From air pollution and water contamination to climate change, the anthropogenic impact on our environment has significant repercussions on human health. A collaboration between the School of the Environment and Human Biology, the objective of the Environment and Health program is to provide students with instruction in fundamental biological sciences and to integrate a broad understanding of the environmental determinants of health.
For more information, please email the School of the Environment’s Undergraduate Student Advisor, David Powell, at ug.office.env@utoronto.ca.
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
Students in this program have the option to request enrolment in the Arts & Science Internship Program (ASIP) stream. Students can apply for the ASIP stream after Year 1 (Year 2 entry) or after Year 2 (Year 3 entry, starting Fall 2025). Full details about ASIP, including student eligibility, selection and enrolment, are available in the ASIP section of the Arts & Science Academic Calendar. Please note that the majority of students enter ASIP in Fall term of Year 2. Space is more limited for Year 3 entry and there are program-specific year 3 entry enrolment requirements. Students applying for Year 3 entry must have been admitted to the Environment & Health Major program in the Summer after Year 2 and have completed a 0.5 credit of ENV221H1 or ENV222H1 and a 0.5 credit of EEB240H1 or BIO220H1 prior to ASIP entry.
Required Courses (8.0 credits)
To help students proceed through the program, it is recommended that the first year BIO and CHM requirements are completed before entering the program.
Year 1:
2. ( CHM135H1 and CHM136H1)/ CHM151Y1 (Only transfer credits that carry exclusions to CHM136H1 and/or CHM135H1 will be accepted)
3. GGR100H1/ JEG100H1/ GGR101H1/ ESS102H1/ GLG102H1/ MAT135H1/ PHY131H1/ PSY100H1
Year 2: Foundations in environment and health
5. BIO220H1; BIO230H1/ BIO255H1
7. 1.0 credit from environmental core courses: ENV221H1/ ENV222H1/ ( EEB240H1/ ENV234H1)/ ENV337H1
Year 3: Third year core courses
8. ENV341H1
Years 3 or 4:
10. 0.5 credit from environment and health relevant courses: HMB302H1/ HMB303H1/ HMB312H1/ HMB314H1/ HMB322H1/ HMB390H1/ HMB496Y1/ HMB499Y1/ ANA300Y1/ ANA301H1/ BCH311H1/ CSB349H1/ PSL350H1/ BCH370H1/ CHM310H1/ CSB325H1/ CSB327H1/ CSB328H1/ CSB331H1/ CSB346H1/ CSB347H1/ CSB350H1/ CSB351Y1/ EEB318H1/ EEB319H1/ EEB321H1/ EEB328H1/ EEB362H1/ EEB375H1/ EEB428H1/ ESS425H1/ ENV316H1/ ENV336H1/ ENV342H1/ ENV441H1/ GGR303H1/ GGR305H1/ GGR347H1/ GGR348H1/ GGR372H1/ GGR433H1/ HIS423H1/ HST405H1/ ESS311H1/ ESS312H1/ ESS463H1/ IMM334Y1/ LMP301H1/ LMP363H1/ MGY377H1/ NFS382H1/ NFS386H1/ NFS488H1/ PCL381H1/ PSL372H1/ PSL420H1/ PSY435H1
Year 4: Environment & Health Capstone Course
11. JEH455H1
Students in this program have the option to complete the Arts & Science Internship Program (ASIP) stream.
E&H Major Program Note:
- Not all non-ENV courses listed in requirement 10 above have priority enrolment for the Environment & Health Major. Students are responsible for checking the priority of courses, as well as meeting course prerequisites for courses they wish to take.
