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Rows marked with a dot are where these differ. Everything is each university’s own published wording; the “your average” row is yours, calculated the way each program does it.

	Algoma Environmental Science (BSc 4 Year) OUAC JES Remove	Queen's Concurrent Education/Science OUAC QF Remove	Lakehead Biology (includes Environmental Science, Animal Sciences, Plant Sciences, and Biodiversity and Conservation) (Thunder Bay) OUAC AD Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	65%	83–87%“Mid 80s”	70%
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U MHF4U	ENG4U MCV4U	ENG4U MHF4U SBI4U SCH4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	two of SBI4U, SCH4U, SPH4U	one of MCV4U, MDM4U, SPH4U two of MCV4U, MDM4U, SES4U, SPH4U
Prerequisitesas published	ENG4U MHF4U Two 4U/M science courses (Chemistry and Biology are recommended) Two other 4U/M courses 65% combined average in top six 4U/M courses +1 more on the program page	ENG4U MCV4U 2 of SBI4U, SCH4U, SPH4U 2 additional 4U/M course	Biology (Environmental Science): ENG4U, MHF4U Biology & Chemistry: ENG4U, MHF4U, SCH4U, 1 of MCV4U, MDM4U, SBI4U, SPH4U All other Biology (Science) Majors: ENG4U, MHF4U, 2 of MCV4U, MDM4U, SBI4U, SCH4U, SES4U, SPH4U Alternative Offers If you do not meet the admission requirements for your program of choice but do meet Lakehead University's general admission requirements, you will automatically be considered for an alternate program.
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	No	No
Degree	—	—	Bachelor of Environmental Science, BESc, Bachelor of Science, BSc
First-year intakewhere published	—	100	—
What you study	Environmental Studies Others in Physical Sciences	Astronomy Biological Sciences Chemistry Computer Science	Animal Science Biological Sciences Biotechnology Genetics
What it is	This is a four-year science degree focused on understanding natural systems and how human activity affects them. You study biology, chemistry, ecology, and earth science together rather than picking one specialty. It suits students who want a broad grounding in environmental problem-solving and are comfortable with lab work and field studies.	This program combines science study with teacher education, so you earn qualifications to teach science in secondary school while completing your degree. Unlike a regular science degree followed by teacher training, you work toward both goals at the same time, with coursework in science disciplines alongside education theory and practice teaching. It suits students who know they want to teach and want to study science deeply rather than broadly.	You study the science of living things — from individual cells and genes to entire ecosystems and animal behaviour. The Environmental Science degree focuses on how organisms interact with their environment, while other options let you specialize in animal biology, plants, genetics, or microbiology. This program suits people curious about how life works and interested in careers ranging from conservation and wildlife management to research, teaching, or health sciences.
The door tomajors you reach through it	environmental science	Applied to directly	biology
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	7 published, 7 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	None published by average	6 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 80%See them
Source	Algoma University on OUInfo	Queen's University on OUInfo	Lakehead University on OUInfo

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