Bachelor of Applied Science and Bachelor of Software Engineering Specific Degree Requirements

The Faculty of Science provides access to two options for Engineering students: the Life Sciences Option and the Physical Sciences Option.

The Physical Sciences Option has three theme: Physics, Chemistry, and Earth and Environmental Sciences. Each theme has four required foundations (or core) courses plus three elective courses to be chosen from a set of at least 10 Faculty of Science courses in the theme area. Sub-themes may be followed by making judicious choices of three elective courses. This Option is available to all students in the Faculty of Engineering.

Theme 1: Physics

Required courses:

• One of PHYS 115, PHYS 121, ECE 105, NE 131
• One of PHYS 122, PHYS 125, ECE 106, NE 241, SYDE 283
• PHYS 234 or NE 332
• One of ECE 140, PHYS 242, PHYS 263, PHYS 334, PHYS 358

Electives: choose three

• PHYS 275
• PHYS 334
• PHYS 335
• PHYS 342
• PHYS 359 or NE 334
• PHYS 364
• PHYS 365
• PHYS 375
• PHYS 434
• PHYS 435
• PHYS 442
• PHYS 454
• PHYS 467
• PHYS 475

Subthemes

Electromagnetic Theory

• PHYS 342
• PHYS 364
• PHYS 365

Solid State Physics

• PHYS 334
• PHYS 335
• PHYS 358
• PHYS 359

Astrophysics

• PHYS 263
• PHYS 275
• PHYS 375
• PHYS 475

Quantum Physics

• PHYS 334
• PHYS 364
• PHYS 365
• PHYS 434

Theme 2: Chemistry

Required courses:

• One of CHEM 123, CHE 102, NE 121
• CHEM 209
• CHEM 212 or NE 225
• One of CHEM 264, CHEM 262, NE 222

Electives: choose three

• CHEM 220
• CHEM 221
• One of CHEM 254, CHE 230, ME 250, SYDE 381
• CHEM 265
• CHEM 310
• CHEM 313
• CHEM 323
• CHEM 340
• CHEM 350
• One of CHEM 356, NE 332, PHYS 234
• CHEM 360
• CHEM 370 or NE 333

Subthemes

Analytical Chemistry

• CHEM 220
• CHEM 221
• CHEM 323

Inorganic Chemistry

• CHEM 212
• CHEM 310
• CHEM 313

Organic Chemistry

• One of CHEM 264, CHEM 262, NE 222
• CHEM 265
• CHEM 360

Physical Chemistry

• CHEM 254
• CHEM 350
• CHEM 356

Theme 3: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Required courses:

• One of CHEM 123, CHE 102, NE 121
• One of PHYS 121, ECE 105, NE 131, PHYS 115
• One of PHYS 122, ECE 106, PHYS 125
• One of CIVE 153/ENVE 153, EARTH 121 and EARTH 121L, EARTH 122 and EARTH 122L

Electives: choose three

• EARTH 221
• EARTH 231
• EARTH 232
• EARTH 235
• EARTH 260
• EARTH 270
• EARTH 281
• EARTH 333
• EARTH 358
• EARTH 421
• EARTH 438
• EARTH 440
• EARTH 444
• EARTH 456
• EARTH 458
• EARTH 459
• EARTH 460
• EARTH 471

Subthemes

Environmental Science

• EARTH 270
• EARTH 281
• EARTH 444

Geology

• EARTH 232
• EARTH 333
• EARTH 471

Geochemistry

• EARTH 221
• EARTH 421
• EARTH 459

Geophysics

• EARTH 260
• EARTH 438
• EARTH 460

Hydrogeology

• EARTH 456
• EARTH 458

Notes

1. Students are encouraged to seek information from the co-ordinator related to combinations of electives and relationships among the courses. Enrolment concerns may need to be discussed with the academic advisor.
2. Some students in the Option may wish to further specialize within a given theme. As a result, a number of sub-themes have been identified and this information is available from the option theme co-ordinator.
3. Students will need to consider the terms of offering for the courses listed as well as the requisite structure. In particular, some courses require both a lecture and lab component of a course as a prerequisite. It is also important to note that the choices in the earlier courses in the option may impact the elective choices in the senior courses and that some courses require the permission of the instructor.
4. Listed in the electives of some of the themes are special topic courses; a list of the topics available in a given term is available from the department offering the special topics course.
5. Due to the overlap, the Earth and Environmental Sciences theme is not available to Geological Engineering students.