Program Requirements
The B.Eng.(Bioresource); Foundation Year Program is designed to provide core science prerequisites for those entering university for the first time from a high school system (outside of the Quebec CEGEP system).
Required Courses - Fall (14.5 credits)
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AEBI 120 General Biology (3 credits)
Overview
Biology (Agric & Envir Sc) : An introduction to core themes in biological sciences, including cell structure and function, cell replication, gene expression, genetic inheritance, biodiversity, evolution, and ecological interactions.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Lovat, Christie (Fall)
Fall
2 lectures and one 3-hour lab per week
Restriction: Not open to students who have obtained CEGEP competency 00UK.
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AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 (4 credits)
Overview
Chemistry (Agric&EnvirSci) : The course will be a study of the fundamental principles of atomic structure, valence theory and the periodic table.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Cherestes, Alice (Fall)
Fall
3 lectures, one 3 hour lab, and one tutorial hour
Restriction: Note open to students who have taken FDSC 110.
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AEMA 101 Calculus 1 with Precalculus (4 credits)
Overview
Mathematics (Agric&Envir Sci) : A review of precalculus: functions, graphs,polynomials and rational functions, exponentialand logarithmic functions, and trigonometry.Limits, continuity, and derivatives. Differentiationof elementary functions. Anti-differentiation. Applications.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Titley-P茅loquin, David (Fall)
Fall
3 lectures
Prerequisite: a course in functions
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AEPH 113 Physics 1 (4 credits)
Overview
Physics (Agric & Envir Sci) : Kinematics in one and two dimensions. Newton's laws of motion. Circular motion and orbits. Rotation of a rigid body. Momentum. Work and energy, power. Conservation principles. Simple harmonic motion. Waves and sound. Includes calculus-based applications.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Dhiman, Jaskaran (Fall)
Three 1-hour lectures, one 2-hour lab, and one 1-hour tutorial per week.
Corequisite: AEMA 101 or equivalent.
Note: Not open to students who have taken AEPH 112, PHYS 101 or PHYS 131, and open to students in Bioresource Engineering
Restrictions: Not open to students who have passed AEPH 112 or obtained CEGEP competency 00UR. Open only to students in Bioresource Engineering.
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BREE 187 Freshman Seminar 1 (0.5 credits)
Overview
Bioresource Engineering : Members of the Faculty and/or Student Services will present seminars on resources available to help students develop the requisite skills to facilitate their transition into university life.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restrictions: Open to Freshman intending to enrol in B.Eng. Bioresources Engineering Major.
Required Courses - Winter (15.5 credits)
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AECH 111 General Chemistry 2 (4 credits)
Overview
Chemistry (Agric&EnvirSci) : Thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium, aqueous solution chemistry including applications to acids, bases and buffers and selected topics in organic chemistry.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Cherestes, Alice (Winter)
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AEMA 102 Calculus 2 (4 credits)
Overview
Mathematics (Agric&Envir Sci) : Integration, the indefinite and definite integral. Trapezoidal and Simpson's Rule approximations for the integral. Applications to areas between curves, distance, volume, length of a curve, work, area of a surface of revolution, average values, moments, etc. Improper integrals and infinite series.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Titley-P茅loquin, David (Winter)
Winter
3 lectures
Prerequisite: Calculus 1 or equivalent
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AEPH 115 Physics 2 (4 credits)
Overview
Physics (Agric & Envir Sci) : Electric forces, electric fields, electric potential. Current. Electric circuits. Magnetic fields and forces. Electromagnetic induction. Electromagnetic waves. Geometrical and physical optics. Includes calculus-based applications.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Sunjka, Predrag (Winter)
Three 1-hour lectures, one 2-hour lab, and one 1-hour tutorial per week
Prerequisites: AEPH 112 or AEPH 113 or PHYS 101or PHYS 131 or equivalent.
Corequisite: AEMA 102 or equivalent
Note: Not open to students who have taken AEPH 114, PHYS 102 or PHYS 142, and open only to students in Bioresource Engineering
Restriction: Not open to students who have passed AEPH 114 or obtained CEGEP competencies 00US and 00UT. Open only to students in Bioresource Engineering.
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BREE 103 Linear Algebra (3 credits)
Overview
Bioresource Engineering : Systems of linear equations, matrices, inverses, determinants, geometric vectors in three dimensions, dot and cross product, lines and planes; introduction to vector spaces, linear (in)dependence, bases. lntroduction to computer-based mathematical tools.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Titley-P茅loquin, David (Winter)
3 lectures and 1 conference
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken Math 133 or CEGEP objective 00UQ or equivalent
Prerequisite: AEMA 100 or equivalent course in functions/precalculus
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BREE 188 Freshman Seminar 2 (0.5 credits)
Overview
Bioresource Engineering : Members of the Faculty present seminars on topical issues about their area of research.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restrictions: Open to Freshman intending to enroll in B.Eng. Bioresource Engineering Major. Not open to students who have taken AGRI 196.
