Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
- ACAN: Arts of Canada
- ADMN: Public Administration
- AE: Art Education
- AGEI: Ageing
- AHVS: Art History and Visual Studies
- ANTH: Anthropology
- ART: Visual Arts
- ARTS: Arts
- ASL: American Sign Language
- ASTR: Astronomy
- ATWP: Academic and Technical Writing Program
- BCMB: Biochemistry and Microbiology
- BIOC: Biochemistry
- BIOL: Biology
- BME: Biomedical Engineering
- CE: Community Engagement
- CHEM: Chemistry
- CIVE: Civil Engineering
- COM: Commerce
- CS: Canadian Studies
- CSC: Computer Science
- CW: Creative Writing (En'owkin Centre)
- CYC: Child and Youth Care
- DHUM: Digital Humanities
- DSST: Disability Studies (DSS)
- ECE: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECON: Economics
- ED-D: Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
- ED-P: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDCI: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDUC: Education
- ENGR: Engineering
- ENSH: English
- ENT: Entrepreneurship
- EOS: Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EPHE: Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
- ER: Environmental Restoration
- ES: Environmental Studies
- EUS: European Studies
- FA: Fine Arts
- FRAN: French and Francophone Studies
- GDS: Global Development Studies
- GEOG: Geography
- GMST: Germanic Studies
- GNDR: Gender Studies
- GREE: Greek
- GRS: Greek and Roman Studies
- HDCC: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
- HINF: Health Information Science
- HLTH: Health
- HS: Health and Society
- HSD: Human and Social Development
- HSTR: History
- HUMA: Humanities
- IB: International Business
- ICDG: Indigenous Community Development and Governance
- IED: Indigenous Education
- IGOV: Indigenous Governance
- INGH: Indigenous Health Studies
- INTS: International Health Studies
- IS: Indigenous Studies
- ISP: Intercultural Studies and Practice
- ITAL: Italian
- LAS: Latin American Studies
- LATI: Latin
- LAW: Law
- LING: Linguistics
- MATH: Mathematics
- MDIA: Media Studies
- MECH: Mechanical Engineering
- MEDI: Medieval Studies
- MEDS: Medical Science
- MICR: Microbiology
- MRNE: Marine Science
- MUS: Music
- NURS: Nursing
- PAAS: Pacific and Asian Studies
- PHIL: Philosophy
- PHYS: Physics
- POLI: Political Science
- PORT: Portuguese
- PSYC: Psychology
- RCS: Religion, Culture and Society
- SCIE: Science
- SENG: Software Engineering
- SJS: Social Justice Studies
- SLST: Slavic Studies
- SMGT: Service Management
- SOCI: Sociology
- SOCW: Social Work
- SOSC: Social Science
- SPAN: Spanish
- STAT: Statistics
- TCA: Transformative Climate Action
- THEA: Theatre
- TS: Technology and Society
- VIRS: Visiting International Research Studies
- VKUR: Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Award
- WRIT: Writing
- ES200: Introduction to Environmental Studies
- ES240: Ecological Processes
- ES250: Directed Experiential Learning in Ecological Restoration
- ES301: Political Ecology
- ES302: Capitalism, Justice and Sustainability
- ES312: Environmental Economics
- ES314: Philosophy and the Environment
- ES320: Conservation Biology
- ES321: Ethnoecology
- ES341: Past, Present, and Future Ecologies
- ES344: Design and Analysis for Environmental Science
- ES345: Ocean History and Changing Human Relationships with the Sea
- ES347: Ecogastronomy
- ES348: Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
- ES361: The Biodiversity of British Columbia
- ES365: Climate and Society
- ES370: Intermediate Field Study
- ES378: Leadership Skills for Change
- ES380: Environmental Topics: Topics in Political Ecology
- ES381: Environmental Topics: Topics in Ethnoecology
- ES382: Environmental Topics: Topics in Ecological Restoration
- ES384: Natural and Social Systems Theory
- ES399: Environmental Evidence in a Post-truth Era
- ES403: Field Course in Reconciliation, Ecology and Place-based Law
- ES404: Deep Roots, Trajectories of Environmental Thought
- ES405: Climate, Energy and Politics
- ES406: Alternative Economies for Social Change
- ES407: Mindfulness, Sustainability and Social Change
- ES408: Visual Ecology, Seeing the Wild
- ES409: Food in Place, Skills for Change
- ES411: Environmental Solutions
- ES413: Indigenous political ecologies of the shoreline
- ES415: Integral Systems Theory: Philosophy and Practice
- ES417: Power, Difference, and Environmental Politics
- ES419: Green Legal Theory
- ES421: Ethnobotany: Plants and Human Cultures
- ES423: Traditional Systems of Land and Resource Management
- ES425: Flowering Plant Diversity
- ES427: Colonization, Nature, and the Making of British Columbia
- ES429: Urban Ethnoecology
- ES431: History, Science and Culture of Wine
- ES433: Introduction to Permaculture Design
- ES441: Advanced Principles and Practice in Ecological Restoration
- ES443: Climate Change and Biodiversity
- ES445: Changing Nature
- ES446: Sustainable Fisheries
- ES461: Environmental Impact Assessment
- ES470: Advanced Field Study
- ES471: Galiano Island Field Study
- ES473: Practical Permaculture Applications
- ES480: Advanced Environmental Topics in Political Ecology
- ES481: Advanced Environmental Topics in Ethnoecology
- ES482: Advanced Environmental Topics in Ecological Restoration
- ES490: Directed Studies
ES384
Natural and Social Systems Theory
Reviews fundamental principles of systems theory and provides a foundation for further exploration and application of systems concepts. Examines concepts such as cybernetics, holism, boundaries, negative and positive feedback, self-organization and transformation. These principles are applied to both natural and social systems.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 0h
Tutorial: 0h
Credits: 1.5