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Environmental Geosciences program requirements

What the Environmental Geosciences Specialist and Minor require, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course they name.

Environmental Geosciences Specialist

  • Science program
  • 12.0 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASSPE1253

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

(12.0 credits including at least 1.0 credit from 400-level courses)

1st year required courses (2.0 credits): CHM151Y1/ (CHM135H1, CHM136H1), MAT130H1/ MAT135H1, PHY131H1/ PHY151H1

1st year elective courses: 1.0 credit from MAT136H1, PHY132H1/ PHY152H1, ENV237H1/ ENV238H1, BIO120H1, CSC108H1/ CSC110Y1/ ESS245H1/ ESS345H1

2nd year required courses (2.0 credits): ESS241H1, ESS223H1/ ENV233H1, JEG100H1/ ESS262H1, GGR201H1/ JEG201H1

2nd year elective courses: 1.0 credit from ESS224H1, ESS261H1, JEG205H1, JEG206H1, STA220H1/ GGR270H1, CHM210H1, MAT221H1/ MAT223H1; up to 0.5 credit of this requirement can be satisfied by taking one of the following ethics courses: IMC200H1/ INS201Y1/ PHL273H1/ PHL275H1

3rd and 4th year required courses (2.0 credits): ESS312H1, ESS363H1, ESS410H1, ESS461H1

3rd and 4th year elective courses: 4.0 credits from JGA305H1, ESS234H1, ESS313H1, ESS331H1, ESS361H1, ESS362H1, ESS363H1/ ESS462H1, GGR315H1, GGR390H1, ENV333H1, ESS431H1, ESS441H1, ESS445H1, ESS450H1, ESS463H1, ESS464H1, ESS465H1, ESS490H1, ESS491H1/ ESS492Y1

Other courses which might of interest: ESS391H1, ESS392Y1, ESS381H1, ESS481H1, JEG301H1

If you plan to become APGO certified, we suggest you consider the following courses to fulfill minimum qualifications. This list comprises courses which are required for the specialist as well as suggested courses; together they fulfill groups 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B of the APGO requirements and add up to 13.5 credits:

Note 1Group 1A: CHM135H1, MAT130H1/ MAT135H1, PHY131H1

Note 2Group 1B: BIO120H1, MAT136H1, CHM136H1, PHY132H1, STA220H1, CSC108H1/ ESS245H1/ ESS345H1

Note 3Group 2A: ESS224H1, ESS241H1, ESS234H1, ESS331H1

Note 4Group 2B: ESS223H1, ESS312H1, GGR201H1/ JEG201H1, GGR315H1, JGA305H1, ESS322H1, GGR205H1/ JEG205H1

Group 2C: 4.5 of 200/ 300/ 400-level ESS or other allowable courses

Students in this program have the option to complete the Arts & Science Internship Program (ASIP) stream.

All students, regardless of their career aspirations, are encouraged to talk to the undergraduate chair about their selection of electives.

Courses these requirements name

  • CHM151Y1Chemistry: The Molecular Science
  • CHM135H1Chemistry: Physical Principles
  • CHM136H1Introductory Organic Chemistry I
  • MAT130H1Calculus I for Life Sciences
  • MAT135H1Calculus I
  • PHY131H1Introduction to Physics I
  • PHY151H1Foundations of Physics I
  • MAT136H1Calculus II
  • PHY132H1Introduction to Physics II
  • PHY152H1Foundations of Physics II
  • ENV237H1Physics of the Changing Environment A
  • ENV238H1Physics of the Changing Environment B
  • BIO120H1Adaptation and Biodiversity
  • CSC108H1Introduction to Computer Programming
  • CSC110Y1Foundations of Computer Science I
  • ESS245H1Computational Geology
  • ESS345H1
  • ESS241H1Geologic Structures and Maps
  • ESS223H1Introduction to Geochemistry
  • ENV233H1
  • JEG100H1Introduction to Physical Geography and Earth Science
  • ESS262H1Earth System Processes
  • GGR201H1Geomorphology last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
  • JEG201H1Geomorphology
  • ESS224H1Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • ESS261H1Earth System Evolution
  • JEG205H1Introduction to Soil Science
  • JEG206H1Introduction to Hydrology
  • STA220H1The Practice of Statistics I
  • GGR270H1Introductory Analytical Methods
  • CHM210H1Chemistry of Environmental Change
  • MAT221H1Applied Linear Algebra
  • MAT223H1Linear Algebra I
  • IMC200H1
  • INS201Y1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Foundations, History and Politics last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
  • PHL273H1Environmental Ethics
  • PHL275H1Introduction to Ethics
  • ESS312H1Hydrogeology
  • ESS363H1Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • ESS410H1Field Techniques in Environmental Geosciences
  • ESS461H1Palaeoenvironmental Studies
  • JGA305H1Environmental and Archaeological Geophysics
  • ESS234H1Introduction to Geological Field Methods
  • ESS313H1Contaminants in the Environment and Geoethics
  • ESS331H1Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
  • ESS361H1Atmosphere-Biosphere Interact last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
  • ESS362H1Oceanography
  • ESS462H1Global Biogeochemical Cycles last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
  • GGR315H1Environmental Remote Sensing
  • GGR390H1Field Methods
  • ENV333H1Ecological Worldviews
  • ESS431H1Basin Analysis
  • ESS441H1Advanced Structural Geology
  • ESS445H1Global Tectonics
  • ESS450H1Geophysical Field Techniques
  • ESS463H1
  • ESS464H1Biological Perspectives on Earth System Evolution
  • ESS465H1Topics in Critical Zone Processes
  • ESS490H1Geological Capstone Fieldtrip
  • ESS491H1Undergraduate Thesis Project
  • ESS492Y1Undergraduate Thesis Project
  • ESS391H1Directed Studies
  • ESS392Y1Directed Studies
  • ESS381H1Special Topics in Earth Science
  • ESS481H1Advanced Topics in Earth Sciences
  • JEG301H1Fluvial Geomorphology
  • ESS322H1Igneous Petrology
  • GGR205H1Introduction to Soil Science last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
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Environmental Geosciences Minor

  • Science program
  • Not admitting new students
  • ASMIN1253

Enrolment

Admission to the Environmental Geosciences Minor has been administratively suspended as of 1 April 2015 and is no longer admitting students. Students presently enrolled in the minor will be able to complete the program requirements as described below. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.

Completion requirements

(4 full courses or their equivalent; must include at least one full-course equivalent at the 300+-level)

1CHM136H1 (CHM138H1)

2ENV233H1; ESS221H1, ESS222H1, ESS311H1, ESS312H1, ESS410H1

Courses these requirements name

  • CHM136H1Introductory Organic Chemistry I
  • CHM138H1
  • ENV233H1
  • ESS221H1
  • ESS222H1
  • ESS311H1Aqueous Geochemistry
  • ESS312H1Hydrogeology
  • ESS410H1Field Techniques in Environmental Geosciences
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