University of Calgary : Environmental Science ENSC

Environmental Science ENSC

ENSC 401 501 502 503 504 505

Instruction offered by members of the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Arts.

Program Director – M.L. Reid

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 the regular Fall Term, partly based at the Biogeoscience Institute’s Barrier Lake Field Station.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(160 hours)
Prerequisite(s): Geography 339 or Biology 315 or Statistics 327 or equivalent.
Notes: Open only to students in the Environmental Science program, or by consent of the Program Director.

Environmental Science 501

Environmental Science Field Course II

The focus will be on disturbances to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Site visits and data collection 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 regular Fall Term.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(160 hours)
Prerequisite(s): Environmental Science 401.
Notes: Open only to students in the Environmental Science program, or by consent of the Program Director.

Environmental Science 502

Special Problems in Environmental Management

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: 6 units; F(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): or Corequisite: Environmental Science 401.
Notes: Open only to students in the Environmental Science program, or by consent of the Program Director.

Environmental Science 503

Environmental Assessment and Hearings

This course formally introduces students to federal and provincial environmental impact assessment (EIA), which is implicit in much of Environmental Science 401, 501 and 502.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Notes: Open only to students in the Environmental Science program, or by consent of the Program Director.

Environmental Science 504

Research Project in Environmental Science

An independent study or research project under the supervision of one or more faculty members in the Environmental Science 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: 6 units; F(0-9)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Environmental Science Program Director.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT

Environmental Science 505

Special Problems in Environmental Science

A research project under the supervision of one or more faculty members in the Environmental Science program. Formal written and oral reports will be presented as a necessary component of this course.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(0-9)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Environmental Science Program Director.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT

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