Environment and Business

In Environment and Business, you'll gain a background in ecology, environmental economics, and environmental decision-making while developing expertise in finance, project management, accounting, marketing, and law.
The program is the only one in Canada to integrate environmental and business courses with 20 months of paid co-op work experience. Through co-op, you'll gain paid work experience while trying out different career areas and earning money to help pay for your education.
As a graduate, you might use your unique background to develop business plans for alternative energy suppliers, to analyze the environmental record of a Fortune 500 company, or to help businesses reduce their ecological impacts.

Year One

• Accounting Information for Managers
• Introduction to Business in North America
• Introduction to Microeconomics
• Introduction to Environment and Business
• Operationalizing Sustainable Development within Business
• Communications for Environmental Professions
• Introduction to Environmental Research Methods
• Introduction to Environmental Studies
• Introduction to International Development

Year Two

• Introduction to Macroeconomics
• Environmental Management Systems
• Green Entrepreneurship 
• Principles of Industrial Ecology
• Environmental Sustainability and Ethics
• Advanced Environmental Research Methods
• Field Ecology

One of:

• Principles of Marketing for Sustainability Professionals
• Marketing 1: Principles of Marketing and Consumer Economics

One course from the following

• Industrial Ecology: Life Cycle Assessment and Management in Business
• Sustainability Management Standards and Auditing
• Applied Social Marketing
• Basic Human Resources Management 
• Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship 
• Professional and Business Ethics

Year Three

• Introduction to Canadian Environmental Law
• Ecological Economics 
• Strategies for Environment and Business 
• Research Design
• Environmental and Sustainability Assessment I

Two courses from the following

• Industrial Ecology: Life Cycle Assessment and Management in Business
• Sustainability Management Standards and Auditing
• Applied Social Marketing
• Basic Human Resources Management
• Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship 
• Professional and Business Ethics

Year Four

• Business Finance 1
• Environment and Business Project

Two courses from the following:

• Industrial Ecology: Sustainable Materials
• Corporate Sustainability Accounting and Reporting
• Best Practices in Regulations 
• Special Topics in Environment and Business
• Engaging Stakeholders 
• International Corporate Responsibility
• Advanced Strategic Management for Sustainable Business
• Sustainability for Small and Medium Enterprises
• Aboriginal Law and Natural Resource Development

Requirements

• English, minimum grade of 4. Overall average of 4
• Atestat o Srednem Obrazavanii (Secondary school leaving certificate).
• Passes in at least six subjects at the Senior (Grade 11) level, including required courses.
• If your first language is not English, you may need to meet ourEnglish language requirements.Internet-based TOEFL (iBT) - Test Of English as a Foreign Language min 90, IELTS Academic - International English Language Testing System  min 7.0. 
• Official translations are required.
• An Admission Information Form must be filled out for this program. 

Scholarships

• St. Paul's International Development Continuing Scholarship
• Dean of Environment's Scholarship of Excellence
• President's Scholarship of Distinction
• President's Scholarship
• Merit Entrance Scholarship