Science Academic Programs and Plans

Advisors: See Faculty of Science, academic advisors.

Continuing in the Science and Business, Earth Sciences Specialization program requires a cumulative overall average of 65% and a cumulative Science average of 65%.

Successful completion of this program requires:

21.0 units distributed as follows:

• 4.75 EARTH units: EARTH 121, EARTH 121L, EARTH 123, EARTH 221, EARTH 231, EARTH 232, EARTH 235, EARTH 238, EARTH 260, and EARTH 358
• 1.5 EARTH elective units with the following conditions:
  
  • 0.5 unit must be at the 400-level
• 1.5 CHEM units: CHEM 120, CHEM 120L, CHEM 123, and CHEM 123L
• 1.25 PHYS units: PHYS 111, PHYS 111L, and PHYS 112
• 1.5 AFM units: AFM 123, AFM 131, and AFM 231
• 3.0 ECON units: ECON 101, ECON 102, ECON 201, ECON 221, ECON 255, and ECON 371
• 0.5 MGMT unit: MGMT 220
• 1.0 MATH unit: MATH 127 and MATH 128
• 0.5 CS unit: CS 100
• 3.0 SCBUS units: SCBUS 122, SCBUS 123, SCBUS 223, SCBUS 225, SCBUS 323, and SCBUS 423
• 0.5 program elective unit chosen from: ACTSC 231, ECON 211, ECON 361, ECON 372, HRM 200, HRM 301, MSCI 311, MSCI 432, STAT 231, and STAT 333
• 1.0 EARTH (300-level or higher) elective or program elective unit
• 0.5 ENGL unit: ENGL 193/SPCOM 193
• 0.5 elective units, any subject

Additional Program Conditions:

1. A maximum of 2.0 failed units is permitted.
2. Normally, a maximum of 3.0 SCBUS units is permitted.

Notes

1. Alternative program electives may be substituted with permission from the academic advisor.
2. HRM 200 and MSCI 311 are recommended program electives.
3. EARTH electives can include EARTH 436A and EARTH 436B, Honours Thesis courses, with permission from the academic advisor and consent from the Faculty.
4. Year Four EARTH electives allow students to focus their studies in areas of Geology, Geophysics, or Hydrogeology. Students should refer to course requirements for these specializations within Earth Sciences programs to guide their elective choices.
5. Students interested in selecting courses to fulfil the knowledge based requirements for membership in the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO) may need to substitute certain required courses. Substitution can only be done with approval from the academic advisor.
6. Students can choose to emphasize one of the following business areas by selecting or substituting appropriate program electives into their program. Students should note that this may require an additional term(s) of study:
   • International Business: AFM 333 and INDEV 100
   • Entrepreneurism: BET 300 and MSCI 311
   • Technical Development: MSCI 311, MSCI 421, and MSCI 423
   • Strategic Operations: ECON 311 and MSCI 311
7. Program outlines are available on the Science and Business website.

Recommended Course Sequence

Year One

Fall

CHEM 120/CHEM 120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Chemical Reaction Laboratory 1
EARTH 121/EARTH 121L Introduction to Earth Sciences/Introductory Earth Sciences Laboratory
EARTH 123 Introductory Hydrology
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
SCBUS 123 Workshop 1: Science and Business

Winter

AFM 131 Introduction to Business in North America
CHEM 123/CHEM 123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Chemical Reaction Laboratory 2
ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics
MATH 128 Calculus 2 for the Sciences
SCBUS 122 Management of Business Organizations
One of ENGL 193/SPCOM 193 Communication in the Sciences

Year Two

Fall

AFM 123 Accounting Information for Managers
EARTH 231 Mineralogy
EARTH 235 Stratigraphic Approaches to Understanding Earth's History
PHYS 111/PHYS 111L Physics 1/Physics 1 Laboratory
SCBUS 223 Workshop 2: Strategies Behind Technological Innovation

Winter

EARTH 221 Geochemistry 1
ECON 102 Introduction to Macroeconomics
ECON 201 Microeconomic Theory for Business and Policy
ECON 221 Statistics for Economists
PHYS 112 Physics 2

Year Three

Fall

EARTH 260 Applied Geophysics 1
ECON 255 Introduction to the Economics of Natural Resources
ECON 371 Business Finance 1
MGMT 220 Entrepreneurship and the Creative Workplace
SCBUS 323 Workshop 3: Technology Development

Winter

Year Four

Fall and Winter

SCBUS 423 Workshop 4: Strategic Management of Science and Business (fall)
One EARTH elective 400-level (0.5 unit)
Two EARTH electives (1.0 unit)
One program elective (0.5 unit)
Two program or EARTH (300-level or higher) electives (1.0 unit)
One elective (0.5 unit)