Research Methods and Design
Environmental Studies and Sciences · 3 hrs Lecture | 3 hrs Lab
Offered: Fall Only, Every Year
One shot a year. Offered fall term only, so a clash costs a full year.
ENV-3609 prerequisites
3 courses appear in this chain, up to 1 level deep. Every route through it involves a choice, so nothing is forced.
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any one of
any one of
Any 3 credits of 1000 level Geography courses
permission of the instructor
any one of
Pre-Calculus Mathematics 40S
Applied Mathematics 40S
permission of the Department Chair
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Taking ENV-3609 is a prerequisite for 1 course directly.
- ENV-3610Research Projects
Where ENV-3609 counts
Required by 6 programs:
- ENV 3-YEAR BA (SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE SYSTEMS)
- ENV 3-YEAR BA (SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS)
- ENV 4-YEAR BA (SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE SYSTEMS)
- ENV 4-YEAR BA (SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS)
- ENV HONOURS BA (SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE SYSTEMS)
- ENV HONOURS BA (SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS)
Counts toward 9 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
- BIOL 3-YEAR BSc IN BIOLOGY
- BIOL 4-YEAR BSc IN BIOLOGY
- BIOL HONOURS BSc IN BIOLOGY
- ENV 4-YEAR BSc (GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS)
- ENV HONOURS BSC (GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS)
- HR 3-YEAR BA IN HUMAN RIGHTS
- HR 4-YEAR BA IN HUMAN RIGHTS
- IDS 3-YEAR BA IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
- IDS 4-YEAR BA IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Read from the departments' own calendar pages, where 50 of 208 programs are only partly machine-readable, so treat these as a minimum rather than the full list. Confirm with an academic advisor.
Description
This course is a prerequisite for the Research Projects course (ENV-3610(3)) and teaches students the steps and methods required to produce a successful research project. Students learn to develop a clear research question, form hypotheses and predictions and formulate a study with the appropriate measurements and design structure. Students are shown examples of experimental and other designs and methods used in the natural and social sciences. Finally, students develop a research design for their own project used in the Research Projects course.
Requisite courses
GEOG-2309(3) or STAT-1201(6) or STAT-1501(3) or permission of the Department Chair [prerequisite(s)]; ENV-3609L (lab) (must be taken concurrently).
Note
ENV-3609L must be taken concurrently.
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.