Please note that this program has been updated as of the Fall 2026 semester.
Students who entered the program prior to Fall 2026 and are planning to complete the previous version of the program (including the Numeracy/Basic Science requirements) should refer to the applicable listing found in the eCalendar/Course Catalogue for that year.
What is development and how can it be made to be sustainable?听
The Environment and Development concentration is an introduction to theories, concepts and approaches associated with the complexities between environment and development.听 The problems and solutions to the development/environmental crisis, which include: the natural world; theories behind economic development and growth, and of the cultural constructs of nature and environment; knowledge of global economic and environmental organizations; and sustainability and the climate crisis.听
Program Requirements
NOTE: Students may take up to a maximum of 30 credits at the 200 level and must take no fewer than a minimum of 12 credits at the 400 level or above. This includes Required and Complementary courses.
Required Courses (30 credits)
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Complementary Courses (24 credits)
Senior Research Project
3 credits from:
(6 cr) (M) (in Barbados)*
(3 cr)
(6 cr) (in Panama)*
(6 cr) (in Barbados)*
(3 cr) (in Africa)
* Only 3 credits will be applied to the program; extra credits will count as electives.
Statistics
3 credits from:
(M)
or equivalent
Economics
3 credits from:
(M)
Advanced Development Courses
6 credits from:
(M)
(M)
(in Africa)
Natural Sciences
3 credits from:
(M) (in Barbados)
(M) (offered alternate years; in Panama)
(in Barbados)
(in Barbados)
(in Africa)
(in Panama)
(M)
(M)
(M)
(M) (in Africa)
(M)
(M)
(M)
(M)
*Note: You may take BIOL 308 or ENVB 305; you may take BIOL 465 or WILD 421; you may take ENVB 210 or GEOG 305; you may take BREE 217 or GEOG 322.
Social Sciences
6 credits from:
(M) (in Barbados)
(M) (in Barbados)
(M)
(in Africa)
听
(offered alternate years, May term)
(offered alternate years, May term)
(in Barbados)
(in Africa)
(offered alternate years, in Panama)
(offered alternate years, in Panama)