Honours Specialization

Honours Specialization in Environmental Geography (BA)

Graduation Requirements:

In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must also satisfy the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree requirements, which include regulations on first year and subject maximum and breadth requirements.

Program Requirements:

Students will need to achieve a minimum 70% average in the 60 credits presented for the Honours Specialization in Environmental Geography.

Students must complete 120 credits including 60 credits in the Honours Specialization as follows:
All of the following:		18 cr.
GEOG 1016	People, Place and Environment
GEOG 1017	Introduction to Physical Geography
GEOG 2017	GIS and the Earth from Space
GEOG 2026	Introduction to Quantitative Methods
ENSC 1006	Introduction to Environmental Science Part 1
ENSC 1007	Introduction to Environmental Science Part 2
Twelve credits from the following:		12 cr.
GEOG 2106	Landscapes and Surface Processes
GEOG 2107	Weather and Climate
GEOG 2126	Physical Hydrology
GEOG 2136	Cultural Geography
GEOG 2146	Cities in a Changing World
GEOG 2226	Environment and Society
GEOG 3000 level		12 cr.
GEOG 4000 level		9 cr.
GEOG 3000 or 4000 level		3 cr.
Six credits from the following:		6 cr.
BIOL 1007	Introduction to Organismal and Evolutionary Biology
BIOL 2337	The Biology of Seed Plants
BIOL 2446	Principles of Ecology
BIOL 2837	Vertebrate Zoology
ENSC 2006	Topics in Environmental Science I
ENSC 2007	Topics in Environmental Science II

Breadth Requirements and Electives:

ACAD 1601		3 cr.
Humanities		3 cr.
Electives		54 cr.

Note:

Students must be entering fourth year with a minimum 70% overall average in the subject to enrol in GEOG 4986 or GEOG 4995.

With permission of the discipline, students may complete either GEOG 4986 or GEOG 4995, but not both, towards their fourth year.

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