Science Academic Programs and Plans

Advisors: See Faculty of Science academic advisors.

Honours Science and Aviation is only available in the regular system of study.

Continuing in Honours Science and Aviation requires a minimum cumulative overall average of 65% and a minimum cumulative Science average of 65%. Flight training courses offered through the Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre (WWFC) are not included in any cumulative average calculations. Instead, students receive credit (CR) for each course they successfully complete.

Successful completion requires:

20.0 units distributed as follows:

• 9.0 Science elective units chosen from BIOL, CHEM, EARTH, MNS, PHYS, or SCI:
  • 1.0 Year One lecture unit plus associated labs that complete a Year One sequence
  • 1.0 Year One lecture unit plus associated labs that complete a different Year One sequence
  • 2.0 units, any level, inclusive of Year One labs
  • 2.5 lecture units 200-level or higher
  • 2.0 lecture units 300-level or higher
  • 0.5 lecture unit 400-level
• 6.5 AVIA units: AVIA 100, AVIA 101, AVIA 102, AVIA 203, AVIA 204, AVIA 205, AVIA 306, AVIA 307, AVIA 310, AVIA 408, AVIA 417
• 1.0 Mathematics elective unit chosen from: MATH 127, MATH 128, or STAT 202
• 0.5 Mathematics elective unit chosen from: ACTSC, AMATH, CO, CS, MATH, PMATH, or STAT
• 1.5 GEOG units: GEOG 181, GEOG 309, and one of GEOG 271 or GEOG 281
• 1.0 program elective unit chosen from: FR 151, GEOG 371, GEOG 381, PHIL 145, PHIL 215, MNS 101, MNS 102, SCI 206, SCI 238
• 0.5 ENGL unit: ENGL 193/SPCOM 193

Additional conditions:

1. Year One Science lecture sequences with associated labs include:
   • 100- or 200-level BIOL course with associated labs (exclusive of BIOL 225 and BIOL 280)
   • CHEM 120, CHEM 120L, CHEM 123, CHEM 123L
   • EARTH 121, EARTH 121L, EARTH 122, EARTH 122L
   • PHYS 111, PHYS 111L, PHYS 112, PHYS 112L
   • PHYS 121, PHYS 121L, PHYS 122, PHYS 122L
2. AVIA 101, AVIA 102, AVIA 203, AVIA 204, AVIA 205, AVIA 306, AVIA 307, and AVIA 408 are the Professional Pilot Program flight training courses offered by and assessed through the WWFC. All other AVIA courses are offered and assessed by Waterloo.
3. The passing grade in each WWFC flight training course is 70%. Credit must be obtained in each course to progress to the next one. Normally, students can repeat each course only once, if there is a failed first attempt.
4. A maximum of 2.0 failed units, exclusive of those evaluated via WWFC, is permitted.
5. MATH 103 and SCI 237 do not count.
6. A maximum of 1.0 SCI unit counts.
7. SCI courses do not count toward the 300- or 400-level Science units.

Notes

1. Students interested in taking 200-level or higher PHYS courses may require PHYS 121 and PHYS 122 plus associated labs as prerequisites in place of PHYS 111 and PHYS 112.
2. Alternative program or Mathematics elective units may be substituted with permission from the academic advisor.

Recommended Course Sequence

See regular plan.