EXPLORE ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS AT SFU
Arrive curious and graduate prepared.
In SFU’s Faculty of Environment, you’ll join our community of changemakers who explore the social, economic, ecological and biophysical elements of our natural and built environments and take your learning beyond the classroom to graduate ready for a future full of impact.
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Programs that fit your interests and your future
Archaeology
Degree: Bachelor of arts
Explore the human past and Neanderthals to current issues of First Nations heritage and management. Learn forensic and ancient DNA science, study primates and changes in the human skeleton and examine past human-environment interactions.
Environmental Science
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Draw on a diverse range of disciplines including physics, chemistry, biology and more to study relationships between humans and the environment and use science to solve environmental issues.
Geographic Information Science (GIS)
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Think critically to understand and solve complex social and environmental challenges through data. Gain experience in spatial data acquisition and analysis, remote sensing, geostatistical techniques, AR, VR, XR and more.
Global Environmental Systems
Degree: Bachelor of Environment
Gain a global perspective and explore the intersection of social and biophysical systems, learn about the consequences of these systems and uncover how their negative effects might be mitigated and more.
Human Geography
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Learn how social, economic, political, and environmental forces shape our daily lives. Explore the complex challenges our communities and planet face and apply a global perspective to identify practical solutions.
Physical Geography
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Study the interactions between air (atmosphere), water (hydrosphere), land (lithosphere) and the spaces where organisms live (biosphere). Investigate the events that influence our lives and how we are altering the Earth’s environmental systems.
Resource & Environmental Management
Degree: Bachelor of Environment
Understand how we manage natural resources like energy, forestry and fisheries. You will learn how social and natural sciences, along with community and rural planning, guide sustainable environmental management while you gain various socio-cultural and Indigenous perspectives. Option to apply into the Planning stream after your first year to join the accredited degree program leading to a Registered Professional Planner (RPP) designation.
Urban Worlds
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Learn how you can shape urban life for a better future. Emerge with knowledge of how cities have come to be, what they are and how urban change continues to shape social change.
Graduate prepared
SFU Faculty of Environment alumni work across a variety of sectors and careers, from energy to healthcare to government and more.
Our community includes
7000+ alumni
in over 35 countries
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