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Honours Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences

Honours Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences is a flexible, combined Honours program that focuses on interdisciplinary studies among these two fields. This program enables students to select courses according to their interests, to develop broad knowledge and understanding of the linkages between biological and environmental processes and to apply these to questions of biological or environmental interests.

This program prepares students for graduate studies and careers in industry, government or academic research laboratories. Both host departments offer field and experiential courses.

Program Type

Honours Bachelor of Science

Degree at Graduation

Unlimited Enrollment

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Admission Requirements

Enrollment in this program is limited

Admission is by selection but requires, as a minimum, completion of any Level 1 program with a Grade Point Average of at least 5.0 including:

  • 1 course from MATH 1A03, 1LS3
  • BIOLOGY 1A03, 1M03 with an average of at least 6.0 (C+) between the courses
  • 1 course from EARTHSC 1G03, ENVIRSC 1C03 with a grade of at least 6.0 (C+)
  • 4 courses from the Science 1 Course List,

Typical Second-Year Courses

BIOLOGY 2F03

Fundamental and Applied Ecology

ENVIRSC 2W03

Physical Hydrology

ENVSOCTY 2G13

Geographic Information Systems

BIOLOGY 2C03

Genetics

ENVSOCTY 3MB3

Data Analysis

BIOLOGY 2B03

Cell Biology

EARTHSC 2E03

Earth History

+9 Units of Electives