First Year Curriculum

First Year Core

Students admitted into the B.Sc. in Natural Resources program directly from secondary school will take the following first-year courses.

First Year 
Core courses20
BIOL_V 1213
CHEM_V 111 or 1214
ECON_V 1013
NRES_V 150 or WRDS_V 1503
MATH_V 10013
NRES_V 100 or 11023
NRES_V 1031
Specialization Courses312/13
Total Credits32/33
1 Students without previous knowledge of calculus may take MATH_V 180 or 184 (4 credits), or MATH_V 110 (6 credits) if a grade of 80% in MATH 12 (or equivalent course) was not achieved, but the credit difference cannot be applied towards program elective requirements. MATH_V 190 may also be taken, but is a terminal course and not recommended for Wood Products majors or students who plan to take specializations requiring further MATH_V courses.
2 NRES_V 110 is restricted to students in the Land One cohort.
3 See Major-Specific Courses.

Major-Specific Courses

For students to be fully prepared for second year courses, they should also enrol in the following courses based on the specialization they wish to pursue.

Bioeconomy Sciences and Technology

First Year 
BIOL_V 1123
CHEM_V 1234
GEOS_V 102 or CONS_V 2103
Electives3
Total Credits12

Conservation

First Year 
APBI_V 2003
ENGL_V 110, ENGL_V 111 or NRES_V 2253
GEOS_V 1033
Electives3
Total Credits12

Forest Management

First Year 
APBI_V 2003
NRES_V 2313
NRES_V 23213
Electives23
Total Credits12
1 Students with strong computing skills, especially in the use of spreadsheets, can replace NRES_V 232 with 3 credits of electives, upon approval by the program director.
2 Students interested in pursuing the minor in commerce must take ECON_V 102 as an elective.

Forest Operations

First Year 
APBI_V 2003
NRES_V 2313
NRES_V 2323
Electives13
Total Credits12
1 Students interested in pursuing the minor in commerce must take ECON_V 102 as an elective. Students planning to obtain a P.Eng. after graduating require MATH_V 100, 101 & PHYS_V 170.

Forest Sciences

First Year 
BIOL_V 1123
BIOL_V 1402
CHEM_V 1234
MATH_V 1013
Total Credits12

Wood Products

First Year 
CHEM_V 1234
MATH_V 1013
PHYS_V 1171 or 13113
Electives23
Total Credits13
1 Students without Physics 12 must replace 3 credits of electives with PHYS_V 100 prior to taking PHYS_V 117 or PHYS_V 131.
2 Students interested in pursuing the minor in commerce must take ECON_V 102 as an elective.

 

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