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The Undergraduate Calendar

 

 

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Honours Major Academic Plans - Regular

Honours Earth Sciences (Environmental Specialization)
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.


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
5PHYS 112/112L Physics 2/Laboratory
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
Arts Core (0.5 units)
One elective (0.5 units)

Year Two
EARTH 221 Geochemistry
EARTH 231 Mineralogy
EARTH 232 Petrography
EARTH 235 Stratigraphy and Earth History
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 200-level EARTH course (0.5 units)
One elective (0.5 units)


Year Three
EARTH 333 Introductory Sedimentology
EARTH 342 Applied Geomorphology
EARTH 358 Earth System Science
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 units)
Four electives (2.0 units)


Year Four
EARTH 436A/B Honours Thesis
EARTH 440 Quaternary Geology
Two 300 - 400-level EARTH courses (1.0 units) 
Five electives (2.5 units)
5BIOL 140/140L may be substituted for PHYS 112/112L but would have to be taken in the Fall term of years 2, 3 or 4. 


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