Environmental Biology program requirements
What the Environmental Biology Major and Minor require, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course they name.
Environmental Biology Major
- Science program
- 8.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMAJ1390
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(8.0 credits including at least 2.0 credits at 300+ level with at least 0.5 credit at the 400-level)
First Year (2.0 credits): BIO120H1; (CHM135H1, CHM136H1)/ CHM151Y1; MAT130H1/ MAT135H1/ MAT136H1/ MAT148H1/ MAT149H1/ MAT137Y1/ MAT221H1/ MAT223H1 or PHY131H1/ PHY151H1 or BIO130H1 or EEB125H1
11.5 credits: BIO220H1; EEB240H1; EEB225H1/ GGR270H1/ STA220H1/ STA257H1/ STA288H1/ STAB22H3/ STAB57H3/ STA220H5/ PSY201H1
20.5 credit in biological diversity and function from: BIO251H1, BIO270H1; EEB266H1, EEB267H1, EEB268H1, EEB340H1; BIO260H1/ HMB265H1 (note that both require BIO130H1 and BIO230H1/ BIO255H1)
30.5 credit in physical environment from: CHM210H1; ENV237H1, ENV238H1; ESS223H1, ESS261H1, ESS262H1; GGR201H1, GGR203H1, GGR205H1, GGR206H1; PHY131H1, PHY132H1, PHY151H1, PHY152H1
41.0 credit in core ecology from: EEB314H1, EEB319H1, EEB320H1, EEB321H1, EEB322H1, EEB324H1, EEB328H1
52.0 credits from: EEB313H1, EEB314H1, EEB319H1, EEB320H1, EEB321H1, EEB322H1, EEB323H1, EEB324H1, EEB325H1, EEB328H1, EEB365H1, EEB386H1, EEB398H0, EEB398Y0, EEB399H1, EEB399Y1, EEB401H1, EEB403H1, EEB405H1, EEB406H1, EEB428H1, EEB434H1, EEB458H1, EEB463H1, EEB497H1, EEB498Y1, EEB499Y1; ENV316H1, ENV337H1, ENV432H1, ENV452H1; ESS311H1, ESS361H1, ESS362H1, ESS462H1, ESS463H1, ESS464H1; FOR305H1, FOR307H1, FOR418H1; GGR305H1, GGR307H1, GGR308H1; JFG470H1
60.5 credit at the 400-level from: field course EEB403H1, EEB405H1, EEB406H1, EEB410H1/ FOR418H1; seminar/lecture course EEB428H1, EEB491H1, EEB495H1, ENV432H1, ENV452H1; ESS462H1, ESS463H1, ESS464H1; JFG470H1; EEB497H1, independent research project course EEB498Y1 (concurrent with research issues course EEB488H1), EEB499Y1
This program can be combined with other Environmental programs (see School of the Environment), as well as Science (e.g., Chemistry, Earth Sciences) and Social Science (e.g., Economics) programs.
Courses these requirements name
- BIO120H1Adaptation and Biodiversity
- CHM135H1Chemistry: Physical Principles
- CHM136H1Introductory Organic Chemistry I
- CHM151Y1Chemistry: The Molecular Science
- MAT130H1Calculus I for Life Sciences
- MAT135H1Calculus I
- MAT136H1Calculus II
- MAT148H1Calculus I with Proofs
- MAT149H1Calculus II with Proofs
- MAT137Y1Calculus with Proofs last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- MAT221H1Applied Linear Algebra
- MAT223H1Linear Algebra I
- PHY131H1Introduction to Physics I
- PHY151H1Foundations of Physics I
- BIO130H1Molecular and Cell Biology
- EEB125H1Introductory Computation and Data Science for the Life Sciences
- BIO220H1From Genomes to Ecosystems in a Changing World
- EEB240H1Environmental Biology: From Organisms to Ecosystems
- EEB225H1Biostatistics for Biological Sciences
- GGR270H1Introductory Analytical Methods
- STA220H1The Practice of Statistics I
- STA257H1Probability and Statistics I
- STA288H1Statistics and Scientific Inquiry in the Life Sciences
- STA220H5
- PSY201H1Statistics I
- BIO251H1Form, Function and Development in Plants
- BIO270H1Animal Physiology I
- EEB266H1Animal Diversity: Invertebrates
- EEB267H1Animal Diversity: Vertebrates
- EEB268H1Plant and Microbial Diversity
- EEB340H1Comparative Plant Morphology
- BIO260H1Concepts in Genetics
- HMB265H1General & Human Genetics
- BIO230H1From Genes to Organisms
- BIO255H1From Genes to Organisms with Advanced Laboratory
- CHM210H1Chemistry of Environmental Change
- ENV237H1Physics of the Changing Environment A
- ENV238H1Physics of the Changing Environment B
- ESS223H1Introduction to Geochemistry
- ESS261H1Earth System Evolution
- ESS262H1Earth System Processes
- GGR201H1Geomorphology last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- GGR203H1Introduction to Climatology
- GGR205H1Introduction to Soil Science last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- GGR206H1Introduction to Hydrology last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- PHY132H1Introduction to Physics II
- PHY152H1Foundations of Physics II
- EEB314H1Modeling in Ecology and Evolution
- EEB319H1Population Ecology
- EEB320H1Dynamics of Ecosystem Processes
- EEB321H1Community Ecology
- EEB322H1Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology
- EEB324H1Evolutionary Ecology
- EEB328H1Physiological Ecology
- EEB313H1Quantitative Methods in R for Biology
- EEB323H1Evolutionary Genetics
- EEB325H1Evolutionary Medicine
- EEB365H1Topics in Applied Conservation Biology
- EEB386H1Diversity of Birds
- EEB398H0Research Excursions
- EEB398Y0Research Excursion
- EEB399H1Research Opportunity Program
- EEB399Y1Research Opportunity Program
- EEB401H1Marine Field Ecology
- EEB403H1Tropical Field Biology
- EEB405H1Temperate Field Biology
- EEB406H1Inter-University Field Course
- EEB428H1Global Change Ecology
- EEB434H1Marine Ecology
- EEB458H1Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics
- EEB463H1Computing Stochastic Models in Evolutionary Biology
- EEB497H1Research Studies in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- EEB498Y1Advanced Research Project in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- EEB499Y1Advanced Research Project in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology II
- ENV316H1Laboratory and Field Methods in Environmental Science
- ENV337H1Human Interactions with the Environment
- ENV432H1Urban Ecology
- ENV452H1Environmental Science Seminar
- ESS311H1Aqueous Geochemistry
- ESS361H1Atmosphere-Biosphere Interact last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- ESS362H1Oceanography
- ESS462H1Global Biogeochemical Cycles last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- ESS463H1
- ESS464H1Biological Perspectives on Earth System Evolution
- FOR305H1Biology of Trees and Forests
- FOR307H1Forest Insect Ecology & Management
- FOR418H1Urban Forest Conservation Field Camp
- GGR305H1Biogeography last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- GGR307H1
- GGR308H1Canadian Arctic Environments last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- JFG470H1
- EEB410H1Lake Ecosystem Dynamics last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- EEB491H1Seminar in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
- EEB495H1Seminar in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- EEB488H1Research Issues in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Environmental Biology Minor
- Science program
- 4.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMIN1390
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(4.0 credits; must include at least 1.0 credit at the 300+ level)
11.5 credits: BIO120H1, BIO220H1, EEB240H1
21.0 credits in organismal biology & biological diversity: BIO251H1, EEB263H1, EEB266H1, EEB267H1, EEB268H1, EEB340H1, EEB380H1, EEB382H1, EEB384H1, EEB386H1, EEB388H1
30.5 credit in core ecology: EEB314H1, EEB319H1, EEB320H1, EEB321H1, EEB322H1, EEB324H1, EEB328H1
41.0 credits in any EEB or ENV432H1
Courses these requirements name
- BIO120H1Adaptation and Biodiversity
- BIO220H1From Genomes to Ecosystems in a Changing World
- EEB240H1Environmental Biology: From Organisms to Ecosystems
- BIO251H1Form, Function and Development in Plants
- EEB263H1Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
- EEB266H1Animal Diversity: Invertebrates
- EEB267H1Animal Diversity: Vertebrates
- EEB268H1Plant and Microbial Diversity
- EEB340H1Comparative Plant Morphology
- EEB380H1Diversity of Insects
- EEB382H1Diversity of Fishes
- EEB384H1Diversity of Amphibians and Reptiles
- EEB386H1Diversity of Birds
- EEB388H1Diversity of Mammals
- EEB314H1Modeling in Ecology and Evolution
- EEB319H1Population Ecology
- EEB320H1Dynamics of Ecosystem Processes
- EEB321H1Community Ecology
- EEB322H1Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology
- EEB324H1Evolutionary Ecology
- EEB328H1Physiological Ecology
- ENV432H1Urban Ecology
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