Graduate course outlines

Course information for ERS labelled courses, offered by the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability from Fall 2024 to Fall 2025, is listed below.

  • Course outlines for ERSÌýcourses (from Winter 2022 onwards) will be available to all members of the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ community via the .

Visit the Graduate Studies Academic Calendar for course descriptions and further information.

Fall 2025 - subject to change

Course code Course title Instructor
ERS 604 Global Environmental Governance Andrea Collins
ERS 654 Parks and Protected Areas Douglas Stewart
ERS 660 Foundations in Resource and Environmental Management TBA
ERS 680 Sustainability Foundations Bob Gibson
ERS 684 Soil in the Environment Maren Oelbermann
ERS 701 Sustainability in Complex Socio-Ecological Systems Andrew Trant

Winter 2026 - subject to change

Course code Course title Instructor
ERS 606 Governing Global Food and AgricultureÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý Jennifer ClappÌý ÌýÌý
ERS 669 Applied Statistics in Ecology and Environment Stephen Murphy
ERS 681 ³§³Ü²õ³Ù²¹¾±²Ô²¹²ú¾±±ô¾±³Ù²âÌý´¡±è±è±ô¾±³¦²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô²õ Helena Shilomboleni
·¡¸é³§Ìý702 Critical Analysis and ResearchÌý ÌýÌý Derek Armitage

Fall 2024

Course code Course title and syllabus Instructor
ERS 604 Andrea Collins
ERS 654 Douglas Stewart
ERS 660 Foundations in Resource and Environmental Management Terah Sportel
ERS 680 Bob Gibson
ERS 684 Maren Oelbermann
ERS 701 Bob Gibson

Winter 2025

Course code Course title and syllabus Instructor
ERS 606 Jennifer Clapp
ERS 619/
GEOG 660/
INDEV 606
Jessie Ma
ERS 669 Ìý ÌýÌý Brad Fedy
ERS 674 Derek Armitage
ERS 675 Place Marketing and Rural Arts Led Local Development Stephen Quilley
ERS 681 Helena Shilomboleni
ERS 702 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý Derek Armitage

Spring 2025

Course code Course title and syllabus Instructor
ERS 674 Rethinking Coastal Sustainability and Development Prateep Nayak
ERS 675 Indigenous Research Collaboration Dan McCarthy
ERS 675 Buddhism and Sustainability Robert Gibson


Ìý