Students must take a range of courses that support the disciplines within science, prepare them for the upper-level courses in the three packages they will chose, and fulfill BSc lower-level requirements. In addition to meeting core requirements, students select three packages that consist of a minimum of nine upper-level credits.
Required Core Courses
- MATH 100/101 (or equivalent)
- STAT 200 (3) (or equivalent)
- Communicating Science (SCIE 300) (3)
- One of CPSC 110 (or 111), CPSC 301, EOSC 211, MATH 210, PHYS 210 (3)
Generalist Requirement: Three Credits
This can be taken in third or fourth year. One course from a discipline not represented in your three packages is selected from:
- Chemistry: CHEM 200-level
- Earth and Environmental Science: EOSC 340, 326, 477, 453, 354, 329 GEOB 400
- Life Sciences: BIOL 121, 343, 345, 346, 438
- Mathematical Sciences: MATH 200-level, MATH 360 or 300-level MATH
- Physics and Astronomy: ASTR 200, 333; PHYS 200, 305, 330, 333.
Required Core Lab Courses
Two out of the four options below are required, and count toward a nine-credit minimum.
- CHEM 315 (1 cr) - Prerequisites: CHEM 233, 235, 205
- EOSC 442 (1 cr) - Prerequisites: EOSC 340 and one of (EOSC 211, PHYS 210, CPSC 301)
- BIOL 342 (2 cr) - Prerequisite: BIOL 121, 140 (BIOL 112 recommended)
- PHYS 309 (3 cr) - Prerequisite: PHYS219 + 229
Packages
To plan your CMS program you must select three areas (we call them packages) of science that you wish to explore.
- Chemistry
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Life Science
- Mathematical Sciences
- Physics and Astronomy
