Environmental Education Minor Program
Faculty of Education
間眅埶AV Calendar 2012 Spring
This minor develops teacher skills in environmental and outdoor education programs from kindergarten through grade 12, and in the organization and operation of residential and day centre outdoor education, wilderness outdoor recreation, and other interdisciplinary environmental school programs.
Program Requirements
Students complete nine units selected from the following.
Lower Division Requirements
- BISC 102-4 General Biology
- EDUC 240-3 Social Issues in Education
- GEOG 100-3 Society, Space, Environment: Introducing Human Geography
- GEOG 111-3 Earth Systems
- GEOG 215-3 Biogeography * or
- BISC 204-3 Introduction to Ecology *
- GEOG 241-3 Social Geography
- KIN 142-3 Introduction to Kinesiology
- PHIL XX1-3 Critical Thinking
- PHIL 120W-3 Introduction to Moral Philosophy
- PSYC 106-3 Psychological Issues in Contemporary Society
- SA 150-4 Introduction to Sociology (S)
* students with credit for GEOG 215 may not receive credit for BISC 204
Upper Division Requirements
Students complete a minimum of 15 units including
- EDUC 452-8 Environmental Education
and at least two of
- BISC 304-3 Animal Ecology
- BISC 306-4 Invertebrate Biology
- BISC 310-3 The Natural History of British Columbia
- BISC 317-3 Insect Biology
- BISC 337-4 Plant Biology
- BISC 404-3 Plant Ecology
- EDUC 412-4 Designs for Learning: Secondary Language Arts
- EDUC 414-4 Designs for Learning: Secondary Social Studies
- EDUC 415-4 Designs for Learning: Secondary Mathematics
- EDUC 416-4 Designs for Learning: Secondary Science
- EDUC 433-4 Philosophical Issues in Curriculum
- EDUC 457-4 Drama and Education
- EDUC 459-4 Instructional Activities in Physical Education
- EDUC 471-4 Curriculum Development: Theory and Practice
- EDUC 472-4 Designs for Learning: Elementary Language Arts
- EDUC 473-4 Designs for Learning: Reading
- EDUC 474-4 Designs for Learning: Elementary Social Studies
- EDUC 475-4 Designs for Learning: Elementary Mathematics
- EDUC 476-4 Designs for Learning: Elementary Science
- EDUC 477-4 Designs for Learning: Art
- EDUC 478-4 Designs for Learning: Music
- EDUC 480-4 Designs for Learning: French as a Second Language
- EDUC 481-4 Designs for Learning: French Immersion Programs and Francophone Schools
- EDUC 482-4 Designs for Learning: Information Technology
- EDUC 493-4 Directed Studies in Environmental Education
- GEOG 322-4 World Resources
- GEOG 377-4 Environmental History
- GEOG 449-4 Environmental Processes and Urban Development