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Fall 2021 (Sept-Dec 2021)
- ERS 100: Foundations: Environment, Resources and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Christine Barbeau - ERS 201: Environmental Policy, Politics and Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 202: Natural Resources Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Andrew Trant - ERS 215: Environmental Assessment 1 (PDF)
Instructor: Christine Barbeau - ERS 234: Forest Ecosystems (PDF)
Instructor: Shefaza Esmail - ERS 275: The Future of Canada's Oceans (PDF)
Instructor: Trevor Swerdfager - ERS 300: Social Ecological Systems (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 301: Sustainability: Thought, Practice and Prospects (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 315: Environmental and Sustainability Assessment 2 (PDF)
Instructor: Simon Courtenay - ERS 316: Urban Water and Waste Water Systems (PDF)
Instructor: Shefaza Esmail - ERS 318: Photography for Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Rob de Loe - ERS 328: Environmental Politics and Systems Change (PDF)
Instructor: Steve Quilley - ERS 335: Restoration Ecology - in-person (PDF) or ERS 335: Restoration Ecology - online (PDF)
Instructor: Steve Murphy - ERS 375: Parliament, cabinet and bureaucracy (PDF)
Instructor: Trevor Swerdfager - ERS 375: Stopping the 6th Extinction (PDF)
Instructor: Daniel Kraus and Scott Parker - ERS 400: Sustainability Approaches (PDF)
Instructor: Derek Armitage - ERS 403A/B: ERS Senior Honours Thesis (PDF)
Instructor: Faculty - ERS 454/654: Parks and Protected Areas (PDF)
Instructor: Doug Stewart - ERS 484/GEOG 404: Soil and the Environment (PDF)
Instructor: Emmanuel Badewa
Spring 2021 (May-Aug 2021)
- ERS 215: Environmental Assessment 1 (PDF)
Instructor: Shefaza Esmail - ERS 275: War and the Environment (PDF)
Instructor: Kira Cooper - ERS 283: Ontario Natural History: Species and Patterns (PDF)
Instructor: Brendon Larson
(Field courses like ERS 283 will have a lesser credit weight due to a reduced delivery without in-class field components of the course. The weight of this course will be .5 unit.) - ERS 340: Ecosystem Assessment (PDF)
Instructor: Shefaza Esmail
(Field courses like ERS 340 will have a lesser credit weight due to a reduced delivery without in-class field components of the course. The weight of this course will be 1 unit.) - ERS 361/GEOG 361: Food Systems and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Steffanie Scott - ERS 403A/B: Senior Honours Thesis
Instructor: Faculty
Winter 2021 (Jan-Apr 2021)
- ERS 101: Approaches: Environment, Resources and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: James Nugent - ERS 102: Sustainability: The Really Long View (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Quilley - ERS 215: Environmental Assessment 1 (PDF)
Instructor: Shefaza Esmail - ERS 225: Gendering Environmental Politics (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 253: Communities and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 270: Sustainable Agriculture (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 275: Environment and Popular Culture (PDF)
Instructor: Shefaza Esmail - ERS 275: Indigenous Sustainability Entrepreneurship (PDF)
Instructor: Kelsey Leonard - ERS 317: Waste Management (PDF)
Instructor: John Jackson - ERS 321: Coastal Systems (PDF)
Instructor: Derek Armitage - ERS 346: Wildlife Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Brad Fedy - ERS 365: Water Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Kelsey Leonard - ERS 372: First Nations and the Environment (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 383/BIOL 383: Tropical Ecosystems (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 401: Sustainability Science and its Critiques (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 402: Senior Research Seminar (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Quilley
(Pair this course with ERS 3XX/4XX .5 unit course to fulfill 4th year core requirement worth 1.0 unit) - ERS 403A/B: Senior Honours Thesis (PDF)
Instructor: Faculty
(By approval only; fulfills 4th year core requirement and is equivalent to ERS 402 + 3XX/4XX .5 unit course above) - ERS 404/PSCI 432: Global Environmental Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 415: Environmental Assessment 3 (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 431: Ecological Consequences of Climate Change (PDF)
Instructor: Andrew Trant - ERS 474/GEOG 456/694: Transforming Canadian Resource Management (PDF)
Instructor: Trevor Swerdfager
Fall 2020 (Sept-Dec 2020)
- ERS 100: Foundations: Environment, Resources and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 201: Environmental Policy, Politics and Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Jennifer Clapp - ERS 202: Natural Resources Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Andrew Trant - ERS 215: Environmental and Sustainability Assessment I (PDF)
Instructor: Shefaza Esmail - ERS 275: Future of Canada's Oceans (PDF)
Instructor: Trevor Swerdfager - ERS 300: Social Ecological Systems Analysis (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 301: Sustainability Thought, Practice and Prospects (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 315: Environmental Assessment II (PDF)
Instructor: Simon Courtenay - ERS 328: Environmental Politics and System Change (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Quilley - ERS 335: Restoration Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Shefaza Esmail - ERS/GEOG 361: Food Systems and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Steffanie Scott - ERS 375: Parliament, Cabinet and the Bureaucracy (PDF)
Instructor: Trevor Swerdfager - ERS 375: Stopping the 6th Extinction (PDF)
Instructor: Dan Kraus and Scott Parker - ERS 400: Sustainability Approaches (PDF)
Instructor: Derek Armitage - ERS 403A/B: Senior Honours Thesis (PDF)
Instructor: Faculty - ERS 454/654: Parks and Protected Areas (PDF)
Instructor: Douglas Stewart - ERS 475/615: Community Economic Development (PDF)
Instructor: Douglas Stewart - ERS 484/404: Soil Ecosystem Dynamics (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 684: Soil Ecosystem Dynamics (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann
Spring 2020 (May-Aug 2020)
- ERS 215: Introduction to Environmental Assessment (PDF)
Instructor: Richard Giles - ERS 275: War and the Environment (PDF)
Instructor: James Nugent - ERS 283: Ontario Natural History (PDF)
Instructor: Brendon Larson - ERS 340: Ecosystem Assessment (PDF)
Instructor: Shefaza Esmail
Winter 2020 (Jan-Apr 2020)
NOTE: The posted Winter 2020 outline may have been revised due to COVID-19 – for an updated outline contact ERS UG Chair.
- ERS 101: Approaches: Environment, Resources and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Christy Barbeau - ERS 102: Sustainability: The Really Long View (PDF)
Instructor: Barb Davey - ERS 215: Environmental Assessment I (ONLINE) (PDF)
Instructor: Christy Barbeau - ERS 225: Gendering Environmental Politics (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 253: Politics of Sustainable Communities (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 270: Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 317: Waste Management (PDF)
Instructor: John Jackson - ERS 337: Rewilding and Ecological Restoration (PDF)
Instructor: Steve Murphy - ERS 372: First Nations and the Environment (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 383/BIOL 383: Tropical Ecosystems (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 401: Sustainability Science and its Critiques (PDF)
Instructor: Steve Murphy - ERS 402: Senior Research Seminar (PDF)
(Pair this course with ERS 3XX/4XX .5 unit to fulfill 4th year core requirement worth 1.0 unit)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 403A/B: Senior Honours Thesis (by approval, fulfills 4th year core requirement) (PDF)
Instructor: Faculty - ERS 404/PSCI 432 : Global Environmental Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 415: Environmental Assessment III (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 431 Ecol Consequences of Climate Change (PDF)
Instructor: Andrew Trant
Fall 2019 (Sept-Dec 2019)
- ERS 100: Foundations: Environment, Resources and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 201: Environmental Policy, Politics and Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 202: Natural Resources Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Andrew Trant - ERS 215: (ONLINE ONLY): Environmental and Sustainability Assessment I (PDF)
Instructor: Christine Barbeau - ERS 234: Forest Ecosystems (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 300: Social Ecological Systems Analysis (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Murphy - ERS 301: Sustainability Thought, Practice and Prospects (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 315: Environmental Assessment II (PDF)
Instructor: Simon Courtenay - ERS 316: Urban Water Systems (PDF)
Instructor: Evan Andrews - ERS 318: Photography for Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Rob deLoe - ERS 335: Restoration Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Murphy - ERS 346: Wildlife Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Matt Dyson - ERS 400: Sustainability Approaches (PDF)
Instructor: Derek Armitage - ERS 403A/B: Senior Honours Thesis (PDF)
Instructors: Faculty - ERS 454/654: Parks and Protected Areas (PDF)
Instructor: Douglas Stewart - ERS 460/GEOG 460: Sustainable Food: A Regional Case Study (PDF)
Instructor: Steffanie Scott - ERS 462/GEOG 462/PSCI 488: Global Food and Agricultural Politics (PDF)
Instructor: Phoebe Stephens - ERS 484/Geog 404: Soil Ecosystem Dynamics (PDF)
ERS 684: Soil Ecosystem Dynamics (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann
Spring 2019 (May-Aug 2019)
- ERS 215: Introduction to Environmental Assessment (PDF)
Instructor: Christine Barbeau - ERS 275 001: War and the Environment (PDF)
Instructor: Morgan Tait - ERS 283: Ontario Natural History (PDF)
Instructor: Heather Cray
(Field Dates: June 14-22, at Cabot Head Research Stn, North Bruce Peninsula) - ERS 340: Ecosystem Assessment (PDF)
Instructor: Christine Barbeau
(Field Dates: May 6-22) - ERS 341: Professional Conservation and Restoration Practice I (PDF)
Instructor: Heather Cray
(Field Dates: July 2-19) - ERS 342: Professional Conservation and Restoration Practice II (PDF)
Instructor: Brian Craig
(Field Dates: May 24-June 2, Delta Waterfowl Research Centre) - ERS 382: Ecological Monitoring (PDF)
Instructor: Christine Barbeau
(Field Dates: August 19-28)
Winter 2019 (Jan-Apr 2019)
- ERS 101: Approaches: Environment, Resources and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Sarah Wolfe - ERS 102: Sustainability: The Really Long View (PDF)
Instructor: Steve Quilley - ERS 215: Environmental Assessment I (ONLINE) (PDF)
Instructor: Christy Barbeau - ERS 225: Gendering Environmental Politics (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 270: Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 294: The Sacred Earth: Religion and Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Mary Beth White - ERS 317: Waste Management (PDF)
Instructor: John Jackson - ERS 337: Rewilding and Ecological Restoration (PDF)
Instructor: Steve Murphy - ERS 365: Water Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Rob deLoe - ERS 372: First Nations and the Environment (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 383/BIOL 383: Tropical Ecosystems (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 400: Sustainability Approaches (PDF)
Instructor: Derek Armitage - ERS 403A/B: Senior Honours Thesis (PDF)
Instructor: Faculty - ERS 404/PSCI 432 : Global Environmental Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 413: Senior Research Seminar (PDF)
Instructor: Steve Quilley - ERS 415: Environmental Assessment III (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 422: Biosphere Reserves (PDF)
Instructor: Becky Pollock
Fall 2018 (Sept-Dec 2018)
- ERS 100: Foundations: Environment, Resources and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Murphy - ERS 201: Environmental Policy, Politics and Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Jennifer Clapp - ERS 202: Natural Resources Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Andrew Trant - ERS 215: Environmental and Sustainability Assessment I (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 234: Forest Ecosystems (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 300: Social Ecological Systems Analysis (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 301: Sustainability Thought, Practice and Prospects
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 315: Environmental Assessment II (PDF)
Instructor: Christine Barbeau - ERS 318: Photography for Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Rob deLoe - ERS 328: Environmental Politics and System Change (PDF)
Instructor: Steve Quilley - ERS 335: Restoration Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Murphy - ERS 346: Wildlife Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Brad Fedy - ERS 403A/B: Senior Honours Thesis (PDF)
Instructors: Faculty - ERS 454: Parks and Protected Areas (PDF)
Instructor: Douglas Stewart - ERS 473/GEOG 474: Sustainable Food - A Regional Case Study (PDF)
Instructor: Steffanie Scott - ERS 484/Geog 404: Soil Ecosystem Dynamics (PDF)
ERS 684: Soil Ecosystem Dynamics (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann
Spring 2018 (May-Aug 2018)
- ERS 215: Introduction to Environmental Assessment (PDF)
Instructor: Shefaza Esmail - ERS 275 001: War and the Environment (PDF)
Instructor: James Nugent - ERS 283: Ontario Natural History (PDF)
Instructor: Brendon Larson
(Field Dates: June 15-23, 2018, at Cabot Head Research Stn, North Bruce Peninsula) - ERS 340: Ecosystem Assessment (PDF)
Instructor: Christine Barbeau
(Field Dates: May 7-27, 2018) - ERS 341: Professional Conservation and Restoration Practice I (PDF)
Instructor: Christine Barbeau
(Field Dates: July 3-20, 2018 at RARE, Cambridge, ON) - ERS 342: Professional Conservation and Restoration Practice II (PDF)
Instructor: Brian Craig
(Field Dates: May 28-June 6, 2018) - ERS 382: Ecological Monitoring (PDF)
Instructor: Christine Barbeau
(Field Dates: August 20-29, 2018)
Winter 2018 (Jan-Apr 2018)
- ERS 101: Approaches: Environment, Resources and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Sarah Wolfe - ERS 102: Sustainability: The Really Long View (PDF)
Instructor: Steve Quilley - ERS 215: Environmental Assessment I (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 225: Gendering Environmental Politics (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 253: Communities and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 270: Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 317: Waste Management (PDF)
Instructor: John Jackson - ERS 337: Rewilding and Ecological Restoration (PDF)
Instructor: Steve Murphy - ERS 365: Water Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Rob deLoe - ERS 372: First Nations and the Environment (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 383/BIOL 383: Tropical Ecosystems (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 400: Sustainability Approaches (PDF)
Instructor: Derek Armitage - ERS 403A/B: Senior Honours Thesis (PDF)
Instructor: Faculty - ERS 404/PSCI 432 : Global Environmental Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 413: Senior Research Seminar (PDF)
Instructor: Steve Quilley - ERS 415: Environmental Assessment III (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 431: Ecological Consequences of Climate Change (PDF)
Instructor: Andrew Trant
Fall 2017 (Sept-Dec 2017)
- ERS 100: Foundations: Environment, Resources and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 201/210: Environmental Policy, Politics and Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Christine Barbeau - ERS 202: Natural Resources Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Andrew Trant - ERS 234: Forest Ecosystems (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 265: Water: Environmental History and Change (PDF)
Instructor: Sarah Wolfe - ERS 300: Social Ecological Systems Analysis (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 301: Sustainability Thought, Practice and Prospects (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 315: Environmental Assessment II (PDF)
Instructor: Simon Courtenay - ERS 316: Urban Water Systems (PDF)
Instructor: Sarah Wolfe - ERS 321: Coastal Social-Ecological Systems (PDF)
Instructor: Derek Armitage - ERS 328: Environmental Politics and System Change (PDF)
Instructor: Steve Quilley - ERS 335: Restoration Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Murphy - ERS 346: Wildlife Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Brad Fedy - ERS 375: Photography for Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Rob deLoe - ERS 403A/B: Senior Honours Thesis (PDF)
Instructors: Faculty - ERS 454: Parks and Protected Areas (PDF)
Instructor: Douglas Stewart - ERS 484/Geog 404: Soil Ecosystem Dynamics (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann
Spring 2017 (May-Aug 2017)
- ERS 215: Introduction to Environmental Assessment (PDF)
Instructor: Christine Barbeau - ERS 283: Ontario Natural History (PDF)
(Field Portion held June 16-24)
Instructor: Brendon Larson - ERS 340: Ecosystem Assessment (PDF)
(Field Portion is held in Huntsville: May 1-19)
Instructor: TBD - ERS 342: Professional Restoration Practice (PDF)
(Field Portion held: May 29-June 7)
Instructor: Brian Craig - ERS 382: Environmental Monitoring (PDF)
(Field Portion held near Halton, ON, Aug 21-30)
Instructor: Brian Craig - ERS 475/675: Amateur Radio: Technics/Ecology/Culture (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Quilley
Winter 2017 (Jan-Apr 2017)
- ERS 111: Environmental Analysis II (PDF)
Instructor: Sarah Wolfe - ERS 215: Introduction to Environmental Assessment (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 253: The Politics of Sustainable Communities (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 265: Water: Environmental History and Change (PDF)
Instructor: Sarah Wolfe - ERS 275: Gendering Environmental Politics (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 294/RS 285: Sacred Earth: Religion and Ecology
Instructor: Jamie Read - ERS 317: Waste Management (PDF)
Instructor: John Jackson - ERS 365: Water Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Rob de Loe - ERS 375 001: Rewilding (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Murphy - ERS 383/BIOL 383: Tropical Ecosystems (DRAFT) (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 404 Global Environmental Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 410: Environmental Analysis VI (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Quilley - ERS 413: Senior Honours Seminar (DRAFT) (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Quilley - ERS 415: Environmental Assessment III (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 422: Biosphere Reserves as Social-Ecological Systems (PDF)
(Reading Week/Parry Sound)
Instructor: Becky Pollock - ERS 462: Global Food and Agricultural Politics (PDF)
Instructor: Helena Shilomboleni - ERS 475 001: Introduction to Indigenous Knowledge (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 475 002: Climate Change (PDF)
Instructor: Andrew Trant
Fall 2016 (Sept-Dec 2016)
- ERS 110: Environmental Analysis and Solutions I: Foundations (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 210: Environmental Analysis and Solutions III: Greening Communities (PDF)
Instructor: Perin Ruttonsha - ERS 211: Environmental Analysis and Solutions IV: Restoration Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Murphy - ERS 234: Forest Ecosystems (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 275: Natural Resources Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Andrew Trant - ERS 310: Environmental Analysis and Solutions V: Environmental Thought (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 311: Environmental Research Project I: Systems Thinking for Interdisciplinary Research (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 315: Environmental and Sustainability Assessment II (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 316: Urban Water and Wastewater Systems: Integrated Planning and Management (PDF)
Instructor: Jespal Panesar - ERS 346: Wildlife Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Brad Fedy - ERS 370: Corporate Sustainability: Issues and Prospects (PDF)
Instructor: Caitlin Scott - ERS 375 001: Photography for Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Rob de Loe - ERS 375 002: Coastal Social-Ecological Systems (PDF)
Instructor: Derek Armitage - ERS 411A/B and ERS 412A/B: Environmental Research Project II (PDF)
Advisors: Brad Fedy, Dan McCarthy, Stephen Murphy, Sarah Wolfe - ERS 454/654: Parks and Protected Areas: Issues and Trends (PDF)
Instructor: Doug Stewart - ERS 461: Food Systems and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Steffanie Scott - ERS 484/GEOG 404: Soil Ecosystem Dynamics (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann
Spring 2016 (May-Aug 2016)
- ERS 283: Ontario Natural History (PDF)
(Field Portion held June 10-18)
Instructor: Brendon Larson - ERS 340: Ecosystem Assessment (PDF)
(Field Portion is held in Huntsville: May 2-27)
Instructor: Colin Yates - ERS 341: Restoration Practice (PDF)
(Field Portion held in Huntsville: June 6-July 1)
Instructor: Colin Yates - ERS 382: Environmental Monitoring (PDF)
(Field Portion held near Halton, ON, Aug 22-31)
Instructor: Brian Craig - ERS 473: International Food Policy in Rome (DRAFT) (PDF)
(Field Portion held in Rome, Italy, July 2016)
Instructor: Jennifer Clapp
Winter 2016 (Jan-Apr 2016)
- ERS 111: Environmental Analysis II (PDF)
Instructor: Sarah Wolfe - ERS 215: Introduction to Environmental Assessment (PDF)
Instructor: Denis Kirchhoff/Dan McCarthy - ERS 253: The Politics of Sustainable Communities (PDF)
Instructor: Kathryn Jastremski - ERS 265: Environmental History and Change (PDF)
Instructor: Sarah Wolfe - ERS 275: Gendering Environmental Politics (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 317: Waste Management (PDF)
Instructor: John Jackson - ERS 365: Water Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Rob de Loe - ERS 375: Energy Governance and Policy (PDF)
Instructor: Ian Rowlands - ERS 383/BIOL 383: Tropical Ecosystems (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 404/PSCI 432 Global Environmental Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Andrea Collins - ERS 406: Paths to Sustainability (Draft Syllabus) (PDF)
Instructor: Brendon Larson - ERS 410: Environmental Analysis VI (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Quilley - ERS 413: Senior Honours Seminar (Draft Syllabus) (PDF)
Instructor: Brendon Larson - ERS 415: Environmental Assessment III (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS/GEOG 461: Food Systems and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Steffanie Scott - ERS 475/675: Introduction to Indigenous Knowledge (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 475/675/GEOG 474/675/Integ 475: Evidence-Based Decision-Making (PDF)
Instructor: Vanessa Schweizer
Fall 2015 (Sept-Dec 2015)
- ERS 110: Environmental Analysis and Solutions I: Foundations (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Murphy with Andrea Collins - ERS 210: Environmental Analysis and Solutions III: Greening Communities (PDF)
Instructor: Natalya Melnychuk - ERS 211: Environmental Analysis and Solutions IV: Restoration Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Murphy - ERS 275: Environmental Governance and Policy (PDF)
Instructor: Ian Rowlands - ERS 310: Environmental Analysis and Solutions V: Environmental Thought (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 311: Environmental Research Project I: Systems Thinking for Interdisciplinary Research (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 315: Environmental and Sustainability Assessment II (PDF)
Instructor: Denis Kirchhoff - ERS 316: Urban Water and Wastewater Systems (PDF)
Instructor: Sarah Wolfe - ERS 370: Corporate Sustainability: Issues and Prospects (PDF)
Instructor: Ian Rowlands - ERS 411A/B and ERS 412A/B: Environmental Research Project II (PDF)
Advisors: Derek Armitage, Simon Courtenay, Steve Murphy, Sara Wolfe - ERS 454: Parks and Protected Areas: Issues and Trends (PDF)
Instructor: Doug Stewart - ERS 464: Economics and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Jennifer Clapp - ERS 475: Wildlife Management (PDF)
Instructor: Brad Fedy
Spring 2015 (May-Aug 2015)
- ERS 283: Ontario Natural History (PDF)
(Field Portion held June 19-27)
Instructor: Brendon Larson - ERS 340: Ecosystem Assessment (PDF)
(Field Portion is held in Huntsville: 001: May 4-29; 002: June 1-26)
Instructor: Colin Yates - ERS 341: Restoration Practice (PDF)
(Field Portion held in Huntsville, July 6-31)
Instructor: Colin Yates - ERS 375: Restoration Practice, Long Point Biosphere Reserve (PDF)
(Field Portion held in Norfolk County, May 22-31)
Instructor: Brian Craig - ERS 382: Environmental Monitoring (PDF)
(Field Portion held near Wiarton, ON, Aug 19-28)
Instructor: Brian Craig - ERS 475: Environment, Health and (In)Equality (PDF)
Block course held on campus May 4-15)
Instructor: Sara Edge/Mark Groulx - ERS 475: Metal and Civilization (PDF)
(Field Portion held in Floradale, ON July 16-20)
Instructor: Stephen Quilley
Winter 2015 (Jan-Apr 2015)
- ERS 111: Environmental Analysis II (PDF)
Instructor: Tanya Markvart - ERS 215: Introduction to Environmental Assessment (PDF)
Instructor: Denis Kirchhoff - ERS 253: The Politics of Sustainable Communities (PDF)
Instructor: Mary Louise McAllister - ERS 317: Waste Management (PDF)
Instructor: John Jackson - ERS 365: Water Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Rob de Loe - ERS 375: Wildlife Ecology (PDF)
Instructor: Brad Fedy - ERS 375: 003/004: Coastal Marine Change in Jamaica (PDF)
(Reading Week/Jamaica)
Instructor: Derek Armitage - ERS 383/BIOL 383: Tropical Ecosystems (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 404/PSCI 432 Global Environmental Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Ian Rowlands - ERS 410: Environmental Analysis VI (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Quilley - ERS 413: Senior Honours Seminar (PDF)
Instructor: Brendon Larson - ERS 415: Environmental Assessment III (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 422: Biosphere Reserves as Social-Ecological Systems (PDF)
(Reading Week/Parry Sound)
Instructor: Becky Pollock - ERS 461/GEOG 461: Food Systems and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Ellen Desjardins - ERS 475: Introduction to Indigenous Knowledge (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 475: Biochemistry in Water (PDF)
(Reading Week/Huntsville)
Instructor: Sam Mula
Fall 2014 (Sept-Dec 2014)
- ERS 110: Environmental Analysis I (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Murphy - ERS 210: Environmental Analysis III (PDF)
Instructor: Mary Louise McAllister - ERS 211: Environmental Analysis IV (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Murphy - ERS 234: Forest Ecosystems (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 310: Environmental Analysis V (PDF)
Instructor: Robert Gibson - ERS 311: Introduction to Systems Thinking (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 315: Environmental and Sustainability Assessment II (PDF)
Instructor: Denis Kirchhoff - ERS 316: Integrated Water Systems (PDF)
Instructor: Sarah Wolfe - ERS 370: Corporate Sustainability: Issues and Prospects (PDF)
Instructor: Ian Rowlands - ERS 375: The World of Birds (PDF)
Instructor: Cristobal Pizzaro - ERS 375: Green Criminology (PDF)
Instructor: Wesley Tourangeau - ERS 411/412 Environmental Research Project (PDF)
Advisors: Derek Armitage, Simon Courtney, Bradley Fedy, Mary Louise McAllister, Stephen Murphy, Ian Rowlands - ERS 454/654: Parks and Protected Areas (PDF)
Instructor: Doug Stewart - ERS 462: Global Food and Agricultural Politics (PDF)
Instructor: Jennifer Clapp - ERS 475: The Path to Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Brendon Larson - ERS 484/GEOG 404: Soil in the Environment (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann
Spring 2014 (May-Aug 2014)
- ERS 340: Ecosystem Assessment (PDF)
(Field Portion is held 001: May 5-30; 002: June 2-27 in Huntsville)
Instructor: Colin Yates - ERS 341: Restoration Practice (PDF)
(Field Portion held July 7-Aug 1 in Huntsville)
Instructor: Sherrene Kevan - ERS 360: Nature: Art, Myth and Folklore (PDF)
Block Course held on campus: June 16-27
Instructor: Paul Kay - ERS 375: Restoration Practice, Long Point Biosphere Reserve (PDF)
(Field Portion held May 20-29 in Norfolk County)
Instructor: Brian Craig - ERS 382: Environmental Monitoring (PDF)
Block Course. (Field Portion held Aug 20-29, Bruce Peninsula)
Instructor: Brian Craig - ERS 475/675: Landcraft and Primitive Skills (PDF)
Block Course. Field Portion held May 21-30, Marble Lake)
Instructor: Steve Quilley/Dan McCarthy - ERS 475/ERS 650: Sustainable Communities in the 21st Century (PDF)
Block Course held on campus: June 2-13
Winter 2014 (Jan-Apr 2014)
- ERS 111: Environmental Analysis II (PDF)
Instructor: Sarah Wolfe - ERS 215: Introduction to Environmental Assessment (PDF)
Instructor: Denis Kirchhoff - ERS 253: Politics of Sustainable Communities (PDF)
Instructor: Sara Edge - ERS 265: Water: Environmental History and Change (PDF)
Instructor: Sarah Wolfe - ERS 270: Sustainable Agriculture (PDF)
Instuctors: Don Rayome and Meaghan Wilton - ERS 317: Waste Management (PDF)
Instructor: John Jackson - ERS 360: Nature: Art, Myth and Folklore (PDF)
(Reading Week/Huntsville)
Instructor: Amanda Hooykaas - ERS 365: Water Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Rob de Loe - ERS 375: Energy Decision-Making (PDF)
Instructor: Ian Rowlands - ERS 375: Wildlife Ecology and Management (PDF)
Instructor: Brad Fedy - ERS 375: 003/004: Coastal Marine Change in Jamaica (PDF)
(Reading Week/Jamaica)
Instructor: Derek Armitage - ERS 383/BIOL 383: Tropical Ecosystems (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 404/PSCI 432 Global Environmental Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Ian Rowlands - ERS 410: Environmental Analysis VI (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Quilley - ERS 413: Senior Honours Seminar (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Murphy - ERS 415: Environmental Assessment III (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS 461/GEOG 461: Food Systems and Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Steffanie Scott
Fall 2013 (Sept-Dec 2013)
- ERS 110: Environmental Analysis I (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Murphy - ERS 210: Environmental Analysis III (PDF)
Instructor: Paivi Abernethy - ERS 211: Environmental Analysis IV (PDF)
Instructor: Stephen Murphy - ERS 234: Forest Ecosystems (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 310: Environmental Analysis V (PDF)
Instructor: Robert Gibson - ERS 311: Introduction to Systems Thinking (PDF)
Instructor: Dan McCarthy - ERS_315: Environmental and Sustainability Assessment II (PDF)
Instructor: Denis Kirchhoff - ERS 316: Integrated Water Systems (PDF)
Instructor: Sarah Wolfe - ERS 370: Corporate Sustainability: Issues and Prospects (PDF)
Instructor: Ian Rowlands - ERS 411/412 Environmental Research Project (PDF)
Advisors: Derek Armitage, Bradley Fedy, Mary Louise McAllister, Stephen Murphy, Ian Rowlands, Sarah Wolfe - ERS 475: Environmental Education and Action (PDF)
Instructor: Mary Louise McAllister - ERS 475: The Path to Sustainability (PDF)
Instructor: Brendon Larson - ERS 484/GEOG 404: Soil in the Environment (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann
Spring 2013 (May-Aug 2013)
- ERS 283: Ontario Natural History (PDF)
Instructor: Brendon Larson - ERS 340: Ecosystem Assessment (PDF)
Instructor: Colin Yates - ERS 341: Restoration Practice (PDF)
Instructor: Amanda Hooykaas - ERS 382: Environmental Monitoring (PDF)
Instructor: Brian Craig
Winter 2013 (Jan-Apr 2013)
- ERS 111: Environmental Analysis II: Experiential Approaches (PDF)
Instructor: Sarah Wolfe - ERS 215: Environmental Assessment I (PDF)
Instructor: Denis Kirchhoff - ERS 253: Politics of Sustainable Communities (PDF)
Instructor: Mary Louise McAllister - ERS 265: Water: Environmental History and Change (PDF)
Instructor: Sarah Wolfe - ERS 317: Waste Management (PDF)
Instructor: John Jackson - ERS 365: Water Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Marie Clare Brisbois - ERS 372: First Nations and the Environment (PDF)
Instructor: Len Tsuji - ERS 375 (001): Environmental Decision-Making (PDF)
Instructor: Ian Rowlands - ERS 383/BIOL 383: Tropical Ecosystems (PDF)
Instructor: Maren Oelbermann - ERS 404/PSCI 432: Global Environmental Governance (PDF)
Instructor: Ian Rowlands - ERS 410: Environmental Analysis VI (PDF)
Instructor: Steve Quilley - ERS 411A/B-412A/B: Environmental Research Project II-III (PDF)
Coordinator: Mary Louise McAllister - ERS 415: Environmental Assessment III (PDF)
Instructor: Bob Gibson - ERS 462: Global Food and Agricultural Politics (PDF)
Instructor: Kim Burnett - ERS 475 (001): Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve (PDF)
Instructor: Becky Pollock - ERS 475 (002): Parks/Protected Areas (PDF)
Instructor: Douglas Stewart
Course outlines for earlier terms can be requested by contacting the SERS Undergraduate Advisor. Course outlines can change between terms, so please request the outline for the specific term (or terms) you require.