Physical and Environmental Sciences

Physical and Environmental Sciences: Introduction

Faculty Affiliation

University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC)

Degree Programs

Environmental Science

MEnvSc

  • Fields:
    • Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation;
    • Conservation and Biodiversity;
    • Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems

MSc

PhD

  • Concentrations:
    • Climate Change and the Environment;
    • Contaminant Flux;
    • Environmental Science in Transitional Economies;
    • Great Lakes Ecosystems;
    • Remediation and Restoration of Degraded Environmental Systems;
    • Urban Geoscience

Combined Degree Programs

Collaborative Specializations

The following collaborative specializations are available to students in the participating degree programs as listed below:

Overview

The Graduate Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences offers opportunities for graduate studies in environmental science, leading to the degrees of Master of Environmental Science (MEnvSc), Master of Science (MSc) in Environmental Science, and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Environmental Science.

Contact and Address

Web: www.utsc.utoronto.ca/physsci
MEnvSc email: dpes-menvsc-program.utsc@utoronto.ca
MSc email: dpes-graduate.utsc@utoronto.ca
PhD email: dpes-phd-program.utsc@utoronto.ca
MEnvSc telephone: (416) 287-7205
MSc and PhD telephone: (416) 208-2910
Fax: (416) 287-7204

Graduate Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences
University of Toronto Scarborough
1265 Military Trail
Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4
Canada

Physical and Environmental Sciences: Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Abbatt, Jonathan - BSc, PhD
Allen, Grant - BASc, MASc, PhD
Andrade, Maydianne - BSc, MS, PhD
Archontitsis, Georgios - BSc, MSc, PhD (Chair and Graduate Chair)
Bell, Terrence - BSc, MSc, PhD
Bender, Daniel Eric - BA, PhD
Bergquist, Bridget - BS, PhD
Boonstra, Rudy - BSc, PhD
Cadotte, Marc - BS, MS, PhD
Chen, Jing - BSc, PhD
Cowling, Sharon - BSc, MSc, PhD
Creed, Irena - BSc, MSc, PhD
Desloges, Joseph - BES, MSc, PhD
Diamond, Miriam - MSc, MSc, PhD
Dittrich, Maria - BES, MSc, PhD
Donaldson, D. James - PhD
Edwards, Elizabeth - BEng, PhD
Evans, Greg - PhD
Eyles, Nicholas - BSc, MSc, PhD, DSc
Finkelstein, Sarah - AB, MPH, PhD
Gough, William - BSc, MSc, PhD (Vice-Principal, Academic and Dean)
Hamilton, Ian G. - BE, ME, PhD
He, Yuhong - PhD
Heron, Philip Joseph - BSc, MSc, PhD
Hoffmann, Matthew - BSc, PhD
Howard, Ken - BSc, MSc, PhD
Isaac, Marney Elizabeth - BS, MES, PhD
Izmaylov, Artur - PhD
Jackson, Donald - BSc, MSc, PhD
Kerman, Kagan - BScPhm, MSc, ScD
Klenk, Nicole - BS, MSc, PhD
Kraatz, Heinz-Bernhard - BA, MC, PhD
Kronzucker, Herbert - PhD
Lovejoy, Nathan Richard - BSc, MS, PhD
Lowman, Julian - BSc, MS, DPhil
Malcolm, Jay - BSc, MSc, PhD
Mason, Andrew - MS, PhD
Miall, Andrew - BSc, PhD
Mitchell, Carl - PhD (Graduate Associate Chair)
Molnar, Peter Kalman - BS, MMath, PhD
Murphy, Jennifer - BCh, DChem
Porteus, Cosima Sandra - BSc, MSc, PhD
Sherwood Lollar, Barbara - PhD
Short, Steven - BSc, PhD
Siegel, Jeffrey Alexander - BS, MS, PhD
Simpson, Andre - BSc, PhD
Simpson, Myrna - BS, DPhil
Smith, Sandy - BAgrSc, MSc, PhD
Strong, Kimberly - BSc, DPhil, FRSC
Sullan, Ruby May - BSc, PhD
Terebiznik, Mauricio - BSc, PhD
Tozer, Laura Molly - BSc, MA, PhD
Tsuji, Leonard - BSc, DDS, PhD
Vanlerberghe, Greg - BSc, MSc, PhD
Wang, Yan - BSc, MSc, PhD
Wania, Frank - MPH, PhD
Wells, Mathew - BS, DPhil
Wortmann, Ulrich - BSc, MSc, PhD
Wunch, Debra - BSc, MSc, PhD
Zhang, Xiaoan - MS, PhD

Members Emeriti

Fulthorpe, Roberta - BSc, MSc, PhD

Associate Members

Alexander, Steven M. - BSc, MSc, PhD
Arnot, Jon - BS, MES, PhD
Bhavsar, Satyendrakumar - BE, PhD
Blukacz-Richards, Agnes - BSc, MSc, PhD
Currie, Warren - BA, BSc, PhD
Dalili, Shadi - MSc, PhD
Daxberger, Heidi - PhD
De Silva, Amila - BSc, MSc, PhD
Dunlop, Erin - BSc, PhD
Emilson, Erik - BSc, MSc, PhD
Hadzovic, Alen - BSc, PhD
Harner, Tom - BChe, ME, DrEng
Helm, Paul - BSc, MASc, DChem
Johnson, Cheryl Ann - BASc, MASc, PhD
Koops, Marten - BSc, MSc, PhD
Latulippe, Nicole Monique - BA, MA, PhD
Livingstone, Stuart - BS, PhD
Mackereth, Rob - BSc, MSc, PhD
MacLellan, James - BA, MS, DPhil
Mandrak, Nicholas - BSc, MSc, PhD
Meriano, Mandana - ScD
Mikhaylichenko, Svetlana - MSc, DChem
Mirza, Monirul - BSE, MEng, PhD
Mohsin, Tanzina - PhD
Muir, Derek - BSc, MSc, PhD
Reichman, Suzie - BES, PhD
Roy, Dimple - BA, MA
Sauer, Effiette - BS, PhD
Smith, Karen Louise - BSc, MASc, MASc, PhD
Steffen, Alexandra - BSc, MSc
Weaver, Dan - BSc, MS, PhD
Wilson, Kathleen - AB, AM, PhD
Yerubandi, Ram - MTech, PhD
Zhu, Jiping - BS, MSc, DSc
Zuk, Aleksandra - BNSc, BM, MA, MA, PhD

Physical and Environmental Sciences: Environmental Science MEnvSc Courses

Please note that not all courses are offered every year.

Course Code Course Title
EES1100H
Advanced Seminar in Environmental Science
EES1101Y
Research Paper in Environmental Science
EES1102H
Analytical Chemistry for Geoscientists
EES1103H Field Measurement and Sampling: The Essentials
EES1104H
Microorganisms and the Environment
EES1105H
Soil Contamination Chemistry
EES1106H
Geological Evolution and Environmental History of North America
EES1108H
Environmental Science Field Camp
EES1109H
Advanced Techniques in Geographic Information Systems
EES1111H
Freshwater Ecology and Biomonitoring
EES1112H Contaminant Cycling in Transboundary Environments
EES1113H Groundwater Hydrochemistry and Contaminant Transport
EES1114H
Directed Readings in Environmental Science I
EES1115H
Directed Readings in Environmental Science II
EES1116Y (2.0 FCEs)
Internship
EES1117H
Climate Change Impact Assessment
EES1118H
Fundamentals of Ecological Modelling (exclusion: EESD28H3)
EES1119H
Quantitative Environmental Analysis
EES1120H
Fluid Dynamics of Contaminant Transport
EES1121H
Modelling the Fate of Organic Chemicals in the Environment
EES1122H
Global Sustainability
EES1123H
Environmental Regulations
EES1124H
Environmental Project Management
EES1125H
Contaminated Site Remediation
EES1126H
Hydrology and Watershed Management
EES1127H
Applied Biogeochemistry and Geomicrobiology
EES1128H
Biophysical Interactions in Managed Environments
EES1129H
Brownfields Redevelopment
EES1130H Ontario BioGeospheres Field Courses
EES1131H
Applied Climatology
(Exclusion: EESD31H3.)
EES1132H
Climate Data Analysis
(Exclusion: EESD21H3.)
EES1133H
Climate Change Science and Modelling
EES1134H
Climate Change Policy
EES1135H
Environmental Change and Human Health
EES1136H
Climate Change Adaptation
EES1137H
Quantitative Applications for Data Analysis
EES1139H Perspectives in Environmental Health: Mechanisms of Toxicity
(Prerequisites: at least one undergraduate course in each of the following areas: Introduction to Human Biology or equivalent; Biological Determinants of Health or equivalent; Introduction to Epidemiology or equivalent; and Environmental Health or Toxicology or equivalent.)
EES1701H
Environmental Legislation and Policy
EES1704H
Environmental Risk Assessment
EES3000H
Applied Conservation Biology
EES3001H
Professional Scientific Literacy
EES3002H
Conservation Policy
EES3003H
Topics in Applied Biodiversity
EES3111H Conservation Genetics
EES3113H
Topics in Population and Community Ecology
EES3114H Topics in Urban and Rural Ecology
EES4001H
Internship Training 1
(Restricted to students enrolled in one of the approved combined degree programs with the MEnvSc.)
EES4003H
Academic Training 1
(Restricted to students enrolled in one of the approved combined degree programs with the MEnvSc.)

Physical and Environmental Sciences: Environmental Science MSc Courses

Required Courses

Course Code Course Title
EES1200H
Environmental Science Research Experience
EES1201H
Environmental Science: Approaches and Methods in Research

Elective Courses

Course Code Course Title
EES1102H
Analytical Chemistry for Geoscientists
EES1104H
Microorganisms and the Environment
EES1105H
Soil Contamination Chemistry
EES1106H
Geological Evolution and Environmental History of North America
EES1108H
Environmental Science Field Camp
EES1109H
Advanced Techniques in Geographic Information Systems
EES1111H
Freshwater Ecology and Biomonitoring
EES1112H Contaminant Cycling in Transboundary Environments
EES1113H
Groundwater Hydrochemistry and Contaminant Transport
EES1114H
Directed Readings in Environmental Science I
EES1117H
Climate Change Impact Assessment
EES1118H
Fundamentals of Ecological Modelling
(Exclusion: EESD28H3.)
EES1119H
Quantitative Environmental Analysis
EES1120H
Fluid Dynamics of Contaminant Transport
EES1121H
Modelling the Fate of Organic Chemicals in the Environment
EES1126H
Hydrology and Watershed Management
EES1127H
Applied Biogeochemistry and Geomicrobiology
EES1128H
Biophysical Interactions in Managed Environments
EES1130H Ontario BioGeospheres Field Course
EES1131H
Applied Climatology
(Exclusion: EESD31H3.)
EES1132H
Climate Data Analysis
(Exclusion: EESD21H3.)
EES1133H
Climate Change Science and Modelling
EES1134H
Climate Change Policy
EES1135H
Environmental Change and Human Health
EES1136H
Climate Change Adaptation
EES1137H
Quantitative Applications for Data Analysis
EES3000H
Applied Conservation Biology
EES3001H
Professional Scientific Literacy
EES3002H
Conservation Policy
EES3003H
Topics in Applied Biodiversity
EES3113H
Topics in Population and Community Ecology
EES3114H
Topics in Urban and Rural Ecology

Physical and Environmental Sciences: Environmental Science PhD Courses

Core Course

Course Code Course Title
EES2200H
Advanced Seminar in Environmental Science

The following are courses offered within the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences. With the approval of the Graduate Chair, relevant courses from other graduate departments can be applied to the required full-course equivalents. Not all courses are offered every year.

Elective Courses

Course Code Course Title
EES1102H
Analytical Chemistry for Geoscientists
EES1103H Field Measurements and Sampling: The Essentials
EES1104H
Microorganisms and the Environment
EES1105H
Soil Contamination Chemistry
EES1106H
Geological Evolution and Environmental History of North America
EES1109H
Advanced Techniques in Geographic Information Systems
EES1111H
Freshwater Ecology and Biomonitoring
EES1112H Contaminant Cycling in Transboundary Environments
EES1113H Groundwater Hydrochemistry and Contaminant Transport
EES1117H
Climate Change Impact Assessment
EES1118H
Fundamentals of Ecological Modelling
EES1119H
Quantitative Environmental Analysis
EES1120H
Fluid Dynamics of Contaminant Transport
EES1121H
Modeling the Fate of Organic Chemicals in the Environment
EES1122H
Global Sustainability
EES1126H
Hydrology and Watershed Management
EES1127H
Applied Biogeochemistry and Geomicrobiology
EES1128H
Biophysical Interactions in Managed Environments
EES1131H
Applied Climatology (exclusion: EESD31H3)
EES1132H
Climate Data Analysis (exclusion: EESD21H3)
EES1133H
Climate Change Science and Modelling
EES1134H
Climate Change Policy
EES1135H
Environmental Change and Human Health
EES1136H
Climate Change Adaptation
EES1137H
Quantitative Applications for Data Analysis
EES1139H Perspectives in Environmental Health: Mechanisms of Toxicity
(Prerequisites: at least one undergraduate course in each of the following areas: Introduction to Human Biology or equivalent; Biological Determinants of Health or equivalent; Introduction to Epidemiology or equivalent; and Environmental Health or Toxicology or equivalent.)
EES2201H
Advanced Readings in Environmental Science
EES3000H
Applied Conservation Biology
EES3001H
Professional Scientific Literacy
EES3002H
Conservation Policy
EES3003H
Topics in Applied Biodiversity
EES3111H Conservation Genetics
EES3113H
Topics in Population and Community Ecology
EES3114H Topics in Urban and Rural Ecology