Water Science

Freshwater systems provide many essential ecosystem services, such as clean water, food, energy, recreation, climate regulation and waste assimilation. As human populations and economies grow, demand for these ecosystem services will continue to increase.Our new B.Sc. in Water Sciences provides students with the knowledge and skills they will need to respond to contemporary water challenges, in Canada and internationally. The Water Sciences Program is a cooperative undertaking by four departments: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental and Resource Science Studies, and Geography. Students in the program complete required courses drawn from all four departments, that together provide the technical and theoretical foundation for study of the science of water and the aquatic environment.

Field of study: Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management