Science Academic Plans

Advisors: See Faculty of Science, academic advisors.

Continuation in the Science and Aviation, Earth Specialization program requires a cumulative overall average of 65% and a cumulative Science average of 65%. Flight training courses offered through the Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre (WWFC) are not included in any cumulative average calculations. Instead, students receive credit (CR) for each course they successful complete.

1. 21.0 units distributed as follows:
   • 6.0 EARTH units: EARTH 121, EARTH 121L, EARTH 122, EARTH 122L,EARTH 221, EARTH 231, EARTH 232, EARTH 235, EARTH 238, EARTH 260, EARTH 342, EARTH 358, and EARTH 471
   • 2.5 additional EARTH elective units distributed as follows:
     • 1.0 unit at 200-level or higher
     • 1.5 unit at 300-level or higher
   • 1.5 CHEM units: CHEM 120, CHEM 120L, CHEM 123, and CHEM 123L
   • 1.5 PHYS units: PHYS 111, PHYS 111L, PHYS 112, and PHYS 112L
   • 6.0 AVIA units: AVIA 100, AVIA 101, AVIA 102, AVIA 203, AVIA 204, AVIA 205, AVIA 306, AVIA 307, AVIA 310, and AVIA 408
   • 1.0 MATH unit: MATH 127 and MATH 128
   • 0.5 STAT unit: STAT 202
   • 0.5 CS unit chosen from: CS 100 or CS 115
   • 1.0 GEOG unit: GEOG 181 and GEOG 309
   • 0.5 GEOG unit chosen from: GEOG 271 or GEOG 281
2. Completion of the English Language Proficiency Requirement

1. AVIA 101, 102, 203, 204, 205, 306, 307 and 408 are the Professional Pilot Program flight training courses offered by and assessed through the WWFC. All other AVIA courses are offered and assessed by Waterloo.
2. The passing grade in each WWFC flight training course is 70%. Credit must be obtained in each course to progress to the next one. Normally, students can repeat each course only once, if there is a failed first attempt.
3. A maximum of 2.0 failed units is permitted for all Waterloo courses.

Note

PHYS 121 and PHYS 122 plus associated labs can substitute PHYS 111 and PHYS 112 plus associated labs.

Recommended Course Sequence

Year One Fall

AVIA 100 Introduction to Aviation
CHEM 120/CHEM 120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Laboratory
EARTH 121/EARTH 121L Introductory Earth Sciences/Laboratory
GEOG 181 Principles of GIScience
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences

Year One Winter

AVIA 101 Professional Pilot Program Course I (0.75 unit)
CHEM 123/CHEM 123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Laboratory
EARTH 122/EARTH 122L Introductory Environmental Sciences/Laboratory
MATH 128 Calculus 2 for Scientists
PHYS 111 Physics 1

Year One Spring

AVIA 102 Professional Pilot Program Course II (0.5 unit)

Year Two Fall

AVIA 203 Professional Pilot Program Course III (0.5 unit)
GEOG 271 Earth from Space Using Remote Sensing
 or GEOG 281 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
EARTH 231 Mineralogy
EARTH 235 Stratigraphic Approaches to Understanding Earth's History
PHYS 111L Physics 1 Laboratory

Year Two Winter

AVIA 204 Professional Pilot Program Course IV (0.75 unit)
EARTH 221 Geochemistry 1
EARTH 238 Introductory Structural Geology
PHYS 112/PHYS 112L Physics 2/Laboratory

Year Two Spring

Year Three Fall

AVIA 306 Professional Pilot Program Course VI (0.75 unit)
EARTH 260 Applied Geophysics 1
One 200- 300- or 400-level EARTH elective (0.5 unit)
STAT 202 Introductory Statistics for Scientists

Year Three Winter

AVIA 307 Professional Pilot Program Course VII (0.75 unit)
AVIA 310 Human Factors in Aviation
EARTH 232 Petrography
One 200- 300- or 400-level EARTH elective (0.5 unit)

Year Three Spring

AVIA 408 Professional Pilot Program Course VIII  (0.5 unit)

Year Four Fall

Year Four Winter

EARTH 358 Earth System Science
EARTH 471 Mineral Deposits
One 300- or 400-level  EARTH elective (0.5 unit)