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2023-2024

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Faculty of Environment

Environment Academic Regulations

Overview of Co-op Plan Requirements

To earn the co-op designation at graduation for the Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES) and Bachelor of Science (BSc) programs, students must meet the following requirements:

  1. A minimum of four credited work terms.
  2. A minimum of four Professional Development (PD) courses.
    PD 1 and PD 12 are mandatory. PD 1 must be taken prior to the first work term. PD 12 is taken during the first work term.

    Students are encouraged to take subsequent Professional Development (PD) courses each work term until the requirement is met.

    PD courses are graded with either a CR (credit granted) or NCR (failed, no credit granted). There are no numerical values associated with these grades, and therefore they will not be used in plan average calculations. The unit weighting for PD courses is not counted towards the total minimum unit degree requirements for any Faculty of Environment academic plan.

Notes

  1. Students missing two (or more) co-op requirements by the end of their 3B term will normally be removed from co-op, unless they have successfully been employed for four work terms. These students will remain in co-op but will not be eligible for a co-op degree.
  2. Students not meeting their plan’s co-op requirements may be considered for transfer to another Faculty of Environment academic regular plan.
  3. See the table below for the sequencing of academic and work terms. Transfer students may be required to follow a different sequencing.
  4. Further information on co-operative study is stated in the Co-operative Education and Career Action section of this Calendar.

Legend for Study/Work Sequence Information Tables

Key
Description
F,W,S F=fall term; W=winter term; S=spring term
1A to 4B
Academic level.
WT Work term.
off Neither a scheduled academic or work term.

Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES) Study/Work Sequence Information Table

Plan F W S F W S F W S F W S F W
Environment and Business 1A 1B off 2A WT 2B WT 3A WT 3B WT WT 4A 4B
Environment, Resources and Sustainability 1A 1B off 2A WT 2B WT 3A WT 3B WT WT 4A 4B
Geography and Environmental Management 1A 1B off 2A WT 2B WT 3A WT 3B WT 4A WT 4B
Geomatics 1A 1B off 2A WT 2B WT 3A WT 3B WT 4A WT 4B
Planning 1A 1B off 2A 2B WT 3A WT 3B WT 4A WT WT 4B

Bachelor of Science (BSc) Study/Work Sequence Information Table

Plan F W S F W S F W S F W S F W
Climate and Environmental Change 1A 1B off 2A WT 2B WT 3A WT 3B 4A WT WT 4B

Bachelor of Sustainability and Financial Management (BSFM)

Information on work-term/academic sequencing and co-op requirements for the Bachelor of Sustainability and Financial Management program can be found in the Environment Academic Shared Plans section of this Calendar. This program is offered jointly by the faculties of Arts and Environment but follows the Faculty of Arts' rules and regulations.


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