Northern Systems Major [ALES]

Program Requirements (72 units)

• 9 units in Free Electives  

• AREC 214 - Applications of Quantitative Models to Food, Resources and the Environment
• AREC 365 - Natural Resource Economics
• BIOL 108 - Introduction to Biological Diversity
• BIOL 208 - Principles of Ecology
• CHEM 101 - Introductory University Chemistry I
• ECON 101 - Introduction to Microeconomics
• ENCS 299 - Special Topics in Field Skills and Their Application in the Environmental and Conservation Sciences
• ENCS 473 - Environmental and Conservation Policy
• PL SC 221 - Introduction to Plant Science
• REN R 105 - Introduction to Environmental Sciences
• REN R 110 - Natural Resource Measurement
• REN R 201 - Introduction to Geomatic Techniques in Natural Resource Management
• REN R 205 - Wildlife Biodiversity and Ecology
• REN R 210 - Introduction to Soil Science
• REN R 260 - History and Fundamentals of Environmental Protection and Conservation
• REN R 290 - Field Skills in Environmental, Conservation, and Forest Sciences
• REN R 307 - Environmental Assessment Principles and Methods
• R SOC 260 - Indigenous Foundations for Environmental and Conservation Sciences
• R SOC 375 - Public Participation and Conflict Resolution
• STAT 151 - Introduction to Applied Statistics I

Major Requirements (45 units)

• 18 units in Approved Program Electives  

• NS 200 - Indigenous | Canada: Looking Forward/Looking Back
• NS 390 - Research Methods in Indigenous Studies
• REN R 364 - Principles of Managing Natural Diversity
• REN R 365 - Ecology of Northern Landscapes
• REN R 376 - Fisheries and Wildlife Management
• REN R 463 - Biological Adaptations to Northern Environments
• REN R 466 - Climate Change and the North
• REN R 473 - Northern Resource Management
• REN R 480 - Applied Statistics for Environmental Sciences

Capstone Requirement (3 units)

• REN R 491 - Land-use Planning in Canada’s North