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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 3002H - Environmental Implications of Agriculture; or 3530H - Crop Physiology
• 0.5 SAFS 3560H - Soil Science; or SAFS 3650H - Soil Management and Conservation
• 0.5 BIOL 1020H - Foundations of Biodiversity
• 0.5 BIOL 2260H - Introductory Ecology
• 0.5 ERSC 1010H - Environmental Science and Sustainability 
• 0.5 ERSC 2220H - Environmental Assessment: Chemical and Laboratory Methods
• 0.5 ERSC 2240H - Ecological Assessment for Natural Resource Management
• 1.0 credit from the following:
  • 0.5 ERSC 4350H - Climatic Change
  • 0.5 ERSC 4520H - Restoration Ecology
  • 0.5 ERSC 4530H - Remediation and Reclamation of Sites
  • 0.5 ERSC 4640H - Integrated Watershed Management
• 0.5 GEOG 1030H - Human Geographies in Global Context
• 0.5 GEOG 1040H - Earth's Physical Processes and Environments 
• 0.5 GEOG 2080H - Natural Science Statistics; or GEOG 2090H - Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
• 0.5 GEOG 2530H - Water Resources
• 2.0 additional Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems credits at the 3000 level or beyond
• 0.5 credit from the Trent School of Environment Capstone Course List
• 1.0 Math credit (MATH 1051H and 1052H recommended)
• 4.5 elective credits

*Additional notes: 

• Courses without specified year levels must include at least 3.0 credits at the 3000 and/or 4000 level(s), and no more than 3.5 credits at the 1000 level. Choice credits must also include at least 4.5 science credits for the Bachelor of Science (Honours).
• Trent University also offers a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems. Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) differ from those listed above, and students interested in this option are referred to the Academic Calendar for further details.
• Elective credits may be reduced, depending on the credit weighting of the chosen Trent School of Environment Capstone Course. 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).