Combined Major in Science
About Combined Major in Science
Unique to UBC, CMS enables you to build a broad foundation in science, gain the background you need to understand and evaluate scientific issues from a number of disciplines, and communicate scientific findings to a variety of audiences. Lab and field experiences through newly developed courses promote experiential learning, and give you the opportunity to understand how research is done. You'll have access to the Pacific Museum of the Earth and Beaty Biodiversity Museum, as well as CMS facilities in UBC's new Biological Sciences Building. The program emphasizes the development of conceptual, research, communication, and collaborative skills through laboratories, a computing and modelling course, and field work.
Program Details
CMS offers concentrations in chemistry, the life sciences, earth and environmental science, mathematics, and physics and astronomy. You'll be required to complete studies in three areas of concentration (packages) in addition to a generalist requirement.
Skills
- Mental agility to draw connections and identify relationships across disciplinary boundaries
- Collaborative research in diverse teams
- Experimental design and execution
- Laboratory techniques specific to the disciplines you combine
- Computing skills and data manipulation
- Quantitative interpretation of data
- Reporting on experimental results and statistical modeling
- Critical evaluation and communication of scientific finding
Programs offered
- Major
Resources
Career Options
With an undergraduate degree
- Data analyst
- Environmental manager
- Laboratory technician
- Research assistant
- Scientific writer/journalist
- Software developer
With additional study
- Dentist
- Doctor
- Lawyer
- Research scientist
UBC Science Combined Major in Science Graduates Work As
- Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate, University of British Columbia
- Software Engineer, MDA
- Research Assistant, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute