A list of recommended electives is presented at the end of the Co-op program description.
The atmospheric changes that have occurred since the industrial revolution have culminated in an urgent need for solutions to the problems brought on by human activity. From dramatic polar ozone depletion to air pollution and the increasing evidence of climate change, the symptoms of extensive and possibly irreversible atmospheric damage are multiplying rapidly. This program provides an understanding of atmospheric processes at both the fundamental and applied levels that will allow students to participate in the solution of these important problems. Employment opportunities in Atmospheric Science exist in the public sector, where emission regulations are developed; the private sector, where environmentally sound business practices are demanded and in the research community where atmospheric change is assessed and methods for the remediation of existing problems are developed.
Year One (Fall)
CHEM 120/120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Laboratory
EARTH 121/121L Introductory Earth Sciences/Laboratory
EARTH 123/123L Introductory Hydrology/Field Methods in Hydrogeology
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
PHYS 121/121L Mechanics/Laboratory
Year One (Winter)
CHEM 123/123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Laboratory
EARTH 122/122L Introductory Environmental Sciences/Laboratory
MATH 128 Calculus 2 for the Sciences
PHYS 122/122L Waves, Electricity and Magnetism/Laboratory
One Elective (0.5 unit)
Year Two (Fall)
PHYS 236 Computational Physics 1
CHEM 240 Mathematical Methods in Chemistry or
MATH 114 Linear Algebra for Science
EARTH 205 Introduction to Atmospheric Science
EARTH 231 Mineralogy
PHYS 224 Electricity and Magnetism for Life and Medicinal Physics
Year Two (Winter)
3CHEM 254 Introductory Chemical Thermodynamics
EARTH 221 Geochemistry 1
EARTH 281 Geology and Health
MATH 228 Differential Equations for Physics and Chemistry or
AMATH 250 Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations
One Elective (0.5 units)
Year Three
EARTH 310 Environmental Informatics (Fall)
EARTH 358 Earth System Science (Winter)
EARTH 361 Atmospheric Motions and Physics (Winter)
GEOG 271 Earth from Space Using Remote Sensing (Winter)
STAT 202 Introductory Statistics for Scientists (Fall)
Arts Core (0.5 units)
Four Electives ( 2.0 units)
Year Four
EARTH 305 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Fall)
EARTH 305L Atmospheric Modelling Laboratory (Fall)
EARTH 359 Flow Through Porous Media (Fall)
EARTH 436A/B Honours Thesis (Fall,Winter) or
EARTH 499 Research Project plus one 300- or 400-level EARTH course
GEOG 309 Physical Climatology (Fall)
Five Electives (2.5 units)
3EARTH 421 (Fall) may be substituted for CHEM 254 (Winter)