ES 200

Introduction to Environmental Studies

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-1

Introduction to the symptoms and sources of environmental problems and approaches to resolving them. Students will apply their understanding through a distinctive interdisciplinary exploration of three main themes: ecological restoration (the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged or destroyed), political ecology (the theory and practice behind sustainability) and ethnoecology (the study of the relationship between people and their habitats).

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 200, 300A.

Formerly: 300A

Undergraduate course in Environmental Studies offered by the School of Environmental Studies in the Faculty of Social Sciences.