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Renewable Resource Management Domain
This domain is open only to students in the B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) Major Environment or B.Sc. Major Environment program.
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Bachelor of Science (Agricultural and Environmental Sciences) (B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.)) or Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Major Environment - Renewable Resource Management (63 credits)
This Domain (63 credits including Core) is open only to students in the B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) Major in Environment or B.Sc. Major in Environment program.
Renewable resource management is an emerging field that focuses on the ecosystem structures and processes required to sustain the delivery, to humanity, of ecosystem goods and services such as food, clean water and air, essential nutrients, and the provision of beauty and inspiration. Renewable resource management recognizes humans as integral components of ecosystems and is used to develop goals that are consistent with sustainability and ecosystem maintenance.
The Renewable Resource Management domain provides students with an understanding of: 1) the interactions between physical and biological factors that determine the nature and dynamics of populations and entities in the natural environment; 2) the ways in which ecosystems can be managed to meet specific goals for the provision of goods and services; 3) the economic and social factors that determine how ecosystems are managed; 4) the ways in which management of natural resources can affect the capability of natural ecosystems to continue to supply human needs in perpetuity; and 5) the approaches and technologies required to monitor and analyze the dynamics of natural and managed ecosystems.
Program Prerequisites or Corequisites
All students in this program MUST take the following pre- or corequisite courses:
Suggested First Year (U1) Courses
For suggestions on courses to take in your first year (U1), you can consult the "MSE Student Handbook 2010-11" available on the MSE website (/mse), or contact Ms. Kathy Roulet, the Program Advisor (kathy.roulet [at] mcgill.ca).
Program Requirements
NOTE: Students are required to take a maximum of 30 credits at the 200-level and a minimum of 12 credits at the 400-level or higher in this program. This includes Core and Required courses, but does not include the Domain prerequisites or corequisites listed above.
Location Note: When planning their schedule and registering for courses, students should verify where each course is offered because courses for this program are taught at both ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ's downtown campus and at the Macdonald Campus in Ste. Anne de Bellevue.
Core: Required Courses (18 credits)
Location Note: Core Required Courses for this program are taught at both ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ's downtown campus and at the Macdonald Campus in Ste. Anne de Bellevue. You should register in Section 001 of an ENVR course that you plan to take on the downtown campus, and in Section 051 of an ENVR course that you plan to take on the Macdonald campus.
| ENVR 200 | (3) | The Global Environment |
| ENVR 201 | (3) | Society and Environment |
| ENVR 202 | (3) | The Evolving Earth |
| ENVR 203 | (3) | Knowledge, Ethics and Environment |
| ENVR 301 | (3) | Environmental Research Design |
| ENVR 400 | (3) | Environmental Thought |
Domain: Complementary Courses (42 credits)
42 credits of Complementary Courses are selected as follows:
9 credits - basic principles of ecosystem processes and diversity
6 credits - 3 credits from each category of Statistics and GIS
6 credits - advanced ecosystem components
6 credits - advanced ecological processes
6 credits - social processes
9 credits - ecosystem components or management of ecosystems
Basic Principles of Ecosystem Processes:
9 credits of basic principles of ecosystem processes and diversity are selected as follows:
Advanced Ecological Processes:
6 credits of advanced ecological processes selected from:
*Note: you may take BIOL 432 or ENVB 315 but not both; you can take BREE 217 or GEOG 322 but not both.
| BIOL 432* | (3) | Limnology |
| BIOL 465 | (3) | Conservation Biology |
| BREE 217* | (3) | Hydrology and Water Resources |
| ENVB 315* | (3) | Science of Inland Waters |
| ENVB 410 | (3) | Ecosystem Ecology |
| GEOG 322* | (3) | Environmental Hydrology |
| MICR 331 | (3) | Microbial Ecology |
| NRSC 333 | (3) | Pollution and Bioremediation |
| PLNT 460 | (3) | Plant Ecology |
| WILD 410 | (3) | Wildlife Ecology |
Social Processes:
6 credits of social processes selected as follows:
* If WILD 415 is taken, 1 additional credit of complementary courses must be taken.
| AGEC 242 | (3) | Management Theories and Practices |
| ANTH 339 | (3) | Ecological Anthropology |
| CANS 407 | (3) | Regions of Canada |
| GEOG 382 | (3) | Principles Earth Citizenship |
| GEOG 498 | (3) | Humans in Tropical Environments |
| RELG 270 | (3) | Religious Ethics and the Environment |
| SOCI 565 | (3) | Social Change in Panama |
| URBP 520 | (3) | Globalization: Planning and Change |
| WILD 415* | (2) | Conservation Law |
Ecosystem Components or Management of Ecosystems:
9 credits of ecosystem components or management of ecosystems selected from:
| AGRI 435 | (3) | Soil and Water Quality Management |
| AGRI 452 | (3) | Water Resources in Barbados |
| AGRI 550 | (3) | Sustained Tropical Agriculture |
| GEOG 302 | (3) | Environmental Management 1 |
| GEOG 380 | (3) | Adaptive Environmental Management |
| GEOG 404 | (3) | Environmental Management 2 |
| NRSC 437 | (3) | Assessing Environmental Impact |
| PLNT 300 | (3) | Cropping Systems |
| SOIL 335 | (3) | Soil Ecology and Management |
| WILD 401 | (4) | Fisheries and Wildlife Management |
| WOOD 441 | (3) | Integrated Forest Management |
Faculty:
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ School of Environment—2010-2011 (last updated Apr. 22, 2010) (disclaimer)
Faculty:
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ School of Environment—2010-2011 (last updated Apr. 22, 2010) (disclaimer)