PLANNING YOUR COURSE ENROLLMENT?
This page holds information about electives and new courses for the current or upcoming semester, tentative course schedules for the academic year, course descriptions, and course outlines.
Contact your Academic Advisor if you have any questions about course offerings, pre-requisites, and for comprehensive year to year course and program planning.
Cool Courses and Electives for Fall 2026
EVSC 105 - STT - First Year Seminar in Environmental Science - 1 unit
Available to students in the School of Environmental Science and those intending to complete a transfer to the progam. Must be taken within the first 45 units. Students will learn about what and where the current research is being conducted by faculty members in the School of Environmental Science and how to get involved.
Ranging from the alpine environments of BC's Coast Mountains to the rivers of the Arctic and beyond, research is being conducted on human impacts on whales and cormorants, the coastal impacts of earthquakes and tsunamis, and more!
This course will also cover topics such as degree planning, study skills, careers, professional designations and others.
Graded on a pass/fail basis.
Co-requisite: EVSC 100 is recommended
EVSC 334 - Earth's Past Climates - 4 units
Ice ages become climate warm periods, but how and why?
Paleoclimatology is the study of changes to Earth's past climates. The knowledge gained can help us better predict how human activity will impact climate in the future.
This course will familiarize students with climate models and the other interdisciplinary tools used in this work.
Prerequisite: REM 100 or EVSC 100; GEOG 111 or EASC 101 or EASC 106; and 45 units. Recommended: EASC 210, GEOG 214 or GEOG 215. Students with credit for REM 334 may not take this course for further credit. Students who have taken REM 463-3 "Special Topics" in Spring 2019 may not enroll in this course for further credit.
EVSC 495 - Special Topics: Morphodynamics - 3 units
Morphodynamics is the science of how physical environments evolve in response to the action of fluid forces.
In this course, students will learn the underlying theory used to predict how the physical environment evolves in response to fluid flow. They will also develop the ability to make simple morphodynamic predictions of physical environmental change.
Suitable for students in Environmental Science, Earth Sciences, Physical Geography, and Biology with a basic understanding of calculus and who enjoy working on simple mathematical and physics problem sets.
Prerequisite: MATH 151 (or 154), MATH 152 (or 155), PHYS 120 (or 101), PHYS 121 (or 102); one of EVSC 100, GEOG 111, or EASC 101; and 60 units; or permission of the instructor.
*EVSC students interested in taking courses not included in their current curriculum should contact their advisor (evscadv@sfu.ca) for permission*
*Special Topics courses are not available for Applied Bio Stream students who are planning to register as an RPBio*
Tentative Course Schedules
*Please note that the following schedule is tentative and subject to changes*
Fall 2026
| Course | Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| EVSC 100 B100 | Introduction to Environmental Science | Sarah Rosengard |
| EVSC 105 D100 | Special Temporary Topic: Environmental Science First Year Seminar | Elizabeth Elle |
| EVSC 305 D100 |
Methods in Environmental Science |
Sarah Rosengard |
| EVSC 334 D100 | Earth's Past Climates | Karen Kohfeld |
| EVSC 445 D100 | Environmental Data Analysis | Ruth Joy |
| EVSC 495 D100 | Special Topics - Morphodynamics | Jeremy Venditti |
Spring 2027
| Course | Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| EVSC 100 B100 | Introduction to Environmental Science | TBD |
| EVSC 201W D100 | Environmental Science in Practice | Sarah Rosengard and Jeremy Venditti |
| EVSC 300 D100 | Seminar in Environmental Science | Sarah Rosengard |
| EVSC 320 D100 | Watershed Ecology | TBD |
| EVSC 350 D100 | Isotopes of Human Impact | Sarah Rosengard |
| EVSC 400 D100 | Environmental Science Capstone | Jeremy Venditti |
| EVSC 410 D100 | River Restoration | Shawn Chartrand |
| EVSC 495 D100 | Special Topics - Ocean Bioacoustics | Ruth Joy |
Summer 2027
| Course | Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| EVSC 100 B100 | Introduction to Environmental Science |
TBD |
Future Core Course Tentative Schedule
Please note that future core course offerings are tentative and may change. Courses that are not required by all streams are NOT in this list (ie EVSC 206, EVSC 320, EVSC 395, EVSC 410, EVSC 445, EVSC 460 etc). Please use this for planning purposes and direct your questions to your academic advisor.
Fall 2025 and beyond
EVSC 100 Introduction to Environmental Science
EVSC 300 Seminar in Environmental Science
EVSC 305 Methods in Environmenta Science
Spring 2026 and beyond
EVSC 100 Introduction to Environmental Science
EVSC 201W Environmental Science in Practice
EVSC 400 Environmental Science Capstone