Graduate academic calendar 2012 - 2013 - Trent University

GRADUATE PROGRAMS Sustainability Studies
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FINANCIAL SUPPORT
All eligible full-time students admitted to the program may receive financial support from a
variety of sources including Research Fellowships, Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs),
scholarships and bursaries. The GTAs involve a maximum of four terms (two academic
years) of teaching and related work within the department. For further information on
financial support for graduate students, please refer to the graduate studies website:
www.trentu.ca/graduatestudies/financialsupport.php.
External Funding
Students applying to the program are encouraged to apply for external scholarships including the
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) and/ or a SSHRC Scholarship. Application deadlines and further
information regarding external scholarships can be found on the graduate studies website.
Not all courses will be available every year. Please consult www.trentu.ca/sustainabilityma
for information on courses that will be offered for the upcoming academic year.
SUST 5000 – Perspectives on sustainability
This course explores the roots of the concept and practice of sustainability, its role in the modern
organization-driven economy, the way that we construct and communicate about the problems and
potential solutions inherent to sustainability, and the theories of social innovation that are required
to implement sustainability-oriented solutions.
SUST – CSID 5002H – Research methods
This course will cover two related themes: an overview of the theory and practice of selected
research methodologies; and the ethical considerations of research within Canadian Studies,
Indigenous Studies and Sustainability Studies.
SUST 5010H/5020H – Student faculty and community colloquium
The Student Faculty and Community Colloquium brings together students, community members,
faculty, visiting scholars and experts for an intensive exploration of relevant historical, theoretical and
practical issues. The Colloquium examines how we, as a global human community, can foster social
equity, stimulate our economy, and still limit our impact on the natural environment. Students are
expected to attend the colloquium in both the first and second years of their program.
SUST 5300H – Justice, ethics, sustainability and capitalism
In this course we discuss the intersection of ethics, justice and environmental sustainability within
liberal-democratic corporate capitalism. We will consider theories of distributive justice and
intergenerational obligation in the context of resource and sink depletion, climate change and
declining bio-diversity. Open to all graduate students.
SUST – CSID 5401H – Environment and heritage: knowledge, society and the environment
This course will examine the significance of scientific and other forms of knowledge, with particular
reference to the environment and sustainability. It will draw from the history and philosophy of science,
science and technology studies, environmental history, political science, political ecology, postcolonial
inquiry, and environmental justice. There will be a special focus on how these ideas about knowledge
and society have been, and could be, applied in the Canadian context.
SUST 5450H – Perspectives and practices for organizational sustainability
This course introduces students to the “triple bottom line” approach by defining sustainability in
organization as balanced progress towards economic performance, social justice, and environmental
quality. This course examines strategic approaches and methods of the sustainability paradigm and
the way they are framed and implemented across multiple sectors.
SUST 5900Y, 5901H, 5902H – Reading course
A course designed to provide opportunities for intensive study by an individual student in a particular
area of study. Approval of the relevant instructor and the Program Director is required.