We want to create an environment where students have the opportunity to learn about and apply sustainability concepts in their academic pursuits.
Progress
In 2013, the Institute of the Environment launched the Collaborative Master’s in Environmental Sustainability. In 2014, the full Master’s program was inaugurated.
Sustainability related courses - Undergraduate
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
Courses at the University of Ottawa that focus on sustainability.
Faculty of Arts
Department of Aboriginal Studies
EAS4102 Contemporary Indigenous Political Thought
Department of Canadian Studies
CND4100 Contemporary Issues in Canada
Department of English
ENG2141 Literature and the Environment
Department of Environmental Studies
ENV1101 Global Environmental Challenges
ENV2301 History of Environmental Thought
ENV2918 Field Camp I
ENV3101 Legal Context of Environmental Issues
ENV3321 Geographical Approaches to Environmental Issues
ENV 4000 Honours Essay
ENV4113 Selected topics in Environmental Issues
ENV4118 Environmental Impact Assessment
ENV4303 Urbanization and Environment in Developing Regions
ENV4910 Field Study Course/ Recherche sur le terrain
ENV4920 Research Seminar in Environmental Studies/ Séminaire de recherche en études de l'environnement
ENV4999 Environmental Volunteer Work / Voluntariat en environment
Department of Geography
GEG1302 Places and Spaces of Human Activity
GEG2104 Research Methods in Geography and Environmental Studies
GEG2108 Contested Places
GEG2109 Canada and its Regions
GEG2918 Camp d'automne I / Field Camp I
GEG3106 Cities and Social Change
GEG3107 Geography of Polar Regions
GEG3300 Selected Topics in Physical Geography
GEG3301 Selected Topics in Human Geography
GEG3302 Natural Resource Management
GEG3303 Health Geography
GEG3305 Geographies of Globalization
GEG3309
GEG3315 Geography of Latin America
GEG3320 Geography of Tourism
GEG3321 Geographical Approaches to Environmental Issues
GEG4001 Northern Field Research
GEG4101 Permafrost Environments
GEG4118 Environmental Impact Assessment
GEG4121 Applications of GIS in Natural and Social Sciences
GEG4128 Places and Landscapes of the North American City
GEG4129 Global Climate Change
GEG4303 Urbanization and Environment in Developing Regions
Department of History
HIS2129 Technology, Society and Environment since 1800
Department of Philosophy
PHI2398 Environmental Ethics
Department of Religious Studies
SRS2172 Religion, Nature and Ecology
Faculty of Law
Department of Common Law
CML1109 First-Year Thematic Course: Public International Law
CML2301 Aboriginal Peoples and the Law
CML2317 Advanced Problems in Canadian Federalism
CML3132 Willms & Shier Environmental Law Moot
CML3135 International Law and Developing Countries
CML3148 Toxic Tort Law
CML3161 International Environmental Law
CML3163 The Law of the Sea
CML3180 Environmental Law Clinic
CML3369 Environmental Law
CML4117 Protection of Civilians in International Law
CML4130 Natural Resources Law
CML4134 Studies in Environmental Law
CML4150 Globalization and Law
Department of Civil Law
DCC2120 Law and Social Justice
DCC3107 Environmental Law
DCC3110 Inter American System of Human Rights
DCC4117 Protection of Civilians in International Law
DCC4122 Environment and Human Rights
Faculty of Education
Department of Education
PED3134 Social Justice and Global Education
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
CHG3122 Chemical Engineering Practice
CHG4307 Clean Processes and Sustainable Development
Department of Civil Engineering
CVG1107 Civil Engineering Graphics and Seminars
CVG2132 Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering
CVG4113 Hydraulics of Water Supply and Sewer Systems
CVG4130 Advanced Environmental Engineering
CVG4133 Solid Waste Management
CVG4175 Field Investigations and Environmental Impact Assessment of Civil Engineering Projects
CVG4188 Special Topics in Environmental Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
ELG2911 Professional Practice in Information Technology and Engineering
ELG4126 Sustainable Electrical Power Systems
Department of Mechanical Engineering
MCG4340 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
Department of Software Engineering
SEG2911 Pratique de la profession d'ingénieur logiciel / Professional Software Engineering Practice
Telfer School of Management
Department of Administration
ADM1300 Introduction to Business Management
ADM1301 Social Context of Business
ADM4338 International Training and Development for Sustainability
Faculty of Medicine
Department of Medicine
MED1200 Introduction to the Professions
Faculty of Sciences
Department of Biology
BIO2129 Ecology
BIO3117 Ecosystem Ecology
BIO3115 Conservation Biology
BIO4101 Pesticides and the Environment
BIO4146 Ecotoxicology
BIO4180 Oceans and Human Health
Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences
BPS4105 Human Toxicology and Environmental Health
Department of Chemistry
CHM1100 Chemistry and the Human Environment
CHM2313 Environmental Chemistry
Department of Environmental Sciences
EVS1101 Introduction to Environmental Science
EVS3101 Environmental Issues
Department of Geology
GEO1301 The Earth and How it Works
GEO2166 Oceanography
GEO2307 Environmental Geology
GEO2334 Quaternary Geology and Climate Change
GEO3342 Introduction to Hydrogeology
Department of General Sciences
SCI1101 Science in Society
SCI4100 Special Topics in Science, Society and Policy
Faculty of Health Sciences
Department of Human Kinetics
APA1122 Health: A Global Perspective
APA3142 Sociology of Health in Canada
Department of Health Sciences
HSS2321 Sociopolitical and Economic Perspectives in Health
HSS3105 Global Citizenship and Health
HSS3303 Environment and Health
Department of Leisure Studies
LSR2121 Recreation and Environmental Quality
LSR3105 Recreation Resources Conservation
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies
ANT2128 Anthropology for the 21st Century
ANT3120 Applied Anthropology
ANT3131 Economic Anthropology
ANT3326 Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights, International Perspectives
ANT4135 Food and Food Systems
SOC3105 Environmental Sociology
SOC3140 Sociology of the United States
SOC4310 Globalization and the Environment
SOC4314 Gender Relations, Development and Globalization
Department of Economics
ECO1304 Contemporary Microeconomic Issues
ECO2111 Economics of Women's Issues
ECO2117 Introduction to the Economics of Developing Counties
ECO2118 Introduction to Environmental and Natural Resources Economics
ECO4117 Development Economics
ECO4136 Research Seminar in Economics of the Environment
ECO4192 Research Seminar in Economics of Natural Resources and Sustainability
Department of International Development and Globalization
DVM2110 Health, Education, Perspectives in International Development
DVM3125 Environmental Policies, Natural Resources Management and Sustainable Development
DVM3130 Ethics and International Development
DVM3135 Food Security and International Development
DVM4120 International Development Issues in Africa
DVM4125 International Development Issues in Asia
DVM4130 International Development Issues in Latin America
DVM4153 International Development and Environmental Change
Department of Political Studies
POL3115 Comparative Politics of Development
POL3126 Women and Politics
POL3175 Ecopolitics
POL3124 The Politics of Security
POL3177 Politics, Social Movements and Globalisation
POL4190 Global Environmental Politics
POL4191 Advanced Topics in Critical Security and War Studies
Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies
FEM4310 Feminism and Transnationalism
Sustainability related courses - Graduate
GRADUATE COURSES
Sustainability Courses and Sustainability Related Courses
Courses at the University of Ottawa that focus on sustainability.
Department of Biology
BIO8105 Advances in Applied Ecology
Department of Common Law
DCL5340 Sustainability and Law
Department of Economics
ECO6173 Environmental Aspects of Economic Development
Department of Earth Sciences
GEO5142 Environmental Geoscience
Department of Geography
GEG5105 Selected Topics in Human Geography
GEG5109 Place and Social Transformations
Institute of the Environment
EVD5100 Seminar in Environmental Sustainability
EVD5101 Economics of Environmental Law and Policy
EVD5102 Foundations of Environmental Science I
EVD5103 Foundations of Environmental Science II
EVD5104 Foundations of Environmental Economics I
EVD5105 Foundations of Environmental Economics II
EVD5106 Foundations of Environmental Law
EVD5107 Foundations of Environmental Policy
EVD5108 Evidence-Based Methods for Environmental Decision-Making
EVD5109 Applied Environmental Sustainability
EVD5110 Professional Skills for Environmental Sustainability
EVD5111 Capstone Seminar in Environmental Sustainability
EVD5112 Quantitative Literacy for Sustainable Development
EVD6999 Mémoire/Research Paper
EVD7997 Projet de thèse/Thesis Proposal
EVD7999 Thèse de maîtrise/Master's Thesis
School of International Development and Global Studies
DVM6102 Livelihoods, Resources and Sustainability
DVM6502 Modes de vie, ressources et durabilité
DVM6103 Conflict, Transitions and Peace
DMV6503 Conflit, Transitions et paix
DVM6104 Social Movements, Equity and Human Rights
DVM6504 Mouvements sociaux, equité et droits humains
School of Public and International Affairs
API5105 Concepts and Issues in International Affairs
API5135 Ethics and Moral Reasoning for Public and International Affairs
API6313 Multi-Level Governance and Public Policy
API6333 International Law and Ethics
API6353 Human Rights and Democratization
API6357 Conflict and Human Security
API6361 US Foreign Policy
API6319 Special Topics in Public Policy
API6316 Environmental Policy
API6356 Environment, Natural Resource Management and Development
School of Political Studies
PAP6120 Ethics in the Public Sector
Telfer School of Management
MBA6296 Seminar in Management II
MGT6112 Social Entrepreneurship
Sustainability related research
RESEARCH
Collaborative Master’s Program
Master’s in Environmental Sustainability
*List of Professors Engaging in Sustainability Related Research
Living Laboratory
LIVING LABORATORY
At the University of Ottawa, the Living Laboratory is a unique program that uses academic course work and community volunteering to improve sustainability related to campus operational challenges.
It is your chance to work on campus issues in a positive manner that promotes place-based learning while earning academic credit.
Students, staff, and faculty are coordinated through the Office of Campus Sustainability and the Community Service Learning program to work on campus projects. The projects are often integrated into course work or can be worked on as an independent assignment.
If you are a student, take a look at the available Community Service Learning opportunities listed on the Community Service Learning website or visit our volunteering page for more information.
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