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Undergraduate Certificate in Food and Sustainability
The Certificate in Food and Sustainability consists of 2.5 credits and is completed concurrent
with a Laurier undergraduate Honours degree. Students must complete 1.0 credit from the
Required Course list, 1.0 credit from the Sustainable Food System Course list, and 0.5 credit
from the Sustainability Course list.
Required Courses (1.0 credit)
GG102 - Introduction to Human Geography
GESC362 - Global Food Systems
Food and Sustainability Courses (1.0 credit)
ES274 - One Earth, One Health
ES357
GESC492 - Food Systems
Sustainability Courses (0.5 credit)
GG231 - Risks and Disasters: A Geographical Introduction
GG260 - Geographies of Consumption and the Global Economy
GG367 - Geographies of Human Development
GG389 - Climate Change
GESC290 - Environmental Concepts and Approaches
GESC391 - Wildlife and Resource Management
GESC395 - Political Ecology: Nature, Society and Space
ES296 - Introduction to Sustainability
ES297 - Climate Change and Collective Action
ES371 - Indigenous Environmental Knowledges
EC238 - Environmental Economics
PO316 - Canadian Environmental Policy
- Up to 1.5 credits from the Food and Sustainability Certificate can be counted toward the completion of degree programs in Geography and Environmental Studies.
- Courses for this certificate cannot be counted for any other minor or option offered by the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies.
- The certificate may only be completed once.
- For completion, a GPA of 6.00 in the courses included in the Certificate in Food and Sustainability is required.
- May only be completed in conjunction with a Laurier Honours undergraduate degree.
