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2021-2022

The Undergraduate Calendar

 

 

Environment Academic Plans

Environment and Business

Honours Environment and Business

Year One

  • AFM 123 Accounting Information for Managers
  • AFM 131 Introduction to Business in North America
  • ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics
  • ENBUS 102 Introduction to Environment and Business
  • ENBUS 112 Operationalizing Sustainable Development within Business
  • ENVS 131 Communications for Environmental Professions
  • ENVS 178 Environmental Applications of Data Management and Statistics
  • ENVS 195 Introduction to Environmental Studies
  • INDEV 100 Introduction to International Development
  • Electives totaling 0.5 unit

Total of 5.0 units


Year Two

  • ECON 102 Introduction to Macroeconomics
  • ENBUS 202 Environmental Management Systems
  • ENBUS 203 Green Entrepreneurship
  • ENBUS 204 Principles of Industrial Ecology
  • ENVS 105 Environmental Sustainability and Ethics
  • ENVS 200 Field Ecology
  • ENVS 278 Applied Statistics for Environmental Research
  • One of:
    • ENBUS 211 Principles of Marketing for Sustainability Professionals
    • MGMT 244 Principles of Marketing
  • One course from the following:
    • ENBUS 307 Industrial Ecology: Life Cycle Assessment and Management in Business
    • ENBUS 308 Sustainability Management Standards and Auditing
    • ENBUS 309 Applied Social Marketing
    • ENBUS 310 Introduction to Sustainable Finance
    • ENBUS 314 Sustainable Business Models
    • ENBUS 375 Special Topics in Environment and Business
    • HRM 200 Basic Human Resources Management 
    • INDEV 308 Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship
    • PHIL 215 Professional and Business Ethics
  • Electives totaling 0.5 unit

Total of 5.0 units


Year Three

  • ECON 371 Business Finance 1
  • ENVS 201 Introduction to Canadian Environmental Law
  • ENVS 220 Ecological Economics 
  • ENBUS 302 Strategies for Environment and Business
  • ENBUS 306 Research Design
  • ERS 215 Environmental and Sustainability Assessment 1
  • One course from the following:
    • ENBUS 307 Industrial Ecology: Life Cycle Assessment and Management in Business
    • ENBUS 308 Sustainability Management Standards and Auditing
    • ENBUS 309 Applied Social Marketing
    • ENBUS 310 Introduction to Sustainable Finance
    • ENBUS 314 Sustainable Business Models
    • ENBUS 375 Special Topics in Environment and Business
    • HRM 200 Basic Human Resources Management
    • INDEV 308 Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship
    • PHIL 215 Professional and Business Ethics
  • Electives totaling 1.5 units

Total of 5.0 units


Year Four

  • One of:
  • One of the following two options:
    • Option one: Two courses from the following:
      • ENBUS 406 Industrial Ecology: Sustainable Materials
      • ENBUS 407 Corporate Sustainability Accounting and Reporting
      • ENBUS 408 Best Practices in Regulations
      • ENBUS 410 Engaging Stakeholders 
      • ENBUS 411 International Corporate Responsibility
      • ENBUS 475 Special Topics in Environment and Business
      • ENVS 400 First Peoples and Business Development
      • ENVS 401 Aboriginal Law and Natural Resource Development
    • Option two:
      • GEOG 459 Energy and Sustainability (1.0 unit)
  • Electives totaling 2.5 units

Total of 5.0 units


Notes

  1. Minimum Required Units
    • Total: 20.0 units
    • Core requirements: 15.0 units
    • Minimum units at or above 200-level: 13.5 units

    Environment and Business students may not take ERS 370 for credit towards the Environment and Business plan.
  2. Average Requirements
    • Minimum cumulative major average of 70% (all core requirements and ENBUS courses); and
    • minimum cumulative overall average of 65% (all courses).
  3. Co-op Requirements
    For details see the Environment Overview of Co-op Plan Requirements section of this Calendar.
  4. Per Term Course Load Allowance
    No more than 2.5 units may be taken in a term without the approval of the associate director, undergraduate studies, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development. Normally, approval for a sixth course will be considered only if the minmum cumulative major average is 78%. Environment and Business students are not permitted to fast-track.
  5. General Information Applicable to all Faculty of Environment Plans

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