Environment Honours (B.A.) (60 credits)

Offered by: Bieler School of Environment 
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Program credit weight: 60

Program  Description

This program is open only to students in the B.A. Faculty Program Environment. To be eligible for Honours, students must satisfy the requirements set by their B.A. degree.

In addition, students must satisfy the following:

1. Students apply for the Honours program in March of their U2 year. See the Program Adviser for details.
2. Applicants must have a minimum Program GPA (GPA of all required and complementary courses for the program in Environment taken at McGill) of 3.3 to enter the Honours program.
3. Students must earn a B grade (3.0) or higher for the Honours Research course (ENVR 495D1 and ENVR 495D2).
4. Students are required to achieve a minimum overall CGPA of 3.0 at graduation, and a minimum Program GPA of 3.3 to obtain Honours.
5. Arts (B.A.) students in the Honours Environment program must also complete a minor concentration in an academic unit other than the Bieler School of Environment. Please refer to the Faculty of Arts regulations on Honours programs found under "Faculty Degree Requirements", "About Program Requirements" and "Departmental Programs".

Students in the B.A. Honours programs complete the core and domain courses (54 credits) according to their chosen domain as well as the 6 credits of Honours required courses.

At the completion of your Honours research, you are expected to present your results at an Honours Symposium, and are required to submit a copy of your final report to the Bieler School of Environment Program Adviser.

Degree Requirements — B.A. students

To be eligible for a B.A. degree, a student must fulfil all Faculty and program requirements as indicated in Degree Requirements for the Faculty of Arts.

We recommend that students consult an Arts OASIS advisor for degree planning.

Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

Honours Required Courses (6 credits)

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Note: You take either ENVR 495D1 Honours Research. and ENVR 495D2 Honours Research. (6 credits over consecutive terms) or ENVR 495N1 Honours Research. and ENVR 495N2 Honours Research. (6 credits over non-consecutive terms).