Geography Honours (B.A.)

61 credits · Faculty of Arts · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Courses (19 credits)

  • GEOG 201 Introductory Geo-Information Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 216 Geography of the World Economy (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 290 Local Geographical Excursion (1 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 351 Quantitative Methods (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 381 Geographic Thought and Practice (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 491D1 Honours Research (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 491D2 Honours Research (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Complementary Courses (42 credits)

Introductory Physical Geography (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • GEOG 203 Environmental Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 272 Earth's Changing Surface (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Statistics (3 credits)

3 credits from: Note: Credit given for statistics courses is subject to certain restrictions. Students should consult the "Course Overlap" information in the "Course Requirements" section for the Faculty of Arts.

  • BIOL 373 Biometry (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GEOG 202 Statistics and Spatial Analysis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MATH 203 Principles of Statistics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • PSYC 204 Introduction to Psychological Statistics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • SOCI 350 Statistics in Social Research (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Field Courses (3 credits)

3 credits from: Note: Field course offerings are determined each year in February.

  • GEOG 398 Field Studies in Human Geography (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GEOG 425 Southeast Asia Urban Field Studies (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GEOG 475 Contested Cities and Urban Activism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GEOG 494 Urban Field Studies (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 495 Field Studies - Physical Geography (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • GEOG 496 Geographical Excursion (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Geography (24 credits)

24 credits of Geography (GEOG) courses excluding GEOG 200 Geographical Perspectives: World Environmental Problems. and GEOG 205 Global Change: Past, Present and Future. , selected in consultation with the Program Adviser. No more than 6 credits may be taken from 200-level courses.

Outside Geography (9 credits)

9 credits at the 300 or 400 level or above of courses taught by units other than Geography selected from the humanities, social and physical sciences or engineering that have been approved by the Program Adviser as related to the student's focus within Geography.

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