Foundation Program (B.Eng.(Bioresource)) (30 credits)
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering (Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences)
Degree: Bachelor of Engineering (Bioresource)
Program credit weight: 30
Program Description
The B.Eng.(Bioresource); Foundation 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 (30 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AEBI 120 | Integrated Life Sciences. | 4 |
Integrated Life Sciences. Terms offered: Fall 2026 Integrated survey of life sciences with emphasis on the interconnectivity of biological processes from the molecular to the ecosystem level. Analysis of energy flux, information transfer, and population dynamics within agricultural and environmental contexts. | ||
| AECH 110 | General Chemistry 1. | 4 |
General Chemistry 1. Terms offered: Fall 2026 The course will be a study of the fundamental principles of atomic structure, valence theory and the periodic table. | ||
| AECH 111 | General Chemistry 2. | 4 |
General Chemistry 2. Terms offered: Winter 2027 Thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium, aqueous solution chemistry including applications to acids, bases and buffers and selected topics in organic chemistry. | ||
| AEMA 101 | Calculus 1. | 3 |
Calculus 1. Terms offered: Fall 2026 Review of functions and graphs. Limits, continuity, derivative. Differentiation of elementary functions. Antidifferentiation. Applications. | ||
| AEMA 102 | Calculus 2. | 4 |
Calculus 2. Terms offered: Winter 2027 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. | ||
| AEPH 113 | Physics 1. | 4 |
Physics 1. Terms offered: Fall 2026 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. | ||
| AEPH 115 | Physics 2. | 4 |
Physics 2. Terms offered: Winter 2027 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. | ||
| BREE 103 | Linear Algebra. | 3 |
Linear Algebra. Terms offered: Winter 2027 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. | ||