Academic Calendar 2024-2025

Geography – Minor (Science)

GPHY-Z

Subject: Administered by the Department of Geography and Planning.
Plan: Consists of 48.00 units as described below.
Program: The Plan, in combination with a Major plan in another subject, and with sufficient electives, will lead to an Honours Bachelors Degree.

1. Core
A. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
Human Geography
Thinking Locally
and
Physical Geography and Natural Resources
B. Complete the following:
GPHY 207Principles of Biogeography3.00
GPHY 208Surface Processes, Landforms, and Soils3.00
GPHY 209Weather and Climate3.00
C. Complete the following:
GPHY 247Introduction to Statistics3.00
D. Complete 3.00 units from the following:3.00
Remote Sensing I: Remote Sensing of the Environment
Geographic Information Science
2. Option
A. Complete 9.00 units from the following course lists:9.00
GPHY_Physical at the 300-level or above
GPHY_Tech/Methods at the 300-level or above
B. Complete 6.00 units from the following course list:6.00
GPHY_Human at the 200-level or above
3. Supporting
A. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
CHEM at the 100-level or above
MATH at the 100-level or above
PHYS at the 100-level or above
STAT at the 100-level or above
4. Additional Requirements
A. Minimum of an additional 6.00 units in the physical and natural sciences or mathematics, from ASC_Science.6.00
Total Units48.00

5. Notes

A. 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.

ASC_Science

Natural and Physical Science Courses
ANAT
ARIN
ASTR
BCHM
BIOL
BMED 390; BMED 470; BMED 480
CANC
CHEE 209
CHEM
CISC
COGS
COMM 162
COMP
CRSS
DDHT
DISC
ECON 250
ENSC 201; ENSC 301; ENSC 307; ENSC 320; ENSC 407; ENSC 425; ENSC 480
EPID
GEOL
GLPH 472
GPHY_Physical Course List
GPHY_Tech/Methods Course List
HLTH 230; HLTH 331
HSCI 270; HSCI 383; HSCI 483
KNPE 125; KNPE 153; KNPE 225; KNPE 227; KNPE 251; KNPE 254; KNPE 255; KNPE 261; KNPE 327; KNPE 339; KNPE 354; KNPE 355; KNPE 356; KNPE 425; KNPE 429; KNPE 439; KNPE 447; KNPE 450; KNPE 453; KNPE 454; KNPE 455; KNPE 459; KNPE 493
LISC
MATH
MICR
NSCI
NURS 323; NURS 324
PATH
PHAR
PHGY
PHYS
POLS 285
PSYC 100; PSYC 101; PSYC 102; PSYC 103; PSYC 202; PSYC 203; PSYC 221; PSYC 271; PSYC 299; PSYC 301; PSYC 302; PSYC 325; PSYC 338; PSYC 450
PSYC_Cognitive_Neuroscience Course List 1
REPD
SOCY 210; SOCY 211
STAM
STAT
1

The PSYC Course List noted here may be found in the Departments/Schools and Degree Plans section of this Calendar.

GPHY_Human

Human Geography
GPHY 101Human Geography3.00
GPHY 227Cities: Geography, Planning and Urban Life3.00
GPHY 228Geographies of the Global Political Economy3.00
GPHY 229Place, Space, Culture, and Social Life3.00
GPHY 230Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning3.00
GPHY 250The Geography of Canada3.00
GPHY 254The Caribbean in Globalizing World3.00
GPHY 309Field School in Geography3.00
GPHY 319Contemporary Energy Resources3.00
GPHY 320Energy and Society3.00
GPHY 325Maps and Society3.00
GPHY 327The Geographical Imagination3.00
GPHY 330Transportation Geography3.00
GPHY 333Markets, Environments, and Societies3.00
GPHY 334Geographies of Growth and Decline3.00
GPHY 336Geography, the Environment and Human Health3.00
GPHY 337Regional Development and Planning3.00
GPHY 338Urban Political Geography3.00
GPHY 351Geographies of Indigenous and Settler Relations3.00
GPHY 352Gender and the City3.00
GPHY 365Geography, Development, and Environment in the 'Third World'3.00
GPHY 367People and Place in the Changing Arctic3.00
GPHY 368Environments and Society3.00
GPHY 369Urban Natures3.00
GPHY 370Special Topics in Human Geography3.00
GPHY 401Honours Seminar in Human Geography I3.00
GPHY 402Honours Seminar in Human Geography II3.00
GPHY 403Honours Seminar in Human Geography III3.00
GPHY 501Special Studies in Geography3.00
GPHY 502Research and Thesis in Geography I3.00
GPHY 503Research and Thesis Geography II6.00
IDIS 302Race and Racism3.00

GPHY_Physical

Physical Geography
GPHY 102Physical Geography and Natural Resources3.00
GPHY 207Principles of Biogeography3.00
GPHY 208Surface Processes, Landforms, and Soils3.00
GPHY 209Weather and Climate3.00
GPHY 215Field Studies in Physical Geography3.00
GPHY 304Northern and Arctic Environments3.00
GPHY 305Applied Cold Regions Science3.00
GPHY 309Field School in Geography3.00
GPHY 310Landscape Ecology3.00
GPHY 312Watershed Hydrology3.00
GPHY 313Glacier Processes and Dynamics3.00
GPHY 314Climate Change3.00
GPHY 315Advanced Field Measurements and Their Analysis3.00
GPHY 317Soil, Environment, and Society3.00
GPHY 318Advanced Biogeography3.00
GPHY 319Contemporary Energy Resources3.00
GPHY 320Energy and Society3.00
GPHY 371Special Topics in Earth System Science3.00
GPHY 415Advanced Analysis of Earth Surface Processes6.00
GPHY 501Special Studies in Geography3.00
GPHY 502Research and Thesis in Geography I3.00
GPHY 503Research and Thesis Geography II6.00

GPHY_Tech/Methods

Techniques, Research Methods and Geographic Information Science
GPHY 105The Digital Earth: Geospatial Data and Earth Observation3.00
GPHY 240Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Geography3.00
GPHY 242Remote Sensing I: Remote Sensing of the Environment3.00
GPHY 243Geographic Information Science3.00
GPHY 247Introduction to Statistics3.00
GPHY 315Advanced Field Measurements and Their Analysis3.00
GPHY 341Photogrammetry3.00
GPHY 342Remote Sensing II: Digital Image Processing3.00
GPHY 345Spatial Analysis3.00
GPHY 346GIS and Modelling for Environmental Applications3.00
GPHY 348Application Design and Customization in GIS3.00
GPHY 372Special Topics Geographic Information Science3.00
GPHY 501Special Studies in Geography3.00
GPHY 502Research and Thesis in Geography I3.00
GPHY 503Research and Thesis Geography II6.00