Urban Studies Honours (B.A.)
60 credits · Faculty of Arts · 2026-2027 catalogue
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Required Courses (18 credits)
- GEOG 201 Introductory Geo-Information Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- GEOG 217 Cities in the Modern World (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- 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)
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 Course (3 credits)
3 credits from:
- 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
Geography (12 credits)
12 credits selected from the course list below. Of these 12 credits, at least 6 credits must be at the 300-level or above.
- 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 221 Environment and Health (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
Remaining Courses (18 credits)
18 credits selected from the course lists below. Of these 18 credits, at least 12 credits must be at the 300-level or above. At least 6 credits must also be taken outside of Geography.
Architecture
Although Architecture courses have prerequisites, they are waived for Urban Studies students, but the course may not be taken before the U3.
Art History and Communication Studies
Civil Engineering
- CIVE 540 Urban Transportation Planning (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
Geography
- GEOG 503 Advanced Topics in Health Geography (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- GEOG 504 Advanced Economic Geography (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- GEOG 507 Advanced Social Geography (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- GEOG 511 Advanced Political Geography (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- GEOG 512 Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Field Research (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- GEOG 525 Asian Cities in the 21st Century (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
History
Islamic Studies
Management
- FINE 445 Real Estate Finance (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
Political Science
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
Additional Courses
6 credits to be taken at the 300-level or above. Courses may be selected from the lists above or from outside the program in consultation with the student's adviser.
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