Environmental Studies

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Want to work on real issues that affect communities? Learn about the environmental challenges we face as a society and gain the skills needed to overcome them to make positive change. Study how human activities affect the world, then put that knowledge into action. Conduct community-based research. Develop action plans and work on local ecological restoration projects.

Areas of focus

• Ecological restoration
• Ethnoecology
• Political ecology

Careers

• Conservation specialist
• Environmental lawyer
• Environmental consultant or manager
• Environmental policy analyst
• Environmental journalist
• Forestry technician
• Horticulturalist
• Landscaping manager
• Park manager
• Restoration ecologist
• Sustainability consultant
• Water system supervisor

Admission

Apply to UVic as a high school student or a transfer student from another post-secondary institution.

Select Social Sciences: Major Undeclared when you submit your application. You can declare this program as your major after one or more years of full-time study. Note that the major in Environmental Studies must be combined with another degree program as a double major or honours/major.

Alternatively, you can choose another major as your primary degree program and add this program as a minor to broaden your studies.

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