Environmental Sciences, Bachelor

UBC Science Co-op Students in Environmental Sciences concentrate on understanding the major environmental issues facing human societies and adopt an integrative cross-disciplinary approach to the study of these issues.

Environmental Sciences:

Ecology & Conservation
Land, Air and Water

Geographical Sciences:

Biogeography
Climatology
Geograpic Information Science
Geomorphology
Hydrology

Sample Student Skills:

There is a wide variety of possible job types, at levels of independence and sophistication depending on senority and experience. Examples include:

Contribute towards measurements, instrument placement, sampling, drilling, river/stream flow and other field programs
Data wrangling, plotting and analysis. Student’s programming skills are mainly Python-based
Assist with laboratory work involving water, rocks, minerals, or other chemical processes
Support geologic mapping activities, including making cross sections and stratigraphic sections
Assist in petrographic analysis, including identification of hand samples and thin sections of common rocks and minerals
Mineral inventories and core logging
Generate background research based on public domain, library, or proprietary references
Customer, partner or public engagement for market research, collaboration or education

Individual Disciplines:

Environmental Sciences
Geographical Sciences