60 must be successfully completed at the U of A

a minimum of (30) must be taken while registered in the Faculty of Arts

The following courses, comprising 78, are common to all routes within the program:

3 from ANTHR 230, ENCS 260, STS 200

AREC 173

3 from AREC 365 or ECON 369

3 from AREC 313, EAS 392, NS 390, SOC 210

BIOL 108

BIOL 208

EAS 205

EAS 221

3 from EAS 491 or ENCS 473

ECON 101

ENCS 352

6 from ENCS 201, PL SC 221, REN R 120, SOILS 210

6 Junior ENGL

6 ENST 400

3 Fine Arts (See Arts Chart 1, Group 1)

3 Humanities (See Arts Chart 1, Group 2)

NS 200

NS 435

PHIL 355

POL S 101

POL S 230 or 240

REN R 250

STAT 141 or 151

General Information: This concentration brings together the diverse knowledge required to understand the environmental challenges facing Canadians as well as the proposed solutions that are the subject of public debates.

Requirements of the Concentration (15 from below). Other relevant courses may be approved annually. Updated lists of courses that can be counted towards this concentration will be posted on the website.

POL S 333; one of BIOL 333, 366, 367 or ENCS 364, BIOL 381; one of NS 240 or POL S 327; HIST 359; one of POL S 325, 385, 429, 432, 440, 470, or SOC 372.

General Information: This concentration introduces students to political ecology as an interdisciplinary, multi-scalar framework for analyzing social problems and ecological problems. Political ecology has roots in the discipline of human geography and has been strongly shaped by the theoretical approaches of political economy, cultural studies, and gender analysis.

Requirements of the Concentration (15 from below). Other courses may be approved annually if they relate significantly. Updated lists of courses that can be counted towards this concentration will be posted on the website.

POL S 333, R SOC 355; one of POL S 345, 364, R SOC 365, SOC 269, or W ST 310; one of EAS 493 or POL S 434; one of AREC 375, 485, INT D 303.

General Information: The concentration introduces students to indigenous perspectives and issues in environment and resource management.

Requirements of the Concentration (15 from below). Updated lists of courses that can be counted towards this concentration will be posted on the website.

ANTHR 323, EAS 254, NS 390, R SOC 355; one of HIST 460 or NS 380; NS 403.

General Information: This concentration will offer students an in-depth understanding of the applications of sociology to environmental problems.

Requirements of the Concentration (15 from below). Other courses may be approved annually if they relate significantly. Updated lists of courses that can be counted towards this concentration will be posted on the website.

R SOC 355, 365, 450, SOC 212, 334, 352

General Information: This concentration focuses on the links between the environment and human settlement. Principles and practices of land use planning and environmental planning will be used to examine the development and use of urban areas. Students will explore current urban issues.

Requirements of the Concentration (15 from below). Updated lists of courses will be posted on the website.

EAS 293, 296, 391, 499; POL S 434

Refer to Academic Standing regulations described in §42.6 for annual review requirements.

Academic Performance for Graduation: regulations are the same as for those students registered in the BA program. See §43.3 Academic Performance for Graduation for details.

Degrees With Distinction regulations governing degrees with distinction are the same as for those students registered in the BA program. See §43.3 Degrees with Distinction for details.