Saint Mary's

Minor in GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS

Global Environmental Politics (GEP)

For more information please contact: politics@smu.ca

The Minor in Global Environmental Politics (GEP) is a multidisciplinary program that combines courses from the programs of Geography and Environmental Studies, Political Science and International Development Studies. In combining these programs, the Minor is designed to expose students to the intersections between the study of international politics, global governance, international development, human geography, and the environment. Students will gain an understanding of pressing environmental issues and the international actors, structures and processes that inform contemporary global environmental politics.

Requirements:
Twenty-four (24) credit hours from the following courses:

At the 1000 level: six (6) credit hours (no more than 3 credit hours can be from the same discipline)
• Global Perspectives on Land and Life (3 credit hours)
• People, Place and Environment (3 credit hours)
• Politics and Globalization (3 credit hours)
• Politics and Development: People, Ideas and Goods (3 credit hours)

At the 2000 level: six (6) credit hours (no more than 3 credit hours can be from the same discipline)
• Urban Geography (3 credit hours)
• Economic Geography (3 credit hours)
• Cultural Geography (3 credit hours)
• International Relations I: Actors, Structures, Processes (3 credit hours)
• Comparative Politics I: Political Regimes and Government Institutions (3 credit hours)
• Introduction to Development Studies: Perspectives (3 credit hours)
• Fair Trade and Free Trade (3 credit hours)

At the 3000 level: six (6) credit hours (no more than 3 credit hours from the same discipline)
• Environmental Management (3 credit hours)
• Climate Change: Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation (3 credit hours)
• International Organizations (3 credit hours)
• Politics in the European Union (3 credit hours)
• Introduction to Development Studies: Policies and Practice (3 credit hours)

At the 4000 level: six (6) credit hours (no more than 3 credit hours from the same discipline)
• One (1) GEOG 4000 level course selected from Group A or D
• Model United Nations (3 credit hours)
• Environment and Development (3 credit hours)