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Water Environments and Ecosystems - Biological Stream (60 credits)

This program is open only to students in the B.Sc. or B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) Major Environment.

For the statistics requirement in this domain, you should consider taking BIOL 373 or AEMA 310 (M) instead of MATH 203. They are more suitable for life sciences. Generally, statistics is recommended over Calculus 3 for life sciences, although if you want to take upper level oceanography courses in ATOC, you will also need Calculus 3.

See also Information for Students²õÌýfor details concerning:

  • Suggested First Year Courses
  • Taking courses onÌýboth campuses
  • ENVR course sections - beware!

Program Requirements

NOTE: Students are required to take a maximum of 30 credits at the 200 level and a minimum of 12 credits at the 400 level or higher in this program. This includes Core and Required courses.

NOTE:Ìý Revisions have been made to this Concentration, shown below, effective Fall 2020.

Core: Required Courses (18 credits)

ENVR 200 - The Global Environment
ENVR 201 - Society,Environ&Sustainability
ENVR 202 - The Evolving Earth
ENVR 203 - Knowledge, Ethics&Environment
ENVR 301 - Environmental Research Design
ENVR 400 - Environmental Thought

Core: Complementary Course — Senior Research Project
(3 credits*)

AEBI 427 - Barbados Interdisc Project (M)(in Barbados)
ENVR 401 - Environmental Research
ENVR 451 - Research in Panama (in Panama)
FSCI 444 - Barbados Research Project (in Barbados)
GEOG 451 - Res in Society & Dev in Africa (in Africa)
* only 3 credits will be applied to the program; extra credits will count as electives

Concentration: Required course (3 credits)

ATOC 214 - Intro:Physics of the Atmosph

Concentration: Complementary courses (33 credits)

3 credits Meteorology:
ATOC 215 - Oceans, Weather and Climate
ENVB 301 - Meteorology (M) (not offered)
6 credits Hydrology and Ecology:
BREE 217 - Hydrology and Water Resources (M)
or GEOG 322 - Environmental Hydrology

and

BIOL 308 - Ecological Dynamics
or ENVB 305 - Population & Community Ecology (M)
3 credits Statistics:
AEMA 310 - Statistical Methods 1 (M)
BIOL 373 - Biometry (no longer offered)
GEOG 202 - Statistics & Spatial Analysis
MATH 203 - Principles of Statistics 1
3 credits Field Course:
BIOL 331 - Ecology/Behaviour Field Course (at Mont St. Hilaire)
BIOL 334D1 - Applied Tropical Ecology and BIOL 334D2 - Applied Tropical Ecology (in Barbados)
BIOL 335 - Marine Mammals (in New Brunswick)
BIOL 343 - Biodiversity in the Caribbean (in Barbados)
GEOG 495 - Field Studies-Physical Geog (at Mont St. Hilaire)
WILD 401 - Fisheries&Wildlife Management Ìý (M) (field trip in New York)
3 credits Social Sciences Policy:
AGEC 333 - Resource Economics (M)
ANSC 555 - The Use and Welfare of Animals (M)
ANTH 339 - Ecological Anthropology
ANTH 418 - Environment and Development (not offered 2024-2025)
ECON 225 - Economics of the Environment
ECON 326 - Ecological Economics
ENVB 437 - Assessing Environmental Impact (M)
ENVR 421 - Mtl:Envr Hist & Sustainability (offered alternate years, in May term)
ENVR 422 - Mtl Urban Sustainability Anal (offered alternate years, in May term)
GEOG 302 - Environmental Management 1 Ìý
GEOG 340 - Sustain. in the Caribbean (in Barbados)
GEOG 404 - Environmental Management 2 (in Africa)
GEOG 498 - Humans in Tropical Envirnmnts (offered alternate years; in Panama)
GEOG 530 - Global Land & Water Resources (not offered 2024-2025)
HIST 510 - Enviro. Hist. of L. Am (Field) (offered alternate years; in Panama)
POLI 345 - International Organizations
POLI 350 - Global Environmental Politics
WCOM 314 - Communicating Science
WILD 421 - Wildlife Conservation (M)

18 credits from Lists A (Water Environments and Habitats) and B (Surface and Atmospheric Processes)

9 to 12 credits - List A (Water Environments and Habitats):
BIOL 310 - Biodiversity and Ecosystems
BIOL 342 - Glob Chng Biol of Aquat Ecosys Ìý
BIOL 432 - Limnology
BIOL 441 - Biological Oceanography
BIOL 465 - Conservation Biology
BIOL 553 - Neotropical Environments (in Panama)
BREE 533 - Water Quality Management (M)

ENVB 210 - The Biophysical Environment (M)
or GEOG 305 - Soils and Environment (not offered 2024-2025)

ENVB 410 - Ecosystem Ecology (M)
ENVB 500 - Advanced Topics Ecotoxicology (M) (offered fall 2024 and alternate years)

ENVR 540 - Ecology of Species Invasions
or BIOL 540 - Ecology of Species Invasions

GEOG 470 - Wetlands
MICR 331 - Microbial Ecology (M)
NRSC 333 - Pollution and Bioremediation (M)
PARA 410 - Environment and Infection (M)
SOIL 535 - Soil Ecology (M) (not offered 2024-2025)
WILD 302 - Fish Ecology (M)
WILD 401 - Fisheries&Wildlife Management (M)

6 to 10 credits - List B (Surface and Atmospheric Processes:
ATOC 219 - Intro to Atmospheric Chemistry
or CHEM 219 - Intro to Atmospheric Chemistry

ATOC 341 - Caribbean Climate and Weather (in Barbados)
BIOL 515 - Advances in Aquatic Ecology (not offered 2024-2025)
CHEM 267 - Introductory Chemical Analysis

ENVB 529 - GIS for Natural Resource Mgmt (M)
or GEOG 201 - Intro Geo-Information Science

ENVB 530 - Adv GIS for Natural Res Mgmt (M)
EPSC 220 - Principles of Geochemistry
GEOG 308 - Rem Sens for Earth Observation
GEOG 372 - Running Water Environments (not offered)
GEOG 537 - Advanced Fluvial Geomorphology (not offered)
GEOG 550 - Historical Ecology Techniques (not offered)

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