BSc with Honours in Environmental Science

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Co-operative education is available with this program.

The extended French stream is available with this program.

Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2011-2012 calendars for the previous requirements.

BIO1130 Introduction to Organismal Biology 3
BIO1140 Introduction to Cell Biology 3
CHM1311 Principles of Chemistry 3
CHM1321 Organic Chemistry I 3
EVS1101 Introduction to Environmental Science 3
GEG1302 Places and Spaces of Human Activity 3
GEO1111 Introduction to Earth Systems 3
GEO1115 Introduction to Earth Materials 3
MAT1330 Calculus for the Life Sciences I 3
MAT1332 Calculus for the Life Sciences II 3
PHY1321 Principles of Physics I 3
BIO2129 Ecology 3
CHM2353 Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry 3
GEG2320 Introduction to Geomatics 3
MAT2379 Introduction to Biostatistics 3
BIO3117 Ecosystem Ecology 3
EVS3101 Environmental Issues 3
EVS3120 Environmental Microbiology 3
GEO3342 Introduction to Hydrogeology 3
BIO4158 Applied Biostatistics 3
or
GEO3352 Geological Data Analysis 3
EVS4010 Travail sur le terrain en sciences environnementales / Field Course in Environmental Science 3
EVS4904 Séminaire / Seminar 3
EVS4009 Projet de recherche / Research Project 9
or
9 credits at the 3000 level or above from the list of optional courses from the Faculties of Science and Engineering or the Department of Geography or one of the options from the EVS program.
12 credits must be from the Faculties of Arts, Education, Law, Social Science or the School of Management
9 credits from the Faculty of Science or the Faculty of Engineering
Complete the requirement of one of the three options:
Conservation and Biodiversity Option - Compulsory courses:
BIO2135 Animal Form and Function 3
BIO2137 Introduction to Plant Science: Biodiversity to Biotechnology 3
BIO3115 Conservation Biology 3
GEO2113 Paleontology 3
or
GEO2334 Quaternary Geology and Climate Change 3
3 credits from:
BIO3103 Field Biology 3
GEG3321 Geographical Approaches to Environmental Issues 3
9 credits at the 2000 level or above from the list of optional courses from the Faculties of Science and Engineering or the Department of Geography or one of the other options from the EVS program.
Global Change Option - Compulsory courses:
GEG2304 Climatology 3
GEG3102 Hydrology 3
GEO2334 Quaternary Geology and Climate Change 3
9 credits from:
BIO4150 Spatial Ecology 3
GEG3105 Remote Sensing 3
GEG3107 Geography of Polar Regions 3
GEG3114 Biogeography 3
GEG4100 Glaciology 3
GEG4103 Cold Regions Hydrology 3
GEG4112 Quaternary Paleoenvironments 3
GEG4129 Global Climate Change 3
GEO4332 Permafrost Geomorphology 3
6 credits at the 2000 level or above from the list of optional courses form the Faculties of Science and Engineering or the Department of Geography or one of the other options from the EVS program.
Environmental Geochemistry and Ecotoxicology Option - Compulsory courses:
BIO2110 Environmental Physiology 3
BIO4146 Ecotoxicology 3
BIO4156 Freshwater Ecology 3
CHM2313 Environmental Chemistry 3
CHM2354 Analytical Chemistry 3
GEO2163 Introduction to Mineralogy 3
6 credits at the 2000 level or above from the list of optional courses from the Faculties of Science and Engineering or the Department of Geography or one of the other options from the EVS program.
List of Optional Courses
List of Optional Courses
Optional courses from the faculties of Science and Engineering or from the Department of Geography:
BCH2333 Introduction to Biochemistry 3
BIO3124 General Microbiology 3
BIO3126 General Microbiology Laboratory 3
BIO3154 Population and Community Ecology 3
BIO3158 Vertebrate Zoology 3
BIO3176 Animal Behaviour 3
BIO3333 Entomology 3
BIO3334 Invertebrate Zoology 3
BIO3924 Biologie des algues et des champignons / Biology of Algae and Fungi 3
BIO4101 Pesticides and the Environment 3
BIO4162 Tropical Ecology 3
BIO4165 Plant Ecology 3
CHG4381 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering 3
CHM2120 Organic Chemistry II 3
CHM2123 Laboratory of Organic Chemistry II 3
CHM3120 Intermediate Organic Chemistry 3
CHM3126 Laboratory of Organic Chemistry 3
CHM4155 Polymer and Applied Chemistry 3
CHM4354 Principles of Instrumental Analysis 3
CVG2132 Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering 3
CVG4132 Hazardous Waste Management 3
DVM2105 Introduction to International Development: Historical Perspectives 3
DVM3125 Environmental Policies, Natural Resources Management and Sustainable Development 3
DVM3135 Food Security and International Development 3
GEG2104 Research Methods in Geography and Environmental Studies 3
GEG3106 Cities and Social Change 3
GEG3303 Health Geography 3
GEG3306 Quaternary Paleogeography 3
GEG3312 Advanced GIS 3
GEG4118 Environmental Impact Assessment 3
GEG4120 GIS and Numerical Spatial Analysis 3
GEG4121 Applications of GIS in Natural and Social Sciences 3
GEG4303 Urbanization and Environment in Developing Regions 3
GEO2166 Oceanography 3
GEO3382 Geochemistry 3
GEO4341 Advanced Physical Hydrogeology 3
GEO4342 Natural and Contaminant Groundwater Geochemistry 3
GEO4354 Quantitative Analysis in Geology 3
GEO4382 Advanced Geochemistry 3
MAT3377 Sampling and Surveys 3
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