Environmental Science

Required Courses

Please note: This information is provided for informational purposes only. Students interested in pursuing a degree in Environmental Studies should consult the Saint Mary's University Academic Calendar for full information on degree requirements.  Copies of the Academic Calendar are available online or from the Registrar's Office.

Major in Environmental Studies

Year 1:

  • MATH 1210 Intro Calculus I and either
    • MATH 1211 Intro Calculus II or
    • MATH 1216 Intro to Mathematical Statistics
  • or CSCI 1226 Intro to Computing Science and either
    • CSCI 1227 Intermediate Programming or
    • CSCI 1228 Accelerated Programming
  • CHEM 1210 General Chemistry I
  • One of CHEM 1211, 1212 , or 1213 General Chemistry II
  • BIOL 1201 Molecular and Cell Biology
  • BIOL 1202 Organismal and Ecological Biology
  • ENVS 1200 Environmental Challenges
  • ECON 1201 Principles of Economics: Micro
  • ENGL 1205 Introduction to Literature
  • GEOG 1200 People, Place and Environment

Year 2:

  • BIOL 2308 Biostatistics or GEOG 3326 Statistical Methods for Geographers
  • ENVS 2300 Environmental Science: Populations and Ecosystems
  • ENVS 2310 Environmental Science: Resources and Pollution
  • GEOL 1214 Intro to Geology:  Earth Materials
  • GEOL 1215 Intro to Geology:  Earth Processes
  • GEOG 2100 Fundamentals of Physical Geography
  • CISY 1225 Intro to Computer Application
  • ECON 3361 Fisheries Economics or
    • ECON 3362 Natural Resource Economics or
    • ECON 3363 Environmental Economics
  • Six (6) credit hours from Group B

Year 3:

  • Nine (9) credit hours from Group A
  • Six (6) credit hours from Group B
  • Nine (9) credit hours from Group C
  • Three (3) credit hours from the Humanities (Classics, English, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Modern Language courses with a focus on literature and culture).
  • Three (3) credit hours of electives

Year 4:

  • ENVS 4499 Seminar in Environmental Science
  • Six (6) credit hours from Group C
  • Twelve (12) credit hours from Group C at the 4000 level
  • Six (6) credit hours of electives

Group A

  • ENVS 1200 Environmental Challenges
  • ENVS 2100 Green Chemistry
  • ENVS 2300 Environmental Science: Populations & Ecosystems
  • ENVS 2310 Environmental Science: Energy, Resources & Pollution
  • ENVS 3410 Environmental Impact Analysis
  • ENVS 3420 Environmental Monitoring and Auditing
  • ENVS 3430 Environmental Information Management
  • ENVS 4440 Environmental Policy
  • ENVS 4450 Natural Resource Management
  • ENVS 4460 Methods of Environmental and Natural Resource Analysis

Group B

Environmental related courses:

  • ANTH 4306 Foraging Adaptation
  • ECON 3361 Fisheries Economics
  • ENGL 2318 The Writer and Nature
  • GEOG 1100 Global Perspectives on Land & Life
  • GEOG 2200 Fundamentals of Human Geography
  • GEOG 2315 The Oceans
  • GEOG 3304 Environmental Management
  • GEOG 3329 Cultural Ecology
  • GEOG 3454 Bay of Fundy:  Environment and Issues
  • GEOG 4434 Watershed Management
  • IDST 4470 Environment and Development
  • MGMT 3480 Ethical Responsibilities of Organizations
  • PHIL 2305 Environmental Ethics
  • POLI 2304 Canadian Politics in the 21st Century
  • POLI 2305 International Relations
  • POLI 2307 Provincial Government and Politics
  • POLI 3321 International Organization
  • POLI 3322 Global Political Economy
  • POLI 4493 Global Social Movements
  • PSYC 4414 Environmental Perception and Cognition
  • PSYC 4418 Environmental Psychology
  • RELS 2347 Ecology and Religion
  • RELS 3348 Religion and Ecological Issues in the Developing World [IDST 3348.1(.2)]
  • SOCI 3391  Rural Sociology
  • SOCI 4419  Sociology of the Environment

Background/Techniques courses:

  • COMM 2293 Communication
  • COMM 3394 Oral Communication and Presentation Techniques
  • ECON 1202 Principles of Economics: Macro
  • ECON 3364 Cost Benefit Analysis
  • MGMT 3392 Occupational Health & Safety
  • PHIL 2302 Ethics
  • PHIL 2318 Science and Society
  • PHIL 3448 Philosophy of Science
  • PSYC 1250 Social Behavior
  • PSYC 3309 Human Factors and Performance
  • PSYC 4497 Community Psychology
  • RELS 3349 Science & Religion
  • SOCI 3387 Women & Development [WMST 3387]
  • Any language courses, up to six (6) credit hours.

Group C

  • BIOL 2324 Ecology
  • BIOL 3002 Insect Ecology
  • BIOL 3303 Plant Form and Function
  • BIOL 3304 Animal Form and Function
  • BIOL 3398 Microbiology
  • BIOL 3421 Applied Plant Biology
  • BIOL 3424 Diversity & Ecology of Fishes
  • BIOL 4003 Molecular Ecology
  • BIOL 4331 Ecosystems
  • BIOL 4404 Behavioral Ecology
  • BIOL 4410 Plant Ecology
  • BIOL 4414 Environmental Microbiology
  • BIOL 4422 Conservation Biology
  • BIOL 4430 Ornithology
  • BIOL 4431 Herpetology
  • BIOL 4433 Ecotoxicology
  • BIOL 4448 Biology Field Course
  • BIOL 4451 Ecology in the Tropics
  • CHEM 2332 Introductory Analytical Chemistry: Wet Methods [GEOL 2332]
  • CHEM 2333 Introductory Analytical Chemistry:  Instrumental Methods [GEOL 2333]
  • CHEM 2344 Organic Chemistry I
  • CHEM 2345 Organic Chemistry II (note that CHEM 2344 and CHEM 2345 are recommended for CHEM/ENVS double majors)
  • CHEM 2346 Organic Chemistry IIB (or IIA if double major in Chemistry)
  • CHEM 2373 Environmental Chemistry I
  • CHEM 2374 Environmental Chemistry II
  • CHEM 3451 Introductory Biochemistry
  • CHEM 4452 Biochemistry: Metabolism
  • ENVS 3310 Field Course in Environmental Studies
  • ENVS 3410 Environmental Impact Assessment
  • ENVS 3420 Environmental Monitoring and Auditing
  • ENVS 4430 Directed Research
  • ENVS 4440 Environmental Policy
  • ENVS 4450 Natural Resource Management
  • ENVS 4460 Methods of Environmental and Natural Resource Analysis
  • GEOG 2316 Map and Air Photo Interpretation
  • GEOG 2336 Principles of Cartography
  • GEOG 3313 Geomorphology [GEOL 3373]
  • GEOG 3333 Biogeography
  • GEOG 3343 Weather & Climate
  • GEOG 3356 Remote Sensing of the Environment
  • GEOG 3366 Field Techniques and Research Methods
  • GEOG 3386 Concepts of Geographical Information Systems
  • GEOG 4413 Coastal Geomorphology [GEOL 4476]
  • GEOG 4414 Integrated Coastal Zone Management
  • GEOG 4423 Glacial Geomorphology [GEOL 4475]
  • GEOG 4433 Fluvial Geomorphology
  • GEOG 4443 Natural Hazards
  • GEOG 4496 Applications in GIS
  • GEOL 1206 Global Change
  • GEOL 2301 Mineralogy
  • GEOL 2325 Sedimentology [GEOG 2325]
  • GEOL 3340 Surface and Groundwater Hydrology
  • GEOL 3453 Principles of Geochemistry
  • GEOL 3454 Applied Geochemistry
  • PHYS 1000 Physics for Life Sciences I
  • PHYS 1001 Physics for Life Sciences II
  • PHYS 1100 University Physics I
  • PHYS 1101 University Physics II

Honours or Double Honours in Environmental Studies

For the Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Environmental Studies, students must:

  • satisfy the requirements for a major
  • complete ENVS 4599 Honours Research Project
  • achieve a degree GPA of at least 3.00

Minor in Environmental Studies

Completion of the minor requires thirty (30) credit hours with a minimum grade of C in the following courses:

Nine (9) credit hours from:

  • ENVS 1200 Environmental Challenges
  • ENVS 1203 Biology and the Human Environment [BIOL 1203]
  • ENVS 2300 Environmental Science: Populations and Ecosystems
  • ENVS 2310 Environmental Science:  Energy, Resources and Pollution

Nine (9) credit hours from:

  • ENVS 3310 Field Course in Environmental Studies
  • ENVS 3410 Environmental Impact Assessment
  • ENVS 3420 Environmental Monitoring and Auditing
  • ENVS 3430 Environmental Information Management
  • ENVS 4430 Directed Research
  • ENVS 4440 Environmental Policy
  • ENVS 4450 Natural Resource Management
  • ENVS 4460 Methods of Environmental and Natural Resource Analysis
  • ENVS 4499 Seminar in Environmental Science

Twelve (12) credit hours from:

  • CHEM 2373 Environmental Chemistry I
  • CHEM 2374 Environmental Chemistry II
  • ECON 3363 Environmental Economics
  • ECON 3361 Fisheries Economics
  • ENGL 2318 The Writer and Nature
  • GEOG 2200 Fundamentals of Human Geography
  • GEOG 2315 The Oceans
  • GEOG 3304 Environmental Management
  • GEOG 3454 Bay of Fundy:  Environment and Issues
  • GEOG 4414 Integrated Coastal Zone Management
  • GEOL 1206 Global Change
  • IDST 4470 Environment and Development
  • PHIL 2305 Environmental Ethics
  • PSYC 4414 Environmental Perception and Cognition
  • PSYC 4418 Environmental Psychology
  • RELS 3348 Religion and Ecological Issues in the Developing World
  • SOCI 4419 Sociology of the Environment

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