Environment Specialization
This is an overview of current courses offered in 2021-22, although they may change in the future. The most updated information can be found on the UBC Course Schedule.Anthropology Courses
- ANTH 360 Introduction to Ecological Anthropology
- ANTH 461 Anthropological Study of Local Ecological Knowledge
Applied Biology Courses
- APBI 200 Introduction to Soil Science
- APBI 210 Vascular Plants
- APBI 260 Introductory Topics in Applied Biology
- APBI 319 Aquaculture and the Environment
- APBI 342 Soil Biology
- APBI 360 Agroecology II: Application and Analysis
- APBI 361 Key Indicators of Agroecosystem Sustainability
- APBI 401 Soil Processes
- APBI 402 Sustainable Soil Management
- APBI 403 Soil Sampling, Analyses and Data Interpretation
- APBI 426 Plant-Microbe Interactions
- APBI 444 Agroforestry
- APBI 460 Agroecology III: Synthesis and Evaluation
Arts and Science Interdisciplinary Courses
- ASIC 220 Introduction to Sustainability
Biology Courses
- BIOL 230 Fundamentals of Ecology
- BIOL 306 Advanced Ecology
- BIOL 320 Survey of Algae
- BIOL 343 Plants and Peoples
- BIOL 402 Aquatic Ecology
- BIOL 404 Ecological Methodology
- BIOL 406 Plant Ecology I
- BIOL 412 Phytogeography
- BIOL 413 Zoogeography
- BIOL 416 Principles of Conservation Biology
- BIOL 417 Phylogenetic Biology
- BIOL 418 Evolutionary Ecology
- BIOL 440 Plant Genomics
- BIOL 450 Molecular Adaptation of Animals to the Environment
- BIOL 462 Ecological Plant Biochemistry
- BIOL 465 Diversity ad Evolution of Fishes
Chemistry Courses
- CHEM 302 Atmospheric Environmental Chemistry
Conservation Courses
- CONS 101 Introduction to Conservation
- CONS 200 Foundations of Conservation
- CONS 210 Visualizing Climate Change
- CONS 302 Issues in Genomics and the Environment
- CONS 310 Ecology in a Changing Climate
- CONS 330 Conservation Science and Sustainability
- CONS 340 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems for Forestry and Conservation
- CONS 370 Aboriginal Forestry
- CONS 425 Sustainable Energy: Policy and Governance
- CONS 481 Conservation Planning and Wildland Recreation
- CONS 486 Fish Conservation and Management
Economics Courses
- ECON 370 Benefit-Cost Analysis and the Economics of Project Evaluation
- ECON 371 Economics of the Environment
- ECON 471 Economics of Nonrenewable Resources
- ECON 472 Economics of Renewable Resources
Environmental Design Courses
- ENDS 211 Introduction to Environmental Design
- ENDS 440 Environment and Urban Form
Environmental Science Courses
- ENVR 200 Introduction to Environmental Science
- ENVR 300 Introduction to Research in Environmental Science
- ENVR 400 Community Project in Environmental Science
Earth & Ocean Science Courses
- EOSC 310 The Earth and the Solar System
- EOSC 314 The Ocean Environment
- EOSC 315 The Ocean Ecosystem
- EOSC 326 Earth and Life Through Time
- EOSC 329 Groundwater Hydrology
- EOSC 330 Principles of Geomorphology
- EOSC 340 Global Climate Change
- EOSC 350 Environmental, Geotechnical, and Exploration Geophysics I
- EOSC 370 Introduction to Physical and Chemical Oceanography
- EOSC 371 Introduction to Biological and Geological Oceanography
- EOSC 428 Field Techniques in Groundwater Hydrology
- EOSC 429 Groundwater Contamination
- EOSC 470 Biological Oceanography
- EOSC 474 Marine Pollution
- EOSC 478 Introduction to Fisheries Science
Food and Resource Economics Courses
- FRE 374 Land Economics
- FRE 385 Quantitative Methods for Business and Resource Management
- FRE 420 Trade and Domestic Policy in Global Food Markets
- FRE 490 Current Issues in Food and Resource Economics
Forestry Courses
- FRST 100 Sustainable Forests
- FRST 201 Forest Ecology
- FRST 303 Principles of Forest Science
- FRST 305 Silviculture
- FRST 307 Biotic Disturbances
- FRST 320 Abiotic Disturbances: Fire and Climate
- FRST 421 Integrated Resource Management I
- FRST 439 International Forestry
- FRST 444 Agroforestry
- FRST 512 Belowground Forest Ecosystems
- FRST 588 Fluvial Ecohydrology
Geographical Sciences Courses
- GEOB 200 Atmospheric Environments
- GEOB 207 Introduction to Biogeography
- GEOB 270 Geographic Information Science
- GEOB 305 Introduction to Hydrology
- GEOB 307 Biogeography and Global Change
- GEOB 370 Advanced Geographic Information Science
- GEOB 373 Introductory Remote Sensing
Geography Courses
- GEOG 310 Environment and Sustainability
- GEOG 311 Urban Environments
- GEOG 312 Climate Change: Science and Society
- GEOG 316 Geography of Natural Hazards
- GEOG 318 Sustainability in a Changing Environment
- GEOG 319 Environmental Impact Assessment
- GEOG 357 Introduction to Social Geography
- GEOG 361 Introduction to Economic Geography
- GEOG 410 Environment and Society
- GEOG 412 Water Management: Theory, Policy, and Practice
- GEOG 419 Research in Environmental Geography
- GEOG 423 Development of Environmental Thought
- GEOG 497 The Arctic
Haida Gwaii Semesters Courses
- HGSE 352 First Nations Governance and Natural Resource Management
- HGSE 353 Rainforest Ecology and Management
- HGSE 355 Applied Ecology of Coastal Terrestrial Ecosystems
- HGSE 357 Ecology and Management of Island Wildlife
- HGSE 358 Systems Thinking for Resource Management
History Courses
- HIST 106 Global Environmental History
Law Courses
- LAW 323D International Environmental Law
- LAW 387 Canadian Environmental Law
- LAW 391D Topics in Environmental Law
- LAW 392 Natural Resources Law
Political Science Courses
- POLI 351 Environmental Politics and Policy
Sociology Courses
- SOCI 360 Sociology and Natural Resources
- SOCI 420 Sociology of the Environment
** Undergraduate students are sometimes able to take graduate-level courses with special permission. Please ask.