In addition to the requirements for all Honours
Major Academic Plans listed above, Honours Earth Sciences/Environmental
Specialization students must maintain a 70% average in all
Geography/Environmental Science courses. Geography Electives
In
selecting 200-, 300-, and 400-level Geography courses, students are
encouraged to choose a sequence of courses from disciplines within
Geography, such as Remote Sensing, Resource Management, etc.
Year One
CHEM
120/
120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Laboratory
CHEM
123/
123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Laboratory
EARTH
121/
121L The Planet We Live On/Laboratory
EARTH
122/
122L The Planet We Live Off/Laboratory
EARTH
123/
123L Introductory Hydrology/Laboratory
PHYS
111/
111L Physics 1/Laboratory
PHYS
112/
112L Physics 2/Laboratory
or BIOL
140 Fundamentals of Microbiology
MATH
127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
Arts Core (0.5 unit)
One elective (0.5 unit)
Year Two
EARTH 221 Geochemistry
EARTH 231 Mineralogy
EARTH 232 Petrography
EARTH 235 Stratigraphy and Earth History
EARTH 236 Principles of Paleontology
EARTH 238 Introductory Structural Geology
EARTH 281 Geological Impacts on Human Health
ENVS 200 Field Ecology or BIOL 250 Ecology
ENVS 201 Introduction to Environmental and Planning Law
One elective (0.5 unit)
Year Three
EARTH 333 Introductory Sedimentology
EARTH 342 Applied Geomorphology
EARTH 358 Environmental Geology
EARTH 390 Methods in Geological Mapping
STAT 202 Statistics for Physical Sciences
GEOG 255 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
ONE 300- 400 level Earth Sciences course (0.5 unit)
Two Geography electives (1.0 unit)
Two electives (1.0 unit)
Year Four
EARTH 436 A/B Honours Thesis
EARTH 440 Quaternary Geology
Two 300 - 400-level EARTH courses (1.0 unit)
Three 300- or 400-level Geography electives (1.5 units)
Two electives (1.0 units)