Science Academic Programs and Plans

Advisors: See Faculty of Science, academic advisors.

This program offers Earth and Chemistry courses integrated with five four-month work terms, and extends over four and two-thirds years. Students work and study in alternate terms starting at the end of the 2A term. There is a double work term between terms 3B and 4A. Co-op program information requirements are located in the Co-operative Education and Career Action (CECA) section of this Calendar and in the Science Faculty work-term report guidelines. Information on WatPD courses is located on the Professional Development website.

Continuing in Honours Co-operative Geochemistry requires a 60% cumulative overall average and a 60% cumulative average in all Chemistry and Earth Sciences courses combined.

Successful completion of this program requires:

1. 21.25 total units that include:
   • 5.25 CHEM units: CHEM 100, CHEM 120, CHEM 120L, CHEM 123, CHEM 123L, CHEM 212, CHEM 220, CHEM 220L, CHEM 221, CHEM 224L, CHEM 254, CHEM 264, and CHEM 323
   • 7.0 EARTH units: EARTH 121, EARTH 121L, EARTH 122, EARTH 122L, EARTH 123, EARTH 221, EARTH 223, EARTH 231, EARTH 232, EARTH 235, EARTH 238, EARTH 321, EARTH 390, EARTH 421, and EARTH 458
   • 0.5 EARTH elective unit: EARTH 281 or EARTH 358
   • 1.0 EARTH unit: EARTH 436A and EARTH 436B; or EARTH 499 and one EARTH elective at 300-level or higher
   • 1.0 MATH unit: MATH 127 and MATH 128
   • 1.0 PHYS unit: PHYS 111 or PHYS 121 and PHYS 112 or PHYS 122
   • 0.5 STAT unit: STAT 202
   • 0.5 ENGL unit: ENGL 193/SPCOM 193
   • 4.5 electives units distributed as follows:
   • 1.5 units of CHEM electives chosen from: CHEM 265, CHEM 310, CHEM 313, CHEM 350, CHEM 360, CHEM 400, and CHEM 404
   • 1.5 units of EARTH electives chosen from: EARTH 331, EARTH 332, EARTH 439, EARTH 456, EARTH 459, and EARTH 471
   • 1.5 units of elective courses chosen from any 0.5 unit courses
2. Normally, full-time enrolment in Years Two, Three, and Four
3. Co-operative education requirements that include:
   
   • A minimum of four work terms
   • Four WatPD (professional development) courses that must include PD 1, PD 11, and two PD elective courses
   • Four work-term reports:
     • One completed as part of PD 11
     • Three completed in required WKRPT courses: WKRPT 200S, WKRPT 300S, and WKRPT 400S

Notes

1. Students may have co-supervisors from the Chemistry Department for the EARTH 436A and EARTH 436B Honours Thesis.
2. The Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO) requires specific university credits to be considered for accreditation. Students should refer to the APGO website to guide their course elective choices.

Recommended Course Sequence

Year One

Fall

CHEM 100 Introduction to Chemical Sciences
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
EARTH 123 Introductory Hydrology
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
PHYS 111 Physics 1
  or PHYS 121 Mechanics

Winter

CHEM 123/CHEM 123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Chemical Reaction Laboratory 2
EARTH 122/EARTH 122L Introductory Environmental Sciences/Introductory Sciences Laboratory
MATH 128 Calculus 2 for the Sciences
PHYS 112 Physics 2
  or PHYS 122 Waves, Electricity and Magnetism
One of ENGL 193/SPCOM 193 Communication in the Sciences

Year Two

Fall

CHEM 220/CHEM 220L Intro Analytical Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry Lab 1
CHEM 264 Organic Chemistry 1
EARTH 231 Mineralogy
EARTH 235 Stratigraphic Approaches to Understanding Earth's History
One elective (0.5 unit)

Spring

CHEM 221 Multi-Component Analysis
CHEM 224L Analytical Chemistry Laboratory 2
CHEM 254 Introductory Chemical Thermodynamics
EARTH 221 Geochemistry 1
One electives (0.5 unit)

Year Three

Winter

CHEM 212 Structure and Bonding
EARTH 232 Petrography
EARTH 238 Introductory Structural Geology
EARTH 321 Introduction to Geomicrobiology
EARTH 358 Earth System Science
  or EARTH 281 Geological Impacts on Human Health
EARTH 390 Methods in Geological Mapping

Fall

CHEM 323 Analytical Instrumentation
EARTH 223 Field Methods in Hydrology
EARTH 458 Physical Hydrogeology
STAT 202 Introductory Statistics for Scientists
One elective (0.5 unit)

Year Four

Fall

EARTH 436A Honours Thesis
  or EARTH 499 Research Project
EARTH 421 Geochemistry 2
Three electives (1.5 units)

Winter

EARTH 436B Honours Thesis
  or one 300-level or 400-level EARTH course
Three electives (1.5 units)