Climate Change Courses

No restrictions

All students may take these courses since they have no pre-requisites, co-requisites or restrictions.

ANTH 360 Introduction to Ecological Anthropology

Analysis of the relations between human societies and the ecological aspects of their environment.

APBI 100 Soil and the Global Environment

Soil as a natural resource essential for food production, clean water and as a carbon sink.

ARCL 309 Archaeology of Collapse and Sustainability

Sustainability of coupled ecological and social systems through the study of the past.

CONS 210 Visualizing Climate Change

Introduction to climate change through the lens of local landscapes and future scenarios.

EOSC 112 The Fluid Earth: Atmosphere and Ocean

The complexity of Earth systems via environmental physics, chemistry, and biology.

GEOB 102 Our Changing Environment: Climate and Ecosystems

How climate and other global changes are affecting atmospheric and biological systems.

HIST 106 Global Environmental History

The impact humans have on the environment, and the ways the environment shapes history.

MECH 410U Air Pollution

Causes and effects of air pollution through the lens of technology and engineering design.

NURS 290 Health Impacts of Climate Change

A unique exploration of how human activities impact our health and livelihoods.

UFOR 100 Greening the City

Roles played by urban forestry and greenspace systems in a rapidly changing world.

Low Restriction

Low restriction courses are restricted to either graduate students or students in a certain year or above as noted in each course description. They have no other pre-requisites, co-requisites or restrictions.

CEEN 523 Energy and the Environment

Energy, environment and society: development, demand, policy, impacts, tools and more.

FISH 501 Ecosystem Modelling

Modelling marine and freshwater ecosystem dynamics and tradeoffs in a changing world.

GEOB 504A Perspectives on the Anthropocene

The Anthropocene as an integrative lens to study human-environment relationships.

GEOG 220 Geopolitics

Today's interdependent world through three themes: borders, regions, and flows.

GEOG 311 Urban Environments

Urban environments which strongly contribute to and are impacted by climate change.

GEOG 497 The Arctic

Examine the Arctic, emphasizing terrestrial environments and the impacts on and by humans.

PLAN 351 Green Cities

Key social and technological challenges and opportunities for ecologically sound urbanization.

POLI 351 Environmental Politics and Policy

Concepts include climate policy instruments, interest group politics, climate justice.

POLI 375A Global Environmental Politics

Rigorous analysis and ethical reflection on the politics of global sustainability and justice.

PPGA 541 Policy Dimensions of Energy Systems

Energy policy and governance; opportunities for and constraints on clean energy transition.

PPGA 584 Policy Responses to Global Climate Change

Climate change drivers, impacts, and solutions; science, economics, policy, and ethics.

PPGA 591N Power and Practice

Power literacy is a skill that can be learned and perfected to make better public policy.

RES 520 Climate Change: Science, Technology and Sustainable Development

Climate change drivers, impacts, and solutions; science, economics, policy, and ethics.

SOCI 509A Sociology of the Environment

Key theoretical perspectives and concepts in environmental sociology including climate change.

Climate Justice and Social Science

These courses cover content on the themes related to climate justice and social science such as gender, race, Indigenous Rights, economics, business, history, law, and political science.