Tools to apply sustainable and responsible decision making through individual, organizational, and structural lenses. Topics include diversity and group think, the circular economy, and climate change adaptation. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of public policies and corporate strategies using statistical evaluation methods, cost benefit analysis, and other modelling tools, with a focus on the impacts of climate change on operations and vice versa. Industries including service provision, manufacturing, and infrastructure investment are assessed based on pricing, operating costs, emissions, and other environmental and societal impacts. Prerequisite: COMM_V 204.
Topics in diversity related to identity, group categorization, stereotyping, explicit and implicit bias, microaggressions, and discrimination. Mitigation of institutional inequality and discrimination through inclusive leadership and critical analysis of organizational practices and policies. Prerequisite: COMM_V 203.
Examines key themes and issues in the study of political interaction between states and non-state actors, including international security, armed conflict and conflict management, global governance and international institutions, the world economy, poverty and inequality, and climate change. Prerequisite: POLI_V 100. Or second-year standing or higher.
Geographical ecology emphasizing contemporary species distributions at local to global spatial scales, population and community dynamics, and human impacts. Labs emphasize collecting data (sometimes outdoors) and interpreting results. This course is recommended for students with credit in one of GEOB_V 102, GEOS_V 102. [3-2*-0] Credit will be granted for only one of GEOB_V 207 or GEOS_V 207. Equivalency: GEOB_V 207
Science, impacts, and parallel crises of the climate emergency; decarbonization challenge and measuring progress towards emission targets; strategies and tools for climate action at local, national, and global levels. Credit will only be granted for one of GEOG 202 or ENST 202. Recommended: Second-year standing. Equivalency: ENST 202
Physical principles underlying weather and climates. Thermal, moisture and wind climates from the scale of plants and animals to the globe. Daily weather systems and climate change. Credit will be granted for only one of GEOS_V (or GEOB_V) 200, GEOS_V (or GEOB_V) 204, or APBI_V 244. This course is recommended for students with credit in one of GEOS_V 102, GEOB_V 102, or second-year standing in science. [3-2*-0] Equivalency: APBI_V 244 and GEOB_V 200.
Formation of ice masses and their evolution including snowpacks, glaciers, and ice sheets. Relationships between ice and climate including records of climate change, glacier dynamics and ice-related hazards. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: One of PHYS_V 101, PHYS_V 106, PHYS_V 107, PHYS_V 117, PHYS_V 131, PHYS_V 157, SCIE_V 001, and one of GEOB_V 206, GEOS_V 206, GEOB_V 305, GEOS_V 305, GEOB_V 308, GEOS_V 308. Credit will be granted for only one of GEOB _V 408 or GEOS _V 408. Equivalency: GEOB_V 408.
Foundations of disturbance from Indigenous and western perspectives. Topics includes natural (fire, wind, flood, climate) and anthropogenic (logging, dams, mining, climate) disturbances in both intact and altered landscapes. Prerequisite: ILS 201.
Principles and methods for planning urban and rural recreation and related tourism resources including analyzing recreation resources, applying policies and standards, developing park/recreation area management plans, and understanding benefits to human and community wellbeing and biodiversity. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: Third-year standing.