Year 1A (Fall)
CHEM 120/120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Laboratory
EARTH 121/121L The Planet We Live On/Laboratory
EARTH 123/123L Introductory Hydrology/Laboratory
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
PHYS 121/121L Mechanics and Waves 1/Laboratory Year 1B (Winter)
CHEM 123/123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Laboratory
EARTH 122/122L The Planet We Live Off 2/Laboratory
MATH 128 Calculus 2 for the Sciences
PHYS 122/122L Mechanics and Waves 2/Laboratory
PHYS 139 Scientific Computer Programming
Year 2A (Fall)
CHEM 220/220L Analytical Chemistry 1/Laboratory
CHEM 209 Introductory Spectroscopy and Structure
CHEM 240 Mathematical Methods in Chemistry
EARTH 231 Mineralogy
Arts Core (0.5 unit)
Year 2B (Spring)
CHEM 254 Introductory Chemical Thermodynamics
CHEM 224L Analytical Chemistry Laboratory 2
EARTH 232 Petrography
EARTH 221 Geochemistry 1
MATH 228 Differential Equations for Physics and Chemistry
or AMATH 250 Modelling with Ordinary Differential Equations
One Elective (0.5 unit)
Year 3A (Winter)
CHEM 28/28LOrganic Chemistry for Engineering and Bioinformatics Students/Laboratory
CHEM 221 Analytical Chemistry 2
EARTH 361 Introduction to Atmospheric Science
EARTH 281 Geology and Health
EARTH 390 Methods in Geological Mapping
One Elective (0.5 unit)
Year 3B (Fall)
CHEM 305 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
CHEM 305L Atmospheric Modelling Laboratory
CHEM 404 Physicochemical Aspects of Natural Water
CHEM 350 Chemical Kinetics
EARTH 205 Urban Air Pollution
EARTH 359 Flow through porous media
Year 4A (Fall)
EARTH 456 Groundwater Modelling
EARTH 458 Physical Hydrogeology
EARTH 436A Honours Thesis or CHEM 494A Research Project
Two Electives (1.0 unit)
Year 4B (Winter)
EARTH 358 Environmental Geology (W)
EARTH 436B Honours Thesis or CHEM 494B Research Project
Three Electives (1.5 units)
Recommended Electives: This list is provided for guidance only. Note for students who wish to meet the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO)’s requirements to practice Geoscience in Ontario: One of the seven electives must be STAT 202 and the remaining six electives must be EARTH labeled courses, including two of the following: EARTH 235 or 333, EARTH 238, EARTH 342, and EARTH 440. Also note that many of the recommended electives have prerequisites and it is the responsibility of the student, in consultation with the program advisor, to ensure that all pre-requisite requirements for selected electives are met.
BIOL 354 Environmental Toxicology 1
BIOL 439 Environmental and Natural Products Biochemistry
BIOL 447 Environmental Microbiology
CH 480 Special Topics (at WLU)
CHEM 212 Inorganic Structure and Bonding 1
CHEM 213 Inorganic Structure and Bonding 2
CHEM 310/310L Transition Element Compounds and Inorganic Materials/Laboratory
CHEM 323 Analytical Instrumentation
CHEM 421 Mass Spectrometry
EARTH 235 Stratigraphy
EARTH 238 Structural Geology
EARTH 260 Applied Geophysics 1
EARTH 331 Igneous Petrography
EARTH 333 Sedimentology
EARTH 342 Geomorphology
EARTH 440 Quaternary Geology
EARTH 459 Chemical Hydrogeology
EARTH 460 Applied Geophysics 2
EARTH 461 Applied Geophysics 3
ENVS 201 Introduction to Environmental and Planning Law
ERS 319 Approaches to Environmental Decision-Making
GEOG 101 Geography and Human Habitat
GEOG 102 Geography and Our Planetary Environment
GEOG 208 Human Dimensions of Global Climate Change
GEOG 255 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
GEOG 271 Earth from Space Using Remote Sensing
GEOG 309 Physical Climatology
GEOG 355 Spatial Data Bases
GEOG 371 Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques
GEOG 409 Energy Balance Climatology
GEOG 455 Spatial Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems
GEOG 471 Remote Sensing Project
STAT 202 Introductory Statistics for Scientists
EARTH 421 may be substituted for CHEM 254 but it is offered in Fall term.
Students must obtain a letter of permission from the Department of Earth Sciences to bring to the instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University.