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.) Foundation Program 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.
Required Courses (30 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AEBI 120 | Integrated Life Sciences. | 3 |
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. | ||
| AEBI 122 | 3 | |
Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. | ||
| 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. | ||
| AEMA 101 | Calculus 1. | 4 |
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 112 | Introductory Physics 1. | 4 |
Introductory Physics 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. 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. | ||
| AEPH 114 | Introductory Physics 2. | 4 |
Introductory Physics 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Electric and magnetic properties of matter: electrostatics, electric currents, the link between electric and magnetic phenomena, geometrical optics, interference diffraction. | ||
| FDSC 230 | Organic Chemistry. | 4 |
Organic Chemistry. Terms offered: Fall 2026, Winter 2027 Atomic and molecular structure, modern concepts of bonding, overview of functional groups, conformational analysis, stereochemistry, mechanisms and reactions of aliphatic compounds. | ||