Science Academic Plans

Advisor: See Faculty of Science, Academic Advisors.

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:

1. Successful completion of 21.75 units of which 20.0 are lecture units and 1.75 are lab units.
2. Completion of the English Language Proficiency Requirement.
3. For students studying in the co-op format, find detailed information on co-op program requirements in  the Co-operative Education and Career Action section of the undergraduate calendar and in the Science guidelines.
4. No more than 5.0 failed units are allowed.

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Year 1A (Fall)

BIOL 150 Organismal and Evolutionary Ecology
CHEM 120/CHEM 120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Laboratory
EARTH 121/EARTH 121L Introductory Earth Sciences/Laboratory
PHYS 111/PHYS 111L Physics 1/Laboratory
One Elective (0.5 unit)

Year 1B (Winter)

BIOL 120 Introduction to Plant Structure and Function
CHEM 123/CHEM 123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Laboratory
EARTH 122/EARTH 122L Introductory Environmental Sciences/Laboratory
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
One Elective (0.5 unit)

Year 2A (Fall)

BIOL 110 Introductory Zoology
BIOL 130 Introductory Cell Biology
CHEM 266 Basic Organic Chemistry 1
EARTH 123/EARTH 123L Introduction to Hydrology/Field Methods in Hydrogeology
STAT 202 Introductory Statistics for Scientists

Year 2B (Spring)

BIOL 239 Genetics
BIOL 240/BIOL 240L Fundamentals of Microbiology/Laboratory
BIOL 354 Environmental Toxicology 1
CHEM 233 Fundamentals of Biochemistry or CHEM 237 Introductory Biochemistry
One Elective (0.5 unit)

Year 3A (Winter)

BIOL 351 Aquatic Ecology
BIOL 359 Evolution 1: Mechanisms
BIOL 361 Biostatistics and Experimental Design
BIOL 165 Diversity of Life or BIOL 211 Introductory Vertebrate Biology or BIOL 310 Invertebrate Zoology
One Elective (0.5 unit)

Year 3B (Fall)

BIOL 350 Ecosystem Ecology
EARTH 342 Geomorphology and GIS Applications
One 300- or 400-level BIOL Elective (0.5 unit) from the Biology Electives for the Ecology Specialization
One BIOL or EARTH Elective (0.5 unit) from the Biology and Earth Science Electives for the Ecology Specialization
One Elective (0.5 unit)

Year Four (Fall/Winter)

BIOL 456 Population Biology (Fall)
 or BIOL 458 Quantitative Ecology (Fall) 
BIOL 457 Analysis of Communities (Winter)
ERS 215 Environmental and Sustainability Assessment I
Two 300- or 400-level BIOL Electives (1.0 unit) from the Biology Electives for the Ecology Specialization
One 400-level BIOL Elective (0.5 unit) from the Biology Electives for the Ecology Specialization
One 300- or 400-level EARTH Elective (0.5 unit) from the Earth Science Electives for the Ecology Specialization
Three Electives (1.5 units)

1. Many positions in Ecology and Environmental Science require knowledge of environmental planning. Students are very strongly encouraged to select ENVS 201 (Introduction to Canadian Environmental Law) as an elective.
2. One 400-level BIOL field course is recommended to complete this program.  Field courses are intensive two week courses held off-campus during the spring term, and enrolment in these courses works very differently than regular course enrolment.

Biology Electives for the Ecology Specialization

BIOL 165, BIOL 211, BIOL 241, BIOL 309, BIOL 310, BIOL 321, BIOL 323, BIOL 325, BIOL 335L, BIOL 346, BIOL 370, BIOL 371, BIOL 383, BIOL 414, BIOL 426, BIOL 439, BIOL 447, BIOL 448, BIOL 450, BIOL 452, BIOL 455, BIOL 461, BIOL 462, BIOL 470, BIOL 479, BIOL 480, BIOL 485, BIOL 488, BIOL 489, BIOL 490A, BIOL 490B, BIOL 490C, BIOL 499

Earth Sciences Electives for the Ecology Specialization

EARTH 221, EARTH 232, EARTH 235, EARTH 238, EARTH 281, EARTH 321, EARTH 333, EARTH 358, EARTH 359, EARTH 421, EARTH 440, EARTH 458, EARTH 459