Collaborative Programs
The Collaborative Programs (co-sponsored by the Centre for Environment) combine the Centre's interdisciplinary core with a focused set of discipline-specific courses.
For more information on all of the collaborative programs listed above, please visit the Faculty of Arts & Science Calendar Listings.
Collaborative Specialist Programs:
- Environment and Health (BSc) (Specialist and Major)
- Environmental Chemistry (BSc)
- Environmental Geosciences (BSc) (Specialist and Major)
- Environment and Toxicology (BSc)
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Environment and Health (B.Sc.) | Jointly sponsored by the Human Biology Program (a collaborative program of the Faculty of Arts&Science and the Faculty of Medicine), and the Centre for Environment.
This program is designed to provide a basic understanding of behaviour of the planet Earth, the workings of the human body, and the relationship between the two. The program also introduces students to the economic, political and cultural influences that govern the choices that we make about the environment, and the implications of those choices for human health. This program description applies to both the specialist and major programs. |
Environmental Chemistry (B.Sc.) | Jointly sponsored by Department of Chemistry and the Centre for Environment.
This program brings the basic science orientation of Environment and Science to a fundamental background in Chemistry as applied to understanding the chemical impacts of humankind's activities on the soil, water, and air. Emphasis is given to developing the analytical skills and mechanistic understanding of the subject. |
Environmental Geosciences (B.Sc.) | Jointly sponsored by the Department of Geology and the Centre for Environment.
This program focuses on physical, chemical and biological events that have occurred over the past 4.5 billion years, including the present influences of humans as agents of geological change. Topics include earth materials, sedimentary geology, aqueous geochemistry, hydrogeology and biogeochemistry. This program description applies to both the specialist and major programs. |
Environment and Toxicology (B.Sc.) | Jointly sponsored by the Department of Pharmacology and the Centre for Environment.
Toxicology is the study of the harmful effects of chemicals. This program brings the basic science orientation of Environment and Science together with the examination of the adverse effects of chemicals to human beings and ecosystems. The program prepares students for a wide variety of careers related to environmental toxicology, including positions in chemical industries, government, and research and academia. Students interested in biomedical toxicology (the adverse effects of toxic chemicals on human health) should consider enrolling in the Specialist Program in Biomedical Toxicology offered by the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. |
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Major Programs:
- Environmental Ethics (BA) (major and minor)
- Environment and Health (BSc) (see description above)
- Environmental Geosciences (BSc) (see description above)
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Environmental Ethics (B.A.) | Jointly sponsored by Department of Philosophy and the Centre for Environment.
This program explores how value judgements and worldviews affect environmental decision-making. This program description applies to both the major and minor programs. |
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Minor Programs:- Environment and Behaviour (BSc)
- Environment and Energy (BSc)
- Environmental Ethics (BA) (see description above)
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Environment and Behaviour (B.Sc.) | Jointly sponsored by Department of Psychology and the Centre for Environment.
This program focuses on understanding issues of psychological motivation and attitudes that underlie environmental decision-making. Little positive environmental change can occur in the absence of broad-based behaviour changes. |
Environment and Energy (B.Sc.) | Jointly sponsored by the Department of Geography and the Centre for Environment.
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. |
For more information on all of the collaborative programs listed above, please visit the Faculty of Arts & Science Calendar Listings.