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:
- 5.75 BIOL units: BIOL 150, BIOL 165, BIOL 240, BIOL 240L, BIOL 241, BIOL 350, BIOL 351, BIOL 354, BIOL 361, BIOL 447, BIOL 450, and BIOL 470
- 2.25 CHEM units: CHEM 120, CHEM 120L, CHEM 123, CHEM 123L, CHEM 220, and CHEM 220L
- 5.25 EARTH units: EARTH 121, EARTH 121L, EARTH 122, EARTH 122L, EARTH 123, EARTH 221, EARTH 223, EARTH 342, EARTH 358, EARTH 444, EARTH 458, and EARTH 458L
- 0.5 PHYS unit: PHYS 111
- 0.5 EARTH elective unit chosen from: EARTH 439, EARTH 456, or EARTH 459
- 0.5 program elective unit chosen from: CHEM 404 or EARTH 421
- 0.5 ERS unit: ERS 316
- 1.5 GEOG unit: GEOG 201, GEOG 407, and GEOG 453
- 0.5 MATH unit: MATH 127
- 0.5 STAT unit: STAT 202
- 0.5 ENGL unit: ENGL 193/SPCOM 193
- 3.5 elective lecture course units
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 Sciences/Introductory Environmental Sciences Laboratory
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
One of ENGL 193/SPCOM 193 Communication in the Sciences
Year Two
Fall
BIOL 240/BIOL 240L Introduction to Microbiology/Microbiology Laboratory
CHEM 220/CHEM 220L Intro 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 1
STAT 202 Introductory Statistics for Scientists
Two electives (1.0 unit)
Year Three
Fall
BIOL 350 Ecosystem Ecology
BIOL 354 Environmental Toxicology 1
EARTH 342 Geomorphology and GIS Applications
EARTH 444 Applied Wetland Science
ERS 316 Urban Water and Wastewater Systems: Integrated Planning and Management
Winter
BIOL 351 Aquatic Ecology
EARTH 358 Earth System 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 Stormwater 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)