Environment and Urban Sustainability
Curriculum Outline
Program Overview
You will take a core of courses in which you will learn and use the skills required for academic and future success in the workplace: field methods, research design, academic writing, critical thinking and demographic analysis. You will hone these skills in years two, three and four as you interpret environments, examine ecological processes, explore urban policy, critique sustainable initiatives, and use the principles underlying physical and natural environments. You can select courses in geography, history, philosophy, politics and public administration, sociology, law and business, architectural science, economics, and chemistry and biology, as well as courses from the Schools of Urban and Regional Planning, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Interior Design, and Occupational and Public Health. This flexibility allows you to direct your studies to realize your own aspirations.
The university’s location in downtown Toronto provides an excellent setting for the investigation of the issues and challenges associated with sustainability in an urban setting. This program’s emphasis on urban sustainability relies on ready access to natural and developed urban environments, socially and culturally diverse communities, public spaces, government offices, social institutions, non-government organizations and media.
