Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Faculty of Science

RES 500 (3-12) d Resource and Environmental Workshop

Faculty and students from different disciplines act as an interdisciplinary team studying specific resource problems with ecological, economic, demographic and social dimensions. Techniques and methods are emphasized to show their value in integrating knowledge, defining policy and facilitating communication. Several sections with different emphasis offered each year. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor is required.

RES 501 (3) Development of Environmental Thought

History and philosophy of Western environmental thought; changes in concepts of human nature and external nature over time; critiques of modern industrial society. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

RES 502 (3) Master's Seminar on Resources and Environment

Environment and resource management goals and issues. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

RES 504 (3) Survey Design in Interdisciplinary Environmental Social Science

Survey design focusing on stated and revealed environmental preferences, choices, behaviour and values. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

RES 505 (3) Qualitative Methods in Interdisciplinary Contexts

Research design, data quality, analysis, representation, ethics review, structured and unstructured interviews, field observations, survey design. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

RES 506 (3) Human Dimensions of Conservation

History of wilderness and protected areas; ecological dynamics underpinning biodiversity; evaluating the success of protected areas and ecological dynamics. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

RES 507 (3) Human Technological Systems

Critical analysis of harms and benefits, and anticipation of global technological innovations, as they interact with social behaviour. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

RES 508 (3) Ecosystem Services

Fostering sustainable management of ecosystem-based activities, for the competing and complementary ends of sustaining and enhancing human well-being and protecting biodiversity. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

RES 509 (3) Advanced Conservation Science

This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

Equivalency: ZOOL 509.

RES 510 (3) Social Ecological Systems

Dynamics of environmental issues across temporal and spatial scales using disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to integrating sociological, cultural, and ecological perspectives. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

RES 520 (3) Climate Change: Science, Technology and Sustainable Development

Interdisciplinary science of climate change and its impacts; options for mitigation and adaptation. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

RES 530 (3) Knowledge, Policy and Values in Risk and Resource Management

The course focuses on the role of values, science and validity of alternate knowledge systems. Included in the dialogue are the democratization of science, uncertainty, adaptive scientific practices and the values that govern management programs. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

RES 542 (3) Integrated Assessment

Basic skills for quantitative analysis including probability, validity of quantitative statements and experimental design to test hypothesis validity. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

RES 550 (3) Environmental Policy Analysis

Determination of risks and values in environmental policy decisions. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

Equivalency: PLAN 599.

RES 599 (12) Master's Thesis

This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

RES 602 (3) Doctoral Seminar on Resources and Environment

Environment and resource management goals and issues. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

RES 699 (0) Doctoral Dissertation

This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.