Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
- ACAN: Arts of Canada
- ADMN: Public Administration
- AE: Art Education
- AGEI: Ageing
- AHVS: Art History and Visual Studies
- ANTH: Anthropology
- ART: Visual Arts
- ARTS: Arts
- ASL: American Sign Language
- ASTR: Astronomy
- ATWP: Academic and Technical Writing Program
- BCMB: Biochemistry and Microbiology
- BIOC: Biochemistry
- BIOL: Biology
- BME: Biomedical Engineering
- CE: Community Engagement
- CHEM: Chemistry
- CIVE: Civil Engineering
- COM: Commerce
- CS: Canadian Studies
- CSC: Computer Science
- CW: Creative Writing (En'owkin Centre)
- CYC: Child and Youth Care
- DHUM: Digital Humanities
- DSST: Disability Studies (DSS)
- ECE: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECON: Economics
- ED-D: Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
- ED-P: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDCI: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDUC: Education
- ENGR: Engineering
- ENSH: English
- ENT: Entrepreneurship
- EOS: Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EPHE: Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
- ER: Environmental Restoration
- ES: Environmental Studies
- EUS: European Studies
- FA: Fine Arts
- FRAN: French and Francophone Studies
- GDS: Global Development Studies
- GEOG: Geography
- GMST: Germanic Studies
- GNDR: Gender Studies
- GREE: Greek
- GRS: Greek and Roman Studies
- HDCC: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
- HINF: Health Information Science
- HLTH: Health
- HS: Health and Society
- HSD: Human and Social Development
- HSTR: History
- HUMA: Humanities
- IB: International Business
- ICDG: Indigenous Community Development and Governance
- IED: Indigenous Education
- IGOV: Indigenous Governance
- INGH: Indigenous Health Studies
- INTS: International Health Studies
- IS: Indigenous Studies
- ISP: Intercultural Studies and Practice
- ITAL: Italian
- LAS: Latin American Studies
- LATI: Latin
- LAW: Law
- LING: Linguistics
- MATH: Mathematics
- MDIA: Media Studies
- MECH: Mechanical Engineering
- MEDI: Medieval Studies
- MEDS: Medical Science
- MICR: Microbiology
- MRNE: Marine Science
- MUS: Music
- NURS: Nursing
- PAAS: Pacific and Asian Studies
- PHIL: Philosophy
- PHYS: Physics
- POLI: Political Science
- PORT: Portuguese
- PSYC: Psychology
- RCS: Religion, Culture and Society
- SCIE: Science
- SENG: Software Engineering
- SJS: Social Justice Studies
- SLST: Slavic Studies
- SMGT: Service Management
- SOCI: Sociology
- SOCW: Social Work
- SOSC: Social Science
- SPAN: Spanish
- STAT: Statistics
- TCA: Transformative Climate Action
- THEA: Theatre
- TS: Technology and Society
- VIRS: Visiting International Research Studies
- VKUR: Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Award
- WRIT: Writing
- ES200: Introduction to Environmental Studies
- ES240: Ecological Processes
- ES250: Directed Experiential Learning in Ecological Restoration
- ES301: Political Ecology
- ES302: Capitalism, Justice and Sustainability
- ES312: Environmental Economics
- ES314: Philosophy and the Environment
- ES320: Conservation Biology
- ES321: Ethnoecology
- ES341: Past, Present, and Future Ecologies
- ES344: Design and Analysis for Environmental Science
- ES345: Ocean History and Changing Human Relationships with the Sea
- ES347: Ecogastronomy
- ES348: Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
- ES361: The Biodiversity of British Columbia
- ES365: Climate and Society
- ES370: Intermediate Field Study
- ES378: Leadership Skills for Change
- ES380: Environmental Topics: Topics in Political Ecology
- ES381: Environmental Topics: Topics in Ethnoecology
- ES382: Environmental Topics: Topics in Ecological Restoration
- ES384: Natural and Social Systems Theory
- ES399: Environmental Evidence in a Post-truth Era
- ES403: Field Course in Reconciliation, Ecology and Place-based Law
- ES404: Deep Roots, Trajectories of Environmental Thought
- ES405: Climate, Energy and Politics
- ES406: Alternative Economies for Social Change
- ES407: Mindfulness, Sustainability and Social Change
- ES408: Visual Ecology, Seeing the Wild
- ES409: Food in Place, Skills for Change
- ES411: Environmental Solutions
- ES413: Indigenous political ecologies of the shoreline
- ES415: Integral Systems Theory: Philosophy and Practice
- ES417: Power, Difference, and Environmental Politics
- ES419: Green Legal Theory
- ES421: Ethnobotany: Plants and Human Cultures
- ES423: Traditional Systems of Land and Resource Management
- ES425: Flowering Plant Diversity
- ES427: Colonization, Nature, and the Making of British Columbia
- ES429: Urban Ethnoecology
- ES431: History, Science and Culture of Wine
- ES433: Introduction to Permaculture Design
- ES441: Advanced Principles and Practice in Ecological Restoration
- ES443: Climate Change and Biodiversity
- ES445: Changing Nature
- ES446: Sustainable Fisheries
- ES461: Environmental Impact Assessment
- ES470: Advanced Field Study
- ES471: Galiano Island Field Study
- ES473: Practical Permaculture Applications
- ES480: Advanced Environmental Topics in Political Ecology
- ES481: Advanced Environmental Topics in Ethnoecology
- ES482: Advanced Environmental Topics in Ecological Restoration
- ES490: Directed Studies
ES301
Political Ecology
An introduction to the various socio-political and philosophical issues associated with the concept of a sustainable society. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of the complex relationships between social and biophysical systems. Examines how communities and environments are being impacted by the globalization of economies and cultures, technologies and ideologies, as well as responses from a variety of local, non-governmental and international agencies.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 0h
Tutorial: 1h
Credits: 1.5