Courses

This course explores protected area management, which is a form of environmental management focusing on an area of land and/or freshwater/sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means. Integrated with ENVS 4446. Exclusion: Students who already took ENVS 4446. This course was previously offered as EU/ENVS 5016.

Overview of the basic concepts and approaches of feminist analysis, with particular attention to feminist theory and its relevance to environmental issues. The course also examines gender, i.e. hierarchical distinctions between male and female, and conforming or non-conforming genders and sexualities, in its intersections with racism, capitalism and colonialism. This course was previously offered as EU/ENVS 5106.

Youth homelessness is a seemingly intractable problem in Canada. On any given night about 6000 young people experience homelessness, and over a year this number swells to between 35-40,000. To tackle the problem, we must begin by recognizing that youth homelessness is distinct from adult homelessness in terms of it causes and conditions, and therefore so must be the solutions. In this course, we explore the issue of youth hopelessness in Canada, in order to understand the experiences of a marginalized group of young people, how we have responded to the problem, and how we might work differently to have a significant impact on solutions. In particular we will explore the potential role of education and schools in addressing youth homelessness. Crosslisted EDUC 5935. This course was previously offered as EU/ENVS 5135.

This course explores the geographies of inequalities, state policies and civil society. We will review a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches that uncover the contested meaning of social policy and interrogate the nature of power in the city. Critical race theory, post-colonialism, and the legacies of imperial systems in the production of urban space are explored.

Grounded in three interrelated foundations-dialectical materialist philosophy, historical materialist social theory, and political economy-Marxist theory forms an organic and coherent theoretical whole. This course provides an introduction to key ideas within the Marxist tradition. It is of interest to students in geography, environmental studies, sociology, political thought, international development, and other cognate fields. Crosslisted with GEOG 5375. This course was previously offered as EU/ENVS 5475.

This course examines the relationships between people and their environments from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century. It considers the global ecological consequences of industrialization and the growing human footprint on Earth from a historical perspective, drawing from the field of environmental history. Crosslisted HIST 5543. This course was previously offered as EU/ENVS 5543.

In this individualized course, students develop a MES Research Proposal (for Major Paper, Major Project, Portfolio, or Thesis) under the guidance of their Supervisor. The outcome of the course is the MES II-III exam (by the end of the term) for the approval of the final Plan of Study and Research Proposal (including ethics if applicable) by the Advisor and Supervisor. This course was previously offered as EU/ENVS 6102.

This course examines theories and practices of environmental education as they relate to formal, informal and experiential education. Definitions and histories of environmental education and their underlying assumptions, as well as current practices, constraints and possibilities in implementation are studied through a series of cases, fieldtrips, and experiences. Alternative visions of a socially critical model of environmental education are explored. This course was previously offered as EU/ENVS 6140.

The Graduate Programs in Environmental Studies and Geography jointly hold an annual 2-week summer school where a salient issue within the field of international political economy and ecology is explored under the guidance of a York faculty member and a renowned guest scholar. Each year a different topic is examined in seminar discussions and in a public event. Crosslisted POLS 6282 3.0 and GEOG 5395 3.0. This course was previously offered as EU/ENVS 6275.

This course introduces students to debates and perspectives on Latin American and Caribbean studies and links theory with practice in the field. Supported by numerous CERLAC Fellows from a range of disciplines, students from different graduate programs and areas of study will collaborate together in teams on applied research projects to work on their own research. This core course will provide an opportunity for deeper student engagement in CERLAC and a strong relationship with the work of the researchers and scholars at the Centre. This course was previously offered as EU/ENVS 6300.

The workshop investigates recent urban change in selected North American and European cities using an approach that is informed by recent critical planning practices and urban theory. Each year a different topic is selected as the basis for the workshop project. This course was previously offered as EU/ENVS 6325.

This course examines natural disasters from an interdisciplinary point of view, particularly considering why there seem to be more natural disasters, and how and why decisions made by people create vulnerable communities. This course was previously offered as EU/ENVS 6401.

This individualized course enables students (normally at the MES II stage) to acquire specific knowledge or skills related to their Plan of Study and not addressed in current course offerings. A detailed description of the work (including complete bibliography if applicable) is developed with a faculty instructor and approved by the Graduate Program Director. This course was previously offered as EU/ENVS 6599B.

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This individualized course enables MES III students with approved research to work on their Major Research (Major Paper, Major Project or Portfolio) under the guidance of their Supervisor. Students take this course for no credit (only MES/JD students may take this course for transfer credits towards their JD degree). To change prefix from EU/ENVS to GS/ENVS 7899 6.0.

Individual research activities in subject areas not addressed in current Environmental Studies course offerings, devised and carried out under the supervision of a faculty member and arranged to suit the requirements of the student's individual PhD Program Plan. This course was previously offered as EU/ENVS 8599 3.0.