Climate Science

Bachelor of Science (BSc)

Responding to climate change is the world's most urgent problem. Learn the foundations of climate science to translate climate information into actionable practice. You'll graduate ready to help local, national, and international communities and businesses identify climate risks, and create strategies to solve them.

This is the first program on North America's West Coast to receive UN accreditation for delivering UN sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Quick facts

Program options:: Bachelor degree
Study options:: Full-time study
Program delivery:: On-campus
Dynamic learning:: Co-op optional

Areas of focus

Climate impacts, adaptation and mitigation
Physical climate science

Careers

Climate adaptation consultant
Climate change researcher
Environmental technician
Renewable energy scientist

Sample courses

Climate Change - EOS/GEOG 130
The Ocean-Climate System - EOS 261
Climate and Society - EOS 365
Introduction to Maps and GIS - GEOG 222
Water Resources Management - GEOG 371
Climate Solutions - GEOG 489

Admission

Apply to the Faculty of Science (Undeclared) or the Faculty of Social Sciences (Undeclared) as a high school student or a transfer student from another post-secondary institution.

You can declare this program as your major after one or more years of full-time study.

English language proficiency

You must demonstrate English language proficiency to attend UVic. Your transcripts are enough to prove proficiency if you've studied full-time in an academic program at the high school or post-secondary level within Canada for at least four years, and all of your instruction was in English.

Learn about UVic's English language requirement.