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| 2025-2026 | GENV 262 | Marine BiologyA study of the life history and distribution of marine organisms in several major habitat types, including soft sediment and rocky substrate communities. Emphasis is on field and laboratory work in a survey of common local marine plants and animals and their relationships. Includes field work in the Lower Mainland, Gulf Islands, and/or Vancouver Island. Course Credits: 3
NB: Summer sessions only. Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 281 | General EcologyA study of the structure and dynamics of ecosystems. Consideration of plant and animal populations in relation to physical, chemical, and biological factors affecting their interaction and productivity. Considerable laboratory time is devoted to the study of local ecosystems, field sampling techniques, and field trips to ecological research areas. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 103, 104, and 105; or BIOL 113 and 114; or equivalent (0-0; 3-3)
Cross-listed: BIOL 281 |
| 2025-2026 | GENV 281 | General EcologyA study of the structure and dynamics of ecosystems. Consideration of plant and animal populations in relation to physical, chemical, and biological factors affecting their interaction and productivity. Considerable laboratory time is devoted to the study of local ecosystems, field sampling techniques, and field trips to ecological research areas. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 282 | Geographic Information SystemsStudents are invited into understanding and using quantitative and computational inquiry to understand and discern computer-based spatial analysis as a mode of inquiry. Students develop confidence in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and accompanying computer- based, spatial analytical tools to model geographic problems using mathematical and computing notation. Students are provided with the opportunity to investigate the theory and practical utility of GIS through collecting empirical spatial data, analyzing quantitative data, conducting computational spatial analyses to answer meaningful geographic and environmental questions, making judgements based on quantitative information derived from these analyses, and communicating the results with purposeful, multi-audience cartographic products. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): None. (0-0; 3-2)
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| 2025-2026 | GENV 282 | Geographic Information SystemsStudents are invited into understanding and using quantitative and computational inquiry to understand and discern computer-based spatial analysis as a mode of inquiry. Students develop confidence in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and accompanying computer- based, spatial analytical tools to model geographic problems using mathematical and computing notation. Students are provided with the opportunity to investigate the theory and practical utility of GIS through collecting empirical spatial data, analyzing quantitative data, conducting computational spatial analyses to answer meaningful geographic and environmental questions, making judgements based on quantitative information derived from these analyses, and communicating the results with purposeful, multi-audience cartographic products. Course Credits: 3
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| 2025-2026 | GENV 312 | Wilderness, Water & Global Warming: Canadian Environmental HistoryA thematic case study approach to Canadian Environmental History that highlights the nation's unique reciprocal relationships with nature as illustrated through ideas (Wilderness), material resources (Water) and social/ethical issues (Global Warming). Investigates how natural elements like climate, topography, plants, animals and diseases have influenced our choices about nature, and how cultural content, like clean/green energy initiatives, pipeline projects, save the whale campaigns, and fear of climate change, have shaped our perceptions of the places we inhabit. Critically engages the ethical decisions we make about the environment that may determine the future we wish to construct as Canadian and global citizens. Course Credits: 3
NB: Offered every other year.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 312 | Wilderness, Water, and Global Warming: Canadian Environmental HistoryA thematic case study approach to Canadian Environmental History that highlights the nation's unique reciprocal relationships with nature as illustrated through ideas (Wilderness), material resources (Water) and social/ethical issues (Global Warming). Investigates how natural elements like climate, topography, plants, animals and diseases have influenced our choices about nature, and how cultural content, like clean/green energy initiatives, pipeline projects, save the whale campaigns, and fear of climate change, have shaped our perceptions of the places we inhabit. Critically engages the ethical decisions we make about the environment that may determine the future we wish to construct as Canadian and global citizens. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of geography and environment including one of GENV 111, 212, 131, or 230 or instructor's consent.
NB: Offered every other year.
Cross-listed: HIST 339 |
| 2025-2026 | GENV 314 | Science & Technology in Global PerspectiveThis course provides a survey of the history of science and technology from the ancient world to the present with particular emphasis on the early-modern and modern eras. While much of the focus is on developments in the Western world, this course also examines select issues and events in a comparative world perspective. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 314 | Science and Technology in Global PerspectiveThis course provides a survey of the history of science and technology from the ancient world to the present with particular emphasis on the early-modern and modern eras. While much of the focus is on developments in the Western world, this course also examines select issues and events in a comparative world perspective. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history or instructor’s consent. (3-0)
Cross-listed: HIST 312. |
| 2024-2025 | GENV 316 | Plant EcologyThe crucial role of plant ecology in shaping major habitats, including those in British Columbia, will be examined. A trip to Salt Spring Island will highlight the threatened Garry oak ecosystem and other features of interest. Field trips throughout the course will highlight the population dynamics and interrelationships of plant communities in natural habitats, agricultural crops and managed forests. Critical assessment of planetary stewardship will form a common theme across various issues in plant ecology. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 103, 104, and 105; or BIOL 113, 114.
NB: Summer sessions only. Offered every other year.
Cross-listed: BIOL 318 |
| 2025-2026 | GENV 316 | Plant EcologyThe crucial role of plant ecology in shaping major habitats, including those in British Columbia, will be examined. A trip to Salt Spring Island will highlight the threatened Garry oak ecosystem and other features of interest. Field trips throughout the course will highlight the population dynamics and interrelationships of plant communities in natural habitats, agricultural crops and managed forests. Critical assessment of planetary stewardship will form a common theme across various issues in plant ecology. Course Credits: 3
NB: Summer sessions only. Offered every other year.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 318 | Tropical BotanyThis course explores the botanical riches of the tropics, focusing on the plant life of Hawaii. The course traces fundamentals of plant taxonomy, physiology and ecology in relation to complexities of existence on the most isolated island chain in the world. Issues related to indigenous vegetation including effects of introduced animals and plants, agriculture and ethnobotany will be discussed. The course will involve one week of lectures at Trinity Western University Langley campus and two weeks of lectures and field work in the Hawaiian Islands. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 103, 104, and 105; or BIOL 113, 114 and instructor's consent. BIOL 216 or 312 or 314 or BIOL/GENV 316 strongly recommended.
NB: Offered every other year.
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| 2025-2026 | GENV 318 | Tropical BotanyThis course explores the botanical riches of the tropics, focusing on the plant life of Hawaii. The course traces fundamentals of plant taxonomy, physiology and ecology in relation to complexities of existence on the most isolated island chain in the world. Issues related to indigenous vegetation including effects of introduced animals and plants, agriculture and ethnobotany will be discussed. The course will involve one week of lectures at Trinity Western University Langley campus and two weeks of lectures and field work in the Hawaiian Islands. Course Credits: 3
NB: Offered every other year.
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| 2025-2026 | GENV 320 | GeomorphologyA scientific examination of the physical processes which shape landform development, structure, and dynamics. Topics include: weathering, slope systems, fluvial and coastal environments, and glacial and periglacial systems. Special emphasis is placed on deciphering past events from current landscape structures. Field trips and field studies are required. Course Credits: 3
NB: Offered every other year.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 320 | GeomorpologyA scientific examination of the physical processes which shape landform development, structure, and dynamics. Topics include: weathering, slope systems, fluvial and coastal environments, and glacial and periglacial systems. Special emphasis is placed on deciphering past events from current landscape structures. Field trips and field studies are required. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of geography and environment including one of GENV 121, 131, 220, GEOL 109 or 220; or instructor's consent. (3-2; 0-0)
NB: Offered every other year.
Cross-listed: GEOL 320 |
| 2024-2025 | GENV 321 | Geography of SoilsA scientific investigation of the various aspects of soil as a natural resource. Topics include: physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of soils applied in the context of soil formation, soil classification and land use, agriculture, and environmental engineering. Soil mapping and spatial distribution of soils is also considered. Field trips and field studies are required. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of geography and environment including one of GENV 121, 131, 220, GEOL 109 or 220; or instructor's consent. (3-2; 0-0
NB: Offered every other year.
Cross-listed: GEOL 321 |
| 2025-2026 | GENV 321 | Geography of SoilsA scientific investigation of the various aspects of soil as a natural resource. Topics include: physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of soils applied in the context of soil formation, soil classification and land use, agriculture, and environmental engineering. Soil mapping and spatial distribution of soils is also considered. Field trips and field studies are required. Course Credits: 3
NB: Offered every other year.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 322 | Global Climate ChangeStudents will investigate what are the scientific principles and processes which govern natural and human-induced climate change. Students will gather evidence drawing on the latest research and evolving pattern of scientific data that has emerged on climate in recent years. Employing scientific data, students will then be invited to analyze the severity of climate change impacts on a myriad of living and nonliving systems such as arctic sea-ice, freshwater, terrestrial and marine ecosystems; as well as analyzing the socio- economic changes and adaptations that human communities are making in response to Earth's changing climate. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of geography and environment including one of GENV 121, 131, 220, GEOL 109 or 220; or instructor's consent. (3-2; 0-0)
NB: Offered every other year.
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| 2025-2026 | GENV 322 | Global Climate ChangeStudents will investigate what are the scientific principles and processes which govern natural and human-induced climate change. Students will gather evidence drawing on the latest research and evolving pattern of scientific data that has emerged on climate in recent years. Employing scientific data, students will then be invited to analyze the severity of climate change impacts on a myriad of living and nonliving systems such as arctic sea-ice, freshwater, terrestrial and marine ecosystems; as well as analyzing the socio- economic changes and adaptations that human communities are making in response to Earth's changing climate. Course Credits: 3
NB: Offered every other year.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 331 | Environmental PhilosophyExplores the theological and philosophical dimensions of the doctrine of creation and from there highlights the various philosophical shifts of outlook that helped usher in modern naturalism and its notions of nature. We will investigate the metaphysics behind the fact/value dichotomy, various environmental ethical frameworks, the case for the moral status of non-human animals and abiotic entities, the evolution of the ecological crisis, the conceptual substructures of some popular contemporary environmental frameworks, and some of the agendas of response to our current ecological crisis Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 2nd-year status; or instructor's permission.(3-0;3-0)
NB: PHIL/GENV 221 and PHIL/GENV 331 may not both be taken for credit.
Cross-listed: PHIL 331 |
| 2025-2026 | GENV 331 | Environmental PhilosophyExplores the theological and philosophical dimensions of the doctrine of creation and from there highlights the various philosophical shifts of outlook that helped usher in modern naturalism and its notions of nature. We will investigate the metaphysics behind the fact/value dichotomy, various environmental ethical frameworks, the case for the moral status of non-human animals and abiotic entities, the evolution of the ecological crisis, the conceptual substructures of some popular contemporary environmental frameworks, and some of the agendas of response to our current ecological crisis Course Credits: 3
NB: PHIL/GENV 221 and PHIL/GENV 331 may not both be taken for credit.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 332 | Geography of Western CanadaThis course provides an overview of the physical and human geography that shapes and defines the Prairie provinces and British Columbia. The course focuses on selected cultural and environmental factors in understanding the spatial variation in population patterns and economic activity. Emphasis is also placed on the role of regional literature and painting in the formation of regional images. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of geography and environment including one of GENV 111, 131, 212, 230; or instructor's consent.
NB: Offered every other year.
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| 2025-2026 | GENV 332 | Geography of Western CanadaThis course provides an overview of the physical and human geography that shapes and defines the Prairie provinces and British Columbia. The course focuses on selected cultural and environmental factors in understanding the spatial variation in population patterns and economic activity. Emphasis is also placed on the role of regional literature and painting in the formation of regional images. Course Credits: 3
NB: Offered every other year.
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| 2025-2026 | GENV 341 | Resource & Environmental ManagementAn introduction to key concepts and issues in natural resources management. The course examines major resource-based industries, including agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining, energy, and recreation. It also emphasizes understanding the varied influences that environmental, socio-economic, and political factors have on the spatial distribution of resource utilization and resource management. Course Credits: 3
NB: Offered every other year.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 341 | Resource and Environmental ManagementAn introduction to key concepts and issues in natural resources management. The course examines major resource-based industries, including agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining, energy, and recreation. It also emphasizes understanding the varied influences that environmental, socio-economic, and political factors have on the spatial distribution of resource utilization and resource management. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of geography and environment including one of GENV 111, 131, 212, 230; or instructor's consent.
NB: Offered every other year.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 343 | Geography of the Pacific RimThis course examines the physical and human geography of the Pacific Rim. It gives particular attention to regional distribution of natural features and resources, population and settlements, economic activities and development, as well as globalization and its impact on this region. The Pacific Rim is a geographic realm that has changed dramatically since the middle of the twentieth century, therefore, this course explores the dynamic issues, problems, and challenges facing contemporary Pacific Rim countries, how the issues are being addressed, and the future prospects for the people and countries within this region. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of geography and environment including one of GENV 111, 131, 212, 230; or instructor's consent.
NB: Offered every other year. Fulfils area studies requirements for International Studies major/honours.
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| 2025-2026 | GENV 343 | Geography of the Pacific RimThis course examines the physical and human geography of the Pacific Rim. It gives particular attention to regional distribution of natural features and resources, population and settlements, economic activities and development, as well as globalization and its impact on this region. The Pacific Rim is a geographic realm that has changed dramatically since the middle of the twentieth century, therefore, this course explores the dynamic issues, problems, and challenges facing contemporary Pacific Rim countries, how the issues are being addressed, and the future prospects for the people and countries within this region. Course Credits: 3
NB: Offered every other year. Fulfils area studies requirements for International Studies major/honours.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 344 | Geography of AfricaThis course examines the human and physical geography of Africa. Attention is given to the regional distribution of natural features and resources, population and settlements, economic activities and development, and globalization and its impact on this vast continent. Because Africa is a geographic realm that has changed dramatically since the middle of the twentieth century, this course explores the dynamic issues, problems, and challenges facing contemporary African societies, how the issues are being addressed, and the future prospects for the people and countries within this geographic region Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing, or instructor's consent.
NB: Offered every other year. Fulfils area studies requirements for International Studies major/honours.
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| 2025-2026 | GENV 344 | Geography of AfricaThis course examines the human and physical geography of Africa. Attention is given to the regional distribution of natural features and resources, population and settlements, economic activities and development, and globalization and its impact on this vast continent. Because Africa is a geographic realm that has changed dramatically since the middle of the twentieth century, this course explores the dynamic issues, problems, and challenges facing contemporary African societies, how the issues are being addressed, and the future prospects for the people and countries within this geographic region Course Credits: 3
NB: Offered every other year. Fulfils area studies requirements for International Studies major/honours.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 354 | Geography of the World EconomyThis course introduces students to the globalization of the world economy. It provides theoretical and practical foundation for exploring the global economy in an era of technological advancements, restructuring economies, and geopolitical realignments. It focuses on economic development of developed and developing countries of the world, and examine the impacts and critical problems associated with economic growth, development, and distribution and how to address the problems. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of geography and environment including one of GENV 111, 131; 212, or 230; or third year standing in Economics/ Business, or instructor's consent.
NB: Offered every other year.
Cross-listed: ECON 354 |
| 2025-2026 | GENV 354 | Geography of the World EconomyThis course introduces students to the globalization of the world economy. It provides theoretical and practical foundation for exploring the global economy in an era of technological advancements, restructuring economies, and geopolitical realignments. It focuses on economic development of developed and developing countries of the world, and examine the impacts and critical problems associated with economic growth, development, and distribution and how to address the problems. Course Credits: 3
NB: Offered every other year.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 355 | Geography of Urban AreasThis course focuses on the origin, physical environment, and structure of urban settlements; the growth and processes of urbanization; and the impact of globalization on urban centres. It investigates societal issues common to urban environments including; poverty, homelessness, substance abuse, criminality, environmental degradation and deterioration of the built environment. It also provides an overview of urban renewal and planning processes. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of geography and environment including one of GENV 111, 131; 212, or 230;or third year standing or instructor's consent.
NB: Offered every other year.
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| 2025-2026 | GENV 355 | Geography of Urban AreasThis course focuses on the origin, physical environment, and structure of urban settlements; the growth and processes of urbanization; and the impact of globalization on urban centres. It investigates societal issues common to urban environments including; poverty, homelessness, substance abuse, criminality, environmental degradation and deterioration of the built environment. It also provides an overview of urban renewal and planning processes. Course Credits: 3
NB: Offered every other year.
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| 2025-2026 | GENV 356 | Urban & Regional PlanningThis course provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles, problems, and techniques of urban, suburban, rural, and regional land use planning. It focuses on the elements and make-up of the comprehensive plan, the politics of planning, and the assessment of economic, social and environmental plans. Course Credits: 3
NB: Offered every other year.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 356 | Urban and Regional PlanningThis course provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles, problems, and techniques of urban, suburban, rural, and regional land use planning. It focuses on the elements and make-up of the comprehensive plan, the politics of planning, and the assessment of economic, social and environmental plans. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing, or instructor's consent.
NB: Offered every other year.
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| 2025-2026 | GENV 357 | Environmental Economics & PolicyThis course introduces the main concepts in environmental economics and applies them to public policy analysis. Students will learn about markets, prices and the role of information in the economy, and will then learn about market failures that specifically affect the environment. The second half of the course introduces the key techniques in public policy analysis (an inherently interdisciplinary undertaking), including the process of developing, implementing, and assessing public policy. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 357 | Environmental Economics and PolicyThis course introduces the main concepts in environmental economics and applies them to public policy analysis. Students will learn about markets, prices and the role of information in the economy, and will then learn about market failures that specifically affect the environment. The second half of the course introduces the key techniques in public policy analysis (an inherently interdisciplinary undertaking), including the process of developing, implementing, and assessing public policy. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing or instructor's consent.
Cross-listed: ECON 357 |
| 2024-2025 | GENV 362 | Marine EcologyA study of the ecological relationships of marine life in several major habitat types. Emphasis is on productivity, food webs, nutrient cycling, and community ecology. Ecosystem parameters are investigated through field and laboratory studies. Part of coursework takes place in the Lower Mainland, Gulf Islands, and/or Vancouver Island. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Advanced standing in biology and instructor's consent. BIOL 308 and/or 360 strongly recommended.
NB: Summer sessions only. Not offered every year See department chair
Cross-listed: BIOL 362 |
| 2025-2026 | GENV 362 | Marine EcologyA study of the ecological relationships of marine life in several major habitat types. Emphasis is on productivity, food webs, nutrient cycling, and community ecology. Ecosystem parameters are investigated through field and laboratory studies. Part of coursework takes place in the Lower Mainland, Gulf Islands, and/or Vancouver Island. Course Credits: 3
NB: Summer sessions only. Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 364 | Coral Reef EcologyA field course focusing on the systematics and ecology of tropical coral reef organisms. Plants, animals, and physical factors of a fringing coral reef are examined through snorkeling excursions and laboratory studies. One species is chosen for a detailed research project. Includes field course work in Hawaii. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Advanced standing in biology and instructor's consent. BIOL 262, 308, 360 and/or 382 strongly recommended.
NB: Summer sessions only. Not offered every year See department chair
Cross-listed: BIOL 364 |
| 2025-2026 | GENV 364 | Coral Reef EcologyA field course focusing on the systematics and ecology of tropical coral reef organisms. Plants, animals, and physical factors of a fringing coral reef are examined through snorkeling excursions and laboratory studies. One species is chosen for a detailed research project. Includes field course work in Hawaii. Course Credits: 3
NB: Summer sessions only. Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 372 | Field Placement/PracticumThis field placement course gives students an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom to a real-world work environment. The course is an efficient way to hone students’ practical skills in spatial information science (SIS) and analysis within the realms of geography, environmental science, and/or geographic information systems (GIS) helping them gain valuable work experience by learning new skills, gaining new perspectives in integrating SIS, exploring the SIS work environment, and networking with the experts in this field. This practicum is offered as a tripartite arrangement that includes: the student, the University’s course instructor/program coordinator, and the approved practicum supervisor in a reputable government department, business, or non-profit/non-governmental organization. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing with a minimum of 9 sem. hrs. of geography and environment including two of GENV 111, 121, 131, 212, 282 or instructor's consent.
NB: Pass/Fail course. See department chair.
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| 2025-2026 | GENV 372 | Field Placement/PracticumThis field placement course gives students an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom to a real-world work environment. The course is an efficient way to hone students’ practical skills in spatial information science (SIS) and analysis within the realms of geography, environmental science, and/or geographic information systems (GIS) helping them gain valuable work experience by learning new skills, gaining new perspectives in integrating SIS, exploring the SIS work environment, and networking with the experts in this field. This practicum is offered as a tripartite arrangement that includes: the student, the University’s course instructor/program coordinator, and the approved practicum supervisor in a reputable government department, business, or non-profit/non-governmental organization. Course Credits: 3
NB: Pass/Fail course. See department chair.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 373 | Field Placement/PracticumThis field placement course gives students an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom to a real-world work environment. The course is an efficient way to hone students’ practical skills in spatial information science (SIS) and analysis within the realms of geography, environmental science, and/or geographic information systems (GIS) helping them gain valuable work experience by learning new skills, gaining new perspectives in integrating SIS, exploring the SIS work environment, and networking with the experts in this field. This practicum is offered as a tripartite arrangement that includes: the student, the University’s course instructor/program coordinator, and the approved practicum supervisor in a reputable government department, business, or non-profit/non-governmental organization. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing with a minimum of 9 sem. hrs. of geography and environment including two of GENV 111, 121, 131, 212, 282 or instructor's consent.
NB: Pass/Fail course. See department chair.
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| 2025-2026 | GENV 373 | Field Placement/PracticumThis field placement course gives students an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom to a real-world work environment. The course is an efficient way to hone students’ practical skills in spatial information science (SIS) and analysis within the realms of geography, environmental science, and/or geographic information systems (GIS) helping them gain valuable work experience by learning new skills, gaining new perspectives in integrating SIS, exploring the SIS work environment, and networking with the experts in this field. This practicum is offered as a tripartite arrangement that includes: the student, the University’s course instructor/program coordinator, and the approved practicum supervisor in a reputable government department, business, or non-profit/non-governmental organization. Course Credits: 3
NB: Pass/Fail course. See department chair.
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 374 | Environmental Studies Field PlacementThis field placement course gives students an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom to a real-world work environment. The course is an efficient way to hone students’ practical skills in scientific and social scientific analysis within the realm of environmental science/studies helping them gain valuable work experience by learning new skills, gaining new perspectives in areas such as environmental assessment and ecological analyses, and networking with the experts in this field. This practicum is offered as a tripartite arrangement that includes the student, the University’s course instructor/program coordinator, and the approved practicum supervisor in a reputable government department, business, or non-profit/non-governmental organization. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing with a minimum of 9 sem. hrs. towards an GENV degree including two of BIOL 113, CHEM 101 or 111, GENV 121 and 131 or instructor's consent.
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| 2025-2026 | GENV 374 | Environmental Studies Field PlacementThis field placement course gives students an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom to a real-world work environment. The course is an efficient way to hone students’ practical skills in scientific and social scientific analysis within the realm of environmental science/studies helping them gain valuable work experience by learning new skills, gaining new perspectives in areas such as environmental assessment and ecological analyses, and networking with the experts in this field. This practicum is offered as a tripartite arrangement that includes the student, the University’s course instructor/program coordinator, and the approved practicum supervisor in a reputable government department, business, or non-profit/non-governmental organization. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 375 | Environmental Studies Field PlacementThis field placement course gives students an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom to a real-world work environment. The course is an efficient way to hone students’ practical skills in scientific and social scientific analysis within the realm of environmental science/studies helping them gain valuable work experience by learning new skills, gaining new perspectives in areas such as environmental assessment and ecological analyses, and networking with the experts in this field. This practicum is offered as a tripartite arrangement that includes the student, the University’s course instructor/program coordinator, and the approved practicum supervisor in a reputable government department, business, or non-profit/non-governmental organization. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing with a minimum of 9 sem. hrs. towards an GENV degree including two of BIOL 113, CHEM 101 or 111, GENV 121 and 131 or instructor's consent.
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| 2025-2026 | GENV 375 | Environmental Studies Field PlacementThis field placement course gives students an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom to a real-world work environment. The course is an efficient way to hone students’ practical skills in scientific and social scientific analysis within the realm of environmental science/studies helping them gain valuable work experience by learning new skills, gaining new perspectives in areas such as environmental assessment and ecological analyses, and networking with the experts in this field. This practicum is offered as a tripartite arrangement that includes the student, the University’s course instructor/program coordinator, and the approved practicum supervisor in a reputable government department, business, or non-profit/non-governmental organization. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | GENV 382 | Applied Geographic Information SystemsThis course focuses on the utility of Geographic Information Systems in problem solving and decision-making in real world settings. Students are expected to complete a major term project in consultation with the instructor. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of geography and environment including GENV 282, or instructor's consent. (0-0; 3-2)
NB: Offered every other year.
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