Bachelor of Science (4 Year) in Environmental Science

First Year

ENSC-1406E - Earth's Environmental Systems        

ENVI-1507E - Intro to Environmental Studies        

MATH-1036E - Calculus I    

MATH-1037E - Calculus II or MATH-1057E - Linear Algebra I 

6 credits each from 3 of the following Science subjects (18 credits):

BIOL-1506E - Biology I and BIOL-1507E - Biology II

CHMI-1006E - General Chemistry I and CHMI-1007E - General Chemistry II 

GEOL-1006E - Introductory Geology I and GEOL-1007E - Introductory Geology II 

PHYS-1006E - Introductory Physics I and PHYS-1007E - Introductory Physics II  or |PHYS-1206E| and PHYS-1207E - Concepts in Physics II 

 

Second Year

|ENSC-2606E| or BIOL-2356E - Principles of Ecology 

PHIL-2217E - Environmental Ethics or JURI-2316E - Environmental Law

STAT-2126E - Introduction to Statistics or STAT-2246E - Statistics for Scientists 

6 credits each from 3 of the following groups (18 credits):

Group 1

BIOL-2026E - Introduction to Microbiology              

BIOL-2306E - Diversity of Plants       

BIOL-2726E - Diversity of Animals         

BIOL-3386E - Mycology        

 

Group 2

CHMI-2041E - Introductory Environmental Chemistry       

CHMI-2117E - Introductory Quantitative Analysis       

CHMI-2316E - Inorganic Chemistry I       

 

Group 3

GEOL-2126E - Mineralogy I     

GEOL-2237E - Sedimentary, Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks      

GEOL-2807E - Geochemistry I       

GEOL-4416E - The Global Change-The Geologic Record       

 

Group 4

|ENSC-2106E|       

GEOG-2126E - Climatology I     

|ENSC-3136E|        

 

Group 5

6 credits from the remaining group in first year

 

3 elective credits

 

Third Year*

3 credits from:

ENSC-3606E - Environmental Impact Assessment        

|ENSC-3607E|       

ENVI-4726E - Reaching Sustainability With Incremental Or Massive Change        

3 credits from:

ENVI-3516E - Greening the Built Environment        

ENVI-4706E - Vulnerabilities and the Environment in Developing Countries        

PHIL-3217E - Philosophy of Nature and Environment         

3 credits from:

BIOL-4016E - Field Camp and Report        

GEOL-2006E - Field Geology I       

GEOL-3007E - Environmental Field Geology      

6 credits from one of the following two groups:

Group 1

GEOG-2037E - Introduction to Remote Sensing   

GEOG-3036E - Air Photo Interpretation      

GEOG-3056E - Topics in Geographic Information Systems Application      

GEOL-3056E - Computer Applications in the Earth Sciences       

Group 2

BIOL-2356E - Principles of Ecology (if not taken previously)

BIOL-3376E - Restoration Ecology I: Concepts and Principles    

BIOL-3977E - Biodiversity and Conservation         

12 credits (other than those selected from other groups) from the list of Science and Techniques courses listed below:

BIOL-2026E - Introduction to Microbiology         

BIOL-2306E - Diversity of Plants        

BIOL-2356E - Principles of Ecology        

BIOL-2726E - Diversity of Animals         

BIOL-3026E - Applied and Environmental Microbiology      

BIOL-3056E - Mineral Exploitation and the Biosphere       

BIOL-3067E - Winter Ecology        

BIOL-3317E - Plant Ecophysiology         

BIOL-3336E - Plant Ecology       

BIOL-3376E - Restoration Ecology I: Concepts and Principles         

BIOL-3386E - Mycology      

BIOL-3807E - Applied Entomology         

BIOL-3977E - Biodiversity and Conservation         

CHMI-2041E - Introductory Environmental Chemistry   

CHMI-2117E - Introductory Quantitative Analysis       

CHMI-2316E - Inorganic Chemistry I     

CHMI-3031E - Industrial Inorganic Chemistry      

CHMI-3116E - Instrumental Techniques in Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Sciences     

CHMI-3326E - Groundwater Chemistry     

|ENSC-2106E|       

|ENSC-3136E|       

GEOG-2037E - Introduction to Remote Sensing        

GEOG-2126E - Climatology I    

GEOG-3036E - Air Photo Interpretation   

GEOG-3126E - Climatology II       

GEOL-2126E - Mineralogy I       

GEOL-2237E - Sedimentary, Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks       

GEOL-2807E - Geochemistry I    

GEOL-3056E - Computer Applications in the Earth Sciences   

GEOL-3306E - Structural Geology       

GEOL-3397E - Introductory Soil Science     

GEOL-4416E - The Global Change-The Geologic Record       

3 elective credits

 

* students must include a minimum of 18 credits at the 3000 level

 

Fourth Year

6 credit Research Project or Thesis (eg.  ENVI-4905E - Thesis in Environmental Studies, ENVI-4915E - Environmental Community Research) or 6 credits in advanced reading course (eg. BIOL-4017E - Literature Review, LIBS-4006E - Science Integration)*

3 credits from (other than selected in third year):

ENSC-3606E - Environmental Impact Assessment     

|ENSC-3607E|        

ENVI-4726E - Reaching Sustainability With Incremental Or Massive Change        

3 credits from:

ENVI-3516E - Greening the Built Environment        

ENVI-4706E - Vulnerabilities and the Environment in Developing Countries        

PHIL-3217E - Philosophy of Nature and Environment         

15 credits from advanced  Environmental-based Science courses:

BIOL-4056E - General Limnology        

BIOL-4066E - Quantitative Ecology         

BIOL-4366E - Soil Biology         

BIOL-4386E - Wetland Ecology and Conservation         

BIOL-4756E - Freshwater Biology         

BIOL-4747E - Herpetology      

BIOL-4907E - Fisheries Science for Stressed Ecosystems         

CHMI-4186E - Topics in Radiochemistry       

CHMI-4197E - Environmental Analytical Chemistry       

GEOL-4037E - Applied Remote Sensing        

GEOL-4226E - Pleistocene and Glacial Geology**

GEOL-4416E - The Global Change-The Geologic Record     

GEOL-4706E - Hydrogeology       

3 elective credits

 

* chosen in consultation with your academic advisor

** if not taken previously

 

Bachelor of Science (3 Year) in Earth Sciences

First year

CHMI-1006E - General Chemistry I *

CHMI-1007E - General Chemistry II    

GEOL-1006E - Introductory Geology I       

GEOL-1007E - Introductory Geology II       

PHYS-1006E - Introductory Physics I or PHYS-1206E - Concepts in Physics I 

PHYS-1007E - Introductory Physics II or PHYS-1207E - Concepts in Physics II 

6 credits from MATH at the first year level

6 elective credits#

 

* students lacking grade 12U Chemistry must first take CHMI 1041

 

Second Year

GEOL-2006E - Field Geology I      

GEOL-2126E - Mineralogy I        

GEOL-2127E - Optical Mineralogy        

GEOL-2237E - Sedimentary, Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks        

GEOL-2406E - Paleobiology I     

GEOL-2807E - Geochemistry I        

12 elective credits#

 

Third Year

GEOL-3006E - Field Geology II      

12 credits from:

GEOL-3206E - Igneous Petrography       

GEOL-3207E - Metamorphic Petrography        

GEOL-3217E - Sedimentary Facies       

GEOL-3306E - Structural Geology       

GEOL-3807E - Geochemistry II       

15 elective credits#

 

# students must include a minimum of 12 credits from the Humanities and/or Social Sciences

Note: students may not exceed 48 credits at the 1000 or 9100 level

 

Bachelor of Science (4 Year) in Earth Sciences

First year

CHMI-1006E - General Chemistry I *

CHMI-1007E - General Chemistry II        

GEOL-1006E - Introductory Geology I       

GEOL-1007E - Introductory Geology II      

MATH-1036E - Calculus I **

PHYS-1006E - Introductory Physics I or PHYS-1206E - Concepts in Physics I 

PHYS-1007E - Introductory Physics II or PHYS-1207E - Concepts in Physics II 

3 additional MATH credits at the first year level (excluding MATH-1911 - Finite Mathematics, MATH-1912 - Elementary Calculus)

6 elective credits#

 

* students lacking grade 12U Chemistry must first take CHMI-1041 - Chemical Concepts

** students lacking grade 12U Advanced Functions or attained a grade of less than 60% must first take MATH-1912 - Elementary Calculus

 

Second Year

GEOL-2006E - Field Geology I     

GEOL-2126E - Mineralogy I      

GEOL-2127E - Optical Mineralogy       

GEOL-2237E - Sedimentary, Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks        

GEOL-2406E - Paleobiology I        

GEOL-2807E - Geochemistry I        

STAT-2246E - Statistics for Scientists         

3 BIOL, CHMI, COSC, MATH, or PHYS credits at the upper year level

6 elective credits#

 

Third Year*

GEOL-3006E - Field Geology II       

GEOL-3206E - Igneous Petrography        

GEOL-3207E - Metamorphic Petrography    

GEOL-3217E - Sedimentary Facies     

GEOL-3306E - Structural Geology        

GEOL-3607E - Ore Deposits and Their Geological Environment        

GEOL-3807E - Geochemistry II        

GEOL-3056E - Computer Applications in the Earth Sciences or 3 upper year COSC credits

6 elective credits#

 

Fourth Year

GEOL-4026E - Field Geology III       

GEOL-4506E - Tectonics, Petrogenesis and Metallogenesis      

GEOL-4005E - Thesis or 6 APGO Geoscience elective credits

12 additional GEOL credits at the 4000 level

6 elective credits#

 

* students wishing to complete the Environmental Geosciences Stream should enrol in the following courses in years 3 and 4

 

Third Year

BIOL-3056E - Mineral Exploitation and the Biosphere         

CHMI-3326E - Groundwater Chemistry       

|ENSC-2016E|     

GEOG-2037E - Introduction to Remote Sensing       

GEOL-3217E - Sedimentary Facies       

GEOL-3306E - Structural Geology        

GEOL-3397E - Introductory Soil Science      

9 elective credits#

 

Fourth Year

GEOL-4127E - Advanced Mineralogy     

GEOL-4226E - Pleistocene and Glacial Geology    

GEOL-4416E - The Global Change-The Geologic Record        

GEOL-4706E - Hydrogeology        

GEOL-4005E - Thesis or 6 APGO Geoscience elective credits

6 additional APGO Geoscience elective credits

6 elective credits#

 

# students must include a minimum of 12 credits from the Humanities and/or Social Sciences

Note: students may not exceed 48 credits at the 1000 or 9100 level