Bachelor of Science in Water Science (Honours)

About this programme

Study alongside internationally recognized water scientists at Trent’s riverside Peterborough campus utilizing the Trent-Severn Waterway as your living lab while gaining hands-on experience in leading facilities including Trent's Water Quality Centre, the most comprehensive mass spectrometry facility in Canada. Explore the science of freshwater and build the knowledge and skills to address water quality challenges in Canada and around the world. Drawing on biology, chemistry, geography and environmental science, this degree combines scientific theory with practical learning in the renowned Trent School of the Environment. Fast-track your education, by earning your M.Sc. in Environmental & Life Sciences in only 12-20 months of graduating from your Honours B.Sc. Add an Option to your Water Sciences degree to explore an additional area of interest One of only a few programs of its kind in the world, the Circumpolar Studies option offers you a unique opportunity to broaden your knowledge and understanding of the lands, peoples, and critical issues of the Arctic. The Circumpolar Studies Option is open to all undergraduate students at Trent. Leveraging Trent’s academic and research strengths in arts-based and environmental education, the Option in Climate Communication blends courses across disciplines to teach you a new storytelling approach that examines how to better understand media's effect on audiences’ morals, values, and behaviours. Equipped with this knowledge, this new offering at Trent University aims to use more effective climate change communications and environ