BA Environmental Studies Approved Program Electives (APE)
Concentrations List
Courses from this list must be selected according to the following directions
- Students must select one Concentration from the three listed below.
- Any courses on this list that have already been taken/granted credit for as required program courses cannot be used.
- Students must have any prerequisites listed in the calendar before taking a course; credit may be denied for courses without the appropriate prerequisites.
- The Concentration List is updated annually and students must use the most updated version of the list when selecting courses.
- If a students takes a course, and then that course is removed from the APE list, the student will still recieve APE credit for the course.
- Course offerings are subject to change. Always refer to Bear Tracks for the most up-to-date course information.
Equivalent courses to those listed here may be offered through Augustana Faculty or Faculte Saint-Jean. Students interested in including courses from these Faculties in their concentration should first consult with their Student Advisor to assess potential equivalency.
Food and Society
- ALES 391 - Topics in Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences
- AN SC 101 - Principles of Animal Agriculture
- AN SC 376 - Animal Welfare
- AREC 200 - Current Economic Issues for Agriculture and Food
- AREC 250 - Social and Economic Issues of Food Biotechnology
- AREC 375 - World Food and Agriculture
- AREC 471 - Society and Well-Being
- AREC 473 - Food and Agricultural Policies
- AREC 485 - Trade and Globalization in Food and Resources
- ANTHR 372 - Anthropology of Food
- ANTHR 460 - Nutritional Anthropology
- HIST 294 - An Introduction to the History of Sciences, Technology, and Medicine
- INT D 303 - Economics of World Food and Agriculture
- NU FS 100 - Introduction to Food Science and Technology
- NU FS 223 - The Cultural Ecology of Food and Health
- NU FS 442 - Sustainability of Food and Bio-based Products
- PHIL 279 - Philosophy of Hunting
- PHIL 345 - Humans and Animals
- PL SC 100 - Plants in our Lives
- PL SC 200 - Urban Plants: Gardening and Sustainability
- POL S 333 - Ecology and Politics
- REN R 260 - History and Fundamentals of Environmental Protection and Conservation
- REN R 450 - Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture
- REN R 467 - Environmental Interpretation and Science Communication
- R SOC 271 - The Politics of Food and Natural Resources
- STS 210 - Environment, Science, Culture, and Values
- WGS 240 - Feminism and Food
Politics, Society, and Global Environment
- AREC 200 - Current Economic Issues for Agriculture and Food
- AREC 365 - Natural Resource Economics
- AREC 375 - World Food and Agriculture
- ECON 269 - Economics of the Environment
- ENCS 473 - Environmental and Conservation Policy
- HGEO 252 - Human Dimensions of Environmental Hazards
- HGEO 443 - Environment and Health
- HGEO 450 - Resource Management and Environmental Policy
- HGEO 452 - Human Dimensions of Environmental Change
- HGEO 470 - Geographical Information Systems for Social Science
- HIST 344 - Global Environmental History
- INT D 303 - Economics of World Food and Agriculture
- POL S 201 - Introduction to Indigenous Politics
- POL S 235 - Introduction to Comparative Politics
- POL S 266 - Politics of Globalization
- POL S 327 - Indigenous Politics in Canada
- POL S 333 - Ecology and Politics
- POL S 364 - Introduction to International Political Economy
- POL S 445 - Topics in Globalization and Governance
- REN R 260 - History and Fundamentals of Environmental Protection and Conservation
- REN R 364 - Principles of Managing Natural Diversity
- REN R 465 - Environmental and Conservation Field Studies
- REN R 467 - Environmental Interpretation and Science Communication
- R SOC 355 - Rural Communities and Global Economies
- R SOC 365 - Sociology of Environment and Development
- R SOC 430 - Social Impact Assessment
- R SOC 450 - Environmental Sociology
- R SOC 460 - Perspectives on Traditional Knowledge
- SOC 269 - Introductory Sociology of Globalization
- SOC 343 - Social Movements
Culture, Society, and Peoples of Canada
- ANTHR 207 - Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
- ANTHR 487 - Seminar in Social, Cultural and/or Linguistic Anthropology
- BIOL 381 - A Planet in Crisis
- HGEO 341 - Social and Cultural Geography
- HIST 369 - Histories of Indigenous Peoples and Kanata after 1870
- NS 115 - Indigenous Peoples and Technoscience
- NS 240 - Introduction to Indigenous Legal Issues
- NS 290 - Introduction to Research and Inquiry
- NS 335 - Indigenous Peoples and the Fur Trade
- NS 355 - Indigenous Knowledge and Oral Traditions
- NS 435 - Management of Indigenous Natural Resources
- PHIL 217 - Biology, Society, and Values
- PHIL 345 - Humans and Animals
- PHIL 368 - Topics in Social Justice
- POL S 201 - Introduction to Indigenous Politics
- POL S 327 - Indigenous Politics in Canada
- POL S 333 - Ecology and Politics
- R SOC 365 - Sociology of Environment and Development
- R SOC 450 - Environmental Sociology
- R SOC 460 - Perspectives on Traditional Knowledge
- REN R 260 - History and Fundamentals of Environmental Protection and Conservation
- REN R 467 - Environmental Interpretation and Science Communication
- WGS 390 - Environmental Feminisms and Social Justice