This program provides a basic quantitative background in science and mathematics, while offering students greater opportunity to select courses in a wide range of environment-related subject areas, such as chemistry, ecology, microbiology, geography and hydrogeology. Students will acquire the knowledge base required to assess the environmental impact of surface and subsurface contamination from industry, urbanization, agriculture and mining. Graduates will be prepared for employment in any area dealing with environmental issues and legislation, particularly in government and the environmental consulting industry.
Year 1A (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 1B (Winter)
BIOL
120 Introduction to Plant Structure and Function
CHEM
123/
123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Laboratory
EARTH
122/
122L Introductory Environmental Sciences/Laboratory
MATH
127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences One Elective (0.5 unit)
Year 2A (Fall)
EARTH 123/123L Introductory Hydrology/Field Methods in Hydrology
EARTH 231 Mineralogy
EARTH 235 Stratigraphic Approaches to Understanding Earth's History
ENVS 201 Introduction to Environmental and Planning Law
One Elective (0.5 unit)
Year 2B (Spring)
BIOL 240/240L Fundamentals of Microbiology/Laboratory
EARTH 221 Geochemistry 1
EARTH 232 Petrography Arts Core (0.5 unit)
One Elective (0.5 unit)
Year 3A (Winter)
EARTH 238 Introductory Structural Geology
EARTH 333 Introductory Sedimentology
EARTH 358 Earth System Science
EARTH 390 Methods in Geological Mapping
One 200-level EARTH course (0.5 unit)
One Elective (0.5 unit)
Year 3B (Fall)
EARTH 342 Applied Geomorphology
STAT 202 Statistics for Scientists
Two 300- or 400-level EARTH courses (1.0 unit)
One Elective (0.5 unit)
Year 4 (Fall and Winter)
EARTH 436A/ 436B Honours Thesis or EARTH 499 Research Project plus one 300- or 400-level EARTH course(F/W)
EARTH 440 Quaternary Geology (Fall)
EARTH 444 Applied Wetland Science (Fall)
Two Electives (1.0 unit) (Fall)
One 300- or 400-level EARTH course (0.5 unit) (Winter)
Three electives (1.5 units) (Winter)
Recommended Electives
BIOL 110 Introductory Zoology
BIOL 241 Introduction to Applied Microbiology
BIOL 265 Diversity of Life
BIOL 350 Ecosystem Ecology
BIOL 351 Aquatic Ecology
BIOL 354 Environmental Toxicology 1
BIOL 447 Environmental Microbiology
CHEM 209 Introductory Spectroscopy and Structure
CHEM 212 Structure and Bonding
CHEM 220/220L Intro Analytical Chemistry
or CHEM 228/228L Analytical Chemistry for Life Sciences
CHEM 266/266L Basic Organic Chemistry 1
CHEM 404 Physicochemical Aspects of Natural Waters
ERS 215 Environmental and Sustainability Assessment I
GEOG 281 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
CS 115 Introduction to Computer Science 1