Environment Academic Plans

Advisors: See Faculty of Environment undergraduate advising.

Honours Climate and Environmental Change is available in both systems of study: regular and co-operative.

Continuing in Honours Climate and Environmental Change requires a minimum cumulative overall average of 65% (all courses), a minimum special average of 60% (all BIOL, CHEM, EARTH, MATH, and PHYS courses), and a minimum cumulative major average of 70% (all ENVS and GEOG courses).

Recommended course sequencing is available on the Climate and Environmental Change website. 

Successful completion requires:

1. 20.0 units distributed as follows:
   • One of:
     • BIOL 150 Organismal and Evolutionary Ecology
     • BIOL 251 Fundamentals of Ecology
   • One of:
     • CHEM 120 General Chemistry 1
     • PHYS 111 Physics 1
   • EARTH 121 Introductory Earth Sciences
   • One of:
     • EMLS 129R/ENGL 129R Written Academic English
     • ENGL 109 Introduction to Academic Writing
   • ENVS 178 Environmental Applications of Data Management and Statistics
   • ENVS 200 Field Ecology
   • ENVS 278 Applied Statistics for Environmental Research
   • GEOG 101 Human Geographies: People, Space and Change
   • GEOG 102 Global Environmental Systems: Processes and Change
   • GEOG 181 Designing Effective Maps
   • GEOG 203 Environment and Development in a Global Perspective
   • GEOG 205 Principles of Geomorphology
   • GEOG 207 Climate Change Fundamentals
   • GEOG 209 Hydroclimatology
   • GEOG 271 Earth from Space Using Remote Sensing
   • GEOG 281/PLAN 281 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
   • GEOG 294 Approaches to Research in Physical Geography
   • GEOG 303 Physical Hydrology
   • GEOG 305 Fluvial Geomorphology
   • GEOG 307 Societal Adaptation to Climate Change
   • GEOG 309 Physical Climatology
   • GEOG 310 Geodesy and Surveying
   • GEOG 320 The Cryosphere
   • GEOG 391 Field Research
   • One of:
     • GEOG 403 Eutrophication: From Process to Water-Quality Management
     • GEOG 404/ERS 484 Soil Ecosystem Dynamics
   • One of:
     • GEOG 405 Wetlands (1.0 unit)
     • GEOG 459 Energy and Sustainability (1.0 unit)
   • 2.5 units from:
     • GEOG 407 Environmental Hydrology of Terrestrial Ecosystems
     • GEOG 408 Earth's Future Climates (1.0 unit)
     • GEOG 409 Energy Balance Climatology (1.0 unit)
     • GEOG 420 Ice Sheets and Glaciers
     • GEOG 452 Climate Change and Environment Project (1.0 unit)
     • GEOG 490B Honours Thesis Completion (1.0 unit) (see 4: additional conditions)
   • GEOG 417 Climate Change Communication
   • One of:
     • MATH 104 Introductory Calculus for Arts and Social Science
     • MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
   • 1.0 unit: Elective
   • 2.0 units: Elective at the 300- or 400-level
2. Co-operative program requirements (where applicable).

Additional conditions:

1. If a minimum grade of 65% is achieved in EMLS 129R/ENGL 129R or ENGL 109, the Undergraduate Communication Requirement (UCR) milestone will be granted. If the minimum grade is not met, review the Overview of Academic Plan Requirements page and contact the Climate and Environmental Change academic advisor.
2. The Environment Academic Regulations section of this Calendar contains information, regulations, and requirements pertaining to undergraduate studies within the Faculty. It is students' responsibility to familiarize themselves with the content of this section.
3. Climate and Environmental Change students are required to have at least 14.5 units at or above 200-level to meet the Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree requirements.
4. Students must take GEOG 490A if intending to take GEOG 490B. GEOG 490A will count towards the 300- or 400-level elective requirement.