Global Environmental Politics (GEP)
For more information please contact: poli-gds@smu.caThe Minor in Global Environmental Politics (GEP) is a multidisciplinary program that combines courses from the programs of Geography and Environmental Studies, Political Science and Global Development Studies. In combining these programs, the Minor is designed to expose students to the intersections between the study of international politics, global governance, international development, human geography, and the environment. Students will gain an understanding of pressing environmental issues and the international actors, structures and processes that inform contemporary global environmental politics.Requirements:Twenty-four (24) credit hours from the following courses:At the 1000 level: six (6) credit hours (no more than 3 credit hours can be from the same discipline)
• GDST 1000 Global Development in Turbulent Times• GEOG 1100 Global Perspectives on Land and Life • GEOG 1200 People, Place and Environment • POLI 1250 Politics and Globalization • POLI 1260 Politics and Development: People, Ideas and Goods At the 2000 level: six (6) credit hours (no more than 3 credit hours can be from the same discipline)
• GEOG 2312 Urban Geography • GEOG 2341 Economic Geography • GEOG 2349 Cultural Geography • POLI 2383 International Relations I: Actors, Structures, Processes • POLI 2381 Comparative Politics: Political Regimes and Government Institutions • GDST 2301 Global Development: History & Perspectives• GDST 2401Fair Trade and Free Trade At the 3000 level: six (6) credit hours (no more than 3 credit hours from the same discipline)• GEOG 3304 Environmental Management • GEOG 3380 Climate Change: Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation • POLI 3321 International Organizations • POLI 3316 Politics in the European Union • GDST 3490 The Everyday Politics of Global Environmental Problems
At the 4000 level: six (6) credit hours (no more than 3 credit hours from the same discipline)• GDST 4470 Environment and Development (or another GDST 4000-level course selected in consultation with the POLI-GDST Chairperson)• GEOG 4000-level course selected in consultation with the GEOG Chairperson• POLI 4000-level course selected in consultation with the POLI-GDST Chairperson