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The Graduate option in Environment provides students with an appreciation of the role of science in informing decision-making in the environment sector, and the influence that political, socioeconomic and ethical judgments have. The option also provides a forum whereby graduate students bring their disciplinary perspectives together and enrich each other's learning through structured courses, formal seminars, and informal discussions and networking. Students who have been admitted through their home department or Faculty may apply for admission to the option. Option requirements are consistent across academic units. The option is coordinated by the MSE, in partnership with participating academic units.
A thesis for the doctoral degree must constitute original scholarship and must be a distinct contribution to knowledge. It must show familiarity with previous work in the field and must demonstrate ability to plan and carry out research, organize results, and defend the approach and conclusions in a scholarly manner. The research presented must meet current standards of the discipline; as well, the thesis must clearly demonstrate how the research advances knowledge in the field. Finally, the thesis must be written in compliance with norms for academic and scholarly expression and for publication in the public domain.
Environment : Analysis of current environmental policies to reveal implicit and explicit assumptions regarding scientific methods, hypothesis testing, subject/object, causality, certainty, deities, health, development, North-South concerns for resources, commons, national sovereignty, equity. Discussion of implications of such assumptions for building future environmental policies.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Hirose, Iwao (Fall) Hickey, Gordon (Winter)
Restriction: Enrolment in the Graduate Environment Option or enrolment in the Neotropical Environment Option (NEO) or permission of the instructor.
Environment : Interdisciplinary environmental research seminars with the goals of appreciating both the breadth and interconnectedness of environmental research questions.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Barrington-Leigh, Christopher (Fall)
Restriction: Open to students registered in Environment Option.
Environment : Environmental seminars and workshops focused on critical thinking, critical review of articles, team work, effective public speaking, grantmanship.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Badami, Madhav Govind (Winter)
Restriction: Open to students registered in the Environment Option.
Environment : Final research seminar.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Barrington-Leigh, Christopher (Fall) Sieber, Renee (Winter)
Prerequisite: ENVR 650.
Restriction: Open to students registered in Environment Option.
Philosophy : A series of seminars on selected topics designed for professional training to graduate students. Topics will be selected from the general area of Value Theory.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Carson, Emily J (Fall)
Philosophy : A series of seminars on selected topics designed to provide professional training to graduate students. Topics will be selected from the general area of Metaphysics/Epistemology.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Davies, David (Fall)
Philosophy : A course in intermediate logic for graduate students in Philosophy, covering such topics as axiomatic systems, formal semantics, consistency, completeness, the limitative results, intuitionistic logic, formal theories of truth, aspects of the development of logic.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Hallett, Michael Frank (Winter)
Philosophy : Preparation and submission of candidacy research paper.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
(24-30 credits)
Students admitted to Ph.D. 1 require ten complementary courses
Students admitted to Ph.D. 2 require eight complementary courses
Minimum of two courses from the following:
Philosophy : An advanced course devoted to a particular topic in medieval philosophy. Subject varies from year to year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Philosophy : An advanced course on a philosopher or philosophical issue articulated in antiquity.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Menn, Stephen (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): at least one course in ancient philosophy and the specific requirements of individual instructors.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 551.
Philosophy : An advanced course on an eighteenth-century philosopher or philosophical issue.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 561.
Philosophy : An advanced course on 19th-century philosophy or philosophical issue.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Di Giovanni, George (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 567.
Philosophy : An advanced course on contemporary European philosophy or some important issue in the Continental tradition.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Al-Saji, Alia (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 575.
and/or any other course at the 500, 600, or 700 level in the History of Philosophy recommended/accepted by the student's advisory committee. Depending on the topics covered, PHIL 607 and PHIL 682 may count toward the area requirements.
Minimum of two courses from the following:
Philosophy : An advanced course devoted to a particular philosophical problem as it arises in the context of medical practice or the application of medical technology.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Kimmelman, Jonathan (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 543.
Philosophy : Seminar on a particular topic in political theory.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Hirose, Iwao (Fall) Sharp, Hasana (Winter)
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 544.
Philosophy : An advanced course devoted to a particular topic in the philosophy of law. Subject varies from year to year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 548.
and/or any other course at the 500 level or higher in Value Theory recommended/accepted by the student's advisory committee. Depending on the topics covered, PHIL 607 and PHIL 682 may count toward the area requirements.
Minimum of two courses from the following:
Philosophy : An advanced course devoted to specific topics in the philosophy of mind.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 506.
Philosophy : Seminar on a particular topic in advanced logic. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor .
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 510.
Philosophy : Seminar on a particular topic in philosophy of logic and mathematics.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 511.
Philosophy : An advanced course devoted to a topic in the philosophy of language.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 515.
Philosophy : An advanced course devoted to a topic in the theory of knowledge.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Blome-Tillmann, Michael (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 519.
Philosophy : An advanced course devoted to a topic in metaphysics.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Davies, David (Winter)
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 521.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Philosophy : An advanced course on some major analytic philosopher, or some issue of central importance in the analytic tradition.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 570.
and/or any other course at the 500, 600, or 700 level in Metaphysics and Epistemology recommended/accepted by the student's advisory committee. Depending on the topics covered, PHIL 607 and PHIL 682 may count toward the area requirements.
One course chosen from the following:
Environment : How the problem of environmental degradation is dealt with at the international level. The scope and nature of global environmental protection issues that cross boundaries, both physical and conceptual. Actors, structures and processes of international society. Consideration of global commons and transnational resources and of environmental externalities.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Prerequisite: ENVR 201 or ENVR 203 or permission of instructor
Restrictions: Open to students in the Environment Graduate Option (available to other students with permission of instructor). (Not open to students who have taken ENVR 580 -- section 001 -- in Winter 2002, Fall 2003, or Fall 2004
Note: This course has been offered three times as a Topics in Environment Course
Environment : Utility of geographic information systems, remote sensing and spatially-explicit modelling for environmental planning in conjunction with analytical frameworks used in the decision-making process (e.g., cost-benefit analysis, life-cycle analysis and multi-criteria decision making).
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Environment : How major environmental problems affect the health of human and non-human species, and how environment and health interact at different spatial and temporal scales and with different components of the ecosystem. Immediate, chronic and evolutionary consequences on health. Uncertainty and causation.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Restriction: Open to students in the Environment Option (available to other students with permission of instructor).
Environment : Tools and knowledge needed to evaluate landscapes for sustainable management. Processes that shape landscapes, consequences of alternate landscape patterns on ecological flows, implications of management choices on biodiversity and sustainability, and need for social innovations.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Restriction: Students registered in Environment Option, or permission of instructor.
Note: An understanding of ecological principles is required to take this course. Comparative case studies will be used.
Environment : Considers ways to reduce the human impact on Earth's life support systems through variables such as population size, wealth, technology, and conduct. Critically describes ethical frameworks for judging personal and policy choices, including post-collapse scenarios.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Brown, Peter Gilbert (Fall)
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor
Environment : Seminars and discussion of advanced, interdisciplinary aspects of current problems in environment led by staff and/or special guests.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Restriction: students taking the Neotropical Environment Option.
Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor
or other course at the 500, 600, or 700 level recommended by the Advisory Committee and approved by the Environment Option Committee.
The remaining course(s) must be at the 500, 600, or 700 level and are to be chosen in consultation with the student's advisory committee.
One research language at the advanced level or two research languages at the intermediate level.