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Guide to First Year

Science

For the bachelor of science degree students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours made up of the following components:

  • Core program requirements (see below)
  • An approved concentration of courses known as a major
  • An approved concentration of courses known as a minor (Note: A minor is not required for interdisciplinary programs or for the bachelor of science in psychology. However, students in these programs may choose to complete a minor.)
  • Electives

The core program requirements include:

  • Literacy requirement (30 credit hours) - must be completed on campus or approved by committee
  • Quantitative reasoning and analysis (QRA) requirement (six credit hours). First semester courses that qualify as QRA include: all Chemistry courses (excluding Chemistry 1900), all Mathematics and Physics courses and Economics 2010.
  • Breadth of knowledge requirement (18 credit hours chosen from three groups)

The bachelor of science and bachelor of science (honours) are offered in environmental science, general science and psychology.

Environmental Science major

www.swgc.mun.ca/envs

To qualify for the degree, students must complete core requirements as well as major requirements.

Students may choose to specialize in the biology stream or the chemistry stream.

The environmental science core ensures a broad education in not only scientific but also cultural, ethical and political issues concerning the environment.

In the third and fourth years, students take in-depth environmental biology or environmental chemistry courses that give expertise in the chosen stream.

Career opportunities for student pursuing environmental science include but are not limited to:

  • environmental scientist
  • environmental consultant
  • aquaculture
  • scientist
  • environmental technician
  • food inspection and laboratory technician

Environmental science is also excellent preparation for students intending to study education and teach science.

Students pursuing the B.Sc.(Env. Sc.) degree will normally take the following courses in their first year:

Biology Stream - Sample Program

Fall Semester

Winter Semester

Mathematics 1090 or 1000

Mathematics 1000 or Statistics 2550

English 1000

English 1001

Biology 1001

Biology 1002

Chemistry 1200 (or 1810)*

Chemistry 1001 (or 1200)

Physics 1020 or 1050** or Earth Sciences 1000

Physics 1021 or 1051 or elective

* Students who complete their first year in St. John’s should complete Chemistry 1010/1011 before transferring to Grenfell Campus.

Students who complete Chemistry 1050/1051 (or 1010/1011/1031) before transferring to Grenfell Campus will have a wider choice of second-year chemistry courses.

** Students in the biology stream ONLY may choose to take physics in first or second year.

 Chemistry Stream - Sample Program

Fall Semester 

Winter Semester

Mathematics 1000 (or 1090)

Mathematics 1001* (or 1000)

English 1000

English 1001

Chemistry 1200 (or 1810)**

Chemistry 1001 (or 1200)*

Physics 1020 or 1050

Physics 1021 or 1051

Earth Sciences 1000

Elective

* Students should complete Mathematics 1001 in their first year.

** Students taking Chemistry 1810/1200 in the fall and winter semesters must take Chemistry 1001 in intersession to complete first-year requirements.

Note: Students who complete their first year in St. John’s should complete Chemistry 1010/ 1011/1031(or 1050/1051) before transferring.

 

General Science major

www.swgc.mun.ca/science

 

To qualify for the degree, students must complete core requirements as well as requirements for the major. Students must complete a general science core and must choose three of the following streams: biology, chemistry, earth systems, mathematics and physics.

 

Students pursuing a general science major through a B.Sc. degree will normally take the following courses in their first year:

 

Sample Program

Fall Semester

Winter Semester

Mathematics 1000 (or 1090)

Mathematics 1001 (or 1000)

English 1000

English 1001

First of two courses in a first laboratory science*

Second of two courses in a first laboratory science*

First of two courses in a second laboratory science*

Second of two courses in a second laboratory science*

First of two courses in a third laboratory science*

Second of two courses in a third laboratory science*

 

* Laboratory sciences must be chosen from the following:

 

  • Biology 1001, 1002
  • Chemistry 1200 (or 1810**), Chemistry 1001 (or 1200)
  • Earth Science 1000, 1002
  • Physics 1050, 1051

 

** Students taking Chemistry 1810/1200 in the fall and winter semesters must take Chemistry 1001 in intersession to complete first-year requirements.

 

Notes:

 

  1. The same laboratory science selected in the fall semester has to be completed in the winter semester, i.e., if you complete Biology 1001 in the fall semester you must complete Biology 1002 in the winter semester.
  2. Students who complete their first year at St. John’s campus must complete Chemistry 1010/1011 before transferring to Grenfell Campus. Students who complete 1050/1051 (or 1010/1011/1031) before transferring will have a wider choice of second-year chemistry courses.

 

Psychology major

www.swgc.mun.ca/psych

 

Students pursuing a psychology major through a B.Sc. degree will normally take the following courses in their first year:

 

Sample Program

Fall Semester

Winter Semester

Mathematics 1000 (or 1090)

Mathematics 1001 (or 1000)

English 1000

English 1001

Psychology 1000

Psychology 1001

Biology 1001

Biology 1002

Chemistry 1200 or Physics 1020 (or 1050)

Chemistry 1001 or Physics 1021 (or 1051)

 

Career opportunities for student pursuing a bachelor of science degree majoring in psychology include but are not limited to:

 

  • university/college level instructor
  • clinical psychologist
  • social worker
  • counsellor
  • criminal profiler
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