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Bridging Requirements have not been defined for this pathway.

Students are required to complete the following 13.0 credits to fulfill requirements Environmental and Resource Science degree:

• 0.5 ERSC 2080H - Natural Science Statistics
• 0.5 ERSC 2090H - Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
• 0.5 ERSC 2220H - Environmental Assessment: Chemical and Laboratory Methods
• 0.5 ERSC 2230H - Environmental Assessment: Sampling and Analysis
• 0.5 ERST 3000H - Environmental Professional Practice
• 0.5 MATH 1051H - Non-Calculus Statistics 1: Elementary Probability and Statistics
• 0.5 credit from the following:
  • 0.5 ERSC 1040H - Earth's Physical Processes and Environments;
  • 0.5 ERSC 1050H - Introduction to Climate Change Science;
  • 0.5 ERST 1030H - Human Geographies in Global Context;
  • 0.5 SAFS 1001H - Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
• 0.5 credit from the Trent School of Environment Capstone Course List
• 3.5 additional Environmental and Resource Science credits at the 3000 level or beyond 
• 2.5 elective credits, including at least 0.5 credit from the Approved Indigenous Course List and at least 0.5 Math credit

*Additional notes:

• Courses without specified year levels must include at least 0.5 credit at the 3000 or 4000 level, and no more than 2.0 credits at the 1000 level. 
• Trent University also offers a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Environmental and Resource Studies. Requirements for the Environmental and Resource Studies degree program differs from those listed above. Students interested in pursuing the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) are referred to the Academic Calendar for more details.
• Elective credits may be reduced, depending on the credit weighting of the Trent School of Environment Capstone Course chosen. The Capstone Course List is as follows:
  • Thesis:
    • EGEO 4020D; ERSC/T 4010Y/4020D – Honours Thesis/Double Honours Thesis; GEOG 4010Y/4020D – Honours Thesis/Double Honours Thesis; SAFS 4010Y/4020D – Honours Thesis/Double Honours Thesis
  • Community-Based Research:
    • ERSC 3160Y – Community-Based Resource Management; ERSC/T 3840H – Community-Based Research Project; ERSC/T 4801H – Greening the Campus: Green Infrastructure; ERSC/T 4802H – Greening the Campus: Institutions and Built Environments; ERSC/T 4830Y/4840H – Community-Based Research Project; GEOG 4830Y – Community-Based Research Project; SAFS 4850Y – Community-Based Research Project
  • Placement:
    • EGEO 4000H – Environmental Geoscience Placement Course; ERSC/T-GEOG-SAFS 3890H – Placement Course
  • Reading:
    • ERSC/T 3900Y/3901H/4900Y/4901H – Reading Course; GEOG 3900Y/3901H/3902H – Reading Course; SASF 3900Y/3901H/4900Y/4901H – Reading Course
  • Seminar:
    • ERSC/T-GEOG-SAFS-WASC 4703H – Seminar in Earth and Environmental Science
  • Applied Research and Project:
    • ERSC/T 3230H – Environmental Problems and Solutions in Small Island Developing States: A Field Course; ERSC 3860H/3870H/3880H – Environmental Archaeology; ERSC 4860H; ERSC 4905Y/4906H – Field Course; ERST-GEOG-CAST 4043H – Windy Pine Summer Institute
  • Applied Research and Project:
    • ERST-GEOG 4140H – Climate and Energy Policy; ERSC-GEOG 4640H – Integrated Watershed Management: Approaches and Methods; GEOG 4090H - Geosystems

Degree requirements are subject to change. Refer to the most recent version of the Academic Calendar for course descriptions and degree requirements (http://trentu.ca/calendar). Students are encouraged to meet with an academic advisor prior to registering for courses for assistance with degree planning (http://trentu.ca/advising).