BSc Environmental and Conservation Sciences - Human Dimensions Major Approved Program Electives (APE)
Guidelines
Approved Program Electives (APE) must be selected according to the following directions:
- The total 100 and 200 level APEs cannot be greater than 2 courses (*6).
- Any courses on this list that have already been taken/granted credit for as required program courses cannot be used as an APE.
- Students must have any prerequisites listed in the calendar before taking a course; credit may be denied for courses without the appropriate prerequisites.
- APE lists are updated annually and students must use the most updated version of the listwhen selecting APE courses.
- Students admitted in or after the 2014-2015 academic year must take one APE from each category. The remaining APEs must be selected from the first two categories.
- Students admitted prior to 2014-2015 must refer to their checksheets for APE information and consult with the Undergraduate Student Services Office.
- Always refer to Bear Tracks for the most up to date course information.
- Students may take REN R 465 only once.
Management and Resources
(Minimum 1 Course- EAS 457 - Global Change
- ENCS 356 - Principles of Rangeland Conservation and Habitat Management
- PLAN 355 - Environmental Planning
- REN R 364 - Principles of Managing Natural Diversity
- REN R 474 - Utilization of Wildlife Resources
- REN R 483 - Waste Management and Utilization
- RLS 463 - Issues in Tourism Development
Policy/Law/Economics
(Minimum 1 Course)- AREC 333 - Economics of Production and Resource Management
- AREC 375 - World Food and Agriculture
- AREC 465 - Advanced Natural Resource Economics
- AREC 471 - Society and Well-Being
- AREC 473 - Food and Agricultural Policies
- AREC 485 - Trade and Globalization in Food and Resources
- ECON 366 - Energy Economics
- FOREC 345 - Economics of Forestry
- FOREC 473 - Forest Policy
- HECOL 300 - Policy Development and Evaluation
- NS 240 - Introduction to Aboriginal Legal Issues
Social Organizations
(Minimum 1 Course)- NS 200 - Aboriginal Canada: Looking Forward/Looking Back
- NS 201 - Aboriginal Canada: Looking Forward/Looking Back
- POL S 479 - NGO Governance and Management
- SOC 251 - Population and Society
- SOC 269 - Introductory Sociology of Globalization
- SOC 369 - Sociology of Globalization
- SOC 445 - Cities and Suburbia
Other
(Minimum 1 Course)- ALES 391 - ALES Mexico Tour
- AREC 250 - Social and Economic Issues of Food Biotechnology
- ANTHR 207 - Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
- EAS 208 - Introduction to Global Change
- HECOL 201 - Material Culture
- PHIL 355 - Environmental Ethics
- PHIL 279 - Philosophy of Hunting
- R SOC 460 - Perspectives on Traditional Knowledge
- REN R 465 - Environmental and Conservation Field Studies
- REN R 467 - Methods of Environmental Interpretation and Communication
- RLS 263 - Principles of Tourism
- STS 210 - Environment, Science, Culture, and Values