Bachelor's in Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies is a Bachelor program taught at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

Lakehead University’s Environmental Studies program studies environmental issues using a multidisciplinary approach. Students examine environmental issues and solutions through scientific analysis and socio-economic, cultural, and political actions and consequences. The program includes a core of common courses and additional courses required for a major in one of three disciplines: Biology, Earth Science, or Geography.

The program combines Science components with Social Sciences & Humanities components. Students can study through in-class lectures and experiential learning courses that include off-campus labs, field trips, and weekend excursions, with topics varying from year to year. Students who major in Geography may graduate with either an Honours Bachelor of Environmental Studies or an Honours Bachelor of Environmental Science, depending on Science or Social Sciences electives.

The minimum requirements for admission in Environmental Studies at Lakehead University for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Lakehead University.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Lakehead University as pre-requiste for admission in Environmental Studies.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

General Admission Requirements (Ontario High School Students): Completion of the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD); A minimum of 6 Grade 12U or M courses, or equivalent, including program specific prerequisite courses; A minimum 70%* overall final average

• *Higher averages may be required for admission to programs in which the demand for places by qualified applicants exceeds the supply of available spaces.
• **Admission averages are calculated using the top 6 Grade 12 U or M courses.

General Admission Requirements (Other Canadian High School Students): Completion of Grade 12 and the Secondary School Diploma (see the Program Specific Prerequisites section for your particular provinces requirements); Program specific prerequisite courses; A minimum 70%* overall final average

General Admission Requirements (International Secondary School/College or University): Successful graduation from an academic secondary school program or equivalent; Program specific prerequisite courses; Equivalent of a minimum 70% overall final average (Canadian)

Note: Meeting the minimum admission requirements is not a guarantee of admission.

Program Specific Prerequisites (Geography, Degree: Environmental Studies): For Ontario High School Students: English (ENG4U). For Alberta/NWT/Nunavut High School Students: English Language Arts 30-1. For British Columbia/Yukon High School Students: English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12. For International Students: English.

For Manitoba High School Students: English Language Arts (Comprehensive Focus, Literary Focus, or Transactional Focus) 40S,. For Mature/Transfer Students: English (ENG4U). Other secondary or post-secondary courses that are equivalent to the English prerequisite requirement are accepted.

College transfer students entering via a transfer pathway are not required to satisfy these specific prerequisite requirements.

Program Specific Requirements for New Brunswick High School Students: English Language Arts 121 or 122

Program Specific Requirements for Newfoundland/Labrador High School Students: English 3201

Program Specific Requirements for Nova Scotia High School Students: English 12 or English 12 African Heritage

Program Specific Requirements for PEI High School Students: English 621A

Program Specific Requirements for Quebec (CEGEP) Students: 2 English (603 or 604)

Program Specific Requirements for Quebec (Private) Students: English (ENG4U) or equivalent

Program Specific Requirements for Saskatchewan High School Students: English Language Arts 30 A or English Language Arts 30 B

Please check detail of study units at https://www.lakeheadu.ca/programs/undergraduate-programs/environmental-studies/node/3578

51 fully funded scholarships are listed for Canada. See Canada scholarships.