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Geography (GEOG)

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Geography (GEOG)

The Department of Geography, the discipline, and specific courses are described under the Faculty of Science section of this publication.

Note: students may take a Geography program either in Arts or in Science, but not in both.

The following are considered Arts programs in the B.A. & Sc. and are described under the Faculty of Arts section of this publication:

  • Major Concentration in Geography
  • Major Concentration in Geography (Urban Systems)
  • Minor Concentration in Geography
  • Minor Concentration in Geography (Urban Systems)

The following are considered Science programs in the B.A. & Sc. (Major Concentration) and are described either under the Bachelor of Arts and Science section or under the Faculty of Science section (Minors) of this publication:

  • Major Concentration in Geography (Physical Geography)
  • Minor in Geographical Information Systems
  • Minor in Geography
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2011-2012 (last updated Aug. 16, 2011) (disclaimer)

Bachelor of Arts and Science (B.A. & Sc.) – Interfaculty Program in Sustainability, Science and Society (54 credits)

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For more information, see Interfaculty Program in Sustainability, Science and Society (54 credits).

Bachelor of Arts and Science (B.A. & Sc.) - Major Concentration Geography - Physical Geography (36 credits)

The Major Concentration Geography - Physical Geography, which is restricted to students in the B.A. & Sc., is a planned sequence of courses designed to permit a degree of specialization in this discipline.

Required Courses (12 credits)

GEOG 201 (3) Introductory Geo-Information Science
GEOG 202 (3) Statistics and Spatial Analysis
GEOG 203 (3) Environmental Systems
GEOG 272 (3) Earth's Changing Surface

Complementary Courses (24 credits)

Courses are selected as follows:

6 credits of analytical techniques are selected from:

GEOG 306 (3) Raster Geo-Information Science
GEOG 307 (3) Socioeconomic Applications of GIS
GEOG 308 (3) Principles of Remote Sensing
GEOG 351 (3) Quantitative Methods

3 credits of field courses selected from:

GEOG 495 (3) Field Studies - Physical Geography
GEOG 496 (3) Geographical Excursion
GEOG 497 (3) Ecology of Coastal Waters
GEOG 499 (3) Subarctic Field Studies

9-15 credits in systematic physical geography selected from:

GEOG 305 (3) Soils and Environment
GEOG 321 (3) Climatic Environments
GEOG 322 (3) Environmental Hydrology
GEOG 372 (3) Running Water Environments
GEOG 470 (3) Wetlands

0-6 credits in integrative and advanced topics selected from:

GEOG 302 (3) Environmental Management 1
GEOG 501 (3) Modelling Environmental Systems
GEOG 505 (3) Global Biogeochemistry
GEOG 506 (3) Advanced Geographic Information Science
GEOG 536 (3) Geocryology
GEOG 537 (3) Advanced Fluvial Geomorphology
GEOG 550 (3) Historical Ecology Techniques
GEOG 555 (3) Ecological Restoration
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2011-2012 (last updated Aug. 16, 2011) (disclaimer)
Bachelor of Arts & Science—2011-2012 (last updated Aug. 16, 2011) (disclaimer)
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