Environmental Law and Policy
This program provides students exposure to Sustainability practices and policies within Canada and across the globe. The interdisciplinary nature of this program will have students take classes in Geography, Sociology, and Political Science.
Honours Bachelor of Arts
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- Ecologist
- Environmental Auditor
- Urban Planner
- Eco-tourism Planner
- Environmental Epidemiologist
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Admissions RequirementsLife in Environmental Law and Policy
Buzz Around Campus
As climate and weather patterns rapidly shift, the general public has become increasingly aware of personal and policy-based decisions that can help slow global warming. One of the key tools in mitigating climate change, says Professor Tenley Conway, is green infrastructure.
Caribou, whooping crane, Gibson’s big sand tiger beetle and dwarf western trillium are among the estimated 80,000 known species (not including viruses and bacteria) in Canada. Of these, scientists have enough information on almost 30,000 species to know that about 20 per cent are imperilled to some degree.
An afternoon walk along the Harbourfront was the genesis of Jacqueline Scott’s U of T doctoral thesis. “I saw a sign for a camping trip and out of sheer boredom decided to give it a go,” she says. That weekend in the woods changed her life.
Sample Courses
In this course we will examine the history, measurement, and present-day models and applications of sustainability and sustainable development in both the public and private spheres.
The course focuses on the methodologies for measuring and predicting the impact of development on the bio-physical and socio-economic environments.
This course examines the promises, problems and paradoxes of human rights. We will study aspects of human rights enforcement and violation.
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International Affairs
The International Affairs program provides background and training in the combination of analytical and linguistic skills demanded of individuals who wish to work in an increasingly globalized economy. The program offers a combination of courses that allow the student to acquire full interactive capability in a chosen language, while simultaneously studying institutional and theoretical issues pertaining to political, commercial and economic relationships between nations.
Sustainability
This minor program provides students exposure to Sustainability practices and policies within Canada and across the globe. The interdisciplinary nature of this program will have students take classes in Geography, Sociology, and Political Science.
Political Science
Political science is fundamentally a study of power. Political science scholars and students focus on core concepts like authority, legitimacy, liberty, equality, citizenship, governance and justice.