The Environmental Science degree prepares you for a career while meeting the educational components of the National Occupational Standards for Environmental Employment.

You will be introduced to the human dimensions underlying environmental issues such as production, consumption, and ultimately disposal of natural resources. 

Learn about air pollution, climate change and global warming, waste management, meteorology, energy systems, and sustainability among other issues. 

Apply your knowledge in practical settings such as the Quesnel River Research Centre, where students participate in groundbreaking research projects or choose from many field schools.

As one of the four Environmental degrees at UNBC, Environmental Science seeks to train scientists who will understand how the environment functions, and how to mitigate effects on the environment.

The Environmental Science Bachelor of Science degree is an interdisciplinary degree in which students take a core curriculum along with an area of specialization. 

The core curriculum is designed to provide students with knowledge of the fundamental biological, chemical, physical, and applied aspects integral to the field of environmental science. 

This approach ensures uniform preparation among students and allows for the development of a diversity of expertise necessary to address the complexity of present environmental problems and future unanticipated ones.

The degree has been designed in part to address educational components of the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Environmental Employment set out by the Environmental Careers Organization (ECO Canada). 

The NOS forms the basis of the Canadian Certified Environmental Practitioner (CCEP) accreditation process of the Canadian Environmental Certification Approvals Board (CECAB).

• Official Transcripts
• English language proficiency tests
• Passport

Overall average of 65% minimum in the following:

• English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12
• Pre-Calculus 12 (minimum 67%)
• Approved Academic Grade 12 Course
• Approved Academic Grade 12 Course
• Additional Grade 12 Course (Elective or Academic)

Other requirements: Life Sciences 11 or Anatomy & Physiology 12**; Physics 11
**Anatomy & Physiology 12 can be counted as one of the Approved Academic Grade 12 courses.

China:

• 会考 HUIKAO - Senior Secondary School Certificate or 高考GAOKAO - National College Entrance Examination: Minimum overall average grade 70% (B)
• or a pass in English plus three academic subjects and an elective.

India:

• Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)/Standard 12/Indian School Certificate/All India School Certificate Examination. Minimum average grade 50% or higher in English 12, three academic subjects and an elective for general entry.
• Three-year diploma issued by a state board of technical education: Minimum average grade of 50% or higher for general entry.
• GCE Edexcel or Cambridge International Examinations: Minimum of two Advanced (A) level subjects and three Ordinary (O) level subjects must be completed with an overall grade point average of C or higher in order to be considered for admission.

All A-level subjects presented for admission must have a grade of at least C. Students may substitute two Advanced-Subsidiary (AS) level subjects for one A-level. This is for general entry. 

Iran:

• From 2019: High School Diploma (Theoretical Stream): Minimum average grade of 12 in 5 academic courses for general entry.
• Prior to 2019: High School Diploma and pre-University Certificate. A minimum average grade of 12 or higher in pre-university courses for general entry.