• Archaeology

• Geography

• Environmental Science

• Development & Sustainability

• Sustainable Community Development

• Environmental Literacy

• Corporate Environmental and Social Sustainability

Bachelor of Environment

• Three new majors offered within the Bachelor of Environment:• Required core courses in the social and natural

sciences• Methodology, practice and communication• Integrative capstone in collaboration and decision-

making

• Proposal to go to Senate this Fall for approval starting Fall 2014

• BEnv majors also to begin in Fall 2014• Entrance requirement: Math 12 (or equivalent)

Bachelor of Environment

• Major: Environmental Resource Management– Analytical methods, public participation, conflict resolution– Preparation for careers in forestry, fisheries, agriculture and tourism

• Major: Global Environmental Systems– Interaction of socio-economic and biophysical systems at the global scale– Climate change, carbon cycles, land use and land cover, energy technologies and

transitions

• BEnv/BBA Joint Major in Sustainable Business (with Beedie)– Green entrepreneurship and innovation, environmental impact assessment and

mitigation, energy and materials management

Admission from Grade 12

Bachelor of Arts• Same as Arts

Bachelor of Science• Same as Science

Bachelor of Environment• Math 12

Dual Admission with Douglas.

Admission from BC Colleges

Bachelor of Arts• 24 units

Bachelor of Science• 24 units with a transferable

Math and two transferable Sciences (or these can be Grade 12 courses)

Bachelor of Environment• 24 units with a transferable

Math

Archaeology

Undergraduate Programs in ArchaeologyBachelor of Arts

Areas of Concentration – Environmental Archaeology

– Bioanthropology

– Cultural Resource Management

– Joint majors with Anthropology and First Nations Studies

Minor in Archaeology

Certificate Program• Cultural Resource Management

ArchaeologyCo-operative Education

ArchaeologyCo-operative Education

First Nations:• Land Management• Aboriginal Liaison• Communications Assistant• Researcher• Litigation management• Community outreach• Conference planner

• Parks, Recreation & Ecotourism• Museum Education Curator• Municipal Cultural Manager • Environmental Consulting• Archaeology Collections Assist.• Landscape Architecture• Post Secondary Instructor• Teacher• GIS Technician• Historical Data Analyst

Environmental Science

Bachelor of Science, Areas of Concentration:– Applied Biology

» develop a firm background in various aspects of ecology, whole-organism biology, and applied conservation biology

– Environmental Earth Systems

» an integrative coverage of environmental processes and systems, and the opportunity to develop technical skills in quantitative methods, GIS and Remote Sensing

– Environmetrics

» design and analysis of sampling schemes for environmental monitoring and related experiments

– Water Science

» a focused interdisciplinary science-based training in hydrologic, climate, and aquatic science, complemented by courses in social sciences, and law

Environmental ScienceCo-operative Education

• Hydrology• Utilities Management• Hazardous & Waste Management• Emergency Management/

Planning• Environmental Consulting• Environmental Technicians• Parks & Recreation• Fisheries & Marine Biology• Air Pollution/ Air Quality

Planning/Management• Conservation & Environmental

Education • Ecology

• Facilities Planning• Forestry • Oceanographic & Atmospheric

Science• Geographic Information Systems • Hydrology• Land Use Planning• Natural Resources Management• Pollution Control • Risk Analysis • Soil Conservation• Spatial Statistics• Teacher • Tourism Developer • Wildlife Management

Environmental ScienceCo-operative Education

Undergraduate Programs in GeographyBachelor of Arts

• Human Geography

• Environmental Specialty

Bachelor of Science• Physical Geography

• Geographic Information Science (entry through Applied Sciences)

– Joint major with Beedie School of Business

Minors in Human & Physical Geography

Certificate Programs• Spatial Information Systems

• Urban Studies

Department of Geography

Geography Co-operative Education

• Parks, Recreation & Ecotourism• Emergency Planning• Urban Planning• Cartography• Community Economic Development• Conservation, Sustainability,

Recycling & Waste Mgmt.• Tourism• Resource Management• Hydrology & Soil Science• Climatology• Avalanche Research/Forecasting

• Health Services Planning• Business Marketing • Property Management• Real Estate Appraisal• Remote Sensing• GIS• Teaching• Tourism Planning• Transportation Management

& Planning• Environmental Consulting• Facilities Management

Geography (BA & BSc)

Career Options

*NEW!* Environment One at SFU Surrey (started Fall 2013)

• Admission to two streams only: Science or Arts. No major chosen.

• Five or six core courses required from either stream and one common course for both streams each term.

• Advising to determine majors will happen after admission; they will be allowed to choose their major of choice, provided admission requirements met.

Alex Chen: Our poster boy

Started his studies in Psychology, now a BSc candidate in Environmental Science, Environmentrics concentration.

Currently working for Dr. Nick Hedley, Geography, using Spatial Information Systems / GIS knowledge and skills in P.E.I.

Active SFU volunteer within student groups and for the Faculty; active community volunteer, politically involved.

Port Moody Secondary graduate

Certificates

• Environmental Literacy

• Sustainable Community Development

• Corporate Environmental and Social Sustainability

• Cultural Resource Management

• Spatial Information Systems

• Urban Studies

Minors• Archaeology• Development & Sustainability• Geography | Physical Geography• Sustainable Community

Development

Courses in Environment

• ENV 222-3 Environmental Controversy

• ENV 319-3 Environmental Law • ENV 320-3 Ethics and the

Environment• ENV 321-3 Ecological Economics• ENV 401-4 Global Environmental

Governance & Sustainable Development

Alex Clapp, Associate Dean, Faculty of EnvironmentProfessor, Geography

• 778-782-8827• aclapp@sfu.ca

Leigh McGregor, Manager, Recruitment & Community Liaison

• 778-782-8810• leighm@sfu.ca

Paul DeGrace, Co-operative Education Coordinator• 778-782-3317• degrace@sfu.ca

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