Advisor: See Faculty of Science, academic advisors.
Continuation in the Science and Business, Environmental Sciences Specialization program requires a cumulative overall average of 65% and a cumulative Science average of 65%.
Successful completion of this program requires:
- 21.0 units distributed as follows:
- 3.25 BIOL units chosen from: BIOL 110, BIOL 150, BIOL 240, BIOL 240L, BIOL 241, BIOL 354, and BIOL 456 or BIOL 457
- 0.5 BIOL elective unit at a 200-level or higher
- 4.0 CHEM units: CHEM 120, CHEM 120L, CHEM 123, CHEM 123L, CHEM 209, CHEM 220, CHEM 220L, CHEM 266, CHEM 266L, and CHEM 237
- 2.25 EARTH units: EARTH 121, EARTH 121L, EARTH 123, EARTH 342, and EARTH 358
- 1.5 AFM units: AFM 123, AFM 131, and AFM 231
- 2.5 ECON units: ECON 101, ECON 102, ECON 221, ECON 344, and ECON 371
- 1.0 MATH unit: MATH 127 and MATH 128
- 0.5 CS unit: CS 100
- 3.0 SCBUS units: SCBUS 122, SCBUS 123, SCBUS 223, SCBUS 225, SCBUS 323, and SCBUS 423
- 1.0 Program elective unit chosen from: ACTSC 231, ECON 211, ECON 220, ECON 361, ECON 372, HRM 200, HRM 301, MSCI 311, MSCI 432, STAT 231, and STAT 333
- 1.0 Science elective or Program elective unit
- 0.5 elective units, any subject
- Completion of the English Language Proficiency Requirement
- Completion of Co-op Program requirements
Additional Program Conditions:
- BIOL 101 does not count towards this program.
- A maximum of 2.0 failed units is permitted.
- Normally, a maximum of 3.0 SCBUS units is permitted.
- Co-op program information requirements are located in the Co-operative Education and Career Action section of this Calendar and in the Science Faculty work term report guidelines.
Notes
- Science elective courses include BIOL, CHEM, EARTH and PHYS.
- HRM 200 and MSCI 311 are recommended Program electives.
- Alternative Program electives may be substituted with permission from the program advisor.
- Program outlines and course sequencing information are available on the Science and Business website.
Recommended Course Sequence
Year One
Fall
BIOL 240 Fundamentals of Microbiology (online)
CHEM 120/CHEM 120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Laboratory
EARTH 121/EARTH 121L Introductory Earth Sciences/Laboratory
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
SCBUS 123 Science and Business Workshop 1
Winter
AFM 131 Introduction to Business in North America
CHEM 123/CHEM 123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Laboratory
CS 100 Introduction to Computing through Applications
ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics
MATH 128 Calculus 2 for the Sciences
SCBUS 122 Management of Business Organizations
Year Two
Fall
BIOL 110 Introductory Zoology
BIOL 240L Fundamentals of Microbiology Laboratory
CHEM 209 Introductory Spectroscopy and Structure
CHEM 266/CHEM 266L Basic Organic Chemistry 2/Laboratory
EARTH 123 Introductory Hydrology
SCBUS 223 Science and Business Workshop 2
Spring
One BIOL elective 200-level or higher (0.5 unit)
BIOL 241 Introduction to Applied Microbiology
ECON 102 Introduction to Macroeconomics
ECON 221 Statistics for Economists
One Program elective (0.5 unit)
Year Three
Winter
AFM 123 Accounting Information for Managers
AFM 231 Business Law
CHEM 237 Introductory Biochemistry
SCBUS 225 Organizational Behaviour
Fall
BIOL 150 Organismal and Evolutionary Ecology
CHEM 220/CHEM 220L Introductory Analytical Chemistry/Laboratory
ECON 344 Principles of Marketing and Consumer Economics
ECON 371 Business Finance 1
SCBUS 323 Technology Development Workshop 3
Year Four
Fall
BIOL 354 Environmental Toxicology 1
EARTH 342 Applied Geomorphology
SCBUS 423 Senior Honours Science and Business Workshop 4
One Program elective (0.5 unit)
One Program or Science elective (0.5 unit)
Winter
BIOL 457 Analysis of Communities or BIOL 456 Population Biology (Fall)
EARTH 358 Earth System Science
One Program or Science elective (0.5 unit)
One elective (0.5 unit)