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GPHY-M-BAH
Subject: Administered by the Department of Geography and Planning.
Plan: Consists of 60.00 units as described below.
Program: The Plan, alone, or in combination with a Minor in another subject, and with sufficient electives to total 120.00 units (114.00 units for students admitted prior to September 2017), will lead to a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Core | ||
| A. Complete 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
| Human Geography | ||
or BADR 100 | Thinking Locally | |
| and | ||
| Physical Geography and Natural Resources | ||
| B. Complete 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
| Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Geography | ||
or SOCY 210 | Social Research Methods | |
| Remote Sensing I: Remote Sensing of the Environment | ||
| Geographic Information Science | ||
| Introduction to Statistics | ||
| C. Complete 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
| Cities: Geography, Planning and Urban Life | ||
| Geographies of the Global Political Economy | ||
| Place, Space, Culture, and Social Life | ||
| D. Complete 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
| Honours Seminar in Human Geography I | ||
| Honours Seminar in Human Geography II | ||
| Honours Seminar in Human Geography III | ||
| 2. Option | ||
| A. Complete 6.00 units from the following course list: | 6.00 | |
GPHY_Physical at the 200-level or above | ||
| B. Complete 21.00 units from the following: | 21.00 | |
GPHY at the 300-level or above | ||
| Race and Racism | ||
| C. Complete 12.00 units from the following: | 12.00 | |
GPHY at any level | ||
| Race and Racism | ||
| Electives | ||
| Elective Courses | 60.00 | |
| Total Units | 120.00 | |
3. Notes
A. Students are strongly recommended to take Core requirement 1.B. in their second year.
B. Courses in GPHY at the 300-level or above are normally restricted to students at Level 3.
C. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses offered by Smith Engineering.
Geography Course Lists
The following lists contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.6 (Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.
GPHY_Physical
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Geography | ||
| GPHY 102 | Physical Geography and Natural Resources | 3.00 |
| GPHY 207 | Principles of Biogeography | 3.00 |
| GPHY 208 | Surface Processes, Landforms, and Soils | 3.00 |
| GPHY 209 | Weather and Climate | 3.00 |
| GPHY 215 | Field Studies in Physical Geography | 3.00 |
| GPHY 304 | Northern and Arctic Environments | 3.00 |
| GPHY 305 | Applied Cold Regions Science | 3.00 |
| GPHY 309 | Field School in Geography | 3.00 |
| GPHY 310 | Landscape Ecology | 3.00 |
| GPHY 312 | Watershed Hydrology | 3.00 |
| GPHY 313 | Glacier Processes and Dynamics | 3.00 |
| GPHY 314 | Climate Change | 3.00 |
| GPHY 315 | Advanced Field Measurements and Their Analysis | 3.00 |
| GPHY 317 | Soil, Environment, and Society | 3.00 |
| GPHY 318 | Advanced Biogeography | 3.00 |
| GPHY 319 | Contemporary Energy Resources | 3.00 |
| GPHY 320 | Energy and Society | 3.00 |
| GPHY 371 | Special Topics in Earth System Science | 3.00 |
| GPHY 415 | Advanced Analysis of Earth Surface Processes | 6.00 |
| GPHY 501 | Special Studies in Geography | 3.00 |
| GPHY 502 | Research and Thesis in Geography I | 3.00 |
| GPHY 503 | Research and Thesis Geography II | 6.00 |