Program Transfer Search

Bridging Requirements have not been defined for this pathway.

Students are required to complete the following 15.0 credits to fulfill requirements for the Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems degree:

• 0.5 SAFS 2500H - The World Food System
• 0.5 SAFS 3302H - Animals and Society
• 0.5 SAFS 3341H - The Canadian Food System: Community Perspectives and Experiences
• 0.5 SAFS 3370H - Organic Agriculture: Principles and Practices
• 0.5 SAFS 3602H - Environment and Development
• 0.5 SAFS 4100H - Canadian Food and Agriculture Policy
• 0.5 ERSC 1010H - Environmental Science and Sustainability
• 0.5 GDST 1001H - Human Inequality in Global Perspective: Introduction
• 0.5 GDST 1002H - Human Inequality in Global Perspective: Issues
• 0.5 GEOG 1030H - Human Geographies in Global Contexts
• 0.5 GEOG 1040H - Earth's Physical Processes and Environments
• 1.5 credits from the following:
  • 0.5 ERSC 2240H - Ecological Assessment for Natural Resource Management
  • 0.5 ERST 2100H - Environmental Science and Politics*
  • 0.5 ERST 2510H - Qualitative Methods in Geography
  • 0.5 ERST 2520H - Natural Resource Management: Theory and Comparative Cases
  • 0.5 ERST 2525H - Critical Environmental Thinking: Political Economy and Policy Process*
• 2.0 additional Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems credits at the 3000 level or beyond
• 0.5 additional Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems credit
• 0.5 credit from the Trent School of Environment Capstone Course List
• 5.0 additional credits 

*Additional notes: 

• Courses without specified year levels must include at least 2.5 credits at the 3000 and/or 4000 level(s), and no more than 3.0 credits at the 1000 level. 
• Trent University also offers a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems. Requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Honours) differ from those listed above, and students interested in pursuing this option are referred to the Academic Calendar for further details.
• Elective credits may be reduced, depending on the  credit weighting Trent School of Environment Capstone Course chosen. The Capstone Course List is as follows:
  • Thesis:
    • EGEO 4020D; ERSC/T 4010Y/4020D – Honours Thesis/Double Honours Thesis; GEOG 4010Y/4020D – Honours Thesis/Double Honours Thesis; SAFS 4010Y/4020D – Honours Thesis/Double Honours Thesis
  • Community-Based Research:
    • ERSC 3160Y – Community-Based Resource Management; ERSC/T 3840H – Community-Based Research Project; ERSC/T 4801H – Greening the Campus: Green Infrastructure; ERSC/T 4802H – Greening the Campus: Institutions and Built Environments; ERSC/T 4830Y/4840H – Community-Based Research Project; GEOG 4830Y – Community-Based Research Project; SAFS 4850Y – Community-Based Research Project
  • Placement:
    • EGEO 4000H – Environmental Geoscience Placement Course; ERSC/T-GEOG-SAFS 3890H – Placement Course
  • Reading:
    • ERSC/T 3900Y/3901H/4900Y/4901H – Reading Course; GEOG 3900Y/3901H/3902H – Reading Course; SASF 3900Y/3901H/4900Y/4901H – Reading Course
  • Seminar:
    • ERSC/T-GEOG-SAFS-WASC 4703H – Seminar in Earth and Environmental Science
  • Field:
    • ERSC/T 3230H – Environmental Problems and Solutions in Small Island Developing States: A Field Course; ERSC 3860H/3870H/3880H – Environmental Archaeology; ERSC 4860H; ERSC 4905Y/4906H – Field Course; ERST-GEOG-CAST 4043H – Windy Pine Summer Institute
  • Applied Research and Project:
    • ERST-GEOG 4140H – Climate and Energy Policy; ERSC-GEOG 4640H – Integrated Watershed Management: Approaches and Methods; GEOG 4090H - Geosystems

Degree requirements are subject to change. Refer to the most recent version of the Academic Calendar for course descriptions and degree requirements (http://trentu.ca/calendar). Students are encouraged to meet with an academic advisor prior to registering for courses for assistance with degree planning (http://trentu.ca/advising).