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Degree Description

Please visit the Academic Timetable to see which courses are presently being offered, as not all courses listed below run every term. For specific details about program requirements and degree regulations, please see the Academic Calendar

Bachelor of Science Program in Ecological Restoration

The single-major Honours program. 20.0 credits including the following 14.0 credits:

  • 5.5 ERSC credits consisting of ERSC 1010H, 1020H, 2220H, 2240H, 2260H, 3200Y, 3510H, 3551H, 4520H, and 4530H

  • 0.5 ERST credit consisting of ERST 3110H

  • 0.5 ERSC or ERST credit from ERSC 2701H, ERST 3501H, or 3502H

  • 1.0 ERST credit from ERST 2100H, 2520H, or 2525H

  • 0.5 ERST credit from ERST 3120H, 3301H, or 3250H

  • 0.5 credit from the TSE Capstone Course List 

  • 0.5 BIOL credit consisting of BIOL 1020H

  • 3.0 GEOG credits consisting of GEOG 1040H, 2080H, 2090H, 2401H, 2460H, and 3560H 

  • 1.0 MATH credit consisting of MATH 1051H and 1052H

  • 0.5 SAFS credit consisting of SAFS-ERSC 3545H

  • 0.5 GEOG credit from GEOG 3530H or 3540H

Notes:

In addition to the program requirements listed above, students must satisfy the University degree requirements, including 0.5 credit from the Approved Indigenous Course List. 

The curriculum for the Ecological Restoration program is intentionally aligned with the knowledge requirements of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER).   If a student receives a waiver for a required course, it is their responsibility to ensure that all SER knowledge requirements are still met. 

 

TSE Capstone Course List

Thesis

  • EGEO 4020D

  • ERSC/T 4010Y/4020D

  • GEOG 4010Y/4020D

  • SAFS 4010Y/4020D

Community-Based Research 

  • ERSC 3160Y

  • ERSC/T 3840H

  • ERSC/T 4801H

  • ERSC/T 4802H

  • ERSC/T 4830Y/4840H

  • GEOG 4830Y

  • SAFS 4850Y

Placement

  • EGEO 4000H

  • ERSC/T-GEOG-SAFS 3890H

Reading

  • ERSC/T 3900Y/3901H/4900Y/4901H

  • GEOG 3900Y/3901H/3902H

  • SAFS 3900Y/3901H/4900Y/4901H

Seminar

  • ERSC/T-GEOG-SAFS-WASC 4703H

Field

  • ERSC/T 3230H

  • ERSC 3860H/3870H/3880H

  • ERSC 4860H

  • ERSC 4905Y/4906H

  • ERST-GEOG-CAST 4043H

Applied Research and Project

  • ERST-GEOG 4140H

  • ERSC-GEOG 4640H

  • GEOG 4090H

 

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