This program is open only to students in the B.Sc. or B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) Major Environment.
What methods should we use to analyse and understand complex systems?
In view of the crucial need for sound study design and appropriate statistical methods for analyzing environmental changes and their impacts on humans and various life forms and their ecological relationships, this program is intended to provide students with a strong background in the use of statistical methods of data analysis in environmental sciences. Graduates will be capable of effectively participating in the design of environmental studies and adequately analyzing data for use by the environmental community.
Accordingly, the list of required courses for the Environmetrics Concentration is composed primarily of six statistics courses and one mathematically oriented course with biological and ecological applications. The list is completed by three general courses that refine the topics introduced in the MSE Core courses by focusing on the ecology of living organisms, soil sciences or water resources, and impact assessment. These three courses should allow the students to understand their interlocutors and be understood by them in their future job.
Students can further develop their background in applied or mathematical statistics and their expertise in environmental sciences by taking two complementary courses along each of two axes: statistics & mathematics and environmental sciences. The possibility of an internship is also offered to students to provide them with preliminary professional experience.
See alsoÌýInformation for StudentsÌýfor 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.
Core: Required Courses (18 credits)
Core: Complementary Course — Senior Research Project
(3 credits*)
(in Panama)
(in Barbados)
* only 3 credits will be applied to the program; extra credits will count as electives
Concentration Required Courses (6 credits)
(M)
(M) (offered Winter 2024 and alternate Winter semesters)
Concentration Complementary Courses (36 credits, minimum)
12 credits of fundamentals from (maximum 3 credits from any one category):
Ecology
(M)
Impacts
(M)
(in Barbados)
(not offered)
Modelling
(M)
GIS Techniques
(M)
3 credits basic environmental science
(M)
or
or
(M)
or
(not offered)
6 credits of statistics, one of the following two options:
Note: BSc students should see "Course Overlap" near the beginning of the Faculty of Science section of the current Calendar for info on course overlap. Several stats courses overlap (especially with MATH 324) and cannot be taken together. These rules do not apply to BSc(Ag.Env.Sc.) students.
Advising Note:Ìý Students wishing to take MATH 423 or MATH 447 from List 1, should choose Option #1 (ie. MATH 323 and MATH 324).
Option 1:
and
Option 2:
One of:
(M)
or (no longer offered)
AND one of:
(M) (offered Winter 2025 and alternate Winter semesters)
15 credits total chosen from the following two lists:
List 1:Ìý Statistics and Mathematics, at least 3 credits from --
(not offered)
(M)
(M)
List 2:Ìý Environmental Sciences, at least 3 credits from --
(offered alternate years; in Panama)
(in Barbados)
(in Barbados)
(in Panama)
(M)
(M) (offered Fall 2025 and alternate Fall semesters)
(offered alternate years, in May term)
(offered alternate years, in May term)
(not offered)
Ìý
(in Africa)
(not offered)
(M)
(M) (offered in Summer)
(M)