. See School of the Environment website for more details.
Exclusion: BIG101Y1 if ENV382H1 taken in 2015-16 or 2016-17
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
ENV395Y0 - Special Topics Field Course
This course examines fundamental concepts in ecology, evolution, biodiversity, geology and conservation biology through lectures and fieldwork in highland, tropical and island ecosystems in Ecuador. The complex relations between these environments and the people who depend on them will also be examined through analysis of the social, cultural, and economic transformations that have taken place in recent years. Suitable for all School of the Environment programs.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4); Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV395Y1 - Special Topics Field Course
This course examines fundamental concepts in ecology, evolution, biodiversity, geology and conservation biology through lectures and fieldwork in highland, tropical and island ecosystems in Ecuador. The complex relations between these environments and the people who depend on them will also be examined through analysis of the social, cultural, and economic transformations that have taken place in recent years. Suitable for all School of the Environment programs.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4); Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV396H0 - Special Topics Field Course
This course examines Australia’s environmental, wildlife and conservation issues from an interdisciplinary perspective. In consideration of these issues, Australia’s unique flora and fauna are examined through lectures and fieldwork in the various climatically varied regions of Australia that are visited throughout the course.
ENV396Y0 - Special Topics Field Course
This course examines Australia’s environmental, wildlife and conservation issues from an interdisciplinary perspective. In consideration of these issues, Australia’s unique flora and fauna are examined through lectures and fieldwork in the various climatically varied regions of Australia that are visited throughout the course.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science; Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3); Living Things and Their Environment (4)
ENV398H0 - Research Excursions
An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/.... Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
ENV398Y0 - Research Excursions
An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/research-excursions-program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
ENV399Y1 - Research Opportunity Program
Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/research-opportunities-program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
ENV421H1 - Environmental Research
A research course for all students in the School combining report writing, independent and group-based research on an interdisciplinary topic. This course is restricted to students enrolled in one of the Environmental Studies Major, Environmental Ethics Major, Environment & Health Specialist, Environmental Chemistry Specialist or Environment & Toxicology Specialist programs, or permission of the Undergraduate Associate Director. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV422H1 - Environmental Law
An introduction to environmental law for students in Environmental Studies; legal methods available to resolve environmental problems and the scope and limits of those methods; common law and statutory tools as well as environmental assessment legislation; the problem of standing to sue and the limits of litigation.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV430H1 - Environment and Health in Vulnerable Populations
The seminar introduces students to a wide range of topics and issues as they relate to the environment and health of vulnerable populations. Through readings and discussion, students will explore the potential health effects of exposures in children and other vulnerable populations to a variety of chemical and physical agents in both the indoor and outdoor environments. A number of case studies or topics will be examined to exemplify why certain populations may be especially vulnerable to various environmental hazards. Issues related to equity and justice will also be examined.
Distribution Requirements: Science; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
ENV431H1 - Urban Sustainability & Ecological Technology
Ecological technology or green infrastructure encompasses those technologies that incorporate ecosystems to replace mechanical or non-living components in a machine or a piece of infrastructure. Complex systems theory and second-law thermodynamics are used as a template to explore concepts of urban sustainability, and the role of ecological technology in this context.
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
ENV432H1 - Urban Ecology
The ecology of urban areas through consideration of the biological and physical environments, in particular how the human-constructed environment alters pre-existing biophysical conditions and interactions. Encompasses a comparative perspective to study the development of these emerging ecosystems of increasing importance given global urbanization. One or two Saturday field trips (a fee of approximately $15 may be charged for field trip transportation.)
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
ENV440H1 - Professional Experience Course
Regular academic seminars complement off-campus work on an environmental project. The course enables students to gain practical experience of the needs and demands of professional environmental agencies. Students are given a choice of placements in a variety of sectors (such as government, NGOs, industry).
Eligible students who wish to do a work placement in the upcoming summer or fall session are must submit an application form to the Placement Coordinator by mid-January of each year. Please contact the School of the Environment’s Placement Coordinator, David Powell, at ug.office.env@utoronto.ca, or consult the School’s undergraduate courses webpage for access to the application form, instructions and application deadline.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV450H1 - Energy and Environment Solutions
This is an interdisciplinary course in which students address current energy problems while incorporating technical, environmental, economic, social, and political concerns.
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV451H1 - Current Environmental Topics
This capstone course for the School’s core programs will explore current environmental topics, with the goal of integrating the multi- and interdisciplinary strands of each student's learning to date. This course is for students enrolled in one of the School's BA programs, or permission of the Undergraduate Associate Director.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV452H1 - Environmental Science Seminar
Scientists from within and external to the university share and discuss challenges, findings and opportunities. Specific topics (and speakers) vary from year to year but may draw from rehabilitation techniques, contaminants in our environment, environmental health, impacts on landscapes and communities, biodiversity, water, and modelling of environmental processes. This course is for students enrolled in the School of the Environment, Environmental Science Major BSc program, or permission of the Undergraduate Associate Director.
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
ENV461H1 - The U of T Campus as a Living Lab of Sustainability
Sustainability is a growing priority for universities all over the world. Many are developing strong operational sustainability goals and targets, and are giving increasing emphasis to teaching and research on sustainability issues. Yet few have committed at the executive level to integrating academic and operational sustainability in the context of treating their campus as a living laboratory of sustainable practice, research and teaching. Arguably, it is such living lab approaches that offer the largest potential for universities to play a significant role in the sustainability transition. This course will explore and apply the living lab concept, in the context of operational sustainability at the University of Toronto. We will begin by looking at the literature on university sustainability and the living lab concept. The bulk of the course will involve undertaking an applied research project on some aspect of campus sustainability, working in close partnership with operational staff at the University of Toronto. Students will develop the skills needed to work across disciplines and fields of study, and with non-academic partners. This course will put students to work on operational sustainability projects identified by the staff working in or with the Sustainability Office at the University of Toronto. Students will be organized into groups, each of which will be assigned one project, to be overseen by one or more U of T staff members. The bulk of the course will consist of regular meetings with the staff “clients”, with instructors, and in small groups to undertake a group project. Each group will produce a mid-term and final report, and give a mid-term and final presentation. Each student will also submit two 360 reviews of the group process. A crucial aspect of this course is the ability of students to work collaboratively together in a group environment, and to work effectively with a university staff person acting as a “client” for their work. Students will be provided with a Handbook outlining information on working in groups and the focus of the class in the second week will be on this issue. The first 360 peer review will serve to provide information on how well each group is working. Students are encouraged to discuss and resolve group process issues in the weekly group meetings, and in their regular meetings with the instructor and TA. The second 360 review will occur at the end of the term. The results of the two 360 reviews will be used, where appropriate, to adjust individual marks from the group averages.
Exclusion: ENV481H1 if taken in 2016-17
Recommended Preparation: 1.0 FCE of environment-related coursework
Distribution Requirements: Social Science; Science; Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV462H1 - Energy and Environment: Economics, Politics, and Sustainability
Hours: 24L/12T
This is an interdisciplinary course that examines key ideas in economics, politics and security that are essential to understanding energy and environmental issues. The course will cover energy markets, energy security, and the increasing role that sustainability plays in setting policies.
Exclusion: BIG101Y1; ENV382H1 if taken in 2015-16 or 2016-17
Recommended Preparation: ENV221H1/ENV222H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
ENV481H1 - Special Topics in the Environment
Special topics course designed for advanced Specialist and Major students in School of the Environment programs. This course is for students enrolled in a School Environmental program, or permission of the Undergraduate Associate Director.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
ENV482H1 - Special Topics in the Environment
Special topics course designed for advanced Specialist and Major students in School of the Environment programs. This course is restricted to students enrolled in a School Environmental program.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
ENV491Y1 - Independent Studies Project
A research project or selected topic in an area of environment not otherwise available in the Faculty, meant to develop skills in independent study of interdisciplinary topics. This course is restricted to students enrolled in a School of the Environment program. A written proposal co-signed by the student and supervisor must be submitted for approval by the Academic Associate Director of the School normally one month prior to commencing the course. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
ENV492H1 - Independent Studies Project
A research project or selected topic in an area of environment not otherwise available in the Faculty, meant to develop skills in independent study of interdisciplinary topics. This course is restricted to students enrolled in a School of the Environment program. A written proposal co-signed by the student and supervisor must be submitted for approval by the Academic Associate Director of the School normally one month prior to commencing the course. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
ENV493H1 - Independent Studies Project
A research project or selected topic in an area of environment not otherwise available in the Faculty, meant to develop skills in independent study of interdisciplinary topics. This course is restricted to students enrolled in a School of the Environment program. A written proposal co-signed by the student and supervisor must be submitted for approval by the Academic Associate Director of the School normally one month prior to commencing the course. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
JEH455H1 - Current Issues in Environment and Health
This course introduces students to complex issues at the interface between environment and health where health is broadly defined. Each year a current and controversial case study is explored from scientific, medical, political and policy perspectives. The course takes students from the molecular to individual to population and societal levels.
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
JGE321H1 - Multicultural Perspectives on Environmental Management
Diverse approaches to environmental issues in a variety of multicultural settings are introduced, compared and analyzed, using case studies. Perspectives on environmental management will be discussed as they emerge from contexts such as Latin America, Asia, or Africa.
Exclusion: ENV321Y1
Recommended Preparation: 8.0 FCE's
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
JGE331H1 - Resource and Environmental Theory
Introduction to and critical evaluation of major ideas and conceptual traditions underpinning environmental and natural resource politics and regulation. Topics include: parks and protected areas, market-based environmental regulation, property rights and conservation, Malthusianism, and biodiversity conservation. Emphasis is placed on critical reading of primary texts.
Recommended Preparation: 8.0 FCE's
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)