Winnipeg and the Environment: A Case Study Approach

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This course focuses on the particular problems facing the City of Winnipeg in its interaction with the environment. Students are required to participate in an in-class strategic planning session to select issues and concerns that become the case study content of the course. Municipal planning initiatives are used to select the issues, to define their scope, and to propose policy and program solutions. The course format involves small interactive group discussions led by the students and facilitated by the instructor. A high level of student participation is expected. Cross-listed: ENV-3603(3). Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and ENV-3603. Requisite Courses: ENV-1600 or the former ENV-2600 or permission of the instructor [prerequisite(s)]. UIC-4001 (3 or 6) Directed Readings in Urban and Inner City Studies (3 hrs Directed Reading) This course provides the students with the opportunity to identify a topic of interest in Urban and Inner-City Studies and to examine the topic in depth under the supervision of a professor who has expertise in that area. This course may be taken more than once for credit if the topics vary. Students may take a maximum of twelve (12) credit hours in directed readings courses. Note: Permission of the instructor is required.