Recommended courses for first and second years of B.Sc. in Northern Environmental and Conservation
Sciences
Students planning to apply to transfer to the B.Sc. in Northern Environmental and Conservation Sciences program at
Yukon College must complete a minimum of 24 credits (8 courses) from the core and/or elective courses listed below.
Core courses:
These courses are required in the B.Sc. Northern ENCS Program. However, they do not all have to be completed
prior to admission; they can be completed after a student is admitted to the program. All courses are worth 3 credits
unless otherwise indicated. See page 2 for course titles (course descriptions are available at
www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/courses/).
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BIOL 101, 102, 210, and 220
CHEM 110
ENGL 100
COMM 193 or ENGL 101 (COMM 193 is preferred)
ECON 100
ENVS 200 OR 201
FNST 100 OR HIST 140
GEOG 250
MATH 100 or 120
MATH 105 OR RRMT 202
NOST 201
NOST 215 (transfers as 1.5 credits)
RRMT 125
RRMT 200 (transfers as 1.5 credits)
RRMT 239
SOIL 210
Electives:
These courses transfer as 3-credit “Approved Program Electives”, as “free electives”, or as upper-level required
courses (course titles and descriptions are available at www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/courses/):
BIOL 225, BIOL 230, BIOL 290, BIOL 310, ECON 101, ENVS 100, ENVS 101, ENVS 223, ENVS 227, ENVS 232,
GEOG 101, GEOG 102, GEOG 290, MATH 101, PHYS 100, PHYS 101, POLI 222, RRMT 204, RRMT 223, RRMT
232, RRMT 235, RRMT 236, RRMT 237, RRMT 238. Most other Arts and Sciences courses will also transfer as 3credit electives.
For more information contact:
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Dr. Kathryn Aitken, Coordinator, Northern ENCS Program, Yukon College, kaitken@yukoncollege.yk.ca, ph: 867668-8866
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Dr. Fiona Schmiegelow, Director, Northern ENCS Program, University of Alberta,
Fiona.Schmiegelow@ualberta.ca, ph: 867-668-8711
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Dr. Ellen Bielawski, Faculty, Northern ENCS Program, University of Alberta, Ellen.Bielawski@ualberta.ca, ph:
867-668-8753
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YUKON COLLEGE CODES AND TITLES OF CORE FIRST AND SECOND YEAR COURSES IN THE NORTHERN
ENCS PROGRAM
Yukon College course code
Title
BIOL 101 and 102
Principles of Biology I and II
BIOL 210
Introduction to Northern Botany
BIOL 220
Ecology
CHEM 110
Structure of Matter
COMM 193
Intro to Scientific and Technical Communication
ECON 100
Intro to Microeconomics
ENGL 100
Academic Writing and Critical Thinking
ENGL 101
Intro to the Study of Literature
ENVS 200 or 201
Environmental Perspectives or Environmental Ethics
FNST 100
Intro to First Nations Studies
GEOG 250
Intro to Geographic Information Systems
HIST 140
History of Yukon First Nations and Self-government
MATH 100
Single Variable Calculus I
MATH 120
Math for the Life Sciences
MATH 105
Introductory Statistics
NOST 201
Natural History of the North
NOST 215
Northern Studies Field Methods
RRMT 125
Renewable Resources Measurements
RRMT 200
Field Methods
RRMT 202
Biometrics
RRMT 239
Freshwater Ecosystems and Hydrology
SOIL 210
Intro to Soil Science and Resources
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