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This foundational, interdisciplinary course introduces students to critical perspectives on environmental justice based in history, art, literature, philosophy, and related humanistic social sciences. In addition to its substantive focus on cultural, conceptual, and historical dimensions of environmental in/justice, the course emphasizes the development of critical reading, thinking and writing skills.

This course covers fundamental concepts and approaches of geographical information systems, remote sensing and global positioning systems. Students also acquire knowledge and skills in descriptive statistics, map design and interpretation, and basic computer cartography. Prerequisite: AP/GEOG 1000 6.00 or AP/GEOG 1400 6.00 or AP/GEOG 1410 6.00 or written permission of the Instructor. Course credit exclusions: AP/GEOG 2350 3.00 (prior to Fall 2013), SC/GEOG 2350 3.00 (prior to Fall 2013), LE/EATS 2610 2.00 (prior to Summer 2013), LE/ENG 2110 2.00 (prior to Summer 2013).PRIOR TO SUMMER 2013: Prerequisite: AP/GEOG 1000 6.00 or AP/GEOG 1400 6.00 or AP/GEOG 1410 6.00 or written permission of the Instructor. Course credit exclusions: AP/GEOG 2350 3.00 (prior to Fall 2013), SC/GEOG 2350 3.00 (prior to Fall 2013), SC/EATS 2610 2.00, SC/ENG 2110 2.00.

This course examines the development and implementation of public policies related to the environment and sustainability. The course will focus on the interaction of institutions, societal forces, ideas and landscape factors in the Canadian environmental policy experience.

An introduction to the structure and functioning of vegetation and soil systems, emphasizing local patterns and processes, methods of description and sampling, dynamic processes, response to environmental change and human disturbance. Field work is emphasized in laboratories. One-day field trip. Prerequisite: AP/GEOG 1400 6.00 or SC/GEOG 1400 6.00 or ES/ENVS 2500 6.00.

The application of economic principles to environmental issues is introduced and critically reviewed. Linkages between economic factors, social processes and natural environments are explored. The use of economic principles in deriving solutions to issues of climate change, resource management, and environmental regulation is examined. This course is intended for students with no background in economics.

This course concentrates on basic principles and fundamental concepts in geomorphology, including energy flows in geomorphic systems, hill slope forms and materials, weathering and landforms, and drainage basin geomorphology and hydrology (with a particular emphasis on Canadian examples).

Prerequisite: AP/GEOG 1400 6.00 or SC/GEOG 1400 6.00 or LE/EATS 1010 3.00.PRIOR TO SUMMER 2013: Prerequisite: AP/GEOG 1400 6.00 or SC/GEOG 1400 6.00 or SC/EATS 1010 3.00.

The course takes students through the physical environment of Canada, its land, sea, and atmosphere. It addresses the country's history as settler colonization of Indigenous territory. It explores the circumstances and lives of Indigenous people. It explores the well-established role of resources exploitation, in its various forms, including the development of a hydrocarbon-based economy, now reaching its limits. The course looks at agro-food systems, including agriculture and fishing. It addresses urbanization, now a key feature of both the settlement pattern and the national economy. It addresses manufacturing and the transformation of the country from an industrial to an increasingly post-industrial economy. For these thematic areas, each deeply connected to the broader program of the EUC faculty, we find regional examples to illustrate and illuminate the material. The course is therefore both a systematic geography of Canada and a regional geography of Canada.

Examines how processes of urbanization result in the unequal spatial and social distribution of environmental goods (e.g., pollution, toxic waste, landfills) in North American cities. It investigates the ways in which cities, as dynamic human ecologies in their own right, have increasingly become sites of environmental contestation, and explores the articulation of social justice, urbanization and environmentalism. Course credit exclusion: AP/HIST 3891 3.00.

Examines the geographic understanding of nature-society relationships. We review popular and scientific theories of environmental change, conflict and conservation, and examine the role that politics and power play in shaping ecological problems and issues. Prerequisites: 54 credits completed including at least three credits in GEOG or permission of the Instructor.