Geography (Urban Studies) Minor Concentration (B.A. & Sc.)

18 credits · Bachelor of Arts and Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required (3 credits)

  • GEOG 217 Cities in the Modern World (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Complementary Courses (15 credits)

15 credits selected from the following lists. At least 9 credits must be completed at the 300-level or above:

Group A (6–9 credits)

6-9 credits selected from:

  • GEOG 201 Introductory Geo-Information Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 210 Global Places and Peoples (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GEOG 216 Geography of the World Economy (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 303 Health Geography (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 310 Development and Livelihoods (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GEOG 311 Economic Geography (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 314 Geospatial Analysis (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 315 Urban Transportation Geography (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GEOG 316 Political Geography (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 325 New Master-Planned Cities (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 331 Urban Social Geography (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 333 Introduction to Programming for Spatial Sciences (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 408 Geography of Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 409 Geographies of Developing Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 414 Advanced Geospatial Analysis (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 417 Urban Geography (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 418 Geographies of Race (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 420 Memory, Place, and Power (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Group B (6–9 credits)

6-9 credits selected from:

Architecture

Although Architecture courses have prerequisites, they are waived for Urban Studies students, but courses at the 500-level may not be taken before U3.

  • ARCH 528 History of Housing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Art History and Communication Studies

  • ARTH 204 Introduction to Medieval Art and Architecture (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMS 425 Urban Culture and Everyday Life (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Civil Engineering

  • CIVE 540 Urban Transportation Planning (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

History

  • HIST 353 History of Montreal (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 397 Canada: Ethnicity, Migration (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Islamic Studies

  • ISLA 311 History of the City-Islamic World (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ISLA 395 Melancholic Migrants (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Management

  • FINE 445 Real Estate Finance (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Political Science

  • POLI 318 Comparative Local Government (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 321 Issues: Canadian Public Policy (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Quebec Studies

  • QCST 200 Introduction to the Study of Quebec (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Sociology

  • SOCI 222 Urban Sociology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SOCI 230 Sociology of Ethnic Relations (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • SOCI 333 Social Stratification (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SOCI 366 Neighborhoods and Inequality (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • SOCI 388 Crime (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Urban Planning

  • URBP 201 Planning the 21st Century City (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • URBP 501 Principles and Practice 1 (2 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • URBP 504 Planning for Active Transportation (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • URBP 506 Environmental Policy and Planning (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • URBP 530 Urban Infrastructure and Services in International Context (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • URBP 536 Current Issues in Transportation 1 (2 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • URBP 537 Current Issues in Transportation 2 (2 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • URBP 551 Urban Design and Planning (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • URBP 556 Urban Economy: A Spatial Perspective (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

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