Arrive curious and graduate prepared.
Tailor your studies to your passions, strengths and career aspirations in SFU’s Faculty of Environment.
Discover an education that is hands-on and develop solutions to global issues that protect local communities, and prepare yourself for a future full of potential.
find your fit with
3 degrees and 8 majors
13:1
Student to professor ratio
$784,037
WORTH OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS GIVEN TO FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN 2021/2022
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PROGRAMS
MAJORS
MAJOR IN ARCHAEOLOGY
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Department: Archaeology
Is Archaeology for you?
- Do you like to solve mysteries old and new?
- Are you interested in biology, forensics or DNA?
- Does Indigenous knowledge, culture and heritage management interest you?
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MAJOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Department: Environmental Science
Is Environmental Science for you?
- Do you like debunking fake news like "climate change isn’t real"?
- Do you enjoy subjects like biology and chemistry and want to advance environmental solutions?
- Are you curious about how to repair contaminated environments?
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MAJOR IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE (GIS)
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Department: Geography
Is GIS for you?
- Do you want to learn how to build tools to visualize and solve complex spatial problems?
- Are you interested in learning how spatial data can be used to support things like emergency planning and transportation systems?
- Are you curious how the spread or progress of diseases are tracked?
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MAJOR IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS
Degree: Bachelor of Environment
Department: Geography
Is Global Environmental Systems for you?
- Do you want to understand climate change and what we are doing about it?
- Do you want to know what environmental justice is?
- Are you curious about how to influence environmental legislation based on scientific evidence?
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MAJOR IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Department: Geography
Is Human Geography for you?
- Do you want to better understand social issues like homelessness, addiction and racism?
- Are you curious about how we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
- Are you interested in how and why cities develop, and how this impacts people?
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MAJOR IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Department: Geography
Is Physical Geography for you?
- Have you ever wondered what happens when a landslide blocks a river valley or a highway?
- Do you want to know why our climate is changing and what our future climate will look like?
- Do you want to know how we can protect soil resources for food production?
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MAJOR IN RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Degree: Bachelor of Environment
Department: Resource and Environmental Management
Is Resource and Environmental Management for you?
- Do you think it is important to have access to local resources?
- Do you want to make industries such as forestry, agriculture and fisheries more sustainable?
- Do you want to learn how to make cities more equitable and sustainable?
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MAJOR IN URBAN WORLDS
Degree: Bachelor of Arts from either the Faculty of Environment (Urban Change Stream) or the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Urban Studies Stream)
Department: Geography
Is Urban Worlds for you?
- Are you interested in cities, how they work, and how they change?
- Do you want a career that shapes your city for the better?
- Topics: Gentrification, homelessness, housing crises, climate change, migration, spread of infectious disease, racism, city’s role as a node of extraction in the global economy.
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ENHANCE YOUR DEGREE
MORE CAREERS THAN YOU THINK
ECO CANADA ESTIMATES THAT:
1 IN 15
Canadian workers are currently part of the environmental workforce
and forecasts nearly
500,000
NET CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL JOB OPENINGS to 2033
Lainey Martin
BEnv, Global Environmental Systems, 2022