Responsible Consumption and Production

ANTH 242AG - Community Museums and Engagement for Sustainability

Communities around the globe strive for cultural, economic and ecological sustainability. Many follow an ecomuseum model where they understand heritage to be multifaceted and engage with it in dynamic ways. This course will study the ecomuseum movement and participate in the development of an emerging ecomuseum in central Saskatchewan.
***Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or completion of 12 credit hours or permission of the Department head.***
*Note Students may receive credit for one of ANTH 242AG,ANTH 320AL, or IDS 290AB.*

ANTH 242AO - Environmental Anthropology

Environmental anthropology is concerned with diverse ways of knowing our surroundings, including Indigenous perspectives. This course explores land-based ethics and wellbeing, as well as ways of learning with, through, and in landscapes. Students discover anthropological understandings of ecology of life, sentient ecology, architecture, design thinking, and language in landscapes.
***Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or completion of 12 credit hours or permission of the Department Head.***

ANTH 320AL - Advanced Topics in Community Museums

Communities around the globe strive for cultural, economic and ecological sustainability. In many places, local community museums have become catalysts in this endeavour. This course provides a critical perspective on community museum with a focus on the ecomuseum movement in Saskatchewan.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours including at least 3 credit hours in ANTH, or permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ANTH 320AL, ANTH 242AG, or IDS 290AB.*

ANTH 839 - Key Amazonianist Debates

This course examines key debates in the anthropological study of indigenous Amazonian peoples. It focuses on fertile debates concerning human ecology, social organization and historical population processes in amazonia, and native understandings of sociality, cosmology, selfhood, morality and emotions. The course also addresses issues in political and economic anthropology.

ART 290AJ - Plants in Contemporary Art

In this course, observational studies of plant-life, in both painting and drawing, will intersect with discussion of key affective aspects of the depiction of botanics in contemporary art. Concepts such as ecology, place, cultural specificity and gender will factor heavily along with supplementary art-historical explorations.
***Prerequisites – Art 230 or Art 240***

ART 390AN - Landscape and Ecology in 2D Art

This class focuses on contemporary approaches to Landscape pertaining to concepts of ecology, environment, and place. Students have the choice to work with either painting or drawing media, or both.
***Prerequisites: ART 230 or ART 240 or Permission of the Instructor.***

BIOC 430 - Chemical Biology

Chemical biology can be defined as an interdisciplinary science where chemistry is applied to problems in biology. Topics include protein engineering/directed enzyme evolution, chemical genetics, unnatural amino acids, genomics/proteomics, catalytic antibody, ribozyme/riboswitch, combinatorial biosynthesis, metabolic engineering, DNA nanotechnology, chemical ecology/antibiotics, biosensors, etc.
***Prerequisite: BIOC 330***

BIOC 827AG - Chemical Biology

Chemical biology can be defined as an interdisciplinary science where chemistry is applied to problems in biology. Many topics in this fast growing field are covered including protein engineering, abzymes, chemical genetics, genomics/proteomics, ribozyme/DNAzyme, metabolic engineering, antibiotic resistance, DNA nanotechnology, and chemical ecology.

BIOC 827AU - Chemical Ecology

Chemical Ecology integrates chemistry and biology to examine chemical interactions and their environment, and the consequence of those interactions. Topics include cellular and system responses to nutrients, drugs and xenobiotics, and the integrations of those responses.

BIOL 101 - Biology II - Organisms in their Environment

A comparative approach to the three Domains of life, including structure, diversity, physiology, and ecology.
*Notes: One of BIOL 100, or Biology 30 and Chemistry 30, are strongly recommended as background preparation. This course is designed for biology majors, pre-professional students, secondary education science students, and those wanting two semesters of biology. Students seeking a single semester introductory course are advised to take BIOL 140 or 150*

BIOL 150 - Biological Principles for Non-majors

This course is a survey of basic modern biological principles. Topics will include: origin of life, basic cell structure and function, evolution, an outline of organism diversity, ecological principles, and selected functions of multicellular organisms.
*Note: Designed for students who do not intend to be biology majors and who are not in pre-professional programs. Students cannot receive credit for both BIOL 140 and 150. Students who have credit for BIOL 100 or BIOL 101 cannot subsequently receive credit for either of BIOL 140 or BIOL 150.*

BIOL 275 - Ecology

This is an introductory course that covers plant, animal, and microbial ecology. Field work will be required.
*** Prerequisite: BIOL 100 and 101, CHEM 104 ***
* Note: CHEM 104 can be taken concurrently *

BIOL 276 - Environmental Biology

This course discusses the biological basis for environmental change and its impacts on human society and will review the patterns, causes and consequences of human-induced and natural environmental change. Topics will include: global warming, acid rain, ozone depletion, fisheries collapse, sustainable forestry, agriculture, biodiversity, and conservation. For Biology, Environmental Science and Environmental Studies Majors.
*** Prerequisite: BIOL 100 and 101, or BIOL 150 and ENST 200 ***

BIOL 302 - Food Microbiology

Students will be introduced to the importance of microbes in foods. Topics will include: microbial ecology in food environments, survey of microbes important in food spoilage and food borne illness, food fermentations, and control and detection of detrimental microbes with special emphasis on novel or emerging techniques. ***Prerequisite: BIOL 310***

BIOL 316 - Conservation Biology

This course will examine processes that affect biodiversity. The goal of the course is to apply principles of ecology and evolution to understand the importance of biodiversity and the significance of recent human-induced changes. ***Prerequisites: BIOL 100 and 101, BIOL 275, STAT 100***

BIOL 335 - Limnology

Physical and chemical characteristics of lakes and streams. Nutrient cycling. Ecology of aquatic organisms. Food-web interactions in lakes. Human impact on freshwater ecosystems. History of lakes. Includes field work.
***Prerequisite: BIOL 275 or BIOL 276.***

BIOL 356 - Ecosystems Since Glaciation

Long-term ecosystem structure and dynamics provide the context for present day global change. This course examines ecosystem dynamics in the last 10,000 years, focusing on the last few centuries. Paleoecological methods and results of reconstructing such phenomena as acid rain, range changes, island biogeographies, and fire histories will be studied.
***Prerequisites: BIOL 275***

BIOL 380 - Animal Behaviour

An evolutionary approach to the study of the behaviour and ecology of individual animals. Compulsory field work for one week before lectures begin.
***Prerequisite: BIOL 275 and STAT 200.***

BIOL 399AB - Entomology

An introduction to insects. The course will introduce several topics in entomology, including the evolutionary origins and relationships and their relatives, including morphology, life history strategies and an introduction to insect diversity, taxonomy and ecology.
***Prerequisite: BIOL 275 or BIOL 276, or permission of the Dept. Head***

BIOL 440 - Modelling Biological Data

A guide to contemporary statistical models for biological data. Emphasizes practical skills in using software for implementing models, testing hypotheses, and making predictions about biological and ecological systems. Prior programming experience (e.g., CS 110) is recommended.
***Prerequisites: STAT 200***
*Note: Credit cannot be received for both BIOL 440 and BIOL 490BW.*

BIOL 457 - Environmental Microbiology

Course focuses on understanding the interactions of microorganisms with their environment. Topics include ecology, diversity, and biotechnological applications of microbial communities, including those from extreme and unusual environments. The use of molecular approaches to identify and characterize microbial communities will be emphasized.
***Prerequisite: BIOL 275 and BIOL 288***

BIOL 463 - Stable Isotope Ecology - Methods and Applications

This course focuses on basic methodology and applications of stable isotope analysis in ecology. Discussing the classical and current literature in the field will enable students to critically evaluate published studies and help design their own research projects.
***Prerequisite: BIOL 275***

BIOL 490CA - Selected Topics in Plant Biology

A course that covers topical subjects in modern plant and algal biology. Potential topics include: metabolism, biochemistry, physiology and physiological ecology. ***Prerequisite: BIOL 266***

BIOL 810 - Modelling Biological Data

A guide to contemporary statistical models for biological data. Emphasizes practical skills in using software for implementing models, testing hypotheses, and making predictions about biological and ecological systems. Prior programming experience is recommended.

BIOL 835AH - Stable Isotope Ecology: Methods and Applications

This course focuses on basic methodology and applications of stable isotope analysis in ecology. Discussing the classical and current literature in the field will enable students to critically evaluate published studies and help design their own research projects.

BIOL 835AJ - Ecology: Conservation & Wildlife Management

A graduate course for M. Sc. Students that will examine advanced concepts in Ecology and Animal Behaviour, and their application to Resource Management.

BIOL 835AP - Natural Vegetation and Ecological Processes in Riparian Ecosystems

Natural vegetation and ecological processes occurring in riparian ecosystems (temperate zone and Prairies of Canada, adjacent US) will be described and discussed. Topics: natural vegetation, occurrence (current vs. historical), disturbance and succession, C and nutrient capture, soil processes (N, P, etc.), water movement, upland and aquatic interface interactions, plantations.

BIOL 880AR - Scientific Data Management

This course will develop best practices in ecology and evolution data management,including such topics as “tidy” data principles and implementation in R, algorithm-based quality assessment, metadata best practices and coding, relational databases, data versioning, geospatial and taxonomic data standards, archiving and accessing data in digital repositories, and the new FAIR principles for scientific data management.

BIOL 880AS - Synthesis Statistics for Ecology and Evolution

This course will train students in statistical approaches to synthesizing the highly structured, multisourced datasets that typify ecology and evolution research, including data collation, integration, analysis, and visualization, with a focus on hierarchical models, formal model integration, reducing uncertainty with prior knowledge, and updating models when new information is collected. Students will develop skills in R programming, collaborative research, reproducible workflows, data analysis, and communication.

BUS 309 - International Trade Management

This course provides students with the fundamentals of managing international trade. Topics may include: export management, international business planning, managing strategic alliances, supply chain management in an international context, and managing the logistics of international trade.
*** Prerequisite: BUS 308 (or ADMN 308) ***

BUS 312 - Consumer Behaviour

This course examines the key concepts and theories in consumer behaviour, psychology, and other relevant fields. It addresses perception, personality, culture, and other topics to better understand consumer actions, motivations, decisions and response to various marketing strategies.
***Prerequisite: BUS 210 or ADMN 210***
*Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUS 312, ADMN 312, and ADMN 412.*

BUS 416 - Business-to-Business Marketing and Sales

This course examines the unique aspects of marketing to business customers. Topics include organizational buying and selling models, creating value for business customers, developing product, pricing, channel, sales, and communications strategies. Relationship management within the supply chain and the sales function are emphasized.
***Prerequisite: BUS 310 or BUS 312***
*Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUS 416, ADMN 416, and ADMN 435AE*

BUS 435AW - Advanced Operations Management

An advanced course that covers the management of operations in organizations. Topics will include: supply chain management, inventory management, aggregate planning, material requirement planning, scheduling, lean operations and JIT. Problems of production of goods and services will be considered. The course will also include an introduction to the use of quantitative techniques such as simulation and waiting line models as an aid to organizational decision making.
***Prerequisite: BUS 275***

CS 280 - Risk and Reward in the Information Society

Social context of computing. Case study: human-computer interfaces and their evaluation. Methods and tools of analysis. Professional and ethical responsibilities. Risks and liabilities of computer-based systems. Intellectual property, privacy and civil liberties. Professional communication. Sustainability. Cybercrime.
***Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and CS 110 ***

CTCH 201 - Introduction to Sound Art

This course introduces the artistic practice of sound art. It covers a range of sound art practices including avant-garde sound, Musique Concrète, sound and 1960s art movements, electroacoustic music, sound sculpture, radio art, Acoustic Ecology, community-engaged sound art, sound art in performance, and new media. Includes practical exercises.
***Prerequisite: Successful completion of 15 credit hours, or permission of the instructor***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for CTCH 201 and/or CTCH 200 AA and/or FA 269AB 001 and/or ENEL 496AD*
*Note: Creative Technologies Program Option*

EC&I 890DU - Theoretical Perspectives on Family Engagement in Elementary Schooling

This course explores the intersections between theory and practice in scholarship on the topic of family engagement in elementary schooling. The topic will be from various theoretical perspectives such as sociocultural theory, social theory, critical pedagogy, ecological systems theory, and new materialisms.

EC&I 890EN - Critical and Post-structural Theories in Health Education

This course will compare a critical socioecological perspective (Fitzpatrick) with a Deleuzian and Guardian approach which theorizes health as emerging and decentred. Using the concept of assemblage (Deleuze and Guattari), there will be an analysis of the connections and forces that produce realities and subjectivities related to health education.

ECON 274 - Ecological Economics

A study of the economy as a system embedded within earth systems. The course explores questions like: What are the key energy and material flows in the economy? Can economic activity be decoupled from environmental impact? How should we define and achieve sustainability?
***Prerequisite: ECON 100 or 15 credit Hours.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ECON 274 or ECON 296AH.*

ECON 307 - Intermediate Microeconomics ll

A continuation of ECON 301. Topics include: producer and consumer choice over time and under uncertainty, market failure (public goods, externalities, and asymmetric information), factor markets, introductory general equilibrium, game theory, welfare economics and behavioural economics.
***Prerequisite: ECON 301 and MATH 103 or equivalent, or permission of Department Head***

ECON 310 - Intermediate Macroeconomics II

A continuation of Econ 302. Topics include: growth theories, the life-cycle consumption-saving, work – leisure decisions of the representative household, investment theories, issues in fiscal sustainability, the Ricardian equivalence, and time-inconsistency of government policies.
***Prerequisite: Econ 302 and MATH 103 or equivalent***

ECON 402 - Advanced Macroeconomic Theory

Advanced macroeconomic analysis using dynamic optimization techniques and differential equations. Topics include include growth theory and policy, business cycle theory, stabilization policy, consumption and investment behaviour, monetary policy, and fiscal sustainability.
***Prerequisite: ECON 310 and ECON 322 or permission of Department Head***

ECON 802 - Macroeconomic Theory for Public Policy

This course introduces the major policy questions of macroeconomics and presents macroeconomic models to assist policy development. An emphasis will be placed on current policy issues including monetary policy, fiscal policy, currency regimes, productivity and growth, demographic patterns and fiscal sustainability.

ECS 303 - Curriculum and Pedagogy 2

This course is intended to develop teacher candidates understanding of learners, learning, and teaching by drawing on various theoretical understandings of education for social and ecological justice. This course makes explicit the philosophical underpinnings of pedagogy, and the link between curriculum theory and practice.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 51 credit hours including ECS 101, ECS 102, and ECS 203. Concurrent enrolment permitted in ECS 203.***
*Note: Required classroom based placement of one day per week for 8 weeks.*
*Note: Students may only receive credit for one of ECS 303, or ECS 300 and EFLD 310, or ECS 311 and EFLD 317.*

EFDN 803 - Social Justice and Globalization from an Educational Perspective

Explores the research and classroom practice of themes including activist teachers, health, basic education, HIV/AIDS, child protection, gender equality, diversity, multiculturalism, First Nations, infrastructure services, human rights, citizenship, democracy, good governance, private sector development, environment, sustainability, making a difference; and the implications of integrating these themes into the mainstream curriculum.

EMBA 816 - Production & Operations Mgmt

This course deals with the principles of designing, controlling, managing and improving the operations of an organization. Potential issues include process analysis and improvement for manufacturing and service organizations, supply chain management, lean operations, and quality management.

ENEL 895AL - Multi Criteria Optimization

This course will cover basics/overview of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), outranking methods (including but not limited to ELimination and Choice Expressing REality (ELECTRE) and Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluations (PROMETHEE)), Pair-wise comparison approach, MCDA & sustainable development, and MCDA support software.

ENEV 223 - Engineering, Environment, and Society

Introduction and application of environmental design in engineering practice, including public health and safety, environmental ethics, resource and energy systems, impacts of technology on society, sustainable development and environmental stewardship.
***Prerequisite: ENGG 123***

ENEV 321 - Applied Environmental Science

Study of biochemical effects of human activities on the environment; ecology and environmental pollution; materials and energy balances; chemical systems; basic concepts of aquatic and soil chemistry; water resources; transport phenomena; water pollution; human health risk assessment; water quality and treatment; wastewater treatment; public health aspects.
*** Prerequisite: CHEM 104 ***

ENEV 422 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

Legislative trends; sources and characteristics of municipal solid waste; Recycling waste materials; Collection, transfer and transport; Disposal options; Sanitary landfill, incineration, composting and bioconversion; Management and Planning; Hazardous Waste-Problems, impacts and treatment/ disposal.
*** Prerequisite: ENEV 223 ***

ENEV 440 - Air Pollution Engineering

Air pollution effects and control regulations, atmospheric chemistry, air quality detection, pollution meteorology, air quality, modeling, air pollution control, techniques, and global atmospheric problems.
*** Prerequisite: ENEV 321 ***

ENEV 445 - Advanced Air Pollution Enginee

Principles of process design and cost estimation for air pollution control, design and operation of auxilliary equipment for transport and cooling waste gas streams, control of carbon dioxide, indoor air quality and control strategy. ***Prerequisites: ENEV 440 and ENIN 253***

ENEV 801 - Environmental Systems Engg

Systems engineering and mathematical modelling concepts. Application of systems approach to ecological systems (aquatics), natural transport systems (aquatic), water resources systems, terrestrial systems and engineering planning including environmental impact assessment. Surface water pollution by toxic substances.

ENEV 834 - Solid Waste Disposal & Mgmt

Magnitude of the problem. Quantity and composition of municipal solid waste. Collection Systems. Selection of disposal methods. Sanitary landfills. Incineration including on-site incineration. Composting. Miscellaneous methods of disposal. Management considerations. Hazardous wastes - problems, impacts and disposal options.

ENEV 836 - Mine Waste Management

Geoenvironmental aspects of mine waste generation and disposal including: critical evaluation of engineering properties of processed earthen materials; segregation, sedimentation, and consolidation in tailings ponds; acid drainage and metal leaching in waste rock dumps; and geotechnical design of disposal facilities using emerging waste management technologies such as thickening and co-mixing.

ENEV 863 - Air Quality Management

Advanced topics in air pollution impact assessment, mechanisms related to air pollution problems, mitigation and adapation of air pollution effects through a number of engineering measures, design of air pollution control facilities, air quality management and pollution control planning, and air quality prediction techniques.

ENEV 865 - Hazardous Waste Management and Site Remediation

Principles of hazardous waste management. Subsurface contamination and contaminant migration. Risk-based site investigation and assessment. Discussion on different types of in-situ and ex-situ remediation technologies, including pump and treat, soil vapor extraction, air sparging, bioremediation, permeable reactive barriers, and other innovative technologies.

ENEV 886CP - Advanced topic in Solid Waste Management

The course aims to address the recent advancements on solid waste management. Current literature on waste generation, collection and tranport, processing and recycling, treatment and disposal will be identified and students will be asked to conduct independent study, to prepare report and to present results orally.

ENEV 886DD - Biotechnology for Environmental Systems Engineering

An introduction to microbial structure, physiology, ecology and environmental relationships with emphasis on the application of microbial systems to environmental systems engineering. Includes a survey of microbiological processes that occur within and/or influence the function of engineered and natural systems, stoichiometry, conventional and state-of-the-art microbiological measurements, etc.

ENGG 880AB - Nuclear Energy Engineering

This course will cover a broad range of engineering aspects related to a range of nuclear power plant designs, including: reactor nutronics, reactor operations, radiation protection, criticality safety, thermal hydraulics, nuclear fuel cycle, and radioactive waste management.

ENGL 335AA - Wild Romanticism: Transatlantic & Ecocritical Approaches to British Romanticism

This course explores what it means to be “wild” in a variety of 18th and 19th-century contexts, including aesthetic (the sublime, the gothic); moral and ethical (Anglo-American depictions of Indigenous peoples); and ecological (nature as alternatively threatened or threatening).
***Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and either ENGL 110 or completion of 48 credit hours.***

ENGL 475AY - Histories of Childhood

This course examines childhood as a historical concept, a literary representation, and a media phenomenon. We’ll look at experiences of Medieval children, examine Shakespeare’s treatment of adolescence (along with queer/non-traditional adaptations), the development of children’s literature during the 19C, & a variety of children’s/YA texts that engage with ecology and dystopia.
*Note: This course is intended for ENGL Honours students. Students who are not ENGL Honours students require permission of the Department Head to register.*
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENGL 475AY or ENGL 880AY.*

ENGL 820AY - Histories of Childhood

This course examines childhood as a historical concept, a literary representation, and a media phenomenon. We’ll look at experiences of Medieval children, examine Shakespeare’s treatment of adolescence (along with queer/non-traditional adaptations), the development of children’s literature during the 19C, & a variety of children’s/YA texts that engage with ecology and dystopia.
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENGL 820AY or ENGL 475AY.*

ENIN 814 - Operations Management

This course introduces engineering managers to operations management. This course focuses on these topics: outsourcing, off-shoring, six sigma improvement projects, enterprise resource planning, lean management, process, value planning, and supply chain management.
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENIN 814 or ENIN 880BK.*

ENIN 880CN - Supply Chain Management

This course provides student with knowledge and tools necessary to develop, implement, and sustain strategies for managing supply chain issues. Topics includes supply chain drivers and metrics, supply chain coordination, sourcing, distribution network design, transportation models, warehousing, sustainable supply chain, and role of technology in supporting supply chain operations.

ENPC 863 - Air Quality Mangement

Advanced topics in air pollution impact assessment, mechanisms related to air pollution problems, mitigation and adaptation of air pollution effects through a number of engineering measures, design of air pollution control facilities, air quality management and pollution control planning, and air quality prediction techniques.

ENPC 864 - Petroleum Waste Management

Generation of petroleum wastes and their impacts, treatment and disposal of petroleum wastes in exploration, production, and processing processes, remediation of petroleum contaminated sites, regulations related to petroleum wastes, and modeling for petroleum waste management systems.

ENSE 479 - Engineering Concepts in Sound Art

This course introduces the artistic practice and engineering design concepts within sound art. It covers a range of sound art practices including avant-garde sound, Musique Concrete, sound and 1960s art movements, electroacoustic music, sound sculpture, radio art, Acoustic Ecology, community-engaged sound art, sound art in performance, and engineering design concepts of new media.
*** Prerequisite: Successful completion of 30 credit hours or permission of Program Chair ***

ENVS 100 - Introduction to Indigenous Environmental Science

This course will introduce students to the conceptual framework of the environment by examining its physical, biological, and social components with Indigenous perspectives. General topics will include: ecological principles and the responses of ecosystems to disturbance, population growth, biodiversity and conservation, and environmental sustainability.

EOE 414 - Implementation of Outdoor Education Programs

A study of the ecological, historical, recreational, and aesthetic features of the year-round environment as a basis for designing a K-12 curriculum linked to outdoor education philosophy.
*** Prerequisite: EOE 224 and 6 credit hours of study in areas related to outdoor education. ***
* Note: Normally offered in winter semester only. *

EPSY 838 - Multiple Ways of Healing

This course blends theory and practice to support multiple ways of healing with an emphasis on Indigenous perspectives. Students learn to disrupt the socially constituted separation between human and more-than human beings and move towards an ecological consciousness that identifies animals, plants, and land as key partners in the healing process.
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of EPSY 838 or EPSY 870AC.*

GBUS 830 - Business, Government and Society

This course examines ethical and social issues relevant to business management. It includes a multidisciplinary application of knowledge and concepts to contemporary issues challenging business executives, and the role of consultation with local communities and governments, sustainable business practices and evolving global standards of corporate social responsibility and ethics.

GBUS 846AG - Global Perspectives on Labour Relations

This course focuses on the global dimension of work, employment conditions, and labour relations in a comparative context. It examines the development of foreign labour markets and the institutional conditions of employee-employer relations through the lens of migration, corporate social responsibility, trade agreements, globalization, and legal frameworks from select countries.

GEOL 102 - Earth and Environment

The nature of the earth. Plate tectonics and the geological time scale. Earthquakes, volcanism and surface processes with reference to their effect on the human environment. Earth resources, waste disposal, and pollution in a geological context.

GEOL 241 - Paleontology

Classification, morphology, evolution, paleoecology, and stratigraphic distribution of the main groups of fossils.
***Prerequisite: GEOL 240.***
*Note: GEOL 241 is a Winter only course.*

GES 297AB - Environment and Society

This course introduces students to sociological perspectives on the relationship between society and the natural environment. The course examines the environmental impact of the actions of individuals, businesses and governments. Specific topics might include climate change, environmental degradation, sustainability and environmental movements and conflicts.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 12 credit hours or GES 120 or GES 121 or permission of department head.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of GES 297AB or SOC 230.*

GES 396AN - The Place of Craft Beer

Is craft beer a sustainable practice for building local community? Topics include the geography of craft beer, environmental impacts, economic development, labour market, gender, and relationships to the local.
***Prerequisite: 30 credit hours including one of GES 100 or GES 120, or permission from the Department Head.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for only one of GES 396AN and GEOG 396AN.*

IDS 290AB - Ecomuseums: Community Engagement for Sustainability

An ecomuseum is constructed when a community comes together to explore, interpret and preserve its heritage in a multifaceted and dynamic way, to promote sustainable development. Ecomuseums exist throughout the world, and this course will study and participate in the development of an emerging ecomuseum in central Saskatchewan.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 15 credit hours, or permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of IDS 290AB or NSLI 390AD.*

INDG 234 - Ethnology of North American Indians

This course is an investigation of the cultural and social systems of the culture areas of North America. Attention to ecological adaptation, social organization, value systems and integration of cultures will be combined with a focus on ethnological problems and anthropological methods.
***Prerequisite: INDG 100, or permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: ANTH 100 recommended.*

INDG 342 - Buffalo and the Peoples of the Plains

This course explores the artistic, ecological, economic, social, and spiritual relationships between American Buffalo and Indigenous Peoples of the
Great Plains. Course includes a required field trip to participate in buffalo harvest guided by First Nations members.
***Prerequisite: INDG 100.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of INDG 342 or INDG 290AD.*
*Additional Fee: $175.*

INSW 450 - Indigenous Perspective on Community Development

The focus of this course is on the well-being of Indigenous communities. Models of community development that are holistic and sustainable and that include understanding governance, land and resources, culture, and health will be examined. Ethical practice for social workers involved in community development and research approaches are included.
***Prerequisite: INSW 200.***

IS 420 - Advanced Topics in International Development

This seminar course examines critical perspectives of international development. Topics include, among others, strategies to alleviate poverty, population growth and scarcity, urbanization, land rights, microfinance, displacement and development refugees, environmental sustainability, and the role of civil society in development.
***Prerequisite: IS 220 and 60 credit hours, or permission of the department head***
*Note: Formerly numbered DEVS 400. Students may receive credit for one of DEVS 400 or IS 420*

JS 412 - Environment and Justice

Traces environmental movements, environmental ethics, evolution of environmental assessment/protection, criminalization of pollution, and international environmental agreements. Approached from several perspectives: deep ecology, social ecology, green politics, sustainable development, bio-regionalism and eco-feminism.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours including JS 090 and JS 100, or permission of the Department Head.***

JSGS 821 - Macro-Economics for Policy Analysis

This course introduces the major policy questions of macroeconomics and presents macroeconomic models to assist policy development. An emphasis will be placed on current policy issues including monetary policy, fiscal policy, urrency regimes, productivity and growth, demographic patterns and fiscal sustainability. Pre-requisites: JSGS 805, ECON 302, or permission.

JSGS 870 - Water Policy in an Age of Uncertainty

Do contemporary water systems embody principles that will allow them to adapt and function in a changing climate, a rapidly evolving economy, a changing settlement system, and new lifestyles? Students will develop a collaborative, interdisciplinary framework for evaluating sustainable water governance.

KIN 321 - Principles of Epidemiology

This course will provide a broad overview of the fundamentals of Epidemiology, and the methods involved in researching the distribution and determinants of health and disease in human populations. Basic principles as well as core measurements (rates, standardization, association) and interpretation (bias, confounding, interaction chance) issues will be covered. The course will also examine epidemiological approaches to study design including descriptive (cross-sectional and ecological), observational (cohort, case-control), and experimental (randomized controlled trials, community trials) approaches.
***Prerequisite: One of STAT 100, STAT 160, SOST 201 or PSYC 305, or equivalent***
*Note: Research methods course or research experience is recommended.*
*Students can only receive credit for one of KIN 381AA or KIN 321.*

MAP 200AG - Animals in Pop Culture

This course will begin to critically map the proliferation of animal lives and representations within 20th and 21st century popular culture. From Walt Disney’s ‘Mickey Mouse’, to ‘nature documentary’ television series, to the current ‘Pepe the Frog’ meme—and beyond—this course will study the multivalent appearances and agencies of animals in a range of popular media forms. Through considering ways in which animal lives are mediated by human cultural theories and practices, this course aims to contribute to understandings of popular culture’s aesthetic, biopolitical, ethical and ecological dimensions.
***Prerequisite: Successful completion of 24 credit hours or permission of the instructor.***

MAP 200AJ - Future Threads: The Fashion Industry in Response to Climate Correction

The Fashion Industry is cited as being one of the foremost polluters on Earth. This class will examine how the industry is adjusting to the climate crisis. The class will examine the place of fast fashion in popular culture and question if consumers are able to exchange fast for sustainable? It asks can the fashion industry adjust to the present and future demands for a culture of sustainable dressing?
***Prerequisite: 18 credit hours***

MBA 816 - Production and Operations Management

This course provides an introduction to the concepts, processes and problems associated with the production and operations management (POM) function which is primarily concerned with productivity and techniques for solving business problems. Particular emphasis will be placed on value stream analysis and its implications for international supply chain management.

MBA 830 - Business, Government and Society

This course examines ethical and social issues relevant to business management. It includes a multidisciplinary application of knowledge and concepts to contemporary issues challenging business executives, and the role of consultation with local communities and governments, sustainable business practices and evolving global standards of corporate social responsibility and ethics.

MBA 836 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The course explores the concept and practice of entrepreneurship and its relationship to progress, with a focus on creating and growing global ventures. It analyses the determinants of innovation and develops the skills change managers need to analyze opportunities and stimulate more entrepreneurship, innovation, enterprise, and initiative from their employees. It also helps students to understand concepts of going to market and competitive sustainability.

NSLI 370 - Fund Development in Nonprofit Organizations

Will cover the fundamentals and challenges of fundraising and resource development in non-profit and voluntary sector organizations. Topics covered will include working through the donor cycle, the importance of relationship building, establishing revenue streams, grant-writing, and the role of the Board and governance for organizational sustainability.
***Prerequisite: NSLI 100 or 12 credit hours, or permission of the Program Director.***
*Note: NSLI 100 may be taken concurrently.*
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of NSLI 390AB or NSLI 370.*

PHIL 282 - Philosophical Issues in Sustainable Development

This course critically examines sustainable development from a philosophical perspective clarifying its various meanings, coherence, and implications. Underlying principles (such as the precautionary principle), relationship to other concepts (such as sustainable growth), and implied ethical obligations are explored. The merits of different sustainable development strategies are philosophically examined.
***Prerequisite: PHIL 100 or completion of 15 credit hours.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of PHIL 282 or PHIL 290AF.*

PHIL 290AN - Ethical Eating

Should we all be vegetarians? Should we eat only organic food? Only local food? Only food produced in a sustainable way? Should we worry about "cultural appropriation" of foods? This course will explore these and other such questions from a philosophical perspective.
***Prerequisite: PHIL 100 or completion of 15 credit hours***

PHIL 880BK - Philosophical Dimensions of Sustainable Livelihoods

An examination of the meaning and significance of the concept of sustainable livelihoods through diverse philosophical lenses and as a strategy in advancing sustainable development. Its relation to other sustainability terms (e.g. sustainable lifestyles, sustainable consumption and production) and philosophical concepts (e.g. autonomy, agency) will also be explored.
**Permission of the Department Head is required to register.**
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of PHIL 880AK or PHIL 870AJ.*

PSYC 340 - Psychology and Environmental Change

Mismatch between human activities and ecological maintenance processes causes many environmental problems. Psychology can thus be an important contributor to developing sustainable environmental practices. This class will review psychological theory and research on factors that influence environmentally responsible or irresponsible behaviour.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 45 credit hours including PSYC 101 or PSYC 102, or permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: This course will initially be restricted to PSYC majors. Non-majors will be eligible to register at a later point if space remains.*

SOC 230 - Environment and Society

This course introduces students to sociological perspectives on the relationship between society and the natural environment. The course examines the environmental impact of the actions of individuals, businesses and governments. Specific topics might include climate change, environmental degradation, sustainability and environmental movements and conflicts.
***Prerequisites: Completion of 12 credit hours or SOC 100 or permission of department head.***
*Note: SOC 100 is required for all majors in Sociology.*
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of SOC 230 or GES 297AB.*

SOC 330 - Sociology of the Environment

This course examines social theories, social concepts, and methodological issues related to the understanding of the environment in classical and modern sociological theory. Specific topics might include the social construction of nature, gender, class, race and the environment, sustainability, and the challenges of interdisciplinarity.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours including completion of one 200-level SOC course, or permission of the Department Head.***

SOC 890AQ - Critical Issues in Environmental Sociology

This course provides a critical examination of the human exemptionalism and new ecological paradigms. A survey instrument will be developed to assess pro-environmental attitudes and behavior.

SOST 890AJ - Social Dimensions of Climate Change

This course examines the social dimensions of climate change vulnerability and adaptation from a sociological perspective. Key topics include: conceptual frameworks for understanding social dimensions of climate change; social differentiation (e.g., gender, race, class, geopolitical location) and climate vulnerability; vulnerability assessment methods; and policies for sustainable adaptation.

SW 855 - Critical Social-Ecological Social Work

This course examines the interconnectedness of all people, species and ecosystems in emerging social-ecological challenges. Social, structural and ecological justice issues will be examined in relation to human health and well-being. Implications for direct practice will be explored and include the development of critical holistic social work practice approaches.

THTR 112 - Behind the Magic: Painting and Props

The enchanted rose in Beauty and the Beast, the swords in MacBeth (not to mention a moving forest), or the puppet characters of Avenue Q props are integral to performance. This hands-on course focuses on the manipulation of various materials, sustainable props building, and scenic painting. This class may help support THTR 310.