Foundation Program (B.Sc.(Nutr.Sc.)) (30 credits)
Offered by: Human Nutrition (Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences)
Degree: Bachelor of Science (Nutritional Sciences)
Program credit weight: 30
Program Description
The B.Sc.(Nutr.Sc.) Freshman/Foundation Year is designed to provide the required science entrance prerequisites for students entering university for the first time from a high school system (outside of the Quebec CEGEP system).
Degree Requirements — B.Sc.
This program is offered as part of a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree.
To graduate, students must satisfy both their program requirements and their degree requirements.
- The program requirements (i.e., the specific courses that make up this program) are listed under the Course Tab (above).
- The degree requirements—including the mandatory Foundation program, appropriate degree structure, and any additional components—are outlined on the Degree Requirements page.
Students are responsible for ensuring that this program fits within the overall structure of their degree and that all degree requirements are met. Consult the Degree Planning Guide on the SOUSA website for additional guidance.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Required Courses - Fall (14.5 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AEBI 120 | General Biology. | 3 |
General Biology. Terms offered: Fall 2025 An introduction to core themes in biological sciences, including cell structure and function, cell replication, gene expression, genetic inheritance, biodiversity, evolution, and ecological interactions. | ||
| AECH 110 | General Chemistry 1. | 4 |
General Chemistry 1. Terms offered: Fall 2025 The course will be a study of the fundamental principles of atomic structure, valence theory and the periodic table. | ||
| AEMA 101 | Calculus 1 with Precalculus. | 4 |
Calculus 1 with Precalculus. Terms offered: Fall 2025 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. | ||
| AEPH 112 | Introductory Physics 1. | 4 |
Introductory Physics 1. Terms offered: Fall 2025 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. | ||
| AGRI 195 | Freshman Seminar 1. | 0.5 |
Freshman Seminar 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. 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. | ||
Required Courses - Winter (15.5 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AEBI 122 | Cell Biology. | 3 |
Cell Biology. Terms offered: Winter 2026 Introduction to key topics in cell biology, including chemical biology, cell membranes, enzymes in biological reactions, cellular energetics, cell signaling, DNA synthesis and repair, gene expression and regulatory mechanisms. Connections between cell biology and animal physiology. | ||
| AEMA 102 | Calculus 2. | 4 |
Calculus 2. Terms offered: Winter 2026 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 114 | Introductory Physics 2. | 4 |
Introductory Physics 2. Terms offered: Winter 2026 Electric and magnetic properties of matter: electrostatics, electric currents, the link between electric and magnetic phenomena, geometrical optics, interference diffraction. | ||
| AGRI 196 | Freshman Seminar 2. | 0.5 |
Freshman Seminar 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Members of the Faculty will present seminars on topical issues about their areas of research. | ||
| FDSC 230 | Organic Chemistry. | 4 |
Organic Chemistry. Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026 Atomic and molecular structure, modern concepts of bonding, overview of functional groups, conformational analysis, stereochemistry, mechanisms and reactions of aliphatic compounds. | ||