Environment Major - Water Environments and Ecosystems (B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.)) or (B.Sc.)

63 credits · Bieler School of Environment · 2026-2027 catalogue

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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 required and complementary courses.

Required Courses (21 credits)

  • ATOC 215 Oceans, Weather and Climate (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ENVR 200 The Global Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ENVR 201 Society, Environment and Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ENVR 202 The Evolving Earth (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ENVR 203 Knowledge, Ethics and Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ENVR 301 Environmental Research Design (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ENVR 400 Environmental Thought (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

Complementary Courses (42 credits)

Senior Research Project (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • AEBI 427 Barbados Interdisciplinary Project (6 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • ENVR 401 Environmental Research (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ENVR 451 Research in Panama (6 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • FSCI 444 Barbados Research Project (6 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 451 Research in Society and Development in Africa (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Hydrology and Ecology

Statistics (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • AEMA 310 Statistical Methods 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • GEOG 202 Statistics and Spatial Analysis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MATH 203 Principles of Statistics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter

Field Course (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • BIOL 331 Ecology/Behaviour Field Course (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • BIOL 334D1 Applied Tropical Ecology (1.5 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 334D2 Applied Tropical Ecology (1.5 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • BIOL 335 Marine Mammals (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • BIOL 343 Biodiversity in the Caribean (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 495 Field Studies - Physical Geography (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • WILD 401 Fisheries and Wildlife Management (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Biological Stream

Social Sciences and Policy (3–6 credits)

3-6 credits from:

  • AGEC 333 Resource Economics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ANSC 555 The Use and Welfare of Animals (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ANTH 339 Ecological Anthropology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ANTH 418 Environment and Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMS 360 Environmental Communication (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECON 225 Economics of the Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECON 326 Ecological Economics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ENVR 421 Montreal: Environmental History and Sustainability (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ENVB 437 Assessing Environmental Impact (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ENVR 422 Montreal Urban Sustainability Analysis (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 340 Sustainability in the Caribbean (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 404 Environmental Management 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 498 Humans in Tropical Environments (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 530 Global Land and Water Resources (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 510 Environmental History of Latin America (Field) (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 345 International Organizations (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 350 Global Environmental Politics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • WCOM 314 Communicating Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • WILD 421 Wildlife Conservation (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Water Environments and Habitats (12–15 credits)

12-15 credits from:

  • BIOL 310 Biodiversity and Ecosystems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 342 Global Change Biology of Aquatic Ecosystems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 432 Limnology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 441 Biological Oceanography (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 465 Conservation Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 540 Ecology of Species Invasions (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 553 Neotropical Environments (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BREE 533 Water Quality Management (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ENVB 210 The Biophysical Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ENVB 410 Ecosystem Ecology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ENVB 500 Advanced Topics in Ecotoxicology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ENVR 540 Ecology of Species Invasions (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 470 Wetlands (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GEOG 305 Soils and Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MICR 331 Microbial Ecology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • NRSC 333 Pollution and Bioremediation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PARA 410 Environment and Infection (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • SOIL 535 Soil Ecology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • WILD 302 Fish Ecology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Surface and Atmospheric Processes (6–9 credits)

6-9 credits from:

  • ATOC 214 Introduction: Physics of the Atmosphere (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ATOC 219 Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ATOC 341 Caribbean Climate and Weather (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 515 Advances in Aquatic Ecology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BREE 509 Hydrologic Systems and Modelling (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 219 Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 267 Introductory Chemical Analysis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ENVB 529 GIS for Natural Resource Management (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ENVB 530 Advanced GIS for Natural Resource Management (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EPSC 220 Principles of Geochemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EPSC 325 Environmental Geochemistry (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EPSC 519 Isotopes in Earth and Environmental Science (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EPSC 522 Advanced Environmental Hydrology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GEOG 201 Introductory Geo-Information Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 308 Remote Sensing for Earth Observation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 505 Global Biogeochemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 506 Advanced Geographic Information Science (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 522 Advanced Environmental Hydrology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GEOG 550 Historical Ecology Techniques (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Physical Stream

Atmosphere and Thermodynamics (6 credits)

6 credits from:

  • ATOC 214 Introduction: Physics of the Atmosphere (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ATOC 315 Thermodynamics and Convection (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Advanced Hydrology (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • BREE 509 Hydrologic Systems and Modelling (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BREE 533 Water Quality Management (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EPSC 522 Advanced Environmental Hydrology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EPSC 549 Hydrogeology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 522 Advanced Environmental Hydrology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Intermediate Calculus (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • AEMA 202 Intermediate Calculus (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MATH 222 Calculus 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter

Engineering/Mathematics/Hydrology (6–9 credits)

6-9 credits from:

  • AEMA 305 Differential Equations (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ATOC 309 Weather Radars and Satellites (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BREE 420 Engineering for Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BREE 502 Soil and Water Resource Engineering (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BREE 506 Advances in Drainage Management (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BREE 509 Hydrologic Systems and Modelling (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BREE 510 Watershed Systems Management (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BREE 533 Water Quality Management (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CIVE 323 Hydrology and Water Resources (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ENVB 210 The Biophysical Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ENVB 529 GIS for Natural Resource Management (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ENVB 530 Advanced GIS for Natural Resource Management (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EPSC 522 Advanced Environmental Hydrology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EPSC 549 Hydrogeology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 201 Introductory Geo-Information Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 305 Soils and Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 308 Remote Sensing for Earth Observation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 314 Geospatial Analysis (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 506 Advanced Geographic Information Science (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 522 Advanced Environmental Hydrology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MATH 315 Ordinary Differential Equations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • SOIL 315 Soil Nutrient Management (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Marine and Freshwater Biology (6–9 credits)

6-9 credits from:

  • BIOL 310 Biodiversity and Ecosystems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 342 Global Change Biology of Aquatic Ecosystems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 432 Limnology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 441 Biological Oceanography (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 465 Conservation Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 553 Neotropical Environments (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ENVB 410 Ecosystem Ecology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 470 Wetlands (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GEOG 505 Global Biogeochemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 530 Global Land and Water Resources (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • WILD 302 Fish Ecology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • WILD 421 Wildlife Conservation (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

3 credits from: (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • BREE 217 Hydrology and Water Resources (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 322 Environmental Hydrology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

3 credits from: (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • BIOL 308 Ecological Dynamics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ENVB 305 Population and Community Ecology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

27 credits from one of the following two streams: (27 credits)

27 credits from one of the following two streams:

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