Honours Specialization


Honours Specialization in Environmental Science

Graduation Requirements:

In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must also satisfy the Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree requirements, which include regulations on first year and subject maximum and breadth requirements.


Program Requirements:

Students will need to achieve a minimum 70% average in the 60 credits presented for the Honours Specialization in Environmental Science.

Students must complete 120 credits including 60 credits in the Honours Specialization, as follows:
BIOL 1007 Introduction to Organismal and Evolutionary Biology 3 cr.
ENSC 1007 Environmental Problems of the 21st Century 3 cr.
GEOG 1017 Introduction to Physical Geography 3 cr.
BIOL 2446 Principles of Ecology 3 cr.
BIOL 2837 Vertebrate Zoology 3 cr.
ENSC 2017 GIS and the Earth from Space 3 cr.
GEOG 2026 Introduction to Quantitative Methods 3 cr. 
GEOG 2106 Landscape and Surface Processes  3 cr.
ENSC 2116 Hydroclimatology 3 cr.
GEOG 2226 Environment and Society 3 cr.
GEOG 3016 Field Techniques in Geography 3 cr.
GEOG 3397 Introduction to Soil Science 3 cr.
GEOG 4516 Biogeochemistry of the Anthropocene 3 cr.
ENSC 4007 Seminar in Environmental Science 3 cr.
Group A: Physical Environmental Science 3 cr.
Group B: Life Sciences  3 cr.
Group C: Techniques, Applied Environmental Sciences, and Experiential Learning 3 cr. 
Additional Group A, B, and/or C 9 cr.

Other Science Requirements

CHEM 1006 General Chemistry I 3 cr.
CHEM 1007 General Chemistry II 3 cr.
CHEM 2106 Analytical Chemistry – Introduction 3 cr.
GEOL 1007 Surficial Geology 3 cr.

MATH 1036 or

MATH 1046

Calculus I or

Introductory Linear Algebra

 3 cr.

Breadth Requirements and Electives:

ACAD 1601   3 cr.
Humanities 3 cr.
Electives 39 cr.

Group Requirements:

Group A: Physical Environmental Sciences

BIOL/GEOG 3397 Introduction to Soil Science (Major Only) 3 cr.
GEOG 3436 Earth Resources 3 cr.
GEOG 3057 Environmental Geomorphology 3 cr. 
ENSC 3096 Environmental Hydrology 3 cr.
GEOG 4437 Hazards Geography 3 cr.
GEOG 4146 Palaeoecology and Past Environmental Change 3 cr.
ENSC 4147 Changing Climate: Impacts, Insight, and Innovations 3 cr.
GEOG 4976 Physical Geography Field Camp 3 cr.
GEOG /BIOL/CHEM 4516 Biogeochemistry of the Anthropocene 3 cr.
BIOL 2206/CHEM 2207 Introduction to Biochemistry 3 cr.
CHEM 2046 Environmental Analytical Chemistry 3 cr.
CHEM 2306 Introduction to Organic Chemistry I 3 cr.
CHEM 2307 Introduction to Organic Chemistry II 3 cr.
CHEM 2407 Inorganic Chemistry I 3 cr.
CHEM 3017 Instrumental Analysis 3 cr.
CHEM 4206 Electrochemistry 3 cr.

Group B: Life Sciences 

BIOL 2836 Invertebrate Zoology 3 cr.
BIOL 2837 Vertebrate Zoology (Major Only) 3 cr.
BIOL 2336 Biology of Seedless Plants 3 cr. 
BIOL 2337 Biology of Seed Plants 3 cr.
BIOL 2447 Ecology of Ontario Trees and Forests 3 cr.
BIOL 3236 Plant Ecology 3 cr.
GEOG 3086 Principles of Biogeography 3 cr.
BIOL 3277 Animal Ecology 3 cr.
BIOL 3136 Ichthyology 3 cr.
BIOL 3147 Herpetology 3 cr.
BIOL 3596 Ornithology 3 cr.
BIOL 3696 Field Ornithology 3 cr.
BIOL 4107 Limnology 3 cr.
BIOL 4357 Chemical Ecology 3 cr.
BIOL 4437 Landscape Ecology 3 cr.
BIOL 4607 Environmental Biology Seminars 3 cr.
BIOL 4976 Biology Field Camp 3 cr.

Group C: Techniques, Applied Environmental Sciences and Experiential Learning

ENSC 2006 Global and International Topics in Environmental Science 3 cr.
ENSC 2007 Canadian Topics in Environmental Science 3 cr. 
BIOL 2346 Techniques in Forest Ecology and Management 3 cr.
GEOG 3066 Remote Sensing of the Environment  3 cr.
BIOL/CHEM 4347 Chemistry in Life Sciences 3 cr.
CHEM 3026 Organic Structure Determination 3 cr.
 BIOL 3436  Conservation Biology 3 cr.
 BIOL 3447  Silviculture 3 cr.
 BIOL 3717  Animal Behaviour 3 cr.
 BIOL 4506  Special Topics in Applied Ecology 3 cr.
 GEOG 3056  Spatial Analysis Using GIS 3 cr.
GEOG 4057 Topics in GIS Applications 3 cr.
GEOG 4066 Topics Remote Sensing Applications 3 cr.
GEOG 4027 Spatial Computing 3 cr.
ENSC 4247 Environment Modeling 3 cr.
GEOG 4506  Professional Internship in Geography 3 cr.
BIOL 4886  Internship I 3 cr.
GEOG 4986  Directed Study 3 cr.
GEOG 4995  Thesis 3 cr.
BIOL 4995 Thesis 3 cr.
BIOL 4706  Literature Research and Seminar 3 cr.

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