Quantitative prerequisites for THIRD year QES courses

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Calc1 SCIE001 • SCIE001 Science One, 27 credits, na. • An innovative first-year multi-disciplinary course incorporating biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics with a strong focus on the connections between these traditional disciplines. ssc exp EOSC340 • EOSC340 Global Climate Change, 3 credits, 3-0-0. • Mechanisms and processes of past and future global environmental and climate change ssc exp EOSC350 • EOSC350 Environmental, Geotechnical, and Exploration Geophysics I, 3 credits, 3-2-0. • Principles of geophysical survey design, data acquisition, processing and interpretation with emphasis on near-surface problems. Magnetic, seismic reflection/refraction, electromagnetic and ground penetrating radar surveys. Case history analysis of environmental and geotechnical problems. ssc exp EOSC325 • EOSC325 Principles of Physical Hydrogeology, 3 credits, 3-0-0. • Theories of storage and movement of water within groundwater systems; Groundwater-surface water interaction; Role of groundwater systems in watershed management and regulating the environmental impacts of global change; Groundwater sustainability; Impacts of climate & land use changes on groundwater resources ssc exp EOSC352 • EOSC352 Geophysical Continuum Dynamics, 3 credits, 3-0-0. • Introduction to tensor calculus and continuum mechanics. Stress, strain and strain-rate tensors. Mass, momentum and energy balance. Applications to problems of geophysical heat transport, elasticity and fluid dynamics ssc exp EOSC354 • EOSC354 Analysis of Time Series and Inverse Theory for Earth Scientists, 3 credits, 3-2-0. • Continuous and discrete Fourier transforms, correlation and convolution, spectral estimates, optimum least-squares filters, deconvolution and prediction, frequency-wave number filtering. A practical course on computer techniques applied to the analysis of a wide range of geophysical phenomena. ssc exp EOSC373 • EOSC373 Introductory Oceanography: Climate and Ecosystems, 3 credits, 3-0-0. • Physical, chemical, and biological processes in the ocean and their interaction with climate and marine food-webs. ssc exp ENVR300 • ENVR300 Introduction to Research in Environmental Science, 3 credits, 3-0-0. • Environmental research. Students investigate research methodologies and reporting in a range of scientific disciplines and fields. ssc exp EOSC353 • EOSC353 Seismology, 3 credits, 3-3-0. • Hooke's law for isotropic continua, elastic wave equation, reflection and refraction methods for imaging the Earth's internal structure, plane waves in an infinite medium and interaction with boundaries, body wave seismology, inversion of travel-time curves, generalized ray theory, crustal seismology, surface waves and earthquake source studies. ssc exp Phys-EM PHYS102 • PHYS102 Electricity, Light and Radiation, 3 credits, 3-3-1. • Introduction to optics, electricity and magnetism, electric circuits, radioactivity, including biological applications. ssc exp PHYS108 • PHYS108 Enriched Physics II, 3 credits, 3-0-1. • Electricity and magnetism, electrical circuits, induction, electromagnetic waves, Maxwell's equations and applications. ssc exp PHYS118 • PHYS118 Electricity, Light and Radiation, 3 credits, 3-0-1. • Optics, electricity and magnetism, electric circuits, radioactivity, including biological applications. ssc exp PHYS158 • PHYS158 Introductory Physics for Engineers II, 3 credits, 3-0-1. • Electricity and magnetism, DC and AC circuits, optics. ssc exp ATSC313 • ATSC313 Renewable Energy Meteorology, 3 credits, 3-0-0. • The meteorology of hydro, wind, and solar power. Atmospheric processes affecting renewable energy on global, regional & local weather scales. ssc exp ATSC303 • ATSC303 Methods in Atmospheric Science, 3 credits, 2-2-0. • An introduction to instrumentation used in monitoring the state of the atmosphere; a brief survey of methods of analysis of meteorological data. ssc exp ATSC301 • ATSC301 Atmospheric Radiation and Remote Sensing, 3 credits, 3-0-0. • Energy transfer at infrared, visible, and microwave wavelengths. Analysis of satellite measurements of the atmosphere and surface. ssc exp Intro Atsc ATSC201 • ATSC201 Meteorology of Storms, 3 credits, 3-0-0. • Characteristics and physical processes of thunderstorms, tornadoes, lightning, hail, hurricanes, blizzards, cyclones and other storms. ssc exp GEOS200 • GEOS200 Atmospheric Environments, 3 credits, 3-2-0. • Physical principles underlying weather and climates. Thermal, moisture and wind climates from the scale of plants and animals to the globe. Daily weather systems and climate change. ssc exp Chem ICHEM110 • CHEM110 Structure, Bonding and Equilibrium in Chemistry (Lecture), 3 credits, 3-0-0. • Fundamentals of bonding theories, structural chemistry and equilibrium with applications relevant to modern society. ssc exp CHEM111 • CHEM111 Structure, Bonding, and Equilibrium in Chemistry, 4 credits, 3-3-1. • Fundamentals of bonding theories, structural chemistry and equilibrium with applications relevant to modern society. ssc exp CHEM120 • CHEM120 Structure and Bonding in Chemistry (Lecture), 3 credits, 3-0-0. • Fundamentals of bonding theories, structural chemistry, with applications relevant to modern society. ssc exp CHEM121 • CHEM121 Structure and Bonding in Chemistry, 4 credits, 3-3-0. • Fundamentals of bonding theories and structural chemistry, with applications relevant to modern society. ssc exp CHEM154 • CHEM154 Chemistry for Engineering, 3 credits, 3-3-0. • Chemical bonding, properties of matter. Chemical thermodynamics with applications to phase equilibria, aqueous equilibria and electrochemistry. Processes at surfaces. ssc exp SCIE001 • SCIE001 Science One, 27 credits, na. • An innovative first-year multi-disciplinary course incorporating biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics with a strong focus on the connections between these traditional disciplines. ssc exp CmpSci intro APSC160 • APSC160 Introductory Computation in Engineering Design, 3 credits, 3-2-0. • Analysis and simulation, laboratory data acquisition and processing, measurement interfaces, engineering tools, computer systems organization, programming languages. ssc exp CPSC103 • CPSC103 Introductory Systematic Program Design, 3 credits, 3-0-1. • Computation as a tool for systematic problem solving in non-computer-science disciplines. Introductory programming skills. ssc exp CPSC110 • CPSC110 Computation, Programs, and Programming, 4 credits, 3-3-0. • Fundamental program and computation structures. Introductory programming skills. Computation as a tool for information processing, simulation and modelling, and interacting with the world. ssc exp DSCI100 • DSCI100 Introductory Data Science, 3 credits, 3-0-1. • Use of data science tools to summarize, visualize, and analyze data. Sensible workflows and clear interpretations are emphasized. ssc exp 3rd yr in sci, LFS, Forestry Calc IV div/grad/curl MATH317 • MATH317 Calculus IV, 3 credits, 3-0-0. • Parametrizations, inverse and implicit functions, integrals with respect to length and area; grad, div, and curl, theorems of Green, Gauss, and Stokes. ssc exp EOSC250 • EOSC250 Fields and Fluxes, 3 credits, 3-0-0. • Application of classical theory of scalar and vector fields to geophysical sciences. Conductive, convective and radiative energy flux, gravitation, electrostatics, and magnetostatics. Gauss' and Stokes' theorems. ssc exp 3rd yr in sci or appSci Calc III MATH200 • MATH200 Calculus III, 3 credits, 3-0-0. • Analytic geometry in 2 and 3 dimensions, partial and directional derivatives, chain rule, maxima and minima, second derivative test, Lagrange multipliers, multiple integrals with applications. ssc exp MATH253 • MATH253 Multivariable Calculus, 3 credits, 3-0-0. • Partial and directional derivatives; maxima and minima; Lagrange multipliers and second derivative test; multiple integrals and applications. ssc exp 3rd yr in science Any programming language Quantitative prerequisites for EOAS 3rd yr courses. EOSC329 • EOSC329 Quantitative Groundwater Hydrology, 3 credits, 2-3-3. • Introduction to theory of groundwater flow; flow nets; regional groundwater resource evaluation; well hydraulics; role of groundwater in geologic processes, case studies. ssc exp Notes: • Boxed lists are “ choose one of ” prerequisites. Colour key below. • ONLY quantitative courses are included. • ssc points to Stu. Services Center. • exp point to UBCexplore.io. MATH101 • MATH101 Integral Calculus with Applications to Physical Sciences and Engineering, 3 credits, 3-0-0. • The definite integral, integration techniques, applications, modelling, infinite series. ssc exp MATH103 • MATH103 Integral Calculus with Applications to Life Sciences, 3 credits, 3-0-0. • Antiderivatives and definite integrals, infinite series, applications to probability and dynamical systems ssc exp MATH105 • MATH105 Integral Calculus with Applications to Commerce and Social Sciences, 3 credits, 3-0-0. • Antiderivatives, the definite integral, techniques of integration, infinite series, partial derivatives, maxima and minima with constraints, discrete and continuous random variables. ssc exp MATH121 • MATH121 Honours Integral Calculus, 4 credits, 4-0-0. • Definite integrals and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, techniques and applications of integration, infinite series. ssc exp EOSC372 • EOSC372 Introductory Oceanography: Circulation and Plankton, 3 credits, 3-0-0. • Physical and chemical processes and their controls on the distribution of plankton in the ocean. ssc exp Phys- mech/waves PHYS153 • PHYS153 Elements of Physics, 6 credits, 3-3-1. • Thermometry, thermal properties of matter, heat, oscillations, waves, sound, wave optics; geometrical optics, elementary electricity and magnetism, simple DC and AC circuits. ssc exp PHYS106 • PHYS106 Enriched Physics I (Lecture), 3 credits, 3-0-1. • Classical mechanics including conservation laws, angular momentum of rigid bodies and simple harmonic motion, wave phenomena, with an introduction to special relativity, quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, statistical mechanics and solid state physics. ssc exp PHYS131 • PHYS131 Energy and Waves (Lecture), 3 credits, 3-0-1. • Fluids, harmonic oscillator, travelling waves, standing waves, sound, and interference of light waves, including diffraction. ssc exp PHYS101 • PHYS101 Energy and Waves, 3 credits, 3-3-1. • Fluids, harmonic oscillator, travelling waves, standing waves, sound, and interference of light waves, including diffraction. ssc exp PHYS107 • PHYS107 Enriched Physics I, 3 credits, 3-3-1. • Classical mechanics including conservation laws, angular momentum of rigid bodies and simple harmonic motion, wave phenomena, with an introduction to special relativity, quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, statistical mechanics and solid state physics. ssc exp PHYS117 • PHYS117 Dynamics and Waves, 3 credits, 3-0-2. • Kinematics including curvilinear motion. Forces and Newton's laws of motion. Work-energy theorem, conservation of energy. Conservation of momentum, collisions. Torque, rotational dynamics, angular momentum. Oscillations and waves. ssc exp PHYS157 • PHYS157 Introductory Physics for Engineers I, 3 credits, 3-0-1. • Heat, thermodynamics, oscillations, waves, and sound. ssc exp EOSC211 • EOSC211 Computer Methods in Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, 3 credits, 3-2-0. • Mathematical computer-based problem solving in the physical, chemical, and biological sciences. Problems drawn from studies of the earth, the oceans and the atmosphere. ssc exp
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