Environmental Studies and Sciences

The original Environmental Studies Program was founded in 1970 as one of the first interdisciplinary undergraduate environment programs in Canada and one of the first few to emerge worldwide During the last five decades the activities and the functions of the program have grown substantially with seven-degree options available to students Following the principles of sustainability the Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences takes an integrated and practical approach to human-environmental interactions and resource and environmental problems The mission of the Department is to maintain and restore the health of the ecosphere and its people by i educating and training the environmental leaders of tomorrow ii creating and disseminating knowledge and iii engaging with communities at local regional and global levels The department offers various degree options BA students can take either the Sustainable Environmental Resource Systems stream or the Sustainable Urban Environments stream BSc students can choose from among four streams Chemistry Forest Policy and Management Forest Ecology and Global Environmental Systems Students also have the opportunity to add on a Business Stream see the Science with a Business Stream section of the Academic Calendar The joint applied program with Red River College is a 5-year program that includes a full co-operative education work term and students receive both a diploma and a degree

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