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Earth and Environmental Sciences

Honours Co-operative Earth Sciences (Hydrogeology Specialization)

Advisors: See Faculty of Science, academic advisors.

Hydrogeology is an interdisciplinary field of study that integrates geological knowledge with the principles of subsurface fluid flow, contaminant migration, geochemistry, mathematics, and physics in order to understand and protect groundwater resources. Typical problems hydrogeologists tackle include the search for groundwater supplies, assessment and remediation of soil and groundwater contamination due to industrial, agricultural, and mining practices, and conducting watershed studies to assess environmental impacts due to urban and rural activities. This quantitative program prepares students for challenging and exciting careers in both the public and private sectors, particularly in the environmental consulting industry where there is demand for well-trained hydrogeologists.

Continuing in Honours Co-operative Earth Sciences, Hydrogeology Specialization, requires a cumulative overall average of 60% and a cumulative average of 60% in all EARTH courses.

Successful completion of this program requires:

  1. 21.75 units that include:
  2. Co-operative education requirements that include:

Notes

  1. ENVS 201, ERS 215, BIOL 240, BIOL 447, GEOG 271, GEOG 387, MATH 217, and CIVE 221 are recommended electives for this program.
  2. SCI and EARTH courses may not be counted as program electives.
  3. A maximum of 1.5 SCI units may be counted as electives.
  4. Students will need enrolment permission for required courses offered through Engineering.
  5. Additional co-op program information is located in the Co-operative Education and
    Career Action (CECA)
    section of this Calendar and in the SCience Faculty work-term report guidelines.

Recommended Course Sequence


Year One


Fall

CHEM 120/CHEM 120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Laboratory
EARTH 121/EARTH 121L Introductory Earth Sciences/Laboratory
EARTH 123 Introductory Hydrology
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
PHYS 111/PHYS 111L Physics 1/Laboratory
 or PHYS 121/PHYS 121L Mechanics/Laboratory

Winter
CHEM 123/CHEM 123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Laboratory
EARTH 122/EARTH 122L Introductory Environmental Sciences/Laboratory
MATH 128 Calculus 2 for the Sciences
PHYS 112/PHYS 112L Physics 2/Laboratory
 or PHYS 122/PHYS 122L Waves, Electricity and Magnetism/Laboratory 
SCCOM 100 Communication in the Sciences

Year Two


Fall
EARTH 223 Field Methods in Hydrology
EARTH 231 Mineralogy
EARTH 235 Stratigraphic Approaches to Understanding Earth's History
EARTH 260 Applied Geophysics 1
MATH 106 Applied Linear Algebra 1
 or MATH 114 Linear Algebra for Science
Spring

EARTH 221 Geochemistry 1
EARTH 232 Petrography
MATH 218 Differential Equations for Engineers
 or CIVE 222 Differential Equations
One program elective (0.5 unit)
One elective (0.5 unit)


Year Three


Winter
EARTH 238 Introductory Structural Geology
EARTH 333 Introductory Sedimentology
EARTH 390 Methods in Geological Mapping
CIVE 353 Geotechnical Engineering 1
One 200-, 300-, or 400-level EARTH elective (0.5 unit)
One elective (0.5 unit)
Fall
EARTH 342 Applied Geomorphology
EARTH 458/EARTH 458L Physical Hydrogeology/Field Methods in Hydrogeology
EARTH 421 Geochemistry 2
STAT 202 Introductory Statistics for Scientists
One program elective (0.5 unit)

Year Four


Fall

EARTH 436A Honours Thesis
 or EARTH 499 Research Project
EARTH 440 Quaternary Geology
Two EARTH electives 300-level or higher (1.0 unit)
One elective (0.5 unit)

Winter

EARTH 436B Honours Thesis
 or one EARTH elective 300-level or higher (0.5 unit)
EARTH 456 Numerical Methods in Hydrogeology
EARTH 459 Chemical Hydrogeology
One EARTH elective 300-level or higher (0.5 unit)

 


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