Environmental Studies (Collaborative Program)
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Arts and Science
Degree Programs Offered
Adult Education and Community Development – MA, MEd, EdD, PhD (pending)
Anthropology – MA, PhD
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry – MASc, MEng, PhD
Chemistry – MSc, PhD
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology – MSc, PhD
Economics – MA
Forestry – MScF, MFC, PhD
Geography – MA, MSc, PhD
Geology – MA, PhD
Information Studies – MISt, PhD
Management – MBA, PhD
Philosophy – MA, PhD
Planning – MscPl
Political Science – MA, PhD
Religion – MA, PhD
Sociology – MA, PhD
Sociology and Equity Studies in Education – MA, MEd, EdD, PhD
Women and Gender Studies – MA
Overview
The graduate programs listed above participate in the Environmental Studies (ES) Collaborative Program which is offered through the Centre for Environment (CFE) at the University of Toronto. Graduate students admitted to a participating “home” department can apply to the Collaborative Program and pursue course work and research in environmental areas. The Centre currently has graduate students from across the disciplinary spectrum, including anthropology, social work, religious studies, law, management, geography, chemistry, biology, and geology.
The Centre offers a unique and comprehensive program of graduate study. By utilizing the University’s extensive library holdings and faculty resources, it offers one of North America’s most engaging and cross-disciplinary programs in the environment. One of the compelling strengths of the Centre’s program is the interdisciplinary environment in which teaching and research is conducted. For example, in its core courses, professors from the humanities team teach with faculty from the social sciences, engineering, biology, and chemistry. Students are both able to specialize in an area of environmental research and gain exposure to a wide range of intellectual and methodological disciplines focused on environmental issues.
Graduate students from home departments other than those listed on the Web site can also apply for a collaborative degree once they have received notice of acceptance from the University of Toronto. Interested students should discuss this possibility with Pavel Pripa, the Graduate Student Advisor (416-978-3475 or pavel.pripa@utoronto.ca).
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Contact and Address
Web: www.environment.utoronto.ca/Graduate/Programs/EnvironmentalStudiesCollaborativeProgram.aspx
E-mail: centre.environment@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-3475
Fax: (416) 978-3884
Centre for Environment
Earth Sciences Centre
Room 1016V, 33 Willcocks Street
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E8
Canada
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Degree Programs
Master’s and PhD Degrees
Minimum Admission Requirements
- Students who wish to enrol in the Environmental Studies (ES) Collaborative Program offered by the Centre for Environment must first apply to and be accepted into a master’s or doctoral program in a degree granting unit, also called a “home department.” Information about applying to a home department can be found at the School of Graduate Studies Web site: www.sgs.utoronto.ca.
- Prospective students are strongly encouraged to submit copies of the documents indicated on the Centre’s Web site by the application deadline established by the home department. Please contact the home department to which you intend to apply in order to confirm its application deadline. The Centre for Environment also allows potential students to enrol in its ES Collaborative Program beyond the deadline set by their home department.
- Once a student has officially registered in one of the collaborating home departments, he or she may enrol in the ES collaborative program, provided the student is able to complete the program requirements within the time limits set for the completion of his or her degree program. Many students enrol in the ES collaborative program at the CFE Orientation Day, usually held in September during the first week of each academic year.
Program Requirements
- Environmental Studies Collaborative Program students must complete requirements in addition to the degree requirements of their home departments. Typically, students complete up to 1.0 full-course equivalent (FCE) and conduct research on an environmental topic. The Centre also offers students the opportunity to complete an internship in fulfillment of the collaborative program. Specific degree requirements are listed on the Centre’s Web site under the Environmental Studies Collaborative Program.
- Students who successfully complete the ES program receive a special notation on their transcript.
Courses
The Centre for Environment offers individual credit courses that are open to graduate students from all parts of the University, subject to enrolment limits. With the exception of the core course, not all courses are offered every year. Graduate students enrolled in the Environmental Studies Collaborative Program are also allowed to take elective courses listed under the Environment and Health Collaborative Program toward completing their Environmental Studies Collaborative Program requirements (these are listed under Environmental Health Collaborative Program in this Calendar).
Core Course
ENV 1001H Environmental Decision Making
CFE Elective Courses
ENV 1002H Environmental Policy
ENV 1004H Urban Sustainability
ENV 1005H Business and Environmental Politics
ENV 1008H Worldviews and Ecology
ENV 1444H Capitalist Nature
ENV 1701H Environmental Law
ENV 1707H Environmental Finance and Sustainable Investing
ENV 1410H Analytical Environmental Chemistry
ENV 2000H,Y Topics in Environmental Studies
ENV 2002H Special Topics—Environmental Studies
ENV 4444Y+ Internship
ENV 5555Y+ Research Paper
Other Elective Courses
Adult Education and Counselling Psychology
AEC 1104H Community Education and Organizing
AEC 1131H Special Topics in Adult Education (Master’s): Environmental Adult Education
AEC 1160H Introduction to Transformative Learning Studies
AEC 1178H Practitioner/Ecological Identity and Reflexive Inquiry
AEC 3176H Sense of Place in Professional and Natural Contexts
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
JNC 2503H Environmental Pathways
Forestry and Social Work
JFS 1460H Community Based Natural Resource Management
Geography
JGE 1413H Environmental Impact Assessment
JGE 1420H Urban Waste Management
JGE 1609H Cities, Industry and Environment
GGR 1214H Global Ecology and Biogeochemical Cycles
Geography and Planning
JPG 1404H Issues in Global Warming
JPG 1406H Energy Supply and Use
JPG 1414H Cities as Ecosystems
JPG 1419H Aboriginal/Canadian Relations in Environment and Resource Management
History
HIS 1111H Topics in North American Environmental History
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
JEI 1901H Technology, Society, and the Environment I
JEI 1902H Technology, Society, and the Environment II
Political Science
JPV 1201H Politics, Bureaucracy, and the Environment
Philosophy
JVP 2147H Environmental Philosophy
Sociology and Equity Studies in Education
SES 1909H Eco-Sociology
+ Extended course. For academic reasons, course work is extended into session following academic session in which course is offered
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Program Committee
Ingrid Stefanovic, BA, MA, PhD - Environment (Director)
Hilary Cunningham, BA, MA, PhD - Anthropology, Environment
Marilyn Laiken, BA, MA, PhD - Adult Education & Counselling Psychology
Janice Boddy, BA, MA, PhD - Anthropology
Douglas Reeve, BSc, MASc, PhD, PEng - Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
Scott Mabury, BSc, PhD - Chemistry
James Thomson, AB, MS, PhD - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Arthur Hosios, BEng, MA, MEng, PhD - Economics
C. Tattersall Smith, BA, MS, PhD - Forestry
Amrita Daniere, AB, MPP, PhD, MCIP - Geography
Alexander Cruden, BSc, PhD - Geology
Jens-Erik Mai, BA, MLIS, PhD - Information Studies
Roger Martin, AB, MBA - Management
Richard DiFrancesco, BA, MA, PhD - Planning
David Cameron, MSc, BA, PhD - Political Science
John Kloppenborg, BA, MA, PhD - Religion
Blair Wheaton, BA, MA, PhD - Sociology
Sandra Acker, BA, MA, PhD - Sociology and Equity Studies in Education
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