Instruction offered by members of the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Program Director – A.L. Norman
Limited amounts of non-scheduled class time involvement will be required for these courses.
Senior Courses
Environmental Science 401
Environmental Science Field Course I
This course introduces the common field techniques in quantifying air, land and water quality, as well as data analysis and report writing. A field portion is held in the two weeks prior to the start of Fall Session, partly at Kananaskis Field Stations. Course Hours:H(160 hours) Prerequisite(s):Geography 339orBiology 315orStatistics 327or equivalent. Notes:Open only to students in the EnvironmentalScience program, or by consent of the Program Director.
The focus will be on disturbances to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Site visits will be conducted to appropriate areas that have either undergone or are undergoing industrial disturbance to assess impacts. The course is held for two weeks immediately prior to the start of the Fall Session. Course Hours:H(160 hours) Notes:Open only to students in the EnvironmentalScience program, or by consent of the Program Director.
Surveys many aspects of the professional practice of environmental science including: environmental management, audit and accounting, law and regulation, life cycle assessment, ethics and philosophy, toxicology and epidemiology, and remediation and reclamation technologies. Includes a major collaborative research project on a local environmental issue. Course Hours:F(3-3) Notes:Open only to students in the EnvironmentalScience program, or by consent of the Program Director.
This course formally introduces students to federal and provincial environmental impact assessment (EIA), which is implicit in much of Environmental Science 401, 501and502. Course Hours:H(3-0) Notes:Open only to students in the EnvironmentalScience program, or by consent of the Program Director.
An independent study or research project under the supervision of one or more faculty members in the EnvironmentalScience program. Originality is emphasized and laboratory and/or field studies are encouraged. Formal written and oral reports will be presented as a necessary component of this course. Course Hours:F(0-9) Prerequisite(s):Consent of the EnvironmentalScience Program Director. MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
A research project under the supervision of one or more faculty members in the EnvironmentalScience program. Formal written and oral reports will be presented as a necessary component of this course. Course Hours:H(0-9) Prerequisite(s):Consent of the EnvironmentalScience Program Director. MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT