Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Single Major
 
The Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science and Physical Geography provides students with a strong background in Physical and Environmental Geography courses along with an appropriate number of Science courses beneficial for future careers as Environmental Scientists.
 

Students must complete 120 credits with a minimum of 108 credits in Geography and Science as follows. (Students may take 4th year courses in 3rd year with permission of the instructor.)

 
All of:  

CHEM 1006

General Chemistry I

3 cr.

CHEM 1007 General Chemistry II​ 3 cr.​

*

ENSC 1005

Introduction to Environmental Science

6 cr.

*

GEOG 1016

Introduction to Human Geography

3 cr.

*

GEOG 1017

Introduction to Physical Geography

3 cr.


GEOG 2026

Introduction to Quantitative Methods

3 cr.


ENSC 2006

Topics in Environmental Science I

3 cr.


ENSC 2007

Topics in Environmental Science II

3 cr.


GEOG 2106

Geomorphology

3 cr.


GEOG 2107 Climatology (formerly GEOG 3105)  

GEOG 2126 Physical Hydrology
3 cr.

GEOG 3086

Principles of Biogeography (formerly GEOG 3115)

6 cr.


GEOG 3096

Environmental Hydrology

6 cr.


GEOG 3107 Weather Analysis and Forecasting (formerly GEOG 3105)  

GEOG 3397

Introductory Soil Science

3 cr.


     

Six credits of first year mathematics from the following:

6 cr.


MATH 1036 Calculus I

MATH 1037

Calculus II



MATH 1046

Introductory Linear Algebra



MATH 1056

Discrete Mathematics I



   

Twelve credits of first year science from the following:

12 cr.


BIOL 1006

Introduction to Molecular and Cell Biology



BIOL 1007

Introduction to Organismal and Evolutionary Biology



GEOL 1006

The Earth's Interior


GEOL 1007 Surficial Geology​

PHYS 1006

General Physics I: Mechanics


PHYS 1007 General Physics II: Mechanical Wave, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics​

   

Nine credits from the following:

9 cr.


BIOL 2337

The Biology of Seed Plants



BIOL 2446

Principles of Ecology



BIOL 2837

Vertebrate Zoology



ENSC 3007

Environmental Issues in Forestry



GEOG 3127

Water Resource Management



GEOG 3436 Earth Resources (formerly GEOL 2021)

**

GEOG 4106

Applied Geomorphology


**

GEOG 4127

Lake and Wetland Environments



   

Nine systematic technique credits from the following:

9 cr.


GEOG 2017

Introduction to Geomatics



GEOG 3016 Field Techniques in Geography

GEOG 3027

Spatial Statistics



GEOG 3036

Air Photo Interpretation



GEOG 3056

Spatial Analysis Using GIS



GEOG 3057 Environmental Geomorphology

GEOG 3066

Remote Sensing of the Environment



   


GEOG upper level

6 cr.


   

Eighteen credits from the following approved fourth year Geography courses:

18 cr.


GEOG 4057

Topics in GIS Applications



GEOG 4066

Topics in Remote Sensing Applications



GEOG 4087 Advanced Biogeography (formerly GEOG 3115)

** 

GEOG 4106

Terrain Analysis



GEOG 4107

Impact Assessment for Resource Management



GEOG 4116

Pleistocene and Glacial Geomorphology



GEOG 4126

Applied Hydrology for Snow and Ice Environments


**

GEOG 4127

Lake and Wetland Environments



GEOG 4136

Applied Climatology



GEOG 4137

Paleoclimatology and Climatic Change



GEOG 4247 Watershed Modeling

GEOG 4397

Soil Biology and Soil Chemistry



GEOG 4437 Hazards Geography

GEOG 4806

Natural Resource Development in Regional Planning



GEOG 4807

Natural Resource Management



GEOG 4906 Selected Topics in Physical Geography

GEOG 4976

Field Camp



GEOG 4986

Directed Studies



GEOG 4995

Senior Seminar and Thesis



   


*Students must complete ENSC 1005 , GEOG 1016 and GEOG 1017 with a minimum grade of 60% in each.

 

**GEOG 4106 and GEOG 4127 may be used to fulfill the eighteen credit fourth year requirements if they are not used to satisfy the nine credit intermediate science requirement.

 
Students must be entering fourth year with a minimum 70% overall average to enrol in GEOG 4986 or GEOG 4995 . Students may not retain credit for both GEOG 4986 and GEOG 4995 .
 

For those students considering entering the teaching profession, the department recommends the completion of GEOG 2406 A Geography of Canada.

 
Other Program Requirements

Humanities

6 cr.


Social Science or Business (excluding physical geography)

6 cr.


   

For complete Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree requirements, please refer to that section of the Calendar.

 
Certificate in Geomatics and Certificate in Environmental Management

These certificates are available to students in a four-year honours environmental science and physical geography major. Please see the Geography section of the Academic Calendar for details.

 
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