This program is open only to students in the B.Sc. or B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) Major Environment.
How is the environment impacted by different food production systems?
The business of food production is an area of human activity with a large and intimate interaction with the environment. ÌýAs global population rises, the demand for food and food production increases.Ìý This demand must be met through a combination of increased productivity of existing agricultural land and by bring new arable land into production.Ìý This is a serious challenge for two main reasons.Ìý Firstly, there are environmental impacts of agricultural activities which can be significant and which can be difficult to assess and contain, as the effects range from loss of biodiversity due to increasing farm size, production of biofuels versus food, non-point source pollution of rivers and lakes, and a loss of arable land to urbanization.Ìý Secondly, a growing population needs support from a number of different land uses (e.g. urban growth, transportation, water resource use, timber resources etc.), many of which conflict, and all of which compete with food production land requirements.Ìý As the available land resource decreases, land-use competition for what remains will grow more fierce, making increasingly critical the need for smart and informed decision-making related to food production.
See also Information for StudentsÌýfor details concerning:
- Suggested First Year Courses
- Taking courses onÌýboth campuses
- ENVR course sections - beware!
Pre-requisite or Co-Requisite Courses for this Concentration (7 cr)
or (M)
or CEGEP equivalent (objective OOXU)AND
or (M)
or CEGEP equivalent (objective OOXV)
Program Requirements
NOTE: Students are required to take a maximum of 34 credits at the 200 level and a minimum of 15 credits at the 400 level or higher in this program. This includes Core and Required courses, but does not include the Concentration pre-/co-requisites listed above.
Core: Required Courses (18 credits)
Core: Complementary Course — Senior Research Project
(3 credits*)
(M) (Barbados)
(in Panama)
(in Barbados)
* Only 3 credits will be applied to the program; extra credits will count as electives.
Domain Required (6 credits)
(M)
(M)
Complementary courses (36 credits)
18 credits of FUNDAMENTALS:
(M)
or
or equivalent
(M)
or (M)
or (M)
(M)
or (not offered 2024-2025)
or (M)
(M)
or
12 credits of APPLIED SCIENCES:
Food and Human Health
(M)
(M)
or (M)
(M)
(M)
(M)
(M)
Food Production
(M) (in Barbados)
(M) (in Barbados)
(M)
(M) (in Guatamala)
(M) (offered alternate years; in Panama)
(not offered)
(M) (not offered 2024-2025)
(M)
(M)
(M)
(M)
(M)
Natural Resources and Natural Resource Impacts
(in Barbados)
or (M)
(in Panama)
(M)
or
(M)
(M)
(M) (offered fall 2024 and alternate years)
(M)
(M)
(M)
6 credits of SOCIAL SCIENCE:
Economic and Resource Policy
(M)
(M)
or
(M)
(M)
Social Change and Human Impacts
(offered alternate years, in May term)
(in Barbados)
(not offered)
(not offered)
(offered alternate years; in Panama)
(not offered 2024-2025)
(offered alternate years; in Panama)
Environmental Management
(not offered 2024-2025)
(M) (in Barbados)
(M)
or
(M)
(offered alternate years, in May term)
Ìý
(Africa)
(not offered 2024-2025)