Natural History Minor (B.A. & Sc.)

24 credits · Bachelor of Arts and Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Course (3 credits)

  • REDM 400 Science and Museums (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Complementary Courses (21 credits)

Students select 21 credits from among four course lists (A (Zoology), B (Botany), C (Earth and Environmental Sciences), and D (Field Courses)) with the following specifications. At least 3 credits and no more than 9 credits from each of Lists A, B, and C. At least 3 credits from List D. No more than 3 credits from any one list may be at the 200 level. Note: Students may take up to a maximum of 9 credits of courses outside the Faculties of Arts and of Science.

List A: Zoology

  • AEBI 211 Organisms 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ANTH 312 Zooarchaeology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 205 Functional Biology of Plants and Animals (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 215 Introduction to Ecology and Evolution (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 305 Animal Diversity (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 350 Insect Biology and Control (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BIOL 352 Dinosaur Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 418 Freshwater Invertebrate Ecology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BIOL 427 Herpetology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ENTO 330 Insect Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EPSC 334 Invertebrate Paleontology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • WILD 307 Natural History of Vertebrates (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • WILD 350 Mammalogy (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • WILD 420 Ornithology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

List B: Botany

  • AEBI 210 Organisms 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 205 Functional Biology of Plants and Animals (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 215 Introduction to Ecology and Evolution (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 240 Monteregian Flora (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • PLNT 304 Biology of Fungi (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PLNT 353 Plant Structure and Function (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PLNT 358 Flowering Plant Diversity (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PLNT 460 Plant Ecology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

List C: Earth and Environmental Sciences

  • BIOL 540 Ecology of Species Invasions (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ENVR 200 The Global Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ENVR 202 The Evolving Earth (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EPSC 210 Introductory Mineralogy (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EPSC 233 Earth and Life Through Time (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ESYS 200 Earth-System Interactions (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ESYS 300 Earth Data Analysis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 203 Environmental Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 272 Earth's Changing Surface (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 470 Wetlands (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GEOG 550 Historical Ecology Techniques (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

List D: Field Studies

Students may also take other field courses with the permission of the Program Adviser.

  • BIOL 331 Ecology/Behaviour Field Course (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • BIOL 335 Marine Mammals (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • BIOL 573 Vertebrate Palaeontology Field Course (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • ENTO 340 Field Entomology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EPSC 231 Field School 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • WILD 475 Desert Ecology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

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