Geography addresses highly relevant issues like climate change and human adaptation; water resources and their management; community organization and evolution; social interaction in urban space; and northern development in permafrost environments.
Our programs provide you with the knowledge, tools and technical skills that make you highly employable as soon as you graduate. What's more, emerging technologies such as computer cartography, remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) are an integral part of the curriculum, as are unforgettable field experiences in Canada's north land, in the Great Lakes basin and in the Appalachians.
This program is offered in English and in French.
Co-operative education is available with this program.
The French immersion stream is available with this program.
Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2020-2021 calendar for the previous requirements.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Skills | ||
| ENG 1100 | Workshop in Essay Writing | 3 Units |
| 3 course units from: | 3 Units | |
| Reasoning and Critical Thinking | ||
| Philosophy: Ideas and Arguments | ||
| 3 course units from: | 3 Units | |
| Introduction to Interdisciplinary Study in the Arts 1 | ||
| Introduction to Interdisciplinary Study in the Arts 1 | ||
| Selected Topics in Literature and Composition | ||
| 3 course units from: | 3 Units | |
| Introduction to Interdisciplinary Study in the Arts 1 | ||
| Introduction to Interdisciplinary Study in the Arts 1 | ||
| Moral Reasoning | ||
| Fundamental Philosophical Questions | ||
| Great Philosophers | ||
| Philosophy: Themes and Texts | ||
| Total: | 12 Units | |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Compulsory courses | ||
| GEG 1301 | The Physical Environment | 3 Units |
| GEG 1302 | Places and Spaces of Human Activity | 3 Units |
| MAT 1371 | Descriptive Statistics | 3 Units |
| GEG 2108 | Contested Places | 3 Units |
| GEG 2110 | Sustainable Cities | 3 Units |
| GEG 2301 | Geomorphology | 3 Units |
| GEG 2304 | Climatology | 3 Units |
| GEG 2320 | GIS and the Digital Earth | 3 Units |
| GEG 2918 | Introduction to Field Research | 3 Units |
| GEG 4104 | Methodological and Theoretical Approaches in Geography and Environmental Studies | 3 Units |
| Optional courses | ||
| 15 course units from: | 15 Units | |
| Advanced Geomorphology | ||
| Hydrology | ||
| Earth Observation | ||
| Cities and Social Change | ||
| Biogeography | ||
| Geographies of Globalization | ||
| Quaternary Paleogeography | ||
| Social Landscapes of Métis Communities | ||
| Digital Earth Analysis Modeling | ||
| Geography of Urban Transportation | ||
| Quaternary Paleoenvironments | ||
| Livable Cities, Healthy Communities | ||
| 3 course units from: | 3 Units | |
| Environmental Studies Field Research | ||
| Tropical Field Research | ||
| Northern Field Research | ||
| Glaciology Field Research | ||
| Field Research in a North American City | ||
| Urban Geography Field Research | ||
| Physical Geography Field Research | ||
| 6 optional course units in geography (GEG) at the 3000 or 4000 level | 6 Units | |
| 6 optional course units in geography (GEG) at the 4000 level 2 | 6 Units | |
| Total: | 60 Units | |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Elective courses | ||
| 48 elective course units | 48 Units | |
| Total: | 48 Units | |
The electives may be replaced by a combination of a Minor, Option(s), and/or elective units.
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