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.
The table below includes only the discipline-specific courses. Please refer to the Academic Regulations for information on the Honours bachelor's with double major and the Honours bachelor's with major and minor.
Co-operative education is available when taken as part of an honours degree.
The French immersion stream is available when taken as part of an honours degree.
Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2020-2021 calendar for the previous requirements.
| 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 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 | ||
| 6 course units from: | 6 Units | |
| Contested Places | ||
| Sustainable Cities | ||
| Geomorphology | ||
| Climatology | ||
| 3 course units from: | 3 Units | |
| Earth Observation | ||
| Cities and Social Change | ||
| 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 1 | 6 Units | |
| Total: | 42 Units | |
Note(s)