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          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.

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      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 2025-2026 calendar for the previous requirements.

      Course List
        Code                                                                  Title                                                                             Units  
        Compulsory courses at the 1000 level                                                                                                                  
        GEG 1301                                                              The Physical Environment                                                          3 Units
        GEG 1302                                                              Places and Spaces of Human Activity                                               3 Units
        STA 1391                                                              Descriptive Statistics                                                            3 Units
        Compulsory courses at the 2000 level                                                                                                                  
        GEG 2320                                                              GIS and the Digital Earth                                                         3 Units
        GEG 2918                                                              Introduction to Field Research                                                    3 Units
        Compulsory course at the 4000 level                                                                                                                   
        GEG 4104                                                              Methodological and Theoretical Approaches in Geography and Environmental Studies  3 Units
        Optional courses                                                                                                                                      
        6 course units from:                                                  6 Units                                                                         
          GEG 2108                                                            Contested Places                                                                         
          GEG 2110                                                            Sustainable Cities                                                                       
          GEG 2301                                                            Earth Surface Processes and Landforms                                                    
          GEG 2304                                                            Climatology                                                                              
        3 course units from:                                                  3 Units                                                                         
          GEG 3105                                                            Earth Observation                                                                        
          GEG 3106                                                            Cities and Social Change                                                                 
        3 course units from:                                                  3 Units                                                                         
          ENV 4910                                                            Environmental Studies Field Research                                                     
          GEG 4000                                                            Tropical Field Research                                                                  
          GEG 4001                                                            Northern Field Research                                                                  
          GEG 4100                                                            Glaciology Field Research                                                                
          GEG 4920                                                            Urban Geography Field Research                                                           
          GEG 4921                                                            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)

        1

        Excluding ENV 4910, GEG 4000, GEG 4001, GEG 4019, GEG 4100, GEG 4920 and GEG 4921.

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