Environmental Education Post Baccalaureate Diploma Program
Faculty of Education
間眅埶AV Calendar 2011 Fall
This program will interest practicing teachers who want to assist students to develop a greater awareness and understanding of the broadly defined environment. The program encompasses aspects of environment education. Through selected course work, environmental issues are explored using a multidisciplinary approach and historical and contemporary issues in human-environment interaction as related to diverse curricula.
Program Requirements
Successful completion, within five years, of an approved program comprised of 30 units of upper division or graduate work and any necessary prerequisites is required. A minimum of 15 of the 30 units must be earned in education and/or educational professional courses and a maximum of 12 may be transfer units.
Courses completed within 10 years of starting the post baccalaureate diploma (PBD) may, with permission, be considered as part of the requirements for this diploma.
Students must maintain a 2.5 GPA on courses used for the diploma.
Courses completed during the EDUC 404 term may not be used toward a post baccalaureate diploma.
Students complete 30 units as specified below including all of
- EDUC 452-8 Environmental Education
- EDUC 493-4 Directed Studies in Environmental Education
and one of
- EDUC 414-4 Designs for Learning: Secondary Social Studies
- EDUC 416-4 Designs for Learning: Secondary Science
- EDUC 474-4 Designs for Learning: Elementary Social Studies
- EDUC 476-4 Designs for Learning: Elementary Science
and two of
- EDUC 311-3 Foundations in Aboriginal Education, Language, and Culture
- EDUC 433-4 Philosophical Issues in Curriculum
- EDUC 437-4 Ethical Issues in Education
- EDUC 441-4 Multicultural and Anti-racist Education
- EDUC 471-4 Curriculum Development: Theory and Practice
and for applicants with an academic background in the humanities/social sciences, a minimum of six upper division units of
- BISC 304-3 Animal Ecology
- BISC 310-3 The Natural History of British Columbia
- EASC 303-3 Environmental Geoscience
- EVSC 401-1 Current Topics in Environmental Science (Inactive)
- GEOG 449-4 Environmental Processes and Urban Development
- REM 311-3 Applied Ecology and Sustainable Environments
- REM 412-3 Environmental Modeling
- REM 445-3 Environmental Risk Assessment
and for applicants with an academic background in the sciences/applied sciences, a minimum of six upper division units of
- ECON 460-3 Seminar in Environmental Economics
- GEOG 315-4 World Ecosystems
- GEOG 316-4 Global Biogeochemical and Water Cycles
- GEOG 385-4 Agriculture and the Environment
- GEOG 389W-4 Nature and Society
- GEOG 449-4 Environmental Processes and Urban Development
- HIST 432-4 Problems in Environmental History
- SA 326-4 Ecology and Social Thought (S or A)
- SA 371-4 The Environment and Society (S or A)
Additional courses consistent with the aims of the post baccalaureate diploma (PBD) may be substituted for courses in the above list with permission from the Undergraduate Programs office. Students are responsible for prerequisites and other permissions needed to gain entry to courses listed above. Departments sometimes give course enrolment priority to their own students. Because this will reduce access to others, PBD students should consult with faculty and departmental advisors when planning their program