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Science Academic Plans

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Honours Environmental Science (Water Science Specialization)
Advisors: See Faculty of Science, academic advisors.

The Water Science program is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge to address global challenges relating to water including scarcity, quality, and management. This unique program takes an integrative approach by combining earth sciences and the physical, chemical, biological, and management aspects of water to provide students with the breadth of knowledge required to meet multidisciplinary challenges. Graduates will be prepared for employment in areas relating to water science including environmental concerns and water source management.

Continuing in Honours Environmental Science, Water Science Specialization, requires a cumulative overall average of 60% and a cumulative Science average of 60%.

Successful completion of this program requires:
21.75 units distributed as follows:

Additional Program Condition:

A second failure in a core required course will result in removal from the program.

Recommended Course Sequence


Year One


Fall

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

Winter

BIOL 165 Diversity of Life
CHEM 123/CHEM 123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Chemical Reaction Laboratory 2
EARTH 122/EARTH 122L Introduction to Environmental Science /Introductory Environmental Science Laboratory
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
SCCOM 100 Communication in the Sciences


Year Two


Fall
BIOL 240/BIOL 240L Introduction to Microbiology/Microbiology Laboratory 
CHEM 220/CHEM 220L Analytical Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry Lab 1 
EARTH 123 Introductory Hydrology
EARTH 223 Field Methods in Hydrology 
GEOG 201 Fluvial Geomorphology
Winter

BIOL 241 Introduction to Applied Microbiology
EARTH 221 Geochemistry
STAT 202 Introductory Statistics for Scientists
Two electives (1.0 unit)


Year Three


Fall

BIOL 350 Ecosystem Ecology
BIOL 354 Environmental Toxicology
EARTH 342 Geomorphology and GIS applications
EARTH 444 Applied Wetland Science
ERS 316 Urban Water and Waste Water Systems: Integrated Planning and Management 

Winter

BIOL 351 Aquatic Ecology
EARTH 358 Earth Systems Science
GEOG 407 Environmental Hydrology
Two electives (1.0 unit)


Year Four


Fall

BIOL 447 Environmental Microbiology
BIOL 470 Methods of Aquatic Ecology
EARTH 458/EARTH 458L Physical Hydrogeology/Field Methods in Hydrogeology
GEOG 453 Urban Storm Water Management
One program elective (0.5 unit)

Winter

BIOL 361 Biostatistics and Experimental Design
BIOL 450 Marine Biology
One EARTH elective (0.5 unit)
Two electives (1.0 unit)

 


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