BIOL 3610
Environmental Biology
Summer 2026
Topics
- Department of Sustainability Sciences/Biology
- Mode of delivery: Online
- the book that not be included in the slides
- Jly 02 : Introduction to Environmental Science
- Matter, Energy and the Physical Environment
- Earth Systems and Ecosystems
- Evolution, Diversity and Population Ecology
- Species Interactions and Community Ecology
- Human Population
- Soil and Soil Resources
- Agriculture, Food and Biotechnology
- Conservation of Species and Habitats
- Forest and Forest Management
- Freshwater Systems and Water Resources
- Marine and Coastal Systems and Fisheries
- Atmospheric Sciences and Air Pollution
- Global Climate Change
- Fossil Fuels: Energy use and Impacts
- Energy Alternatives
- Mineral Resources and Mining
- Managing our Wastes
- Environmental Health and Hazards
- Environmental Ethics and Economics: Values and Choices
- Environmental Policy: Decision-making and Problem Solving
- Strategies for Sustainability
Readings
- Required: Environment: The Science Behind the Stories, 3th Canadian Edition (2017) by Jay Withgott, Matthew Laposata and Barbara Murck
- Required: Publisher – Pearson Canada Inc.
- Required: Print: CAD 246 E-book: CAD 77.99
- Required: Understand the significance of renewable and non-renewable resources
- Required: Appreciate the basic principles of environmental sustainability
- Required: Recognize the contemporary environmental issues affecting biosphere
- Required: Appreciate and apply environmentally benign methods to protect our environment
- Required: Awareness on Environmental policies and laws
- Required: Understand Environmental citizenship
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Summer 2026
- Course source ↗