Department of Geography & Environmental Management

Students majoring in Honours Geography and Environmental Management, Geography and Aviation, Geomatics, or who are pursuing a Geography and Environmental Management joint degree, may choose to graduate with one specialization. Specializations are not available to students pursuing a Geomatics joint degree. Refer below for the requirements listed for each specialization. Upper-year courses may not be taken without the appropriate prerequisites. It is recommended that students declare the addition of a specialization to their plan as early as possible by filing a Plan Modification Form.

Courses Offered by Specialization

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* To count GEOG 490A/GEOG 490B toward the specialization, the thesis topic must focus on an area relevant to the specialization.

Aviation

The Aviation Specialization is also available to Geography and Environmental Three Year General students; however, it is not available to Honours Geography and Aviation students.

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ƚ Up to 1.0 unit will be waived from the List A elective requirement (not including the capstone course requirement) based on prior successful completion of 'Professional Pilot Program' flight courses, or if a student has held a Transport Canada Private Pilot Licence. Proof of Transport Canada Private Pilot Licence must be provided and approved by the Geography and Aviation associate chair undergraduate studies prior to declaring this Specialization.

Required Courses:

AVIA 100 Introduction to Aviation
GEOG 207 Climate Change Fundamentals
GEOG 281 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Elective Courses:

• At least 3.0 units from List A^ƚ, including at least one capstone course
• At least 1.0 unit from List B

List A:

AVIA 270/GEOG 270 Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Knowledge Requirements
AVIA 310 Human Factors in Aviation
AVIA 374 Special Topics in Aviation
AVIA 474 Special Topics in Aviation
AVIA 475 Independent Studies of Selected Topics
GEOG 202 Geography of the Global Economy
GEOG 233 Geography of Tourism
GEOG 309 Physical Climatology

Capstone Courses:

GEOG 416/AVIA 416 Aviation Sustainability (1.0 unit)
GEOG 490A Honours Thesis Preparation/GEOG 490B Honours Thesis Completion* (1.0 unit)

List B:

GEOG 306 Human Dimensions of Natural Hazards
GEOG 307 Societal Adaptation to Climate Change
GEOG 323 Tourism Impacts - International Perspectives
GEOG 325 Geographies of Health
GEOG 351 Geography of Transportation
GEOG 423 Sustainable Tourism

One of:
GEOG 316 Multivariate Statistics
GEOG 318 Spatial Analysis

Climate Change and Environment

Required Courses:

Elective Courses:

• at least 3.0 units from List A, including at least one capstone course
• at least 1.0 unit from List B

List A:

GEOG 304 Carbon in the Biosphere
GEOG 306 Human Dimensions of Natural Hazards
GEOG 307 Societal Adaptation to Climate Change
GEOG 309 Physical Climatology
GEOG 356 Resources Management
GEOG 368 Conservation/Resource Management of the Built Environment
GEOG 420 Ice Sheets and Glaciers

Capstone Courses:

List B:

GEOG 316 Multivariate Statistics
GEOG 318 Spatial Analysis
GEOG 323 Tourism Impacts - International Perspectives
GEOG 325 Geographies of Health
GEOG 361 Food Systems and Sustainability
GEOG 426 Geographies of Development

Earth Systems Science

Required Courses:

Elective Courses:

• at least 3.0 units from List A, including at least one capstone course
• at least 1.0 unit from List B

List A:

Capstone Courses:

GEOG 405 Wetlands (1.0 unit)
GEOG 408 Earth's Future Climates (1.0 unit)
GEOG 409 Energy Balance Climatology (1.0 unit)
GEOG 490A Honours Thesis Preparation/GEOG 490B Honours Thesis Completion* (1.0 unit)

List B:

GEOG 306 Human Dimensions of Natural Hazards
GEOG 316 Multivariate Statistics
GEOG 318 Spatial Analysis
GEOG 368 Conservation/Resource Management of the Built Environment
GEOG 453 Urban Stormwater Management
GEOG 456 Transforming Canadian Resource Management (1.0 unit)

Economy and Society

Required Courses:

GEOG 202 Geography of the Global Economy
GEOG 203 Environment and Development in a Global Perspective
GEOG 293 Approaches to Research in Human Geography

Elective Courses:

• at least 3.0 units from List A, including at least one capstone course
• at least 1.0 unit from List B

List A:

GEOG 302 Geographies of Work and Employment
GEOG 311 Local Development in a Global Context
GEOG 319 Economic Analyses for Regional Planning
GEOG 336 Space, Power, and Politics: Citizenship in a Changing World
GEOG 340 Settlements of Rural Canada
GEOG 349 Urban Form and Internal Spatial Structure
GEOG 411 Entrepreneurship and Startup Economies
GEOG 436 Feminist Economic Geography: Gender, Identities and Social Change
GEOG 450 Changing Form and Structure of Metropolitan Canada
GEOG 454 Retail Landscapes

Capstone Courses:

GEOG 415 Economic Geography Project (1.0 unit)
GEOG 490A Honours Thesis Preparation/GEOG 490B Honours Thesis Completion* (1.0 unit)

List B:

GEOG 316 Multivariate Statistics
GEOG 318 Spatial Analysis
GEOG 323 Tourism Impacts - International Perspectives
GEOG 325 Geographies of Health
GEOG 361 Food Systems and Sustainability
GEOG 423 Sustainable Tourism
GEOG 426 Geographies of Development

Geomatics

The Geomatics Specialization is not available to Honours Geomatics students.

Required Courses:

GEOG 271 Earth from Space Using Remote Sensing
GEOG 281 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
GEOG 310 Geodesy and Surveying

Elective Courses:

• at least 3.0 units from List A, including at least one capstone course
• at least 1.0 unit from List B

List A: 

GEOG 371 Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques 
GEOG 381 Advanced Geographic Information Systems
GEOG 387 Spatial Databases
GEOG 410 Global Navigation Satellite Systems
GEOG 483 Geoweb and Location-Based Services
GEOG 487 Management Issues in Geographic Information Systems

Capstone Courses:

GEOG 471 Remote Sensing Project (1.0 unit)
GEOG 481 Geographic Information Systems Project (1.0 unit)
GEOG 490A Honours Thesis Preparation/GEOG 490B Honours Thesis Completion* (1.0 unit) 

List B:

GEOG 270 Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Knowledge Requirements
GEOG 316 Multivariate Statistics
GEOG 318 Spatial Analysis
GEOG 325 Geographies of Health
GEOG 428 Spatial Demography
GEOG 454 Retail Landscapes