BSc. Honours Environmental Science Degree Requirements
(with or without Thesis)
Total courses: forty
Required courses: 15 (without Thesis) or 17 (with Thesis ESCI-4900) (* are major requirements):
- ESCI-1100 – Introduction to Environmental Science*
- ESCI-1111 – Introduction to Earth Science
- ESCI-1151 – Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems and Science*
- ESCI-2131 – Introduction to Geochemistry*
- ESCI-2141 – Hydrology*
- ESCI-2210 – Introduction to Climate Change*
- ESCI-2421 – Soils and Sediments*
- ESCI-3735 – Field Methods in Environmental Science* or ESCI-3755 – Methods in Great Lakes Microbiology*
- ESCI-3801 – Scientific Writing and Data Management
- ESCI-4900 – Thesis Research in Environmental Science (2 credits)(required in program with Thesis)
- BIOL-1111 – Biological Diversity
- BIOL-2101 – Ecology*
- CHEM-1100 – General Chemistry I
- CHEM-1110 – General Chemistry II
- MATH-1720 – Differential Calculus^
- STAT-2910 – Statistics for the Sciences
^ MATH-1760 – Functions and Differential Calculus: alternative course if Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) has not been taken.
Major Electives: 12 (without Thesis) or 10 (with Thesis) courses from:
- ESCI-1141 – Cartography and Digital Mapping
- ESCI-2101 – Earth Materials
- ESCI-2401 – Environmental Geomorphology
- ESCI-2705 – Applied Geophysics
- ESCI-2721 – Introduction to Image Processing and Remote Sensing
- ESCI-3301 – Hydrogeology
- ESCI-3310 – Global Water Crisis
- ESCI-3400 – Environmental Sedimentology
- ESCI-3610 – Environmental Impact Assessment
- ESCI-3701 – Spatial Modelling in GIS
- ESCI-3711 – Principles of Instrumental Analysis
- ESCI-3721 – Environmental Geophysics
- ESCI-3751 – Environmental Geochemistry
- ESCI-4301 – Contaminant Hydrogeology
- ESCI-4500 – Ecosystem Health
- ESCI-4600 – Resource Development & Environmental Impact
- ESCI-4710 – Environmental Site Assessment
- ESCI-4721 – Biogeochemistry
- BIOL-2111 – Genetics
- BIOL-3250 – Community and Population Ecology
- BIOL-3281 – Plant Ecology
- BIOL-4232 – Pollution Ecology
- BIOL-4241 – Stream Ecology
- BIOL-4270 – Conservation Biology
- BIOL-4280 – Limnology
- BIOL-4864 – Great Lakes Field Biology
General Electives: 13 additional courses:
Minimum five courses from Faculty of Science
Minimum two courses from outside Faculty of Science
- Can be from major electives list
- Study Abroad/Global Perspectives in Science
- Internship/Service Learning/Undergraduate Research Experience