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EGPY-P-BSH
Subject: Administered by the School of Environmental Studies in partnership with the Department of Geography.
Plan: Consists of 99.00 units as described below.
Program: The Plan, with sufficient electives to total 120.00 units, will lead to a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Core | ||
| – CORE SCIENCE – | ||
| A. Complete 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
| Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems | ||
| Ecology and the Environment | ||
| B. Complete 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
| Human Geography | ||
or BADR 100 | Thinking Locally | |
| and | ||
| Physical Geography and Natural Resources | ||
| C. Complete the following: | ||
| GEOL 200 | Oceanography | 3.00 |
| – CORE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE – | ||
| D. Complete the following: | ||
| GPHY 207 | Principles of Biogeography | 3.00 |
| GPHY 208 | Surface Processes, Landforms, and Soils | 3.00 |
| GPHY 209 | Weather and Climate | 3.00 |
| GPHY 247 | Introduction to Statistics | 3.00 |
| E. Complete 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
| Cities: Geography, Planning and Urban Life | ||
| Geographies of the Global Political Economy | ||
| Place, Space, Culture, and Social Life | ||
| F. Complete 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
| Remote Sensing I: Remote Sensing of the Environment | ||
| Geographic Information Science | ||
| Remote Sensing II: Digital Image Processing | ||
| G. Complete the following: | ||
| GPHY 415 | Advanced Analysis of Earth Surface Processes | 6.00 |
| – CORE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES – | ||
| H. Complete the following: | ||
| ENSC 103 | Environment and Sustainability | 3.00 |
| I. Complete the following: | ||
| ENSC 230 | Principles of Sustainability | 3.00 |
| ENSC 330 | Applications of Sustainability | 3.00 |
| J. Complete 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
| Honours Projects in Environmental Sustainability | ||
| Independent Environmental Study | ||
| 2. Option | ||
| A. Complete 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
GEOL at any level | ||
| B. Complete 6.00 units from the following course list: | 6.00 | |
ENSC_Specialization_Options_A | ||
| C. Complete 3.00 units from the following course list: | 3.00 | |
ENSC_Interdisciplinary_SocSci/Huma | ||
| D. Complete 3.00 units from the following course list: | 3.00 | |
ENSC_Interdisciplinary_Humanities | ||
| E. Complete 15.00 units from the following course list: | 15.00 | |
EGPY_Options_A | ||
| F. Complete 6.00 units from the following course list: | 6.00 | |
EGPY_Options_B | ||
| 3. Supporting | ||
| A. Complete 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
CHEM at the 100-level or above | ||
PHYS at the 100-level or above | ||
| B. Complete 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
MATH at the 100-level or above | ||
STAT at the 100-level or above | ||
| Electives | ||
| Elective Courses | 21.00 | |
| Total Units | 120.00 | |
4. Substitutions
A. ENSC 502 may be substituted for requirement 1.J. and a further 6.00 units in electives and/or Plan requirements as approved by the Chair of Undergraduate Studies.
B. Courses as approved by the Chair of Undergraduate Studies may be substituted for those in Option 2.E., above.
5. Notes
A. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses offered by Smith Engineering.
Earth System Science Course Lists
The following lists contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.6 (Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.
EGPY_Options_A
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Options in the Earth System Science Plan, List A | ||
| GPHY 304 | Northern and Arctic Environments | 3.00 |
| GPHY 305 | Applied Cold Regions Science | 3.00 |
| GPHY 312 | Watershed Hydrology | 3.00 |
| GPHY 313 | Glacier Processes and Dynamics | 3.00 |
| GPHY 314 | Climate Change | 3.00 |
| GPHY 315 | Advanced Field Measurements and Their Analysis | 3.00 |
| GPHY 317 | Soil, Environment, and Society | 3.00 |
| GPHY 318 | Advanced Biogeography | 3.00 |
EGPY_Options_B
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Options in the Earth Systems Science Plan, List B | ||
| BIOL 300 | Ecology | 3.00 |
| BIOL 335 | Limnology and Aquatic Ecology | 3.00 |
| CHEM 211 | Main Group Chemistry | 3.00 |
| CHEM 212 | Principles of Chemical Reactivity | 3.00 |
| CHEM 213 | Introduction to Chemical Analysis | 3.00 |
| CHEM 221 | Material, Solutions, and Interfaces | 3.00 |
| CHEM 223 | Organic Reactions | 3.00 |
| CHEM 281 | General Organic Chemistry I (with Virtual Laboratory) | 3.00 |
| CHEM 282 | General Organic Chemistry II | 3.00 |
| CHEM 326 | Environmental and Green Chemistry | 3.00 |
| GEOL 232 | Mineralogy | 3.00 |
| GEOL 238 | Sedimentology and Stratigraphy | 3.00 |
| GEOL 333 | Terrain Evaluation | 3.00 |
| GEOL 343 | Hydrogeology | 3.00 |
| GEOL 365 | Geochemical Characterization of Earth Processes | 3.00 |
| GEOL 475 | Exploration and Environmental Geochemistry | 3.00 |
| MICR 221 | Fundamental Microbiology | 3.00 |
ENSC_Specialization_Options_A
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Options in the Environmental Science Specialization Plans, List A | ||
| BIOL 102 | Fundamentals of Biology: Molecular and Cell Biology | 3.00 |
| BIOL 103 | Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems | 3.00 |
| BIOL 335 | Limnology and Aquatic Ecology | 3.00 |
| ENSC 301 | Environmental Assessment | 3.00 |
| ENSC 320 | Wildlife Issues in a Changing World | 3.00 |
| GPHY 318 | Advanced Biogeography | 3.00 |
ENSC_Interdisciplinary_Humanities
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science/Studies Interdisciplinary Humanities Options | ||
| CLST 214 | Ancient Science | 3.00 |
| DEVS 220 | Introduction to Indigenous Studies | 3.00 |
| DEVS 221 | Indigenous Studies II - Resistance and Resurgence | 3.00 |
| ENGL 113 | Reading for the Planet | 3.00 |
| ENGL 218 | Introduction to Indigenous Literatures in Canada | 3.00 |
| ENGL 276 | Literature and the Environment | 3.00 |
| PHIL 203 | Science and Society | 3.00 |
| PHIL 293 | Humans and the Natural World | 3.00 |
| PHIL 493 | Ethics and the Environment | 3.00 |
| RELS 235 | Religion and Environment | 3.00 |
ENSC_Interdisciplinary_SocSci/Huma
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science/Studies Interdisciplinary and Social Science and Humanities Options | ||
| BLCK 320 | Black Environmentalism: A Global South Perspective | 3.00 |
| CLST 214 | Ancient Science | 3.00 |
| DEVS 220 | Introduction to Indigenous Studies | 3.00 |
| DEVS 221 | Indigenous Studies II - Resistance and Resurgence | 3.00 |
| DEVS 250 | Environmental Transformations | 3.00 |
| ECON 290 | Environmental Economics and Assessment | 3.00 |
| ENGL 113 | Reading for the Planet | 3.00 |
| ENGL 218 | Introduction to Indigenous Literatures in Canada | 3.00 |
| ENGL 276 | Literature and the Environment | 3.00 |
| ENSC 200 | Environmental History | 3.00 |
| ENSC 245 | Consuming the Environment | 3.00 |
| ENSC 290 | Introduction to Ecological Economics | 3.00 |
| ENSC 301 | Environmental Assessment | 3.00 |
| ENSC 307 | Marine Environmental Issues | 3.00 |
| ENSC 310 | Environmental Policy | 3.00 |
| ENSC 315 | Sustainable Food Systems | 3.00 |
| ENSC 320 | Wildlife Issues in a Changing World | 3.00 |
| ENSC 321 | Environmental Justice in Global Context | 3.00 |
| ENSC 407 | Global Water Resources: Challenges and Opportunities | 3.00 |
| ENSC 445 | Waste Flows: Environmental Studies of Waste | 3.00 |
| ENSC 482 | Special Topics in Environmental Studies | 3.00 |
| GNDS 212 | Racism, Colonialism, and Resistance | 3.00 |
| GPHY 319 | Contemporary Energy Resources | 3.00 |
| GPHY 320 | Energy and Society | 3.00 |
| GPHY 336 | Geography, the Environment and Human Health | 3.00 |
| HLTH 235 | Food Systems | 3.00 |
| INDG 302 | Indigenous Theories and Methodologies: Learning through Indigenous Worldviews | 3.00 |
| INDG 308 | Learning from the Land | 3.00 |
| PHIL 203 | Science and Society | 3.00 |
| PHIL 293 | Humans and the Natural World | 3.00 |
| PHIL 493 | Ethics and the Environment | 3.00 |
| RELS 235 | Religion and Environment | 3.00 |