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Climate Change Studies program requirements

What the Climate Change Studies Minor requires, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course it names.

Climate Change Studies Minor

  • Arts program
  • 4.0 credits
  • Limited enrolment
  • ASMIN1255

Enrolment

This is a limited enrolment program. Variable Minimum Grade A minimum grade is needed for entry, and this minimum may change each year depending on available spaces and the number of applicants. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.

Completion requirements

For more information, please email the School of the Environment’s Undergraduate Administrator at ug.office.env@utoronto.ca.

(4.0 credits, including 1.5 credits at the 300+ level)

1ENV101H1, ENV222H1, ENV200H1, ENV301H1

Note 1Note: Students may request to substitute an alternate science course for ENV200H1 by e-mailing the Undergraduate Administrator at ug.office.env@utoronto.ca; CHM210H1, ESS262H1, EEB240H1, ENV237H1, ENV238H1, GGR314H1, or PHY392H1 are recommended courses.

21.5 credits from one or more of the groups below:

1Ethics/ Thought/ Communication/ Culture: AFR460H1, ANT364H1, ENV333H1, ENV362H1, ENV464H1, PHL273H1, TRN312H1

2Civil Society/ Policy/ Politics: ENV350H1, ENV441H1, ENV465Y1, GGR332H1, GGR349H1, HIS300H1, JHU473H1, PHL273H1, POL384H1, POL413H1, TRN350H1

3Economics/ Resources/ Science: ECO314H1, ECO414H1, ENV237H1, ENV238H1, ENV335H1, ENV462H1, FOR302H1, FOR303H1, FOR310H1, FOR410H1, PHY392H1, PHY492H1, RSM436H1, RSM466H1, TRN350H1

Note 2Note: Since the elective courses above are offered by various academic units, students are encouraged to carefully check the prerequisites and enrolment indicators and controls for the courses before enrolling.

Students may request to substitute 0.5 credit from requirement 2 with an alternate course by submitting a nomination form including: (1) the relevant pathway; (2) the course code and description; (3) the course syllabus (for completed courses); (4) a brief rationale (500 words max.) addressing why this course belongs to the pathway(s) mentioned, how it addresses climate change, and how it fills a specific gap in personal learning objectives within the Minor.

3One course from ENV450H1 or ENV465Y1.

Note 3Note: If students complete ENV465Y1, 0.5 credit from the course contributes to group B in requirement 2.

Courses these requirements name

  • ENV101H1Confronting the Climate Crisis
  • ENV222H1Pathways to Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Approach
  • ENV200H1Assessing Global Change: Science and the Environment
  • ENV301H1Critically Thinking about Climate Solutions
  • CHM210H1Chemistry of Environmental Change
  • ESS262H1Earth System Processes
  • EEB240H1Environmental Biology: From Organisms to Ecosystems
  • ENV237H1Physics of the Changing Environment A
  • ENV238H1Physics of the Changing Environment B
  • GGR314H1Global Warming
  • PHY392H1Physics of Climate
  • AFR460H1Climate Change, Food Security, and Sustainability in Africa
  • ANT364H1Advocating Environmental and Climate Justice
  • ENV333H1Ecological Worldviews
  • ENV362H1Energy & Environment: Transitions in History
  • ENV464H1Communicating Climate Change
  • PHL273H1Environmental Ethics
  • TRN312H1Sustainability Issues in Ethics, Society, and Law
  • ENV350H1Energy Policy and Environment
  • ENV441H1Planetary Health: Environmental Change and Human Health
  • ENV465Y1Toronto Climate Summer School
  • GGR332H1Social Geographies of Climate Change
  • GGR349H1Managing Urban Natures
  • HIS300H1Energy and Environment in Canadian History
  • JHU473H1Environmental Crises, Human Mobility, and Health
  • POL384H1Global Environmental Governance from the Ground Up
  • POL413H1Global Environmental Politics
  • TRN350H1Scarcity, Sustainability, and the Future of International Relations
  • ECO314H1Energy and the Environment
  • ECO414H1Energy and Regulation
  • ENV335H1Environmental Design
  • ENV462H1Energy and Environment: Economics, Politics, and Sustainability
  • FOR302H1Societal Values and Forest Management
  • FOR303H1Human Dimensions of Global Forests
  • FOR310H1Bioenergy from Sustainable Forest Management
  • FOR410H1Bioenergy and Biorefinery Technology
  • PHY492H1Advanced Atmospheric Physics
  • RSM436H1Sustainable Finance
  • RSM466H1Environmental and Social Responsibility
  • ENV450H1Climate Change and Environment Solutions
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