Honours Specialization

Honours Specialization in Environment and Physical Geography (BSc)

Graduation Requirements:

In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must also satisfy the Bachelor of Science (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 Environment and Physical Geography.

Students must complete 120 credits including 60 credits in the Honours Specialization as follows:
All of the following:		21 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
GEOG 2106	Landscapes and Surface Processes
ENSC 2116	Hydroclimatology
GEOG 3086	Principles of Biogeography
Three credits from the following:		3 cr.
GEOG 2136	Cultural Geography
GEOG 2146	Cities in a Changing World
GEOG 2226	Environment and Society
6 credits of the following:
GEOG 3016	Field Techniques in Geography	3 cr.
GEOG 3056	Spatial Analysis Using GIS	3 cr.
GEOG 3057	Environmental Geomorphology	3 cr.
GEOG 3066	Remote Sensing of the Environment	3 cr.
ENSC 3096	Environmental Hydrology	3 cr.
GEOG 3397	Introductory Soil Science	3 cr.
GEOG 3436	Earth Resources	3 cr.

Additional GEOG 3000 level		6 cr.
6 credits of the following:
ENSC 4147	Changing Climate: Impacts, Insights, and Innovations
ENSC 4247	Environmental Modelling
GEOG 4066	Topics in Remote Sensing Applications
GEOG 4087	Advanced Biogeography
GEOG 4027	Spatial Computing
GEOG 4057	Topics in GIS Applications
GEOG 4146	Paleoecology and Past Environmental Change
GEOG 4516	Biogeochemistry of the Anthropocene
GEOG 4906	Selected Topics in Physical Geography
GEOG 4000 level		6 cr.
GEOG 3000 or 4000 level		12 cr.

Other Science Requirements

Three credits from:		3 cr.
GEOL 1006	The Earth’s Interior
GEOL 1007	Surficial Geology
Three credits from:		3 cr.
MATH 1036	Calculus I
MATH 1046	Introductory Linear Algebra
MATH 1056	Discrete Mathematics
Twelve credits from the following (not already used to satisfy above):		12 cr.
BIOL 1007	Introduction to Organismal and Evolutionary Biology
CHEM 1006	General Chemistry I
CHEM 1007	General Chemistry II
COSC 1557	Introduction to Computer Science
COSC 1567	Programming in C++
COSC 1666	Engineering Graphics
COSC 1757	Digital Systems
GEOL 1006	The Earth’s Interior
GEOL 1007	Surficial Geology
MATH 1036	Calculus I
MATH 1046	Introductory Linear Algebra
MATH 1056	Discrete Mathematics
PHYS 1006	General Physics I: Mechanics
PHYS 1007	General Physics II: Mechanical Wave, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Breadth Requirements and Electives:

ACAD 1601		3 cr.
Humanities		3 cr.
Electives		36 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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