Environmental Science (BSc Program)
Kerry Reimer, Associate Professor, and Program Chair
Joselito Arocena, Professor, and Canada Research Chair, Soil and Environmental Sciences
Ron Thring, Professor
Peter Jackson, Associate Professor
Jianbing Li, Associate Professor
Philip Owens, Associate Professor, and Endowed Research Chair, Landscape Ecology
Michael Rutherford, Associate Professor
Jueyi Sui, Associate Professor
Youmin Tang, Associate Professor, and Canada Research Chair, Climate Prediction and Predictability
Stephen Déry, Assistant Professor, and Canada Research Chair, Northern Hydrometeorology
Steve Helle, Assistant Professor
Belinda Larisch, Senior Lab Instructor
Jean Wang, Senior Lab Instructor
Major in Environmental Science
The Environmental Science Bachelor of Science degree is an
interdisciplinary one in which students take a core curriculum in the
environmental sciences with a focus in the area of their choice.
Students in this degree will gain an appreciation of the fundamental
biological, chemical and physical and applied aspects integral to the
field of environmental science. In addition, they will receive exposure
to the human dimensions that underlie many of these issues. This
approach will ensure a uniform preparation among students and allow for
the development of a diversity of expertise necessary to address the
complexity of present environmental problems and future unanticipated
ones.
The program has been designed in part to address educational components
of the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Environmental
Employment set out by The Canadian Council for Human Resources in the
Environment Industry (CCHREI). The NOS forms the basis of the Canadian
Certified Environmental Practitioner (CCEP) accreditation process of
the Canadian Environmental Certification Approvals Board (CECAB).
| Degree requirements: | 103 credit hours | | Area of focus: | 12 credit hours |
Elective credit hours in any subject as necessary to ensure completion of a minimum of 127 credit hours.
Note: Students without a background in Political Science should take POLS 100-3 (Contemporary Political Issues).
Program Requirements
*Important: Courses with an asterisk (*) have prerequisites not taken
in the major requirements; it is the student's responsibility to ensure
that they have completed the required prerequisites.
Lower Division Requirement
100 Level
200 Level
Upper Division Requirement
300 Level
Two of:
Two of:
One of:
400 Level
Two of:
Areas of Focus
Students must choose to focus in an environmental system (atmospheric,
aquatic, terrestrial or ecological), in Environmental Chemistry or in
Environmetrics (environmental techniques). Four courses chosen from one
of the following lists are required, with the following provisions:
- at
least two of the courses must be at the upper division (300 or 400
level); and
- courses used to fulfill major requirements above may not
be used to fulfill an area of focus requirement.
* Note: It is the student's responsibility to ensure prerequisite courses have been completed for the courses listed below.
- Aquatic Systems
- Atmospheric Systems
- Terrestrial Systems
- Ecological Systems
- Environmental Chemistry
- Environmetrics
Aquatic Systems
Atmospheric Systems
Ecological Systems
Terrestrial Systems
Environmental Chemistry
Note: Students selecting this focus area and who have not taken CHEM 210-3 elsewhere in their program, must select it here.)
Environmetrics
Elective Requirement
Elective credit hours as necessary to ensure completion of a minimum of 127 credit hours.
BSc Honours-Environmental Science
The BSc Honours-Environmental Science provides a higher level of
specialization and research experience, especially for students
planning to proceed to postgraduate work.
Honours students are required
to complete the degree requirements for the BSc Environmental Science
Major. In addition to the total number of credits required for the
Environmental Science Major (i.e. Degree Requirements plus Area of
Focus courses and Electives), each student must complete 6 credit hours
of upper division courses selected from their Area of Focus, as well as ENSC 430-6 or NRES 430-6(Undergraduate Thesis) under the supervision of a faculty member.
The honours program is available after completing 60 credits in the
Environmental Science Major and attaining a CGPA of not less than 3.33.
Attaining the minimum requirement will not guarantee admission to the
honours program, which will be at the discretion of the Program.
Maintenance of a CGPA of 3.33 is required to remain in the honours
program.
The minimum requirement for completion of a BSc Honours-Environmental Science is 139 credit hours.
Minor in Environmental Science
The minor in Environmental Science offers an introduction to four
environmental systems: aquatic, atmospheric, ecological, and
terrestrial, as well as pollution and management, with the ability to
develop more depth in one or two areas. Students in this minor will
gain an exposure to fundamental biological, chemical and physical
aspects integral to the field of environmental science.
The minor in Environmental Science requires the completion, from the
courses listed below, of 21 credit hours, 12 of which must be at the
upper division level. A maximum of two courses (six credits hours) used
to fulfill program requirements for a major or another minor may also
be used to fulfill requirements for a minor in Environmental Science.
Students must select at least one course from each of the following
categories (important: all courses listed for the minor have
prerequisites; it is the student's responsibility to ensure that they
have the required prerequisites):
Aquatic Systems
Atmospheric Systems
Ecological Systems
Terrestrial Systems
Environmental Pollution and Management
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