Bachelor of Global and International Studies - Globalization and the Environment

Program Description Interested in global environmental issues like climate change? This specialization looks at global processes and their impact on the environment, focusing attention on the emergence of the environment as a key theme of globalization. Students will have the opportunity to develop an integrated understanding of global environmental issues, processes, patterns and solutions, as well as a skill set for conducting a critical analysis of current approaches to these issues and methods to implement and effect change. Students will examine global biophysical systems and human-environment interactions, and they can also choose areas of interest within the specialization (such as human geography, urban networks, global environmental politics, sustainability or environmental change).