Environmental Science
Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change, Faculty of Science
Joint program with the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change
Passionate about the environment? Gain the scientific acumen required to have an impact on environmental issues. Environmental Science is the application of a combination of scientific disciplines to issues and questions regarding environmental problems.
Gain extensive hands-on experience
Environmental Science at York includes a compulsory Research Design & Field Study course that gets you out using the equipment of the profession. This involves a long weekend at Algonquin Park at The Frost Centre working on a project. You'll learn to use water, soil and climate monitoring equipment and geographic information systems that can be put to use immediately and directly on the job with organizations like the Meteorological Service of Canada and Environment Canada.
Our professors are conducting research on such areas as the survival of plant life in the High Arctic, the Oak Ridges Moraine and the contribution of peat lands to the Greenhouse Effect. York is home to one of Canada's most sophisticated indoor flumes to predict water flows and the structure of rivers.
An optimal learning environment. Quality professors, small program size, group tutorials, help sessions, peer mentoring, laboratory experience and regular feedback helps you to get the most out of the program.
Program Details
Offered by
Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change, Faculty of Science
Offered at
- Keele Campus
Degrees offered
BSc
Ways to study
Full-Time, Part-Time
Experiential Education
Co-op or internship
Fall entry
Yes (first and upper year)
Winter entry
Yes (first and upper year)
Summer entry
Yes (first and upper year)