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Water Environments and Ecosystems - Physical Stream (63 credits)

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

IMPORTANT: Please note that this program has been updated as of the Fall 2025 semester.

The BSE website is in the process of being updated to reflect these changes, so students entering the program in Fall 2025 should refer to the program requirements in the

See also Information for StudentsÌýfor details concerning:

  • Suggested First Year Courses
  • Taking courses onÌýboth campuses
  • ENVR course sections - beware!
  • In this Concentration, intermediate calculus (AEMA 202 or MATH 222) is a required course.Ìý Note the pre-requisite course for intermediate calculus is linear algebra (BREE 103 for students in the Faculty of Ag.Env.Sc., and MATH 133 for students in the Faculty of Science).ÌýÌý

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)






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

(M) (in Barbados)

(in Panama)
(in Barbados)
(in Africa)
* only 3 credits will be applied to the program; extra credits will count as electives

Domain: Required Courses (9 credits)



(not offered; see Program Adviser for options)

Domain: Complementary Courses (33 credits)

3 credits Meteorology:


(in Barbados)
(M) (not offered)

6 credits Hydrology and Ecology:

(M)
or

and


or (M)

3 credits Statistics:

(M)
(no longer offered)

3 credits Intermediate Calculus:

(M)

3 credits Field Course:

(at Mont St. Hilaire)
and (in Barbados)
(in New Brunswick)
(in Barbados)
(at Mont St. Hilaire)
(field trip in New York)
OR an equivalent aquatic field course

9 credits - List A (Engineering / Math / Hydrology):


(M) (not offered 2024-2025)
(M)
(M) (not offered 2024-2025)
(M)Ìý
(M)


(M)
or (not offered 2024-2025)

(M)
or

(M)
or (not offered 2024-2025)




(not offered)


or (M)

(M)

6 credits - List B (Marine and Freshwater Biology):


Ìý



(in Panama)
(M)


(not offered 2024-2025)
(M)
(M)
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