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2022-2023

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 of:
    • 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
    • ENBUS 405 Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment
    • 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 of:
    • 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
    • ENBUS 405 Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment
    • 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 of:
      • 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 Corporate Social Responsibility in Practice
      • ENBUS 475 Special Topics in Environment and Business
      • ENVS 401 Canadian Law, Indigenous Peoples, 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
  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 minimum cumulative major average is 78%. Environment and Business students are not permitted to fast-track.
  5. ERS 370 Course Restriction
    Environment and Business students may not take ERS 370 for credit towards the Environment and Business plan.
  6. General Information Applicable to all Faculty of Environment Plans

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