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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