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Environment, Sustainability, and Society (BA)(BSc)(BMgmt)(BPS)(BJH) at Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University, Canada

Programme overview

With this integrated degree, you can follow your passion, and change the world while you're at it. Complex issues like water and energy security, climate change and environmental degradation touch virtually every person, in every profession, in every part of the world. Studying Environment, Sustainability, and Society (ESS) at Dalhousie will allow you to explore the links between complex environmental issues and poverty, globalization, consumption and urbanization.

Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: Dependent on degree choice  |  Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

What you will study

Dalhousie’s ESS program has an interdisciplinary approach, allowing you to explore how ESS topics relate to other industries you may be interested in. The core ESS courses will help you analyze and understand a wide range of concepts relating to energy, water, climate change, population, and more.

Career pathways

The unique interdisciplinary approach of the ESS program prepares you for jobs in virtually any area across society: public service, industry, not-for-profit, and the private sector. Graduates of this program combine the strength of disciplinary learning in their chosen area with a deep understanding of the complexity of sustainability issues.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission requirements of the Faculty offering the chosen degree apply. There are no additional admission requirements for the College of Sustainability and the ESS programs. For example, for the Bachelor of Science Double Major, prospective ESS students would be subject to the admission requirements of the Faculty of Science. Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences Admission Requirements: Minimum overall average: 70% Academic English 12 Four additional academic subjects Bachelor of Science Admission Requirements: Minimum overall average: 75% Academic English 12 Pre-calculus Math 12 Three additional academic subjects Bachelor of Management Admission Requirements: Minimum overall average: 70%

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Intake: Dependent on degree choice

Apply through the official page: https://www.dal.ca/admissions/how-to-apply.html

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