Advisor: Professor J. Witt (Biology)
Continuance in the Honours Environmental Science (Ecology Specialization) plan requires a cumulative average of 60% in Science courses and 60% in non-Science courses. This plan has a biological focus with emphasis on the fundamental science needed to understand ecological problems. In order to graduate from the plan the following requirements must be met:
- Successful completion of 21.75 units of which 20.0 are lecture units and 1.75 are lab units.
- Completion of the English Language Proficiency Examination (ELPE).
- No more than 5.0 failed units are allowed.
Year One (Fall)
BIOL 250 Organismal and Evolutionary Ecology
CHEM 120/120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Laboratory
EARTH 121/121L Introductory Earth Sciences/Laboratory
PHYS 111/111L Physics 1/Laboratory
One Elective (0.5 unit)
Year One (Winter)
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
BIOL 120 Introduction to Plant Structure and Function
CHEM 123/123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Laboratory
EARTH 122/122L Introductory Environmental Sciences/Laboratory
One Elective (0.5 unit)
Note
Students wishing to gain membership in the College of Applied Biology of British Columbia (e.g. Registered Professional Biologist, R.P. Bio.), which is a requirement for certain Ecological and Environmental Science positions, MUST select ENGL 109 as an elective.
Year Two (Fall)
BIOL 110 Introductory Zoology
BIOL 130 Introductory Cell Biology
BIOL 140/140L Fundamentals of Microbiology/Laboratory
CHEM 266 Basic Organic Chemistry 1
EARTH 123/123L Introduction to Hydrology/ Field Methods in Hydrogeology
Year Two (Winter)
BIOL 139 Genetics
BIOL 211 Introductory Vertebrate Zoology
or BIOL 265 Diversity of Life
CHEM 237 Introductory Biochemistry
STAT 202 Introductory Statistics for Scientists
ERS 215 Environmental and Sustainability Assessment I
Year Three (Fall)
BIOL 350 Ecosystem Ecology
BIOL 354 Environmental Toxicology 1
EARTH 342 Applied Geomorphology
One BIOL or EARTH Elective*(0.5 unit)
One Elective (0.5 unit)
Year Three (Winter)
BIOL 351 Aquatic Ecology
BIOL 359 Evolution
BIOL 361 Biostatistics and Experimental Design
BIOL 491A Aquatic Field Biology**
One Elective (0.5 unit)
Year Four
BIOL 456 Population Biology (Fall)
BIOL 457 Analysis of Communities (Winter)
Three 300- or 400-level BIOL Electives* (1.5 units)
One 300- or 400-level EARTH Elective* (0.5 unit)
Four Electives (2.0 units)
Note
Students should be aware that many positions in Ecology and Environmental Science require knowledge of environmental planning. Students are very strongly encouraged to select ENVS 201 (Environmental Planning and Law) as an elective.
*Electives: BIOL and EARTH Electives must be selected from the following lists:
Biology Electives:
BIOL 208, 211, 241, 265, 321, 323, 325, 335L, 346, 370, 371, 383, 412, 426, 439, 447, 448, 450, 452, 455, 461, 462, 466, 470, 479, 480, 488, 491B, 499
Earth Sciences Electives:
EARTH 221, 232, 235, 236, 238, 281, 333, 358, 359, 421, 440, 458, 459
**One 400-level BIOL field course is required to complete this program. Field courses are intensive two week courses held at off-campus locations during the spring term, and enrolment in these courses works very differently than regular course enrolment. Students should plan on the completion of this course at the end of the second or third year, and must consult their academic advisor about the selection of this course no later than the fall term of their second year.